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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Chris24Main" data-source="post: 2748151" data-attributes="member: 585131">Thanks - but for anyone who didn't find it funny - I really don't mean to be self-righteous or preachy...- it's kind of a mental shorthand I've taken on to being able to interpret all of the (somewhat deliberately) confusing marketing surrounding "good" , "bad" or "super" foods - there is a constant stream of articles that talk about "avoid this one food to do...." or "eat this one thing to better do..."And to some extent - it's all designed to keep us totally confused - how can anyone keep in their mind all of the individual foods that jump up and down the naughty or nice scale from one week to the next? - it's impossible, and it's a game that is stacked against us actually winning.so - rather than try to accommodate all of the relative information - be simple and binary. Doest this food contain sugar or starch? - then no. Is this stuff not really food, then no.it just cuts down on all the otherwise impossible mental chatter - can I eat this thing if I first have some apple cider vinegar, then spin around three times and invoke the little god of blood glucose control while standing one leg, then going for a walk after .... well, you might, but it's really all about getting you to eat the thing... then the hormones that are released afterward make it more likely that in a couple of hours you will want another, but be less likely to do the whole ritual again.the food industry knows that if they can get you to have the thing, you will be more likely to have it again, because it's delicious, and it will trigger stuff in your body that will want you to have another. That isn't conspiracy, folks, it's just business.It's just so much easier not engaging  - does it contain sugar or starch ? then no.That leaves so much left over to work with. I've taken to having pre-sliced edam with paté as a kind of sandwich substitute - it's fantastic, and zero sugar or starch so my blood glucose just stays flat - which just makes everything else that much easier.We all tend to twist this whole thing around (and, you know; I was just like this myself, if you read any criticism in this, consider it pointing at me) - what difficult things do I need to do in order to eat the things I want - when it should be; what can I eat to make things as easy as possible to be in my best health.</blockquote>

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