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Anthony Bourdain said what he said and it is fair to hold him accountable for it.

What Clem spewed back at you were his own words and he can be held accountable for that.

This suxks, I was a big fan of No Reservations and Parts unknown. Always said he had my dream job. Loved how he respected people of all cultures and walks of life.Read his book that started it all, No Reservations, while on a 25 day vacation in County jail

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You mean it doesn't count as one of my daily servings of vegetables?

We don't have to worry about HFCS anymore... they've changed the name!

The FDA actually allows it to be called "Fructose Syrup", "Corn Sugar" and get this... "natural sweetener" now!

Another creatively deceptive approach, actually used to some cereal manufacturers... "No High Fructose Corn Syrup" appears on the front of the box. The ingredients on the back will list "fructose syrup". It's legal because they are now using corn syrup with a lower fructose content.... and just more of it.

"Nothing to see here... move along."

Your best bet is to not shop in the isles of the grocery store anymore than you have to. If you shop the perimeter you’re buying fruits, veggies, meats. When you do shop the isles you have to read labels. And I do.
Shop smart. The less of that garbage we buy the less they’ll utilize it. Vote against the machine with selective purchasing.

Quoted for truth!

Hey, don't forget Dairy!

Tippecanoe and Dairy too!

1) Butter and/or margarine make everything taste better,
2) Sour cream & baked potato?
3) There's lots of protein in cottage cheese,
4) Cheddar cheese is one of life's pleasures,
5) Milk is fantastic (ok... non-fat milk is fine)
6) And forget not...



Brought to your home from the NDC.

Coffee Mate is not dairy. It’s liquid deodorant. Look at the ingredients. It’s like fire suppression foam ingredients. Beyond that it’s gross. I want coffee flavored coffee. It’s why I made coffee. If I want a candy cane I’ll eat a candy cane. I don’t need candy cane in my coffee. Or fake hazlenut. Or fake chocolate caramel mocha hydrogenated garbage from a bottle.
Coffee is a flavor in and of itself. It’s why I made coffee. Because I like coffe flavor.
If you don’t like coffee and do like candy canes...eat a candy cane and put the liquid garbage where it belongs...in the garbage. Then drink water.

Agreed. I would never put Coffee Mate in my drink. Anything that has ingredients that clearly came out of a lab....no thanks. All you need is milk or actual cream. Why people want some artificial chemical laden powder is beyond me.

Artificial coffee creamers are only good if you need a laxative.

The more junk one eats and puts into their body the more issues your body has to break it down and use it the way your body was designed to work. If you omit junk food/artificial crap one should never need laxatives.

I was making a joke.

I know. I got you. I have learned your humor over the years.

I was mainly replying because of Rocky's Coffee Mate post.

And the bread!

Is there anything better than Wonder? Sixty years ago it was the best.



Nowadays, I’m inclined to go for Potato Buns. They melt in your mouth.



Pumpernickel was one of those foods I didn’t like as a kid, but do as an adult.



(along with salmon, artichoke hearts, spinach, coffee) (not liver - I still hate liver)

Also on the perimeter isles of today’s “Super Markets”



I could go for a pound of egg salad.



And I’ve had some Deli Pasta Salad that was superb.



But not all pasta salads are created equal.

Read the labels...there is actually quite a bit of sugar in non fat milk

Me, my wife and our two teenage kids have lost about 310 pounds total in the last 18 months and not one of us had a surgery to put a balloon in our stomach or some crazy diet plan.
How did we do it...mostly by reading labels, stop going to fast food/buffet's buying less garbage and shopping local farm markets for mass quantities of fresh veggies and fruits and pick your own. We lived out in this area for about 18 years before we found a pick you own blackberry, blueberry, raspberry and all kinds of veggies that is about 5-10 minutes from our house. We go there probably 2 times a week in summer/fall. And we have 7-10 farm markets within 20 minute drive from our house.
And we bought a couple pcs of exercise equipment and use them daily and walk, work in the yard. Nothing special.

And where I work, I mostly sit at my desk at lunch and eat my salad and veggies while everyone else goes for fast food lunches. And 3 of my same age co workers have had surgeries this year-one for a heart blockage, one has had 3 cancer surgeries and one for a hip replacement. the one with the cancer surgeries still eats burger king/mickey d's every lunch and drinks every night. He said he ain't changing...and then went out and dropped almost 10k on funeral arrangements so he wouldn't be a burden on his wife and 5 kids. He is 54 yrs old.

Congrats for doing it the right way and being successful. It’s not hard to eat right. It just takes a little self discipline. Something seriously lacking in many people. People who then blame genetics or other outside factors for their obesity.
Keep up the good work. Spread the word. Be an example.

northlima above:



I live on non-fat milk.

I average ~ ½ gallon of non-fat dry milk every 3 days. Twenty quarts a month (I buy the box of 10 quart pouches and make a ½ gallon per quart envelop. So I’m drinking half diluted non-fat milk everyday. Tastes fine to me.)



No sugar listed on the ingredients.

Only 3 ingredients: “Non-fat dry milk, Vitamin A & Vitamin D”.

But then I look at the DRAs and see 12 gms sugar!

I would have never guessed. I guess buried in the ingredient "Non-fat dry milk".

I would have thought that would violate FDA regs.

Powdered non-fat dry milk is a "WIC" recommended product.

Milk naturally has sugars in it.

Its not sugar like table sugar or high fructose corn syrup tha has been added to the milk, it is sugar like a carb.

More and more research is starting to show that milk and dairy in general is just not good for you. Does any other animal continue to drink milk past the stage of infancy when it gets in from its mother ?

That's because they don't have Cap N Crunch and milkshakes to make, duh...

^ THAT was the best laugh of the day! ^

I try sometimes In all seriousness, for as long as I can remember milk was good for you, coffee bad, and the ozone was going to make us wear hazmat suits the rest of our lives......

Now, im not tyring to get into a debate about milk or climate change, so please NO ONE GO THERE.

I am just saying that to this date, now if I am correct, milk is now bad for you, coffee good - and the ozone is cyclical in nature..... point being, too much of anything is bad, WE REALLY have a lot left to be able to explain. If you like milk, have at it. If you like coffee, have at it, just in moderation

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A full day's requirement of vitamin S.

Yep... the debate over milk will rage on forever. The new "go to"... "what other animal drinks milk, blah, blah, blah"... watched a documentary that called it "liquid flesh", as if that will make me stop. Love my milk, drink over 1/2 gallon per week, never giving it up.

Since this thread is so far off the beaten track anyway... Read a book called "Blue Zones - lessons on a long life from those who've lived the longest". There are pockets on this planet filled with people that live unusually long lives. Things they have in common? Close family ties, laughter, a sense of community, working into their 90s, gardening (a connection with Mother Earth) and GOAT'S MILK lol.

I was surprised to see Loma Linda, California listed as one in the Blue Zones!

I like bacon and eggs for breakfast 3-4 days a week.

I have read that isn't good for you, but I like them, so I eat them.

That morning, when I heard the news that Mr. Bourdain had passed, it upset me very much.

I went across the street to this somewhat foodie restaurant to give thanks for all he has done in his career.

http://urbanfarmercleveland.com/

Not a real foodie restaurant, but whatever. The food was decent.

The irony was, the next day we went to the polish place, and I learn Mr Bourdain has eaten there.

A picture of him and the restaurant owners stared at me while I ate the polish food.

Much love for you, good sir, godspeed to heaven. All of us back on Earth still love you.

I’m no saint when it comes to my diet. I love weekends. It’s my bacon and eggs days. The rest of the week breakfast is coffee until lunch. I do mainly eat home made food. Basic food. A steak and salad. Grilled or stir fried veggies, chicken, fish. ‘Whole’ ingredients. I don’t drown my salads in ranch dressing or other such high fat, high sugar, high calorie stuff.
It’s not hard to eat simple and yet eat well.

To me a balance in life in all aspects is important. Life is short. Have a cookie, brownie or piece of cake. Just don’t eat the entire batch of cookies, pan of brownies, and entire cake.
I won’t, neigh!, I refuse, to go to my death bed having not enjoyed baked goods! That is no life lived!!

Mmmmmmm weekend bacon....

When we had kids our diets and our lifestyle changed. We became much more conscious of what we were putting in our bodies. Especially my wife. I smoked from 16-23 and quit when my dad, at the time a 30 year smoker, quit. When my wife found out she was pregnant she quit. We started eating significantly better, almost all our meals are homemade and always fresh ingredients. We have a system...whoever cooks the other one + kids cleans and does dishes. Recently our kids have been cooking a meal a week too! We only go out maybe once a month, if that. Once every 6 weeks maybe? And, when the kids were younger we also stopped going to fast food. I haven't been to a fast food restaurant (Burger King etc.) in probably 20 years. 4-5 years ago my daughter who is now 20 went vegetarian, we would cook the same meal but have meat on the side to put in our own dish. Two years ago my wife went vegetarian and she began dropping the veggie sausages etc. into the spaghetti for all of us and we started to eat a lot more fish. 6-7 months ago my nearly 18 year old son went veggie so now all we cook at home are vegetarian dishes.

We have a few great vegetarian cookbooks that vary it up, and make it diverse and we get our protein from a variety of options: fish, lentils, chick pea, beans etc. 6 days a week I have a fruit smoothie for breakfast, the other day I cook hard boiled eggs. This year I stopped eating bread everyday as I felt bloated after it and I have noticed a huge difference in how I feel (and I lost about 5 lbs!). I wouldn't call myself vegetarian, but I can't remember the last time I had red meat and having once had a terrible case of salmonella from a restaurant I got paranoid about chicken and stopped eating it years ago (unless I cook it, but we never buy it so...yea, it's been a long time since I had chicken)!

I think you would be called a pescatarian. That's the diet I try to follow. I fail at it occasionally. (because tacos) But for the most part, that's what I do.

Del Taco has some of the best shrimp tacos for $2 that the world has ever known.

There is only Taco Bell near me. I do get the shrimp tacos when I'm at the Hooters.

Fish tacos are pretty superb. We went to a few local Fish taco stands in both Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic and they were delicious. That said, you don't see many up here in the PNW. Maybe more so in Cali and Florida though.