re: Quinoa recipes, healthy crap

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a nutrionist is writing a book on heart health.

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she wants me off dairy, pork, beef

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You should tell your friend that she is an idiot. She probably also recommends whole grain cereal as being healthy. Our nutrition education in this country is horrible.

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Giving up the salt has been the hardest but my blood pressure has been hard to control lately so I need to make this change.

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Salt has little effect on blood pressure unless you have a serious health problem or extreme sensitivity to it. Your blood pressure issues probably have more to do with being overweight.

I do something similar most weeks. Either chipotle chicken bowls with quinoa instead of rice or chicken shawarma bowls with quinoa. But I prefer quinoa anyways

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I'll pass along your expertise.

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No need to be snippy. I've had a long relationship with prevailing nutritionist views. You friend sounds like she's towing the party line right out of the 1980s. Very cutting edge. A fun experiment would be for you to monitor your blood sugar levels on her diet. May as well write out the prescription for the Type 2 Diabetes meds now.

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I need to cut sodium intake. I'm not that overweight for my size. It's not fat fricking up my heart. It's an enlarged heart.

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I accounted for that by mentioning "serious health problems", but if I had a penny for every person who isn't "overweight for their size", I'd be a billionaire.