Diet and Nutrition 'Experts'
Posted: Thu Aug 12, 2010 12:02 pm
I was just listening to the local radio station and they had yet another 'nutrition expert' (with a book to flog of course) outlining a list of things you absolutely mustn't eat. He listed virtually everything that has ever been considered food as utterly bad for you - including fruit, vegetables, grains, dairy products, all meat, fish, eggs, juices, seaweed, roots, sprouts and anything edible! He forgot to mention what it was exactly you COULD eat, but I guess the point was to convince you to buy his book as, if you've ever eaten anything, you'll soon be dead without his help.
This leads me to wonder this:-
If mankind has evolved over millions of years and had to develop the ability to survive on simply anything available (that their digestive system could handle), then it stands to reason that our bodies are actually quite tough and, while living on Maccas won't help you much, living on a reasonable variety of pretty basic foods is probably as good as anything. It's probably quite unusual for our bodies to handle foods from all over the world every day. I'm always wary of people trying to shove some horrid looking thing into my mouth telling me "Oh try these. They're hippopotamus balls in penguin vomit sauce. They're really tasty!"
If they're so yummy, I'll let them have mine.
Also, how come most people who follow strict 'health' regimes look absolutely awful and usually die before they're 50. I reckon the psychological benefit of having the occasional 'nosh-up' din-din outweighs any harm it might do. It's all in my new book - 'The BGAFD Supermodel Wonder Diet Experience'.
This leads me to wonder this:-
If mankind has evolved over millions of years and had to develop the ability to survive on simply anything available (that their digestive system could handle), then it stands to reason that our bodies are actually quite tough and, while living on Maccas won't help you much, living on a reasonable variety of pretty basic foods is probably as good as anything. It's probably quite unusual for our bodies to handle foods from all over the world every day. I'm always wary of people trying to shove some horrid looking thing into my mouth telling me "Oh try these. They're hippopotamus balls in penguin vomit sauce. They're really tasty!"
If they're so yummy, I'll let them have mine.
Also, how come most people who follow strict 'health' regimes look absolutely awful and usually die before they're 50. I reckon the psychological benefit of having the occasional 'nosh-up' din-din outweighs any harm it might do. It's all in my new book - 'The BGAFD Supermodel Wonder Diet Experience'.