If you want to kill yourself. Sure, I love them too. I try not to let the waiter bring them to the table because I have very little sales resistance once the lovable little critters are there on my plate staring at me. Out of sight, out of mind. And there are just so many you can steal off you neighbor's plate before they smack your hand. It represents three of the important food groups (for bad health)... salt, grease (probably the unhealthiest kind) and starch. Health-conscious people know about the "White Menace." No , I am not talking about Gary Bussey, I refer to White Rice, White Potatoes, and White Bread, all of which are absorbed very quickly through the stomach and rush into the blood stream as sugar... promoting a high, followed by a low, then a need for another "fix (there is such a thing as carb addiction) and eventually...obesity and Type-2 Diabetes. All this from a simple bag of fries? You betcha. So is this an absolute prohibition? Should life be like that? I don't think so. The old ZEN expression applies: "Water which is TOO PURE has no fish." Personally I find deprivation to be annoying. You gotta have some fun and some guilty pleasures some times. Fries with every meal? Every Burger? Rethink that. Eat the meat, skip the bun and the fries, or in Mobster terms... leave the Gun, take the Cannolis.
I think one of the main takeaways should be WHY AREN'T WE EATING MORE NATURAL FOODS?!
ReplyDeleteSalt is definitely a problem, as you'll find it when you dine out but also at home in your salad dressing, pasta sauce, even deli meats, which often contain sodium nitrates. Instead of purchasing prepared foods, substitutes and fat-free nonsense, we should be eating fresh produce and REAL INGREDIENTS in moderation as opposed to all these short-cuts that are chock full of sodium, preservatives and other nonsense.
Natural is an overused term in the food industry. I agree that truly natural tends to be healthier. Remember from a previous column that sugar cane is natural, as are poison mushrooms. A white Idaho potato is natural. It is a good start BUT just because something is natural, doesn't mean it is good for you. Getting bitten in the ass by a natural rattlesnake, with natural venom, is not a good way to start your day.
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