Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
Talk of The Villages Florida - Rentals, Entertainment & More
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6 reasons to avoid processed foods
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Amen sister....amen!
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Very enlightening! Thanks for posting! I remember my Mom told me she was ashamed to take a lunch to school with home-made bread in it when she was a kid because the greatest thing then was "sliced bread"!
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The only good thing about Lean Cuisine dinners is that you eat it in a controlled portion, for those of us, that can't cook and have somewhat of a control problem. I agree, that processed foods are not good for you.
One tip is that you are conditioned at an early age to eat a certain amount. When your mother puts too much on your plate, one gets psychologically conditioned to say, "this is what it takes, to satisfy my appetite". Some mothers equate food with love, in that, the more they give you, the more they love you. At least, that's the message my mother, was trying to convey. Maybe, it's just an Italian thing which I seriously doubt. It's universal, in scope. "Wrong". The trick is to eat slowly and eat until your still slightly hungry, because it takes a half an hour, before your brain to signal your body, that you are full. If you eat fast, you consume way too many calories, that your body may not need and will have trouble getting rid of. Hence, very overweight people. Restaurants serve you a double portion of food. One would do well to ask for a doggie bag at the beginning of dinner, and take half the food off your plate, before you start, so you won't be tempted to eat the whole thing. Remember the commercial, "I can't believe I ate the whole thing"? It was a Alka -Seltzer commercial, I think. Just my 2 cents worth.
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I'll agree with you here...processed foods are full of chemicals and may be the reason for many of the health issues we modern societies are dealing with. I "try" to eat real food...but I too am addicted to some of the snack "foods" that are DESIGNED to be addicting.
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I've been a scratch cook since 1978 when it was far less expensive than getting convenience foods. As the years passed and the kids moved away, our budget increased a bit. I still cook from scratch and there are only 2 of us. We have a freezer filled in the fall with vegetables from market that we can't get in the winter. I begin cooking meals in packages for two in October and it's very handy.
I find my stash of healthy meals disappear and I'm thrilled when I need to cook another batch of vegetable soup or stuffed peppers. I know one of the kids has stopped by to pick up dinner for the evening. It's a good feeling they'd rather come to Mom's freezer than stop at McDonalds! |
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Therefore, I have a problem with homemade bread that was made with love by mother. When mothers made bread, they made it with white flour. No amount of love will make it healthy when it's made with white flour. Ditto for other home baked goods. Last edited by Villages PL; 01-09-2014 at 12:26 PM. |
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Thus the child becomes accustomed to finishing everything on his plate. It's such a bad combination: overfilling the child's plate, not allowing him to discard some items if he doesn't like them, and then making him sit there till finished. By the way, beagles lurking under the table like peas and lima beans... but not beets.
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That's good as far as it goes but I think there's more to it than that. Most of the time it's totally the wrong foods that are being eaten. There's not enough fiber to give the feeling of fullness. Most restaurant meals revolve around meat and white rolls or items that are breaded and fried etc. And, often, this same pattern exists at home. Too many calories and not enough fiber. 63% of people in the U.S. are overweight; most of them, in my opinion, can't stop eating because they are eating the wrong foods. Telling them to stop at some point during their meal is like telling an alcoholic to just stop after one or two drinks. |
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She said, "you will just have to sit there until you either eat it or you will have to go to bed hungry." Guess what, the longer I sat there the hungrier I got. Eventually, I got so hungry that the onions didn't look like slime anymore. I started eating and I enjoyed it. Today, lentil soup is one of my favorite dishes. Thanks to my mother for having the backbone to enforce some rules. |
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