OK, what is "white" food?

Food that is white. Literally. It's mostly highly refined and bleached grains - white rice, white flour, white sugar....and yummy yummy potatoes. There are, of course, excepts (jicama comes to mind as something that is white and not entirely devoid of nutritional content) but as a general rule of thumb anything "white" is gonna spike your blood sugar and cause a crash later, and you're better off going for the non-white alternative. Brown rice, whole grain flours, honey.

Generally, i trust doctors and nutritionists over anyone writing a diet book. Everyone has an agenda, and someone whose agenda is to sell their book...well, i don't really trust nutritional information from that source. But more power to you for doing research!

Generally, i trust doctors and nutritionists over anyone writing a diet book.

Good Calories, Bad Calories isn't a "diet book". If anything, it's practically a textbook, given how research-heavy it is. That gives it a hell of a lot more credence in my mind.

I can see "limit it seriously" or "eliminate if you have cardiac problems" but "no red meat ever for anyone regardless"?

Sure! Why do you need red meat? Unless you live in an extremely cold climate without access to fresh fruits and veggies and whole grains. What nutritional needs does it meet that i can't find in the produce or nuts & seeds aisles? I don't live in a situation where i *need* to eat red meat, nor do many people in developed countries. Heck, i don't *need* to eat any meat, as evidenced by my allergies and unpleasant digestive reactions to most animal products.

Sorry, vegetarian here ;P I'll get off the soap box now.

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well, i've been doing my best to cut out the processed sugar snacks, and HFCS. Generally speaking, I avoid the bleach flour, and go for whole grain when I can. tho I do eat flour tortillas, that I am sure are from bleached flour. But potatoes? Really? Even fresh out of the wild? Cauliflower too? Of course, pasta is something I gotta work on. Ya, I'm sure that's all bleached flour.

I don't *need* the vast majority of things that I eat. I suspect few people in affluent countries do. Most of us could live healthily on eight or nine different items.

I *like* them -- that's why I eat them.

But potatoes? Really? Even fresh out of the wild? Cauliflower too? Of course, pasta is something I gotta work on. Ya, I'm sure that's all bleached flour.

Yah, potatoes have an extremely high gycemic index and are very caloricaly dense. Cauliflower, OTOH, one of the "white foods" exceptions. You can get pasta made with whole grain flour, but it's still a little on the junky (but yummy) side.

I read once that french fries were the worst food that Americans eat. I don't know, but yeah, potatoes are not great. A lot of white fruits and veggies are quite beneficial, though. Cauliflower, wax beans, bananas and more, are great for most.

ya, I've skipped the french fries for some time now. I've even gotten in the habit of skipping morning spuds when eating breakfast out. But with dinner, mashed potatoes with gravy... or a baked one loaded with cheese and bacon. mmmmmmm. I don't do it often, so I guess it's ok? Eh. My biggest problem is the stress munchies. I've gotten better, but, still have work to do. That and the excercise thing is rather difficult for me.

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