It is more than OK. It is ideal. I have been strictly whole food- plant based for over 7 years . I eat tons of brown, black and red rice, tons of baked potatoes, mostly yams but also all other kids of potatoes , All vegetables, including corn, as long as it isn't in a processed food. Beans are a staple. All kinds. Black, red, navy, chickpea, etc. All kinds. They are my main source of protein.
It is literally the best thing I ever did for myself. You couldn't pay me to go back and not eat this way. . So no ignorance here, trust me. I know exactly what I am talking about. I already said that diet soda is not good for you, but the regular has high fructose corn syrup AND contributes to diabetes and weight gain. It should not be allowed to be purchased with taxpayer money. Neither kind. Diet or regular.
You cut my text off. As a diabetic you never would eat potatoes, corn, beans and rice. The starch turns to glucose in the body and can spike it just as much as if you were eating raw sugar. Any legume is bad. Any vegetable high in starch is bad. While I am not advocating that drinking of any pop is good, I am merely stating that diet pop is worse than regular because of the artificial sweetener called aspartame, stevia, or any other artificial sweetener you want to substitute for sugar. Unprocessed is the best.
Again if you want to limit what a person buys with food stamps then change the law, until then moan and gripe all you want but you have no right dictating what people can or cannot buy with the money that is not already banned by law. (as tobacco and alcohol are). Neither does Moochelle have the right to dictate to any kid what they should eat or not eat. The kids revolted on that one. The ignorance stems from your not knowing how to change the law and lack of action to do so.
I am going to leave you with a funny story which is related:
A woman in India had been trying to have her child stop eating sugar. The kid continued to do so. One day Gandhi came to a nearby town. She and her child walked for days. As she reached the place where Gandhi was speaking, she pushed through the crowd and made her way up to Ghandi. The mother had been told she could ask Gandhi one question.
Gandhi looked at the mother and said “Ask your question.”
The mother replied, “Can you please tell my son to stop eating sugar.”
Gandhi thought for a moment and said, “No.”
The mother looked disheartened and to this Gandhi looked at the mother telling her come back in a month.
A month later, the woman, with her child in tow, pushed her way up to Ghandi. Again she was told she could ask one question. She looked at Gandhi and asked the question again. This time, Gandhi took the child’s hand into his own, looked him in the face and said, “Please stop eating sugar”.
The mother was excited but confused and asked why did he say that now. Why not say that a month ago. Gandhi looked solemnly at the woman and simply replied, “One month ago I too was eating sugar”.