50% of everything we eat should be vegtables. For a foodie its a battle......
I avoid foods that I have trouble staying away from, I just dont bring them into the house.....I cannot tell you the last time I had peanut butter in the house. I just cannot control it. Now that is FUNNY but true.
1/8 of the avacodo is a serving. I could eat 5 ripe avacados no problem.
And get moving 1 hour a day. IMHO
No. There are some people, like me, who have a gluten sensitivity which I developed in my 30s. I would love to be able to eat regular bread, cakes, pies, cookies, etc., but I can't unless I want to suffer the consequences, which take four to five days to work their way through my system. It's not in my head, and it took years of suffering before finally figuring out what the cause was. Once I eliminated gluten from my diet, no more problems. Unfortunately, there is hidden gluten in a lot of products you wouldn't expect - red vines, some yogurts, slim jims just to name a few - and if I don't read labels, I'll know within about 20 minutes if I've been "glutenized".
Tell me about it. It's a bad habit with me, too.
Awhile back, Mrs WBill saw an "expose" on High Fructose Corn Syrup. She's been on a kick to cut it out of our diets. Fine by me, it's in a lot of pre-processed junk food that I shouldn't be eating, anyway. If the cookies, candy, soda, etc aren't in the house for me to eat....they won't get eaten!!!
However - it's ALSO in a lot of "regular" food. Peanut Butter. Most condiments - Ketchup!!!. Bread (?!!). We're shopping a little more consciously, now.
Interestingly enough, since we've cut back on it, I'm less hungry. For instance, I *like* Peanut Butter Sandwiches. Used to eat two for lunch. Now that we're more careful about HFCS, one does me just fine. One sandwich, handful of chips, glass of milk, and I'm good to go for the rest of the day.
Interesting, sez me. My waistline likes it, too.
No. It's not.
Is the number of people who have adopted and embraced the gluten free diet because it's 'stylish' overblown?
Yes. Is gluten sensitivity real? Yes. It's known as Celiac disease. It's an auto-immune disorder and it sux. Avoiding gluten is the key ingredient in relieving it. It's like poison to my wife.