Comments on: Food – Not Nutrients – Is The Fundamental Unit In Nutrition http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:06:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1400 KristenM Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:02:08 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1400 Kyle -- That's a pretty familiar story, and a sadly uninformed one. There are some plant-based equivalents of animal nutrients, but our bodies can't properly assimilate those nutrients without animal fats. In the very least, vegetarians need to make sure they add eggs, raw dairy, and grass-fed butter back into their lives. As for a totally vegan diet -- well, there's a reason NOT ONE long-lasting society has been vegan. We need animals, like it or not. Marc -- Ick. Lycopene foam sounds like something I'd rather not think about. ;p Kyle — That’s a pretty familiar story, and a sadly uninformed one. There are some plant-based equivalents of animal nutrients, but our bodies can’t properly assimilate those nutrients without animal fats. In the very least, vegetarians need to make sure they add eggs, raw dairy, and grass-fed butter back into their lives. As for a totally vegan diet — well, there’s a reason NOT ONE long-lasting society has been vegan. We need animals, like it or not.

Marc — Ick. Lycopene foam sounds like something I’d rather not think about. ;p

]]> By: Marc Feel Good Eating http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1399 Marc Feel Good Eating Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:23:21 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1399 The greatest chefs (celeb and non celeb) seek out the freshest ingredients possible....wonder why that is???? Casuse is tastes good people!!!! "Lycopene Foam" is just not where it's at. Marc <abbr><em>Marc Feel Good Eating The greatest chefs (celeb and non celeb) seek out the freshest ingredients possible….wonder why that is???? Casuse is tastes good people!!!!
“Lycopene Foam” is just not where it’s at.

Marc

Marc Feel Good Eating

]]> By: Kyle http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1398 Kyle Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:56:16 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1398 This article is so helpful because I was having this argument with a friend over facebook, and he was arguing how you could get all your nutrients from a vegetarian diet. And he argued that you could supplement those that you didn't get. It was annoying, but a fun :) This article is so helpful because I was having this argument with a friend over facebook, and he was arguing how you could get all your nutrients from a vegetarian diet. And he argued that you could supplement those that you didn’t get.

It was annoying, but a fun :)

]]> By: KristenM http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1397 KristenM Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:58:12 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1397 Rob -- Yes! That was one thing I loved in Nina's interview yesterday. She made it VERY clear that eating Real Food IS simple. Many times it can be even more simple than preparing convenience foods! Local Nourishment -- I agree with Kelly. You're last paragraph does say it all! Lee -- Thanks for joining in the conversation! I hope you'll consider posting again this Fight Back Friday. I thought last week's entries were all so inspiring and informative. Rob — Yes! That was one thing I loved in Nina’s interview yesterday. She made it VERY clear that eating Real Food IS simple. Many times it can be even more simple than preparing convenience foods!

Local Nourishment — I agree with Kelly. You’re last paragraph does say it all!

Lee — Thanks for joining in the conversation! I hope you’ll consider posting again this Fight Back Friday. I thought last week’s entries were all so inspiring and informative.

]]> By: Lee http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1396 Lee Thu, 02 Apr 2009 02:07:31 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1396 I recently took a friend who's very wary of the "real food" conversation to one of my favorite dinner spots. He liked it so much that he took his family and neighbors there for dinner the next week. "I didn't take them because the food is local or sustainable," he insisted, "I took them because it tastes fantastic." Exactly. Great post and site, Lee <abbr><em>Lee I recently took a friend who’s very wary of the “real food” conversation to one of my favorite dinner spots. He liked it so much that he took his family and neighbors there for dinner the next week. “I didn’t take them because the food is local or sustainable,” he insisted, “I took them because it tastes fantastic.” Exactly.

Great post and site,
Lee

Lee

]]> By: Son of Grok http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1395 Son of Grok Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:13:28 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1395 Are you trying to say that I can't survive soley on this nutrient IV?... darn you! The SoG <abbr><em>Son of Grok Are you trying to say that I can’t survive soley on this nutrient IV?… darn you!

The SoG

Son of Grok

]]> By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1394 Kelly the Kitchen Kop Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:49:48 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1394 Great post, Kristen, thanks for joining in on the carnival. LN, your last paragraph just says it all! Kelly <abbr><em>Kelly the Kitchen Kop Great post, Kristen, thanks for joining in on the carnival. LN, your last paragraph just says it all!
Kelly

Kelly the Kitchen Kop

]]> By: Local Nourishment http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1393 Local Nourishment Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:49:06 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1393 Jumping up and down cheering. You are so exactly right, and so exactly why "diets" don't work. Our bodies and tastebuds are programmed to like certain foods, especially in certain combinations. Striking out entire food groups from our lives makes me hungry, gives me food cravings, and makes me grouchy! I've been happier with a better outlook on life since I started eating traditionally. Before this journey, I counted calories, fiber, fat grams, carbs, exchanges, even IUs and grams of vitamins and minerals. It was frustrating, imperfect and yielded a diet that just didn't nourish my body. For the first time that I can remember, I love feeling hungry. It's not a punishment anymore to see how little I can eat and stay alive. It's a glorious opportunity to eat something delicious, satisfying and healthy! <abbr><em>Local Nourishment Jumping up and down cheering. You are so exactly right, and so exactly why “diets” don’t work. Our bodies and tastebuds are programmed to like certain foods, especially in certain combinations. Striking out entire food groups from our lives makes me hungry, gives me food cravings, and makes me grouchy!

I’ve been happier with a better outlook on life since I started eating traditionally. Before this journey, I counted calories, fiber, fat grams, carbs, exchanges, even IUs and grams of vitamins and minerals. It was frustrating, imperfect and yielded a diet that just didn’t nourish my body.

For the first time that I can remember, I love feeling hungry. It’s not a punishment anymore to see how little I can eat and stay alive. It’s a glorious opportunity to eat something delicious, satisfying and healthy!

Local Nourishment

]]> By: Rob Smart http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1392 Rob Smart Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:28:39 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1392 Here's to Real Food, Michael Pollan, Nina Planck, and, of course, Food Renegade! Now all we have to do is get our 300+ million fellow US citizens to understand just how simple eating can be. Better yet, let's get them to find their way back to their kitchens, where they can cook together, and put sustainable food on every kitchen table! That's what makes getting up in the morning so worthwhile. Cheers, Rob Smart <abbr><em>Rob Smart Here’s to Real Food, Michael Pollan, Nina Planck, and, of course, Food Renegade!

Now all we have to do is get our 300+ million fellow US citizens to understand just how simple eating can be. Better yet, let’s get them to find their way back to their kitchens, where they can cook together, and put sustainable food on every kitchen table!

That’s what makes getting up in the morning so worthwhile.

Cheers,

Rob Smart

Rob Smart

]]> By: Michelle @ Find Your Balance http://www.foodrenegade.com/food-not-nutrients/#comment-1391 Michelle @ Find Your Balance Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:26:31 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=618#comment-1391 It is pretty simple! I think all the confusion around nutrition is largely due to focusing on nutrients, not food :-) It is pretty simple! I think all the confusion around nutrition is largely due to focusing on nutrients, not food :-)

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