SwampNut Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 One of the reasons we have limited data on how nutrition affects people is that it would be unethical to purposely put people on a shitty diet to see how they do. Most Americans are on a shitty diet by their own choice, so we do have some data, but it's hard to get people to simply change their diet and keep it up for a long time, thus building comparative data. Left to her own choices, Moriah mostly eats trash, maybe even more than most people. I carefully did a couple months of very regularly providing real food for us, no dairy, mostly no salt or oil, etc. She commented that she thought she felt better, and certainly had less bowel issues. Ok, so then I took it away. I didn't really cook much for a while, and/or I cooked trashier stuff. A couple days ago she asked if we had any Purple Carrot deliveries coming soon (I paused them, they are healthy pre-portion ingredients for specific meals). I said no and she was disappointed. Most Fridays, I cook a good healthy dinner for a group of friends and neighbors. I'd also skipped this last week and had been traveling the Fridays before. Today I told her we were doing our usual, and she said, "Thank god, I need real food again. Why haven't you been cooking? I've been eating trash, and I feel shitty." I hope to get published and peer reviewed soon. Or tried for violating the Geneva Convention on human experiments. Or both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02XXCA Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Thanks Doctor Carlos for real study! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampNut Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 I was told in no uncertain terms that I was cooking real food tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBLXX Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 On 3/3/2023 at 2:13 PM, SwampNut said: Moriah mostly eats trash Define this and be specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampNut Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 5 minutes ago, DBLXX said: Define this and be specific. Highly processed, low nutrition, high in sodium. Mac & Cheese boxes and similar, frozen dinners (though I've really pushed those to 50% healthier options), ramen, chips, Club crackers, chocolate, basic processed snack foods. She'll eat chocolate chips and marshmallows, too lazy to turn them into a s'more. The compromises have been sweetened nuts, trisquits more than the junkier options, medium-nutrition rice snacks, higher value frozen things, etc. But even then, she's noticing when the grease/sodium are up and fiber is down. There's no replacement for real green things and real food-based fiber. Her bowels confirm this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXitanium Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 You're going to wake up with a knife in your back. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXitanium Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Justin Bieber did not die today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampNut Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 Hahahaha, now she's proactively bringing me recipe ideas. There's nothing quite as motivating as making your body work better through real nutrition, and then having it taken away. This happens to me every time I travel, and reminds me to do better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Krypt Keeper Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 This is one of my struggles while working out of town all week. I am currently in hillbilly hell NC and most of the choices are of your fast foods and few actual real restaurants to offer a decent selection. I carry protein shakes, will meal prep some with homemade egg muffins (similar to a quiche) and drop in for the breakfast in the mornings to grab a banana or apple. This past week I smoked a small pork loin and had that sliced up for 2 meals for lunch. Remembers over 5 yrs ago my boss was looking at my purchasing card and noticed most of my dinners were from Cracker Barrel. When I told him that they were for salads he laughed and asked if I was serious. Dead serious, would get a grilled chicken salad in a heart beat and being it was 100 yards from the hotel it was an easy walk and didn't require me to drive in all the NOVA traffic. Plenty of veggies, some grilled protein, chopped egg, little bit of fat from the cheese and dressing. I would probably give my left testicle by Thursday night when out of town for a cracker barrel this past month. Some nights I just go to my room, grab a shower and heat up my little egg muffins as I just don't want to deal with people or the foods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampNut Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 One easy option is simply canned low-salt beans and hot sauce. Also canned low salt corn, bagged microwave rice, and things like that are tools I rely on for travel. The really hard travel for me is with people, who often want to go out to eat, and it's usually junk. I think I ate more grease and salt during NeXXt than I do all year. Spice it up with a tortilla, guac/avocado, some beans, and some hot sauce. Quick nutrition, not terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Krypt Keeper Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 1 hour ago, SwampNut said: One easy option is simply canned low-salt beans and hot sauce. Also canned low salt corn, bagged microwave rice, and things like that are tools I rely on for travel. The really hard travel for me is with people, who often want to go out to eat, and it's usually junk. I think I ate more grease and salt during NeXXt than I do all year. Spice it up with a tortilla, guac/avocado, some beans, and some hot sauce. Quick nutrition, not terrible. Thats a great idea on the rice you can microwave, could simply add in some of my own grilled proteins and items. Grabbed some Chinese the other night and was more excited for the rice and broccoli than anything else. Lady was sweet and tossed in an eggroll, never liked cabbage raw, cooked, in any shape or form. Not a lot of worries for going out to dinner with others at this location, no one else around. Talked to my boss this past week and he asked where I was at and what have I been up to. Dang, I go out of town for a month and quickly forgotten, need to do it more often so I don't have to worry about interruptions. Work gets done and paychecks steady roll in so its a win win situation. Might see about picking up some more of those tuna or chicken packets, use to carry them with me everywhere as they take up little space, don't need to be refrigerated and are pretty fool proof as long as you have a fork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Scotia Mike Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Chef Carlos Mengele 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superhawk996 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Right now Carlos is on a proper Cuban diet, at least for some meals (he's in Miami)....I hope he survives it. I rarely eat before 10:30am, it's 5:30am and just thinking about the food there made me hungry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampNut Posted March 18 Author Share Posted March 18 10:00 breakfast was a papa rellena, croqueta, and some pastry thing with an unknown savory filling. I'll go home 8 pounds heavier and feeling like shit with all the salt and crap. At least with everyone being on Cuban time, I don't have to change time zones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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