Healthy eating.

.jacksparrow. · 01-02-2013 12:25PM #1

Is it all its cut out to be?I mean how much eating healthy actually equates to you living longer.I don't mean eating take aways if you're 20 stone,but if you're an average weight,does eating your greens really make a difference,is there a proven theory for this rule?

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 01-02-2013 12:26PM

try it for 2 weeks, see how much better you feel

Username567 · 01-02-2013 12:28PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Is it all its cut out to be?I mean how much eating healthy actually equates to you living longer.I don't mean eating take aways if you're 20 stone,but if you're an average weight,does eating your greens really make a difference,is there a proven theory for this rule?

I eat healthily for the quality if my daily life right now, not to live longer. Feeling tired, sore and lethargic is no way to live.

.jacksparrow. · 01-02-2013 12:34PM

But the majority of people I know don't eat
Healthy including myself but feel great,loving life.

Like this recommended drink 4 litres of water a day lark,who comes up with this madness?

kraggy · 01-02-2013 12:37PM

Weight control is only one reason to eat healthily.

Go a few weeks without B6 and B12 and I'll come visit you in the psych unit. Those 2 in particular are essential for a healthy nervous system thus ensuring effective motor function, co-ordination etc. Others are essential for red blood cell production. Others are essential for other things.

Healthy eating is imperative for a healthy body and mind. B12 is very important for mental health. Deficiency can lead to acute anxiety and depression. It's the vitamin that vegetarians have to keep an eye on the most as it's only present in a few non-animal foods.

SunnyDub1 · 01-02-2013 12:38PM

Yes...

Healthier you eat the better you will feel, look and more energy.

kraggy · 01-02-2013 12:39PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

But the majority of people I know don't eat
Healthy including myself but feel great,loving life.

Like this recommended drink 4 litres of water a day lark,who comes up with this madness?

Nobody recommends that you drink 4 litres a day. It's recommended that you consume around that amount each day. Note consume, not drink. It includes the foods you eat that contain lots of water.

summerskin · 01-02-2013 12:40PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

But the majority of people I know don't eat
Healthy including myself but feel great,loving life.

Like this recommended drink 4 litres of water a day lark,who comes up with this madness?

eating healthy isn't all about instant results now.

the water helps your kidney function, which will help in later life, and will make a huge difference to your complexion.

eating healthily doesn't have to mean salads etc all the time, it just means a balanced diet.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I imagine you are under 25 at the moment? Trust me, by the time you hit 40 you'll either be thankful that you ate healthily when you were younger, or you'll be regretting that you didn't eat healthily.

The difference to your skin, your joints, your fitness, your overall health, can be unbelievable.

.jacksparrow. · 01-02-2013 12:41PM

kraggy wrote: »

Weight control is only one reason to eat healthily.

Go a few weeks without B6 and B12 and I'll come visit you in the psych unit. Those 2 in particular are essential for a healthy nervous system thus ensuring effective motor function, co-ordination etc. Others are essential for red blood cell production. Others are essential for other things.

Healthy eating is imperative for a healthy body and mind. B12 is very important for mental health. Deficiency can lead to acute anxiety and depression. It's the vitamin that vegetarians have to keep an eye on the most as it's only present in a few non-animal foods.

In well aware of vitamin b12 defiency,the person I know inherited this from a family member,so its not something you only catch from not eating healthy.

.jacksparrow. · 01-02-2013 12:42PM

kraggy wrote: »

Nobody recommends that you drink 4 litres a day. It's recommended that you consume around that amount each day. Note consume, not drink. It includes the foods you eat that contain lots of water.

So my half pint of water a day is enough.I knew it...

Ush1 · 01-02-2013 12:44PM

Your genetics will have a much bigger influence over how long you may live than healthy living.

kraggy · 01-02-2013 12:44PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

In well aware of vitamin b12 defiency,the person I know inherited this from a family member,so its not something you only catch from not eating healthy.

That's true. Some people have a natural deficiency in B12 even though they consume plenty of fish/meat etc. They can have a problem absorbing it or retaining it.

But it can be a purely diet issue too.

kylith · 01-02-2013 12:47PM

The difference in how I feel after a lunch of salad and a lunch of rubbish is enormous. Soup and salad gives me Happy Belly.

Yes, eating healthily is worth it. You need the vitamins and minerals that you just won't get from not eating your veg.

ETA: upping your wholegrain and your vegetable intakes will drastically increase the amount you fart though; as the reception area just found out, to my chagrin.

Drakares · 01-02-2013 12:54PM

Ush1 wrote: »

Your genetics will have a much bigger influence over how long you may live than healthy living.

Eating poison will make you sicker than drinking your own diarrhea.

Still doesn't mean the shít is good for you.

--Kaiser-- · 01-02-2013 01:34PM

kraggy wrote: »

Nobody recommends that you drink 4 litres a day. It's recommended that you consume around that amount each day. Note consume, not drink. It includes the foods you eat that contain lots of water.

It's 2 litres not 4 litres, and this figure is more or less arbitrary depending on your size, salt consumption, daily activity levels etc...

starlings · 01-02-2013 01:38PM

Drakares wrote: »

Eating poison will make you sicker than drinking your own diarrhea.

Still doesn't mean the shít is good for you.

and now I don't want my healthy lunch anymore.

Ush1 · 01-02-2013 01:42PM

Drakares wrote: »

Eating poison will make you sicker than drinking your own diarrhea.

Still doesn't mean the shít is good for you.

Okay? But the biggest factor when it comes to long life is a genetic predisposition to it. Many people who have lived over 100 have smoked for a long time and not eaten heathily.

Shenshen · 01-02-2013 02:04PM

Why would you care about how long you're going to live?

My mother is a nurse in a retirement home, and her advise to her children is : Don't get old. At least, don't get old enough to start forgetting who you are and how to use a loo...

So I eat healthy simply because it makes me feel good.
The same reason why I do most things, really : exercise, eat good food, sex, read, chat with friends... They all make me feel good now, I don't really care if any of them will lengthen my life by a day or two.

smash · 01-02-2013 02:06PM

Shenshen wrote: »

exercise, eat good food, sex, read, chat with friends...

And if you put your mind to it, you can actually do all of these things at once!

Shenshen · 01-02-2013 02:12PM

smash wrote: »

And if you put your mind to it, you can actually do all of these things at once!

I'm always up for multi-tasking... provided someone else will clean up the mess.

1ZRed · 01-02-2013 02:17PM

I think it is all what it's cut out to be. By eating healthily and nutritiously you're giving yourself the best chance in life and that means a longer, healthier lifespan, better well being all round and much improved mood and state of mind.

I eat quite healthily and I feel I've much more energy all the time, I'm never sick, and if I am I recover very quickly, and I find it easy to regulate my weight.

Add to that you're looking much better and so much better to everyone else around you, which leads to more looks your way, and you can't find a substantial negative to healthy eating at all. It's all very much worth it.

manonhire · 01-02-2013 02:38PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Is it all its cut out to be?I mean how much eating healthy actually equates to you living longer.I don't mean eating take aways if you're 20 stone,but if you're an average weight,does eating your greens really make a difference,is there a proven theory for this rule?

OP - how would you define 'healthy eating'?

01-02-2013 02:43PM

.jacksparrow. wrote: »

Is it all its cut out to be?I mean how much eating healthy actually equates to you living longer.I don't mean eating take aways if you're 20 stone,but if you're an average weight,does eating your greens really make a difference,is there a proven theory for this rule?

Theories don't get "proven"

01-02-2013 02:44PM

I just had the one breakfast roll this morning, feel far better for it.

donegal_road · 01-02-2013 02:57PM

I was just reading about this guy a few days ago. There can be no question about the benefits of eating healthily.

CruelCoin · 01-02-2013 03:03PM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

try it for 2 weeks, see how much better you feel

Not as good as i do after a big fat ****ing foot-long donor.
That i can tell you as an absolute certainty.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar · 01-02-2013 03:03PM

CruelCoin wrote: »

Not as good as i do after a big fat ****ing foot-long donor.
That i can tell you as an absolute certainty.

you really can't.

CruelCoin · 01-02-2013 03:06PM

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar wrote: »

you really can't.

I'll go get one tonight and i'll get back to you.

This i will do in the name of science!

Shenshen · 01-02-2013 03:29PM

donegal_road wrote: »

I was just reading about this guy a few days ago. There can be no question about the benefits of eating healthily.

I actually read as far down as the recipe, and what can I say?

Raw almonds are NOT healthy. Ever.

Gummy Panda · 01-02-2013 04:01PM

kylith wrote: »

ETA: upping your wholegrain and your vegetable intakes will drastically increase the amount you fart though; as the reception area just found out, to my chagrin.

I thought you were a girl

--Kaiser-- · 01-02-2013 04:09PM

donegal_road wrote: »

I was just reading about this guy a few days ago. There can be no question about the benefits of eating healthily.

One case proves exactly fuck all.
Hypotheses are not proven with anecdotes nor is evidence the plural of anecdote

Edit: A quote from the link

I wanted to put as many vitamins, minerals, nutrients and enzymes into my body as possible

Clearly this guy is clearly from that special group of imbeciles that think plants have enzymes that perform some kind of magic in the body, rather than being broken down into amino acids, which is what actually happens. Even if they did survive digestion, plant enzymes perform duties like helping the plant grow and form roots and such, hardly useful in a human.

Now I'm not speaking against healthy eating, but my definition of healthy eating is different to the retarded link you posted

Healthy eating.

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