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| Should we worry about 'clean eating' diet trends? – join our live look at the week | |
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| Some of your views on so-called clean eating ... | |
| Should we worry about 'clean eating' | |
| Clean eating..? Does that mean not eating foods with loads of weird chemicals in them or avoiding red meat and chicken.? Does it mean eating organic food or growing your own vegetables when possible.? Does it mean avoiding foods with high levels of salt and sugar or avoiding sugar heavy snacks altogether.? I've been that way for 35 years, I don't call it "clean eating" I call it common sense. | |
| Life is too short to worry too much about dieting and clean eating. I have always eaten what I enjoyed most caring little about health and slim line. But I never overdid it. If I like fatty food, i ate only once in a while. My weight is fine and am still healthy. The reason for that, i think is that i walk a lot regularly and do swimming. Before i die, i want to tell myself, I ate what I liked, had friends that I loved and a partner i had to tolerate. | |
| And quoting Michael Pollan: | |
| Eat food. Mainly plants. Not too much.There's no such thing as clean eating. And I do wish the guardian would stop giving space to food woo and getting over excited about any old shit Evil Gwynnie does.Must say that Anna Jones veggie chillie from last week was totally the biz. Freakin A. Utterly delicious and piss easy. She's normally a bit of a tiresome girl version of Yottam.. but that was scrummy wummy woo! | |
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| Should we worry about the clean eating trend? | Should we worry about the clean eating trend? |
| Sarah Marsh | Sarah Marsh |
| I wrote an article this week about clean eating and how experts are warning against the impact this trend can have on vulnerable young women. In the past, I’ve been lured by such healthy lifestyle trends and I bought Deliciously Ella’s first cookbook. | I wrote an article this week about clean eating and how experts are warning against the impact this trend can have on vulnerable young women. In the past, I’ve been lured by such healthy lifestyle trends and I bought Deliciously Ella’s first cookbook. |
| However, speaking to experts was a bit of a wake-up call about how unhealthy it is to limit yourself. Young girls, in particular, shouldn’t have to worry about dieting or being ultra healthy. While for some people this way of living can be beneficial, and a positive thing, for others it becomes an obsession and social media is making it worse. | However, speaking to experts was a bit of a wake-up call about how unhealthy it is to limit yourself. Young girls, in particular, shouldn’t have to worry about dieting or being ultra healthy. While for some people this way of living can be beneficial, and a positive thing, for others it becomes an obsession and social media is making it worse. |
| What do you think about this? Do we need to be careful about how mainstream these trends are? Do health bloggers do more harm than good? Let me know in the comments. | What do you think about this? Do we need to be careful about how mainstream these trends are? Do health bloggers do more harm than good? Let me know in the comments. |
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| And another point about vices more generally | And another point about vices more generally |
| Deviating from the topic of the article slightly, it always amuses me (in a sad way) how it's seen as acceptable to drink alcohol every day or use it to unwind or binge on it to have a good time or whatever, but if someone does the same with food they get called greedy and given a lecture about the NHS (on forums like this, anyway). If someone tucks into a slab of Dairy Milk after a hard day and is overweight as a result it's wrong but if someone pounds the Chardonnay every night it's ok. It's weird how some vices are fine and others not. | Deviating from the topic of the article slightly, it always amuses me (in a sad way) how it's seen as acceptable to drink alcohol every day or use it to unwind or binge on it to have a good time or whatever, but if someone does the same with food they get called greedy and given a lecture about the NHS (on forums like this, anyway). If someone tucks into a slab of Dairy Milk after a hard day and is overweight as a result it's wrong but if someone pounds the Chardonnay every night it's ok. It's weird how some vices are fine and others not. |
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| On that alcohol abstinence piece, an interesting question: | On that alcohol abstinence piece, an interesting question: |
| I wonder how many people who rarely drink or don't drink have been asked by their doctor how much their current intake was, and saying 'none', have been given a look of disbelief? I had it a few months ago. | I wonder how many people who rarely drink or don't drink have been asked by their doctor how much their current intake was, and saying 'none', have been given a look of disbelief? I had it a few months ago. |
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| I'm young and I don't drink alcohol – I simply don't like being drunk | I'm young and I don't drink alcohol – I simply don't like being drunk |
| Sarah Marsh | Sarah Marsh |
| Iman Amrani wrote this week about not drinking. She says it’s not a religious thing, there’s no drink problem in the background. The taste just doesn’t appeal. Or the headaches: | Iman Amrani wrote this week about not drinking. She says it’s not a religious thing, there’s no drink problem in the background. The taste just doesn’t appeal. Or the headaches: |
| I like myself sober. I like having a clear head and I like going out to live gigs, salsa nights and hip-hop events. And I’m not alone. A quarter of my fellow Londoners don’t drink, it’s increasingly common for young people to drink less, and campaigns such as Macmillan’s Go Sober for October are encouraging people to go booze-free in the name of charity. So why do I feel the need to reassure people that I’m not some sort of social reject? | I like myself sober. I like having a clear head and I like going out to live gigs, salsa nights and hip-hop events. And I’m not alone. A quarter of my fellow Londoners don’t drink, it’s increasingly common for young people to drink less, and campaigns such as Macmillan’s Go Sober for October are encouraging people to go booze-free in the name of charity. So why do I feel the need to reassure people that I’m not some sort of social reject? |
| Share your thoughts and views on this. | Share your thoughts and views on this. |
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| This seems a common sentiment ... sorry, Sue ... | This seems a common sentiment ... sorry, Sue ... |
| Anyone but Sue Perkins and I;d be happy | Anyone but Sue Perkins and I;d be happy |
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| Delia Smith to replace Berry on Bake Off please! | Delia Smith to replace Berry on Bake Off please! |
| Stuart Heritage | Stuart Heritage |
| The Great British Bake Off worked wonders for Mary Berry. She began it as a stiff relic of a bygone age – too formal, too willing to be steamrollered by Paul Hollywood – but she’s leaving it a star. The show has coaxed a twinkle from her, a glamour. A naughtiness, even. Replacing her should be impossible. Fortunately, now she’s gone and her slot is vacant, a perfect figure has appeared on the horizon. | The Great British Bake Off worked wonders for Mary Berry. She began it as a stiff relic of a bygone age – too formal, too willing to be steamrollered by Paul Hollywood – but she’s leaving it a star. The show has coaxed a twinkle from her, a glamour. A naughtiness, even. Replacing her should be impossible. Fortunately, now she’s gone and her slot is vacant, a perfect figure has appeared on the horizon. |
| Cookery veteran? Icon? Authoritarian? Career already peaked? Prone to occasional, if entertaining, lapses of discipline? Dear God, if I was in charge of Channel Four, I’d be wooing Delia Smith like mad right now. | Cookery veteran? Icon? Authoritarian? Career already peaked? Prone to occasional, if entertaining, lapses of discipline? Dear God, if I was in charge of Channel Four, I’d be wooing Delia Smith like mad right now. |
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| Welcome to our social | Welcome to our social |
| Sarah Marsh | Sarah Marsh |
| Hello, and welcome to our weekly social where we discuss the week’s news and comment – which input from journalists above the line. | Hello, and welcome to our weekly social where we discuss the week’s news and comment – which input from journalists above the line. |
| We have lots of great stuff lined up, so look forward to getting started. Tell us the topics that interest you or give feedback on the format of this feature here. | We have lots of great stuff lined up, so look forward to getting started. Tell us the topics that interest you or give feedback on the format of this feature here. |
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