An avocado a day...

Piper101

This may seem silly but I was thinking about having my lunch. I had:
1 fage yoghurt
An avocado
A pack of keoghs crisps
A clementine
And
A small kinder hippo bar

So my question is do you think it's ok to eat a certain amount of 'bad' foods everyday as long as you counter it with 'good' foods?

I'm a normal weight with a regular metabolism. I have always eaten pretty much whatever I wanted so long as I was happy that I had consumed plenty of nutritious food too. Am I completely wrong in this?

Thoughts?

Zillah

Good foods and bad foods don't have a fight inside your body to decide who gets to control the body.

Are you eating the right amount of calories?
Are you restricting sugar enough that you're not gaining weight or at risk of diabetes?
Are you getting a decent balance of carbs, fats and protein in your diet?
Are you getting the right amount of micronutrients?

If yes to all of the above then you're doing fine. A hippo bar isn't going to make or break your health.

Alf Veedersane

http://sigmanutrition.com/food-quality-iifym-and-strawmen-do-food-choices-even-matter/

SteelyDanJalapeno

No

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Piper101 wrote: »

So my question is do you think it's ok to eat a certain amount of 'bad' foods everyday as long as you counter it with 'good' foods?

No, you cannot eat six pizzas and "cancel it out" by eating six heads of celery.

But as noted above, you are asking the wrong question -- there is no such thing as 'good' and 'bad' foods, only 'good' and 'bad' diets.