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Originally Posted by senior citizen
Nothing in this life is black or white. One person's perspective is only from where that person is coming from..........it doesn't necessarily jive with how the rest of us live or have lived.
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Well, with all due respect, I have to say that this has never been about the problems that families have. Of course all families have problems. This is about what constitutes a healthy diet.
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WE all know what is healthy vs. what is NOT healthy.
But living the life of a rigid vegan is not always easy when other mainstream folks are included.....or lived with.
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I would hesitate about speaking for everyone. In my experience, not everyone knows what is healthy vs. what is not healthy. Why do we have Weight Watchers in the Villages? Why do we have weight loss clubs in the Villages? Why do we have a very large diabetes club in The Villages? Why do we have the club, "Eat Right For Your Blood Type"? We also have a few vegan clubs where people exchange ideas. There are also a few other businesses located in The Villages that cater to people who are willing to pay for weight loss solutions. I think one of them is Medi-fast.
I would never presume to speak for everyone.
Anecdote 1) One day I was having a discussion with my neighbor in The Villages. She was looking for ideas on how to lose weight. So I said, "Well, one idea is to eliminate processed foods that contain added sugar". And she said, "We need sugar in our diet; we can't live without sugar!" She was obviously confused. We do need glucose to function but we can get that from eating natural whole foods. We don't need processed foods with added sugar.
2) When I was a care giver for my mother a social worker came over for a vist. She mentioned that she switched over to a vegetarian diet to lose weight but wasn't having any luck. After a few minutes of talking about it she mentioned that she liked to snack on hard candy in the evening. I told her that could be the problem......the extra (empty) calories. She was suprised to hear that! And she was not an uneducated person. She was a social worker for the state of Florida.
3) A woman who died on my street was said the be the most health minded of anyone, yet she died relatively young. This was supposed to be an example of how it doesn't pay to try to be healthy......because you never know. Well, a year later I was told that she did a lot of baking. They said she was baking something every day. So I said, "I thought she was supposed to be very health minded. Eating a lot of baked goods isn't healthy." And they said, "Yes, it's healthy when it's FRESH baked!! (Think white flour, sugar, low fiber etc..)