Non-cooked, simple food is healthiest



> By the way, our family has been vegetarian and eating healthy for
> generations, but we have the usual share of family suffering

I have an ex who said he was vegetarian. Turned out later he lived on
Kit Kat bars.

A good diet won't ensure you perfect health, but it helps. With your
list of woes, though, I'm pretty sure you're leaving something out.
Deep fat frying? Cream? Kit Kat Bars?
 
[email protected] wrote:

> I eat potatoes without putting anything on them. I also eat cooked
> oatmeal without adding anything else. What you are describing is what I
> call the dog turd theory of food. If you start with a dog turd and add
> sugar, cinnamon and butter to it, it might be palatable. Could it be
> that some people really don't like potatoes, but just the stuff they
> put on it?

Well, I for one would consider *oatmeal* the *dog turd*. I do not do
oatmeal unless cooked into something like muffins. Besides oatmeal is
heavily processed as in it doesn't come off the plant looking like that!

>
> "Most people" in this case are everyone posting here so far including
> you who are hostile to vegetarianism I guess and prefer nonsimple
> foods. Not a problem. I just like simple food best and think its better
> for me. I also do not cook unless heating oatmeal in the microwave is
> called cooking. I'm pretty healthy far as I know, too.

I'm not hostal towards vegetarianism. I a practicing vegetarian for
most lunches and some dinners. How you eat or what you choose to eat is
entirely your thing and nothing to do with me. Hostility is not a good
thing either as it interfers with digestion. So you like simple food,
go for it. Why come to a cooking ng and tell us cooking is bad? My
choice is to cook some of my foods. I'm happy with that choice and feel
I can live with that. I can't speak for others here. Given your views,
why don't you check out a natural foods newsgroup? They might be better
suited to your needs.

Microwaves have been indicated in scrambling your brain cells and
causing damage to your intestinal tract but so has peanut butter and
x-rays. If you are pregnant standing with your belly to the microwave
can cause spontaneous abortions but so can falling down a flight of
stairs. In general, cats don't fare well in the microwave but the local
Chinese restaurants have perfected cooking cats to a fine science. Go
figure! If you don't believe me, check out the research.

PS. wear a tinfoil hat while reading the articles :)


>
 
[email protected] wrote:

>>[W]e all seem to be opposed to the careless use of
>>words like "non-cooked"
>
>
> His post is mired in confusion, and rather than debate this, he should
> scurry home and not return until he can make sense. Because as another
> poster says, homemade salsa is *terrific* on a baked potato, and,
> contrary to OP's claim that simple food is healthiest, it's better for
> you than a *plain* baked potato. (Which, also contrary to an OP claim,
> is COOKED.)
>

Homemade chili sauce - not chili con carne - is wonderful on baked or
mashed potatoes especially when the snow is falling!

> I ate very simple, marginally-cooked vegetarian food for years. I
> don't now because IT'S DULL AS DISHWATER. OP should have announced his
> allegiance to simple, low-fat foods and asked for recipes rather than
> paraded in like he was bearing Wonderful News for the high-fat heathens.
>
 
[email protected] wrote:
> Why not do both..live a long time and enjoy life including eating. Food
> preference is just that. If you do not eat meat for a couple of weeks,
> it begins to smell rotten to you, for example.

So why did my son, after giving up meat for over a year, go back to
eating it? He never said it smelled rotten.
If you want or like to eat a certain way, go ahead. But don't make up
silly stories to prognosticate to others. Why demonstrate your
insecurity about it by trying to get validation somehow by persuading
others to do the same? If you were really satisfied with your decision,
you wouldn't be here pushing your beliefs on others.

Yes, there is evidence
> that a high-fat diet suggested by eggs, dairy, meat is not good for
> you. You can eat egg whites and throw away the yolk though, and drink
> nonfat milk and eat very little meat. Then you don't have to call
> yourself a vegetarian.
 
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Groups like this have great intentions. Sharing recipes, etc. That is
> part of the live to eat mentality however. I'll say it anyway. A
> simple, vegetarian, low-salt, low-fat, low calorie diet high in whole
> grains, fruit, vegetables and fiber is the healthiest way to eat. This
> involves almost no cooking at all.

OK, so you don't wanna cook. That's fine for you, but
what on Earth are you doing HERE? Just trying to become
an evangelical non-cook, or what?

Bob M.
 
Dave Smith wrote:

> Dee Randall wrote:
>
>
>>OK, just to get you going again --haven't you heard that skin is really,
>>really, really, really bad for you?
>>
>
>
> They are??? There is a toxin in the eyes and in the greenish coloured skins
> of young potatoes, but I was under the impression that they were actually
> pretty good for you, and a quick Google search confirmed that.
>
>
>

My understanding and I could be wrong is potato skins are good for you
because they provide additional nutrients and fibre. We very seldom eat
potatoes without their jackets. They are well washed and I don't cook
potatoes with green spots.
 
"salgud" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> [email protected] wrote:
>> Why not do both..live a long time and enjoy life including eating. Food
>> preference is just that. If you do not eat meat for a couple of weeks,
>> it begins to smell rotten to you, for example.
>
> So why did my son, after giving up meat for over a year, go back to
> eating it? He never said it smelled rotten.
> If you want or like to eat a certain way, go ahead. But don't make up
> silly stories to prognosticate to others. Why demonstrate your
> insecurity about it by trying to get validation somehow by persuading
> others to do the same? If you were really satisfied with your decision,
> you wouldn't be here pushing your beliefs on others.

I suspect this person found a web page written by someone equally dumb, and
took it as gospel. One of the dangers of the web.
 
"zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Or I can still eat fish and chicken and call my self a vegetarian just
> to annoy people.

Right; like that guy in the Outback commercial says, I'm a
complete vegetarian, except for the pork and beef. Well,
OK, and the chicken. And the seafood. Well, and the
occasional duck, turkey, goose, and other fowl. But definitely
an absolute, strict vegetarian except for those minor exceptions!

Wait...did I mention the buffalo? What about squirrels?....

Bob M.
 
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Most people" in this case are everyone posting here so far including
> you who are hostile to vegetarianism I guess and prefer nonsimple
> foods. Not a problem. I just like simple food best and think its better
> for me. I also do not cook unless heating oatmeal in the microwave is
> called cooking. I'm pretty healthy far as I know, too.

OK, so are you proposing a new group, perhaps called
rec.food.bland-n-raw, or what?

Bob M.
 
"aem" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> > Most people agree [snip]
>
> Actually, that's not so. People who agree with you constitute a tiny
> minority of the world's population.

And let's all check back in in, say, 100 years and see how
many of THEM are still healthy, shall we?

:)


Bob M.
 
zxcvbob wrote:

> ~patches~ wrote:
>
>> Glitter Ninja wrote:
>>
>>> [email protected] writes:
>>>
>>>
>>>> "overly-processed oats plus boiling water." Third, you're against
>>>> salad dressing. Even assuming olive oil isn't actually *good* for you,
>>>> what's the problem with, say, lime juice? Ginger juice? Vinegar?
>>>> Mixed with herbs, naturally. Something still called "salad dressing."
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I love pico de gallo on my salads instead of dressing. I can't
>>> wait until we get some good tomatoes at the local markets so I can
>>> make a batch.
>>> I would consider making pico de gallo "cooking" even if I don't
>>> warm up a pan or oven to make it. You have to prepare it per a
>>> recipe, anyways. And I love potatoes, but they have to have
>>> SOMETHING on them. A little olive oil and kosher salt on the outside
>>> when baked, maybe. "Non-cooked" potatoes will make you sick as a
>>> dog, anyways.
>>>
>>> Stacia
>>>
>>
>> Stacia, that is a good point! Some veggies can be eaten cooked or raw
>> but others really need to be cooked. My list of really need to be
>> cooked - turnips, rutabegas, parsnips, squashes, potatoes. I'm not
>> sure if uncooked potatoes will make you sick. I've been known to pop
>> a piece or two into my mouth when cutting potatoes up for cooking. I
>> haven't suffered any ill effects but that doesn't mean it couldn't
>> happen.
>
>
>
> Summer squash, and to a lesser extent rutabagas, are good raw. Just
> slice them thin.
>
> Bob

I stand corrected and will give them a try. Thanks! Do you eat them
plain or are they good for dipping?
 
<[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> haven't you heard that skin is really, really, really, really bad for
>> you?
>
> Don't tell me I'm actually going to *learn* something in this thread.
>
> I thought potato skin was GOOD for you. Something about all the iron
> and minerals in dirt working their way into the skin.
>
> Wow: it's sounding stupid to me and nobody's even responded yet.

GIYF,
Dee Dee
 
Bob Myers wrote:

> "jmcquown" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Social pressures to eat? Huh. Never would have thunk it.
>
>
> Absolutely. If I don't eat, my stomach gets VERY anti-social
> toward me...
>
> Bob M.
>
>

I have noticed there is a direct correlation to fighting with DH if I'm
hungry. Feed me and all is well. Don't feed me and all is hell. Take
your pick ;)
 
zxcvbob <[email protected]> hitched up their panties and posted
news:[email protected]:

> [email protected] wrote:
>> Why not do both..live a long time and enjoy life including eating. Food
>> preference is just that. If you do not eat meat for a couple of weeks,
>> it begins to smell rotten to you, for example. Yes, there is evidence
>> that a high-fat diet suggested by eggs, dairy, meat is not good for
>> you. You can eat egg whites and throw away the yolk though, and drink
>> nonfat milk and eat very little meat. Then you don't have to call
>> yourself a vegetarian.
>>
>
>
> Or I can still eat fish and chicken and call my self a vegetarian just
> to annoy people.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

LOL... priceless.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin
 
[email protected] hitched up their panties and posted
news:[email protected]:

> I eat potatoes without putting anything on them. I also eat cooked
> oatmeal without adding anything else. What you are describing is what I
> call the dog turd theory of food. If you start with a dog turd and add
> sugar, cinnamon and butter to it, it might be palatable. Could it be
> that some people really don't like potatoes, but just the stuff they
> put on it?
>
> "Most people" in this case are everyone posting here so far including
> you who are hostile to vegetarianism I guess and prefer nonsimple
> foods. Not a problem. I just like simple food best and think its better
> for me. I also do not cook unless heating oatmeal in the microwave is
> called cooking. I'm pretty healthy far as I know, too.

Okay. So why didn't you just say you were a vegetarian instead of
sermonizing? How about posting a vegetarian recipe that you would use as a
main course meal? I'm a definitely carnivorous but I just might like a
vegetarian dish.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin
 
"~patches~" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...

> Some consider microwaving worse than any other cooking method. There
> have been several articles on this. They often re-appear in health food
> store magazines.

OK, but at this point we should add the Standard Disclaimer:
the fact that a given piece of "information" appears in Genuine
Print is no evidence at all of the accuracy of said information.
Examples submitted for your consideration are the collected works
of I. Velikovksy and E. von Daniken, and pretty much the entire web...

Bob M.
 
Doug Kanter wrote:

> I suspect this person found a web page written by someone equally dumb, and
> took it as gospel. One of the dangers of the web.


Nah, ideas and logic like that were around long before the web.

--Lia
 
"Julia Altshuler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Doug Kanter wrote:
>
>> I suspect this person found a web page written by someone equally dumb,
>> and took it as gospel. One of the dangers of the web.
>
>
> Nah, ideas and logic like that were around long before the web.
>
> --Lia
>

In a word: macrobiotics. Is that nonsense still floating around? Eggplant,
peppers and oranges contained too much Yang. OK.
 
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