[antidisestablishment]

Real food is what it used to be called. It’s almost impossible to get fat if you stay away from processed foods.

[RedMonqey]

It’s almost impossible to get fat if you stay away from processed foods.

I had some great grand parents who are examples that say otherwise but I get your point.>

Read any processed food label and your will find "flavor enhancers"that intensifies the taste of food. Of course chief villians among them are sugar, salt, vinegar etc as well as the artifical types but all are to "trick" your senses to eat more.

I, myself have a weakness for Tabasco sauce which have all of the above and I put it on everything.

[luckystarmom]

My grandparents never ate out. They had a nuge garden for most of their vegetables. My grandpa hunted for dear (and later the grandsons left them meat from the dear they shot) . They didn’t drive much. My grandpa walked to play domnoes every day. My grandma made the best homemade desserts that they had every day. They never had cancer. They had mild heart problems. They were never over weight and they both lived until they were in their 90’s.

I think there are a lot of lessons from the way they lived.