JH+unhappy+meals

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. Dietary myths Nutrients Nutritionism
 * eat meat but don't eat to much of it, eat it more as a side item rather than an main course.
 * if you are concerned about your health you probably shouldn't eat things that say it is good for you because that product usually says that because its really not that good for you.
 * low-fat diets protect against breast cancer and coronary disease
 * they thought that omega-3 could help reduce your chance of heart attack by more than a third but actually is was pionsed with the mercury in the fish
 * dietary fiber can help prevent colon cancer
 * first they thought that they could reduce all foods into three categories protein, fat, carbohydrates
 * then they found out that they couldn't just eat these three and that there were things called vitamins they that also needed to eat
 * this is when we stopped eating food and started eating nutrients
 * it is an ideology that is believed about people needing to eat nutrients
 * they group different foods together that normally dont have anything to do with each other but under the topics of protein, fat, and carbs they suddenly do.

importance of our diet Confusion over what to eat Popular diets that are wrong Good diets What is wrong with science and nutrition? Eat "FOOD" Mostly plants Not to much
 * prevention of cancer, obesity, heart disease, diabetes
 * "let food be thy medicine"
 * energy source, building blocks of cells
 * because it tastes good
 * we focus on nutrient and vitamins instead of whole non processed foods, this focus ignores the relationship between real life and the foods available
 * so much information about food is out there but there little or weak evidence to support the ideas about food
 * the benefit of having confusion about food is for
 * scientists
 * the fast food industry
 * dieting programs
 * and the food industry
 * cut down on red meat and dairy eat more plants( controversial for the food industry)
 * low fat diet - instead of eating more vegetables they replace the fat with Carbs which makes people diabetic
 * we should eat like the French or like the Greek
 * they have a food culture, let culture be your guide not science
 * Not only look at what they eat look at the lifestyles that they live to embrace the foods they eat
 * no seconds
 * no snacks
 * communal eating
 * Too complicated
 * ignores how nutrients interact with diet and lifestyles
 * nutrient by nutrient science is not helpful
 * antioxidants, fiber, beta carotene, omega fatty acids
 * people lie about what they eat in survey so it gives inaccurate results - no way they could maintain their weight with the amount they say they eat
 * eat unprocessed food like people did before WW2
 * examples - foods with five ingredients or less, plants, and fish
 * bad examples - processed, anything that claims to be good for you
 * Fruits, vegatables
 * eat till you are 80% full
 * worry about the quality of food not the quantity