High Fructose Corn Syrup

[steelax04]

Originally Posted by Steel Mountain

That is easily done using a software program called Nutribase. Best on the market. Enter your food intake for a meal, a day, a week or a year, and it will give you values of approx. 180 nutrients. I have an older version that only values 160 nutrients, but as a nutritionist, I still find it invaluable.

$800... meh, I think I'll just stick to my simple free calorie counter.

[beSteelmyheart]

Originally Posted by Godfather

HFCS is prevalent thanks to our inane agricultural policies. We subsidize corn because it buys votes in the Midwest. Same reason we support corn-based ethanol even though it's inefficient and bad for the environment.

Thank you. Because that's what it all boils down to. Being bought & sold for votes, money or power. Same situation with the FDA being bought by the drug companies, the USDA being bought by the big meat packing conglomerates, etc, etc. America is getting fatter & sicker by the year but those guys are livin the life.
And the band played on...

[Steel Mountain]

Originally Posted by steelax04

$800... meh, I think I'll just stick to my simple free calorie counter.

Ya get watcha pay for! The 800.00 version is for professionals that use it to help other folks. Just counting calories is really not enough. You would ever know if you have a vit.C deficiency or iron overload in your diet...for example. How are you doing on Omega 3,6 and 9 from a ratio standpoint? I would not expect very many people to drop that kind of coin for a household software, however, you can spend a fraction of that and let me do it for you on a monthly basis. Like most things it would pay for itself in the long run, but I certainly make a living from it.

[theplatypus]

Originally Posted by steelax04

I'd be interested to see what a raw fruits and vegetables diet would look like from a nutrition and caloric intake perspective...

I had a one of my cynical what are these hippies up to moments about 2 years ago and tried the raw food diet thing for 6 weeks. The only thing I ate that could be remotely construed as not being raw was coffee. I've got to admit that I felt awesome. I was never weak or tired(full of energy actually) and I shed some lbs with a quickness. Interestingly enough after going back to a more traditional diet whenever I ate something "bad" (fastfood etc) my body basically revolted. I would literally feel awful and would have moments of am I going to be able to keep this down.

[ricardisimo]

Originally Posted by SteelersinCA

Mexican Coke is the best stuff on the planet.

I'm reluctant to admit it, but it's true.

[ricardisimo]

Originally Posted by theplatypus

I had a one of my cynical what are these hippies up to moments about 2 years ago and tried the raw food diet thing for 6 weeks. The only thing I ate that could be remotely construed as not being raw was coffee. I've got to admit that I felt awesome. I was never weak or tired(full of energy actually) and I shed some lbs with a quickness. Interestingly enough after going back to a more traditional diet whenever I ate something "bad" (fastfood etc) my body basically revolted. I would literally feel awful and would have moments of am I going to be able to keep this down.

When I originally stopped eating meat, it was simply because my girlfriend at the time was a veg. Three years later we broke up, and one of the first things I did was look for barbecued pork ribs, which had been my definition of heaven before.

I nearly puked, and almost immediately (in other words, it wasn't because the meat was bad). Either I had completely lost the ability to process meat, or something psychologically prevented me from enjoying the ribs. All meat tastes like feces to me now.

Originally Posted by theplatypus

I had a one of my cynical what are these hippies up to moments about 2 years ago and tried the raw food diet thing for 6 weeks. The only thing I ate that could be remotely construed as not being raw was coffee. I've got to admit that I felt awesome. I was never weak or tired(full of energy actually) and I shed some lbs with a quickness. Interestingly enough after going back to a more traditional diet whenever I ate something "bad" (fastfood etc) my body basically revolted. I would literally feel awful and would have moments of am I going to be able to keep this down.

There are ups and downs to it. Some veggies (and of course all fruits) are better for you raw, but some are better for you nutritionally when cooked, like tomatoes. Lycopene becomes more absorbent for your body when tomatoes are cooked.

Children, pregnant and nursing mothers, anemics and people at risk for osteoporosis should not eat a raw diet. Nutritional deficiencies such as calcium, iron, protein, omega-3 fatty acids and calories may occur. Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to anemia and neurological problems. Vit B12 can be found in animal products (and obviously it's unhealthy to eat raw animal food products, outside of sushi).

Obviously you can take vitamins to make up for some of what you're not getting in your food, but most vitamins and supplement pills do not absorb into the body the same way that they do from food.

Originally Posted by ricardisimo

When I originally stopped eating meat, it was simply because my girlfriend at the time was a veg. Three years later we broke up, and one of the first things I did was look for barbecued pork ribs, which had been my definition of heaven before.

I nearly puked, and almost immediately (in other words, it wasn't because the meat was bad). Either I had completely lost the ability to process meat, or something psychologically prevented me from enjoying the ribs. All meat tastes like feces to me now.

My friend is the same way. She stopped eating most meats mainly because she just didn't like the taste of most and then became a full on vegetarian. Even the smell of cooking meat makes her nauseas now.

She has to take heavy iron supplements now though because she got to the point where her blood was so iron deficient that is was closer to pink than red.

Myself, I don't think I could ever stop eating meat lol. I love chicken, steak and seafood WAY too much!

[JackHammer]

It's all a conspiracy. Big Sugar Beet is trying to take out Big Corn. True story.