10 Foods that are Health Horrors

[sierra21]

You know for a fact that if is says low fat or fat free it can't taste good.

I dunno about that...I love a lot of things that are low fat and fat free...low-fat yogurts, for example, are all I eat for yogurt now. Part of it has to do with just getting used to it, too. It takes a while to change a lifetime of habits...it's like salt with some people. Those people who pile it on everything can't taste it in lower quantities when they first start to reduce it (for medical reasons, usually), but after a while, they're able to taste it better and better and they gradually require less of it to achieve the same flavour. Has to do with sensory adaptation.

Of course...there are those things that you just HAVE to have in their original shape, fatty or sugary as they may be. I wouldn't tell anyone to cut those out entirely (well...except maybe if they're a diabetic and it's really getting out of hand), just save them for those special moments when it's a REAL reward.

This reminds me of the "I love..." thread in ladies lounge lol

[GeneV]

Ever heard of the "Luther" burger? It was named after the late Luther Vandross. He invented it, actually. Evdently, he was making himself a bacon cheeseburger and it occurred to him that he didn't have any buns, so he opted for two glazed donuts. They used to serve this up in Saint Louis. It think it should have come with a complimentary stress test at the hospital.

Talk about disgusting and bad for you.

You wanna see the GeneV dagwood sandwich - all eight layers of it followed by chocolate milkshake followed by cheesecake

[ladypeartree]

can you say oink oink GeneV?

just enjoy whatever you fancy as a treat or in moderation....and think yourself fortunate , you could be stuck with my diet

no cakes biscuits bread pastry ..anything with wheat or any other grain apart from corn ( alergic )

no citrus fruits ( I am very allergic )

no full cream milk ( gives me asthma )

no nuts apart from peanuts ( I am alergic )

no grapes ( yet another allergy )

no salt ( I use herbs instead )

nothing with vinigar in it

Now what was it you were saying about food and eating out ?

[Leonard]

Thought I'd share this article...some of these things I'd never eat anyway, but then it starts talking about appetizers at restaurants an the calories in my favourite Starbucks drinks *sigh*

Not sure what your comment or quote about Hillary Clinton has to do with love or diet.

Hillary, or "Heaglairryg" is the Old English word for "Thunder Thighs."

[kat8585]

can you say oink oink GeneV?

just enjoy whatever you fancy as a treat or in moderation....and think yourself fortunate , you could be stuck with my diet

no cakes biscuits bread pastry ..anything with wheat or any other grain apart from corn ( alergic )

no citrus fruits ( I am very allergic )

no full cream milk ( gives me asthma )

no nuts apart from peanuts ( I am alergic )

no grapes ( yet another allergy )

no salt ( I use herbs instead )

nothing with vinigar in it

Now what was it you were saying about food and eating out ?

What do you eat??? I love everything except some meats and fish. It's better anyway not to eat salt, vinegar, and cakes, etc. But I like all the other things.

[kat8585]

I read the article, and, being a health nut, I wouldn't eat most of those foods anyway, tho sometimes I'm bad and I do eat them. I don't know why soy isn't listed. I just don't like hamburgers that are bought out. Once in a blue moon I will make them at home, or eat them at my daughters'.

But I love the Bloomin Onion (it's called the Awesome Blossom at Chili's)!! I love those huge cookies, I'm a cake-a-holic, and I love cheese fries, especially curly ones, and cheese hash browns. Putting cake, especially carrot or white cake, in front of me is like putting booze in front of an alcoholic.

I'm trying to be good....

[ladypeartree]

and I'm good at being trying

[TheoMike]

I love all those foods.

How about we just be moderate in all things, like the Bible says?

Besides...life is meant to be lived and enjoyed. Balance is the key.

[Iryssa]

What do you eat??? I love everything except some meats and fish. It's better anyway not to eat salt, vinegar, and cakes, etc. But I like all the other things.

Oh no...is there something unhealthy about vinegar?! I'm not sure I can survive this...

[Emily~Anne]

Irysaa, what are your weird pregnancy cravings so far? Mine were with first son, Fruity Pebbles and Spree candy. Second one Pringles chips with chocolate syrup, and anything MINT!