With the current E. Coli outbreak – I am curious as to how often chefs, food handlers, even home cooks wash their hands when handling, preparing and serving food.
…and yet the vegan food pyramid is BASED on these same fattening foods. And it’s supposed to be healthier? Please explain the logic.
Shouldn’t any diet be based on fresh fruits, plants, and vegetables? Getting your essential amino acids by combining foods doesn’t mean a whole lot when you eat cheap and easy to prep starchy foods–rice, potatoes, corn, pasta, quinoa, yams– which cause your insulin to spike and increase inflammation throughout the body. Chronic inflammation is what causes heart disease, athersclerosis (hardening of arterial walls), cancers, & muscle loss (among other things).
Grains such as corn, barley, oatmeal, rice, wheat, spelt, rye and amaranth and legumes (all peas, beans, & lentils) have an acidifying effect on the body which also contributes to inflammation. Since those foods form the basis of your diet, you’d have to eat a LOT of alkalizing fruits and vegetables in order to counteract that acidifying effect.
Both quinoa and amaranth are technically seeds, yes, but they starches nonetheless. Quinoa is 64% carbohydrate and 16% protein. Including it in a list of other starchy grains and seeds does not invalidate my argument in the least.
As for corn–there is a reason why it comes out undigested in our poop. Again, corn is nothing more than a starchy filler.
exsft: My point was that it is not healthy for cattle, and those foods are not healthy for humans to eat much of either. And we are even less suited to digest grains and starches than cattle are.
John: I’d like to know where you’re getting YOUR information? Just a cursory glance at the nutritional profiles of kidney beans (http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4297/2), peas (http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4354/2), pinto beans (http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/legumes-and-legume-products/4312/2), are all 3/4 carbohydrates!
The only legume that had the most balanced nutritional profile was edamame, about 35% carbs, 30% fats and 35% protein. Corn was probably the highest carbohydrate, at about 82% carbs and little to no protein (8%).
Yes, I know the difference between "acidic" and "acidifying" (ie, has an acidifying effect on the body). I was sure to make the distinction between the two in my post, because I know that many foods such as citrus are acidic, yet are actually base-forming. And could you define "those kinds of websites"? A quick Google query yields multiple sites listing grains, legumes, sugars and meats
My husband is always complaining that there is never anything quick for him to eat. I’m one of those people who grew up cooking meals from scratch, and am very used to it (and the time it takes). He grew up tossing a burrito in the microwave, and isn’t quite accustomed to the time it takes to prep and cook a proper meal. To he clear, neither of us eat that sort of junk food, and we don’t own a microwave. I only work part time, so most days, I make breakfast lunch and dinner. However, 2 days a week, I’m at work from 9-5and he goes into work in the afternoon. He couldn’t cook to save his life, and on those days he often goes to work without eating a meal beforehand. To him, soup or a salad don’t count as a meal, he doesn’t cook, so he instead complains to me because there’s nothing quick to make.
What are some suggestions of foods that are quick to prepare (not in a microwave either), and "man food" (aka meat or some other form of heavy food)? We do have a toaster oven, if that helps. I’ve been a vegetarian for 12 years, and I honestly know nothing about meats, however he says cold cuts aren’t healthy, and doesn’t eat those either. What other types of meats could be quickly prepared for him to eat?
One more thing- he didn’t specifically ask for meats, but if stuff like salad and soup don’t cut it, I’m not sure what else would in the way of fast prep? He likes my vegetarian cooking enough, he never complains because I make real food and don’t use that gross soy meat stuff or anything. But he has always liked more "substance" to his meals than I do. He has come grocery shopping with me before, but he never seems to find something he likes, and I’m left trying to guess what will work for him. I’m kind of guessing perhaps something with meat would make him happy?
Firstly, i have very random food urges so please don’t judge me 
For my dinner tonight i can’t decide which to have, and they may be the complete opposite but like i said, RANDOM food urges :p
It’s between 100g of raisin oats and more with semi skimmed milk(i LOVE this cereal!) or my mums homemade lasagne with peas?
The lasagne is simply made with: Pork mince, Chopped Tomatoes, Onions, Chili, Worchestire Sauce, Lasagne sheets, Bacon and a topping of Cheese sauce (butter,flour,milk,cheese)
So which one do you think roughly isbetter for me? i know you can’t tell me exactly because its difficult to tell the exact information without knowing the full details of ingredients but just a rough idea would be nice
Thankyouuuu and once again please don’t judge mee (:
This is for our food technology coursework where we have to adapt our chosen recipe to make it healthier e.g. using skimmed milk instead of plain milk because there is less fat
chicken fricassee
2 cooked chicken joints
125ml chicken stock
125ml milk
50g bacon,chopped
1 small onion
50g mushroom
pinch mixed herbs
salt & pepper
12g plain flour
12g margarine
thank you so much
by healthier, i mean, increasing the fibre and lower fat, salt and sugar content