tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post5349295813136978392..comments2024-03-22T00:35:19.082-07:00Comments on Casual Kitchen: Food MythsDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388302796031288076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-10500635985226465712014-11-12T07:11:28.495-08:002014-11-12T07:11:28.495-08:00I'm pretty fascinated by all of this, obviousl...I'm pretty fascinated by all of this, obviously. Having gone through years of "eggs are bad", "grains are good", "fat is bad". And I still see people making money selling dietary plans on very low fat diets.<br /><br />I recently read an article/editorial by Dr. Mark Hyman on why he eats "paleo/vegan". Similar to how I've been eating lately (except I still do dairy), but I wonder what we'll be saying in another 20 years?<br /><br />Some people are really ignorant on the effect of vaccination programs, to make a comment to chacha1. The vaccination rates in some of our local schools are abysmal.Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13984899661746845414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37886248.post-51729084357625626722014-11-11T09:39:16.750-08:002014-11-11T09:39:16.750-08:00What I'm curious about is why so many people k...What I'm curious about is why so many people keep looking for "evidence" for why they should eat fresh natural food. <br /><br />Why should anyone need to be convinced to eat spinach vs Doritos, or broccoli vs chicharrones? Or butter vs margarine for that matter.<br /><br />When it comes to population health, mortality, etc., maybe people look at life expectancy in 1850 vs 1950 and think the improvement is solely due to the mass manufacturing of food. Our public education and conversation are not, let's face it, very historically accurate.<br /><br />Maybe people are just ignorant of the huge effect of vaccination programs on decreasing infectious-disease mortality, of the huge effect of antiseptic medical practices on decreasing perinatal and maternal and surgical mortality, of the huge effect of vehicle safety regulations on decreasing transportation mortality.<br /><br />Maybe people would rather obsess about their food because it seems controllable. The irony is that by choosing to obsess about their food, people often eat less well and achieve worse health. Because the information they rely on is pretty much uniformly flawed.<br /><br />I mean, does the average woman eating Special K for breakfast - because of the ads featuring thin women in full makeup (and professional hairdress) - ever stop to think "hey, maybe 150 calories is not actually a complete breakfast! Maybe that's why I'm craving a giant Panini by 11:30 every morning!"<br /><br />I suspect not, but I continue to be confused by WHY not. This really is not rocket science.chacha1http://www.ombailamos.comnoreply@blogger.com