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RE: Interesting recipes for healthy eating

in #food8 years ago (edited)

Unfortunately, as a nutrition consultant, I find that all of these sources use outdated nutritional ideas, that were never proven in the first place. At least their NZ counterparts do. They are certainly better than eating junk food, processed food and takeaways as they are mainly cooking from real, fresh foods, and that's good. Their ideas would be fine to get people started eating better food, and starting to cook for themselves, and that is valuable

But they are also preaching info that is wrong, which could cause damage in the long term.

You say "Below is a list of some reputable resources where you can find recipes that are low fat, high fibre, low in sodium and added sugar"

  • Low fat has been shown to have caused all sorts of ill health - partly because of the needed nutrients in whole food fats, and partly because low fat foods are typically high in carbs.
  • High fibre is disputable. Yes, fibre from fruit and vegetables is generally beneficial, but from grains it can cause problems.
  • Low in sodium - sodium is the most plentiful mineral in our bodies and is needed. Low salt diets have benefited only a small handful of people, whereas lack of sodium can be dangerous.
  • No added sugar - sometimes that is true, but it doesn't mean low carb. And carbs are strings of glucose molecules, which break down to, guess what, sugar!

Sorry to disagree with all of your points.
I'll still upvote you, even though I disagree, as it's always valuable to start a dialogue, and this is an important issue.