Comments on: There Are No Bad Foods!

By: Your Diet Shouldn’t Make You Miserable | You On a Diet Blog

Your Diet Shouldn’t Make You Miserable | You On a Diet Blog — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:12:35 +0000

[...] The best diet is one which retrains your eating habits – avoid diets that replaces normal meals with foods that you’d never otherwise eat. You may feel that you want to cut out certain foods – that’s fine, but don’t demonize any particular food or food group: remember that there are no “bad” foods. [...]

By: Laurie Beebe

Laurie Beebe — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:17:53 +0000

Yes, Matthew, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, “The National Academy of Sciences’ report is the first attempt by a panel of experts to set a safe intake level for trans fat. The panel found that, like saturated fat, trans fat promotes heart disease. Furthermore, the panel concluded that the only safe intake of trans fat is ‘zero.’ However, because it would be impractical to eliminate all trans fat from the diet, the panel recommended that people consume as little trans fat as possible”.
I do not argue that it is wise to avoid trans fats…. trans fat, however, is not a FOOD and my assertion is that there are no bad FOODS, not that there are no bad components IN some foods.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:35:21 +0000

America’s Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences say there is no safe intake amount of trans fatty acids in the diet. States across the U.S. and even whole countries like Denmark are banning the use of partially-hydrogenated oils (the cause of these artificial trans-fats). Who’s advice should I follow? Theirs of Laurie Beebe’s?

By: Laurie Beebe

Laurie Beebe — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03:14 +0000

Yes, I am saying there is no one serving of one food that will be the downfall of your health and will be responsible for weight gain and illness.
If you consume a lot of foods with trans fats (or with sugar or with cholesterol or with saturated fat or with sodium or even too much protein) then your diet is bad and may lead to ill consequences. But I stand by my assertion that there is no specific forbidden food that should be avoided for life.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 20:04:34 +0000

Are you saying that foods containing artificial trans-fats are not bad? There is a proven direct link between trans-fat consumption and heart disease and it is now widely acknowledged there is no safe intake limit.