5 a day

[MaryPoppins]

You don't need to feel hungry. Just eat less high calorie stuff and make up the bulk with lower calorie foods.

I assumed MT was referring to eating less carbs - not necessarily unhealthy stuff.

[TimberWolf]

Was Hungry one of the cousins?

Maybe I meant Grumpy.

[doodab]

I assumed MT was referring to eating less carbs - not necessarily unhealthy stuff.

Yes, but you can replace healthy high calorie high carb stuff like pasta with healthy low calorie low carb stuff like broccoli, green salad, green beans and so on. So, you have a greater volume of food, so you feel full, but less carbs and less calories.

Admittedly brocolli bolognese is going to take some getting used to.

[kandr]

Yes, but you can replace healthy high calorie high carb stuff like pasta with healthy low calorie low carb stuff like broccoli, green salad, green beans and so on.

Admittedly brocolli bolognese is going to take some getting used to.

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Italy are above UK, they eat a lot of pasta.

Wonder what Japanese women eat?

[doodab]

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Italy are above UK, they eat a lot of pasta.

Wonder what Japanese women eat?

In the videos I've seen it appears they cook rice, throw it away and eat the starchy water that gets left behind.

[Mich the Tester]

In the videos I've seen it appears they cook rice, throw it away and eat the starchy water that gets left behind.

...and use the rest as skin cream?

[Ignis Fatuus]

Yes, but you can replace healthy high calorie high carb stuff like pasta with healthy low calorie low carb stuff like broccoli, green salad, green beans and so on. So, you have a greater volume of food, so you feel full, but less carbs and less calories.

Admittedly brocolli bolognese is going to take some getting used to.

That was my point. Or even more: don't cut calories, just cut carbs. When people do cut calories, it does them good, but only because it involves cutting carbs.

[Mich the Tester]

Why not do more exercise and stop worrying about diet?

[d000hg]

Fruit and vegetables do not protect against overall risk of cancer, review concludes | Science | The Guardian

Phew, I had only worked my way up to 1 a day. Presumably there is a health benefit though, as the lack of calories one gleans from consuming indigestible vegetable matter helps ward off obesity.

I thought that had been debunked recently too.

One report doesn't debunk anything... these things come about as a combination of many reports, there are always some which disagree but if the majority support one direction, that's what makes most sense to follow.
The fact individuals vary such a massive amount (some live to 90 smoking and drinking heavily, some die at 30 despite healthy life and exercise) makes any kind of conclusion hard to reach.

[Ignis Fatuus]

List of countries by life expectancy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Italy are above UK, they eat a lot of pasta.

And eat fresh food rather than processed food, butter rather than marge, and olive oil rather than processed vegetable oils.