‘White People Food’ Is Creating An Unattainable Picture Of Health

You miss the point. American Chinese food is as Chinese as American Chinese girls are.

They're most certainly NOT Chinese. They're American girls who look like their great grandparents came from China. However, they don't speak Chinese, they don't act like Chinese, and they certainly don't think like Chinese, and if they ever traveled to China, they'd be treated as foreigners.

They're NOT Chinese, and neither is the food that American Chinese restaurants serve.

How many Mexicans do you see eating at Taco Bell?

 

My bad

 

yes, if you avoid the sugary carbs, such as a vegetarian diet (which I think can be very healthy if done right) and stick to mostly complex carbs, you are definitely better off then if you are drinking lots of fruit juices, eating refined grains, ect...

I stick to low carb veggies, green lettuces, broccoli, kale, spinach, radishes, red peppers, those kinda things, though I live the keto diet vs the vegetarian diet, but both can be healthy if you eat healthy foods

 

Do you have any idea how alien your diet is to most Americans? This is that kinda "white boy diet" the article is talking about. Hell, I'm a white boy and I think you're nuts! "low carb veggies"? Seriously dude? Kale tastes like ass, and I've never heard of a "keto diet" nor do I want to hear about a "keto diet".

You sound like somebody who thinks there's a difference between being a vegetarian and a vegan. I'm a regular guy, and yes, I eat at McDonalds. I don't know what a gluten is, but I do know the difference between kansas city and texas barbecue is.

sorry, but you've managed to come across like the typical white boy who eats white boy food, and you're even grossing me out, and I'm a white boy!

 

cook some frozen broccoli and frozen kale mixed, top it with some "real" butter, salt and pepper and it's pretty tasty, nice piece of meat to go with it, all set (keto meal) quick and easy

keto breakfast healthier then bowl of sugar smacks and keep you feeling full longer too (I eat 3 eggs) I love eggs, one of the perfect foods imo

 

dubs

 

Except that the alternative is not a bowl of sugary cereal, in the sane person's kitchen. And we don't need to 'feel full longer'. In fact, feeling full is not good for us. Humans (like most mammals), are more efficient when slightly hungry. Meantime, a much better alternative to TWO eggs AND highly carcinogenic and high saturated fat bacon, is a slice of wholemeal toast with organic peanut butter (no salt or sugar added), and a banana. Or a sugar free Bircher muesli with strawberries.

We simply don't need anywhere near that much animal protein. That's crazy stuff, for breakfast!

 

and, not surprisingly, such terms more often than not, stem from those with the mental capacity of children

 

a med banana is 14 grams of sugar, would not eat that, the wholemeal toast is better then the refined grains and real peanut butter is better then the sugar ridden stuff, remove the banana and add a 1\2 avocado in there and could be a keto breakfast too - though I would not eat the bread either, one could on keto as that is lower carbs - the poster I replied too said he eats at McDonalds, so not sure what he eats for breakfast

yes, we used to sometimes go days without food and eat the fat on our bodies for breakfast, lunch and dinner, about 30% of that being saturated fat, seems the body knows what it's doing storing food for later for us to eat when food is scarce, if eating fat was bad, when people lost large amounts of weight, they would not get healthier as they are eating all body fat they lose, something to think about

that two eggs\four slices of bacon is not high protein, it's moderate protein (22g)

 

Healthy food is healthy food. White ppl arent going to call 'cultural appropriation' on minorities who eat healthy... this is a bunch of nonsense.

 

We do need some sugars, and fructose is a good way to get it. Once again, this is predicated on a normal level of activity. And normal in this sense means what is premium for the human animal, not what is 'normalised' by certain societies. A normal level of activity is constant movement, with very little 'sit down' time.

 

you need zero grams of carbs\sugar, it's not essential, you body can make all the glucose your body needs... and when low carbs, ketones fill the void, so you need less glucose, ketones are a cleaner fuel source for the brain, this was essential for the survival of our species back before they had supermarkets with food avail 24\7

if carbs were an essential nutrient, this man would of died on his over a year fast
https://cristivlad.com/total-starvation-382-days-without-food-study/


his diet obviously was mostly body fat, something your saying is bad for us, if true his health should of got worse not better

on a keto diet you can pretty much move forever as your fuel source never runs out, your insulin is low, so you have access to all the calories stored in your fat, water, sleep and rest is all you need and you even recover faster on keto, the brain is running on ketones, so no harm to brain when run low on glucose during a run like with carbs if run low as the carb fuel tank is smaller

"Is a Low-Carb Keto Diet Better for Endurance Athletes?"

https://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/low-carb-keto-diet-better-endurance-athletes

 

We absolutely need ready access to energy in the form of carbs. Proteins and fats make the body work harder to access that energy. Eating low carb and high protein puts a 'strain' on body systems, though the effects of that won't tell for some time.

 

not at all, that is like saying we need alcohol as the body chooses to use alcohol first, then carbs, then fat and protein - the truth is, too much alcohol and sugar in the blood is toxic to the body, so the body wants to use this up first

the body actually works as hard digesting sugar as alcohol as the fructose in sugar is processed by the liver in about the same way, thus the fatty liver in both alcoholics and sugaraholics

I agree, I never said to eat high protein, you should eat moderate protein, in fact that is a requirement of the keto diet, if you eat too much protein, it will turn the extra into glucose

the fact is, after you have filled the glucose gas tank, all the extra gets stored as fat, if you constantly eat carbs all day (or even snaking in middle of night on carbs), you keep bumping up the insulin thus blocking the access to the fat, thus when the glucose drops, the cells will say they are starving cause they are low on glucose and can not access the fat, this is what makes many people gain weight is they never give the body access to the bodies fat stores as they constantly keep the insulin high all day long

 

keto is not for everyone, for the rest I say, do not eat excess sugars and seed oils and DO eat complex carbs, doing that alone will improve ones health dramatically

even better, don't eat after the last meal of the day until breakfast (break fast), IE no snacking at night on most nights if not all nights

 

Why would people identify with a diet that's stupid.

Are people really this lost that they need to eat a certain thing to feel like they are who they are?

 

some people are convinced thing like a $9 bottle of kale water will cure all their ills I guess, many looking for the easy fix

 

I would call the person who bought a $9 bottle of water a mark, I would call the people who sell a $9 bottle of water brilliant Financial artists.

If you can get someone to part with the money that much money because you put a nasty tasting Leaf in it you deserve an award you need to write a book. I want to buy that book.

 

Some "white foods" - that is, foods from cultures that are majority white (soon to change) - are terribly fatty. The Italian diet is pretty good - lots of pasta, vegetables, lentils - so is a traditional British diet. Fast food is really multinational these days it's unfair to call a Big Mac "white food".

What's really interesting is the whole cultural appropriation angle. That rules out POCs opening a heck of a lot of stores. Want to open a sandwich joint? You better be at least 25% white grrrrrrrrr or else!

Or we can all eat whatever we like, if we're good enough cooks to sell another culture's food so be it, cultural exchange used to be good, now it's appropriation and somehow bad.

 

When I was a little child, my grandmother told me about the sweet potato. It was so healthy and full of nutrients, but white people wouldn't eat it for a long time because they thought that type of food was only fit for Black people, so they were missing out.



Obviously this is a pretty old story, but my old grandmother had a whole bunch of other stories that were hopelessly out of date.

That's just the first thing that came to mind when reading this thread.

 

I think what the person meant was that if you go to a fast food joint the salads are more expensive than the burgers/fries per oz of food. The salads I make at home are much larger that the ones at wendy's for $8. I know you are not supposed to eat until you are full, but if you are poorer you have less money to spend to get your 1600-2000 calories. The 4 for 4 menu is 1/2 the price of the salad and 3x the amount of calories. The poor person may believe that spending 2x for a less filling meal is not cost effective. The profit margins on the salads are much higher which is why they are on the menu to begin with.

 

I try to be understanding, but I have no idea what this article is trying to say. Take the following quote:

What does that even mean?

 

It means that the author sees racism in everything.

I would ask the author just where she has found these "white culture has taken the power to define all things good as white, and all things white as good" ideas evidenced.

 

I see Mexicans at Taco Bell almost every time I go there.

 

Well, the problem with salads is that it's hard to keep them fresh, and there is more waste, than the other stuff fast food offers. That's the reason for the expense. Its stupid for poor people to rely on McDonalds for their food. They can make the same artery filling stuff for cheaper at home, or they can eat healthy for the same price.