I remember that we’ve discussed this a tiny bit before so I think (hope) you’ll be ok with this direction.
If I was telling a man what he could or could not eat, and he was okay with that, I don’t think I would be attracted to him for the long haul.
That’s just me, your mileage may vary.
I don’t tell him-I just do it my way and he can go along or not-that cowboy is not someone who lets anyone tell him to do anything-a stubborn deep South Scot is what he is-but a few months before I agreed to re-connect with him, his gall bladder blew up and he very nearly died-the cause was decades of dietary abuse-fried this, fried that, sugar, fast food, white flour, etc-the remains of the thing had to be peeled off other organs to remove it-sounded like a horror movie plot...
By the time we started dating again, he had gone to a nutritionist and committed to the healthy eating thing-he is honest enough to admit that one reason he chose me was because he knew I was brought up eating healthy and would not go off that path, knew I take no RX or illicit drugs and work out-and that he’d be motivated to maintain that lifestyle if he was with me, as well. I’ll keep managing the groceries as long as he wants me to-I want my man healthy and with me a long time-after all, I don’t want to hear that black widow s*** again...