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keesan
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Health Food or Healthy Food
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Nov 24 00:03 UTC 2001 |
How would you define the difference between healthy food and health food?
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keesan
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response 1 of 82:
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Nov 24 00:04 UTC 2001 |
I ask because my Indian penpal who is working full time and going to school
half time went home for Diwali and his parents were very concerned that he
is not eating enough health foods. He also asked me to correct his English.
Are all health foods healthy?
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orinoco
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response 2 of 82:
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Nov 24 19:40 UTC 2001 |
I'd use 'health food' to mean food that's marketed as if it's healthy, whether
or not it really is. Granola, for instance, used to be sold as health food,
even though most granola isn't really that good for you.
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scott
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response 3 of 82:
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Nov 24 21:38 UTC 2001 |
Olive oil is often considered "healthy", but I don't think you'd want to make
it your main source of calories. Ditto other health foods; variety is rather
important.
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keesan
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response 4 of 82:
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Nov 24 22:27 UTC 2001 |
So if health foods (in moderation) are healthy, are they a subset of healthy
foods? Sometimes I get the idea that what health food stores sell is to be
eaten in addition to a bad diet to make it better on average - lots of
supplements. Would a rutabaga (organically grown of course) be a health food?
Does a health food have to be refined, or be put together out of several
ingredients (olive oil or granola) and be expensive?
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mta
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response 5 of 82:
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Nov 27 21:45 UTC 2001 |
By my definition, healthy foods are fresh, unrefined, unprocessed foods that
contain a moderate balance of nutrients. Health foods are "food as penance".
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response 6 of 82:
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Nov 27 23:49 UTC 2001 |
I generally figure that "health food" is defined by the media - which
means i'd call char-broiled salt lard "health food" if the media was
pushing it that way.
OTOH, "healthy food" is a phrase i use for foods a savvy nutritionist
would give the thumbs-up to eat a lot of (within calorie limits).
`Eating healthy foods' does NOT imply `eating a healthy diet' any more
than `all the players are good' implies that `the symphony orchestra
is good'.
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orinoco
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response 7 of 82:
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Nov 29 17:25 UTC 2001 |
Good point, good point. I suppose that explains why granola and olive oil
and so on aren't good staple foods. They're healthy foods, but including them
doesn't make your diet healthy.
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keesan
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response 8 of 82:
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Nov 30 18:44 UTC 2001 |
What makes granola a health food? It is mostly fat and sugar.
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scott
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response 9 of 82:
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Nov 30 20:54 UTC 2001 |
I dunno about that; my recipe has a lot of oats in it.
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