Posts by Anthony Rodriguez58

shadowgardener12 said:A few times a week is plenty... 😉
and you don't really need all those fancy little capsules or whatever.

All this "capsule this, capsule that" stuff is just fish oil.
My mom was given fish oil by spoonfuls back in the day—which tastes absolutely revolting—even though she grew up in a coastal town where her dad was a fisherman.

It’s the exact same thing, just tucked away in gelatin spheres so you don't have to deal with the taste.
I remember being fed those little fish oil pills when I was a kid, too.

placidfox55 said:I don't think we should go overboard with the anti-American rhetoric.

I've seen plenty of people here—wealthy, well-informed types—who eat incredibly strictly. No massive scoops of ice cream, no bags of chips in hand.

Honestly, I've even started forming my own stereotypes... if I see a woman at work snacking on a bag of chips during her break, I just assume she comes from a lower-income, less health-conscious social group.

Meanwhile, you see the wealthiest ones in their tight athleisure, constantly devouring fresh salads. And they’re working the exact same jobs.

There's definitely an entire industry of healthy food stores and restaurants out there. Even for kids, if that's what you want, you can find it.

In fact, even federal programs designed to help parents and kids get basic groceries (like WIC) take certain dietary considerations into account when deciding what to offer their low-income clients.

Agreed.
I suppose a big reason why we pay more attention to nutrition—even if some users from overseas try to mock us for it😉—is simply because we live in North America and have seen all these issues unfold right before our eyes.👋

The biggest issue, obviously, is this consumerist society and aggressive marketing. It's why diet is such a major factor in children developing adult-onset diseases.👎

But then again, doctors are handing out pills left and right, prescribing incredibly heavy medication for ADD to small children.😲

Linda Hernandez15 said:Sure, you see that here in America too, but moms still cook sometimes. Or rather, they mostly cook. Is it true that over there they just never cook at all?
After reading that, I honestly feel like a deer in headlights. I can't believe people actually live like that!

Basically, they don't cook because they aren't thinking about it the way you do, since you grew up with it at home.
I mean, come on—some of these people don't even know how to make actual homemade fries from scratch.😁
Not trying to insult anyone, but it’s an interesting observation.

shadowgardener12 said:Maybe try eating actual fish instead? 😕

Look, you can't just eat fish several times a day. It's not realistic.

Linda Hernandez15 said:chill out, stefica, you're exhausting me this late at night😉

I was just asking a simple question:
what do people actually feed babies?

Babies get fed jarred food, which is packed with refined sugar and preservatives, formula (that powdered "milk" stuff you mix with water), and boxed infant cereals (Nestlé, Heinz, etc.).

placidfox55 said:That’s the crux of it. In Europe, we still have these memories of our grandmothers cooking traditional, wholesome meals. Because we have that foundation, it’s easy to pivot back to those old recipes once we get the right information.

But here in the States, we have a third generation growing up on nothing but processed junk. For them, "breakfast" is artificial white bread smeared with what they call peanut butter—which is really just a chemical concoction, since actual, nutritious peanut butter is surprisingly hard to find these days—or that powdered cheese nightmare you mix into pasta for mac and cheese.

When I think of spinach or kale, I think of afternoons when my mom would get home early from work and we’d eat together. That’s how they associate their mothers with these artificial foods.

Food is fundamentally tied to social experiences and childhood nostalgia. Bad habits are HARD to break. It doesn't matter how much data you throw at people.

Especially in a country where government guidance is viewed through a "Big Brother" lens, and information from private corporations is driven strictly by the bottom line.

So where is a person supposed to learn about nutrition? On some obscure public station like PBS, or in a school system where the curriculum gets watered down every year because some democratic consensus decided kids shouldn't be overwhelmed with complex info???????

That brings me to my point.
Doctors should be the ones educating parents about proper nutrition, but they simply aren't doing it.
That is what prevention looks like.

Linda Hernandez15 said:Thoughts on this?

God, where is this world even headed?

🙂

Look, I guess the most critical thing is just getting more people aware of these issues—especially parents.
Parents really ought to be better informed.

If you get a chance, check out Jamie Oliver's school dinner and everything will make sense.
Jamie Oliver, the famous chef, runs this show where he tries to push for healthy meals in schools.
I watched that program on TV, and honestly, it seems like kids in the UK eat just as poorly as they do in the US—maybe even worse.

In school (which is their main meal), they’re basically served nothing but processed junk straight from the freezer, just reheated. The school nurse Jamie interviewed mentioned that she has kids coming to her who can't even go to the bathroom; they're so backed up that they end up throwing up food that has partially turned into waste already. They're literally vomiting poop.🙂

Tony Blair personally promised to support Jamie's campaign.

Linda Hernandez15 said:Sandra Hayes88, you're kidding, right?😢

It’s basically impossible to survive on that kind of diet.😲

I mean, what do their moms even look like?😲

Parents are usually working from dawn till dusk, so this kind of eating becomes their "normal," and honestly, most kids just follow suit.

When I worked as a nanny—I've been with four different families, including one that was local, though even they couldn't get their kids to eat anything healthy—the kids were already so set in their ways. You can't really change them; they're pretty spoiled, too. Plus, parents just hit up Costco once a month and load up on mountains of processed junk and maybe, I don't know, one single bag of oranges.

There are theories that this kind of diet is linked to ADHD in kids, and I guess that might actually be true.
And diabetes isn't far behind.

Linda Hernandez15 said:Yeah, I am, but my body is still young enough to handle that kind of junk. Once I get older, maybe I'll just stick to trout and veggies.👍

Look, you can always just make your own burgers and fries at home. At least then you actually know what went into them and what kind of oil you used. You wouldn't even have to switch to the whole trout and veggie thing if you wanted.👍

Since we’re already talking about kids and diabetes in the US, let me give you a rundown of what they eat here from breakfast to dinner:

breakfast:
pancakes with syrup. Thick ones.

-or French toast covered in syrup and powdered sugar.

-or cereal with milk, though the main ingredient is basically just sugar.

-or toast with Nutella (but the sliced bread from a bag that lists 150 ingredients, most of which sound like chemical formulas).

lunch:
-sandwiches with mayo and cheese (not real cheese, mind you, just processed stuff).

-or canned soup.

-or Kraft Mac & Cheese (boxed macaroni where you just add milk to some powder).

-washed down with a fruit drink that isn't actually juice—just water, sugar, and artificial flavors.

-plus a granola bar with dried fruit, which is really just a candy bar with a few raisins in it.

At school, they have frozen pizza or burgers twice a week, and they drink soda from a vending machine.

-fruit? They don't eat it. They just bring it back home.

In the afternoon, it's cookies and similar junk until dinner.

For dinner, they might have a regular meal with salad, and honestly, that’s often their only "greenery" for the entire day.
😲 👎

Linda Hernandez15 said:The topic drifted a bit, and I see things have gotten pretty wild in here.😢

I prefer this rhythm: a round of junk food, then healthy stuff, then more junk, then healthy, then junk, then healthy 😁 until the day I die.

For instance, I had McDonald's yesterday, and today it's trout with veggies.👍

I used to eat at McDonald's and places like that when I first moved to North America, but I stopped.
I mean, the food doesn't taste terrible, but it's made from the absolute worst scraps and they just fry everything in the same old grease over and over.
Haven't you noticed that smell of rancid oil hanging around every McDonald's?🙂

placidfox55 said:A huge chunk of the developing world still prides itself on having a healthy lifestyle. In reality, it’s actually the opposite. Developing nations—specifically places like India and Pakistan—are seeing a massive spike in Type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Basically, obesity is skyrocketing there because people are adopting what they think is a glamorous Western lifestyle—meaning less movement and way more ultra-processed food.

Meanwhile, countries in Western Europe and North America, which are more aware of these issues, are actually managing to lower their cardiovascular death rates.

That's true.
My husband grew up in a rural village in Africa eating strictly natural stuff—no chemicals, wild fruit, meat from free-range chickens and forest animals, and farm produce grown with natural compost. He has perfect teeth and a muscular build that I’d probably have to hit the gym every single day just to attempt.
But back then, he actually thought processed canned goods—the kind Americans eat—were "real" good food. He always wanted that processed stuff instead of what he was actually eating.

And yeah, this American diet has definitely messed him up (and me, too); he ended up with migraines and IBS.

For instance, if he eats anything with MSG, he gets a migraine. Coffee, alcohol, sugar, canned food... it all triggers him.

rustymoose54 said:🙄

Regarding Type 2 prevention—which, frankly, is becoming more common lately among kids in developed nations—meaning, not just here in the States 😁—Western medicine is actually putting most of its focus right there on prevention.

Twenty years ago, when I was diagnosed, Type 2 wasn't even a thing for children, not even in the USA 😬—honestly, I’m surprised you aren't aware of that.

Isn't the real question why it's happening to kids now, when it didn't before?

Don't you think it has everything to do with what those kids are eating {if you haven't seen what kids in North America eat, well, I have, since I used to work as a nanny🙂}?

People here in America don't even realize what actual junk food looks like. I wouldn't feed that stuff to my worst enemy, yet American kids eat it every single day.😲

Anyway, I'd say my little "seed-munching" habit wasn't such a crazy idea after all. 😉
I suspect my own kids will be "munching seeds" too, instead of grabbing a Happy Meal at McDonald's.👋

Jessica Kim said:I think you’re overreacting.

It’s not an either-or situation. One doesn't necessarily cancel out the other. I guess neither approach is inherently better or worse than the much-vaunted alternative; they just have different ways of getting there. Sometimes one works better, sometimes the other does. Honestly, the best result probably comes when they actually complement each other.
Besides that, you see this constant, absolute faith in conventional medicine, paired with nothing but contempt and mockery for anything alternative—or vice versa. I guess neither extreme is really right.

My doctor—who was trained in the standard Western medical system—actually has a solid grasp on herbalism and homeopathy. And honestly? It’s great. There are times when you just can't take conventional medication, and in those cases, alternative options work perfectly fine. Most importantly, they don't cause harm.

VF_9, this is exactly what you and I have been going over repeatedly. And yet, for some reason, you always manage to twist it into something else entirely.
😕

Rachel Brooks63 said:Oh boy, here comes one of those "weighty" arguments we see in every single debate...

Honestly, reading stuff like that makes my skin crawl.

Since when does anyone care about your skin crawling???😕
Look, why even take that stance? Take Type 1 diabetes, for example—the logic being that if doctors can't pinpoint the cause or find a way to prevent it right now, then a cause or prevention simply doesn't exist.
Maybe they'll figure out the root cause tomorrow?

But no... apparently, if they don't know it or won't admit it, then it just DOESN'T EXIST. 🙄

See, that's what gets me. That arogantan, dogmatic attitude is incredibly frustrating, and honestly, it just ends up hurting patients in the long run.

Modern medicine has had some incredible breakthroughs, sure, but it isn't omniscient—even if it acts like it is.

And yeah, it kind of behaves like a medieval Inquisition, clinging to its own dogma like it's the only truth. 👎

Rachel Brooks63 said:Diabetes prevention, maybe?

😂

I guess we aren't seeing that usual sense of humor people tend to bring to this forum lately...

That’s basically how people laughed back in the Middle Ages when you tried telling them the Earth was actually round. 😉
Well, turns out it is. 👍

nimbledriver81 said:Yeah, it's excessive. Roll your eyes all you want. 😁

So, knowing the water usage for one hour is too much?
Why? What’s the harm? You want me to check it every single hour?😁

dustycanyon6 said:For those of you busy arguing "against" the flu shot, just check this out—watch the whole thing—put down your phones for a second—trust me, it's worth it. 😉 Sure, it’s a parody, but there isn't a single lie in there.

😂 😂 😂 Pure madness.

nimbledriver81 said:This is my favorite bit of "advice." 🙄
I guess I agree with most of the rest. Though if anyone actually knew how to dodge daily stress without becoming a Buddhist monk, I’d take all five.

You're exaggerating a bit.
Eight glasses of water over sixteen hours? That’s just one glass every two hours.
Honestly, it feels like overkill. 🙄