re: Bill Maher says it like we have been saying. Not calling out obesity has been a disaster

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Pasta and potatoes are among the worst things you can eat if you're battling your weight. There's not a damn thing healthy about french fries, or even mashed potatoes, for that matter. They may not be up there with soda and candy, but they're sure as hell not good for you. If you want to eat healthy, replace the potatoes and pasta with broccoli and carrots.

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Well, let's break it down:

1. The wife and I eat pasta and potatoes. We're not 'battling our weight.' I'm 5-8, 148. She's 5-7, 118. We have not eaten French Fries in our 28 year marriage. We ate mashed potatoes once last winter. I'll make it again this winter.

2. Potatoes are a complex carbohydrate. You must have carbs to live. There are over 500 varieties although only a fraction are in the store. We use reds. I roast them leaving the skin on. Very small servings and only once a week max.

3. When people think of pasta they think Pizza. We haven't had a pizza since our marriage. Once a week I make a salad with romaine lettuce, cut up braised chicken breast and rainbow pasta twirls. I use olive oil and balsamic vinegar as the dressing. It lasts 3 days.

4. We use brown rice as the carb more than potatoes. It's great with stir fry veggies, usually with fish or shrimp in the mix.

Edit: I eat broccoli every day, an apple every day and carrots at least twice a week. All in small amounts.

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That’s because poor people can’t afford nutritious food. The science has been out on that for years.

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bullshite. Carbonated sugar water is the #1 item bought with SNAP or whatever they call food stamps these days.

Bingo.

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Very small servings That is the important part

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Speaking of small servings... long before this covid thing happened almost all the Asian all-you-can-eat buffets here shut down. I asked an owner and she said that fat people were coming in and staying for hours going back for refills.

I'm sure they thought eating Asian food is healthy. But not when you're eating enough for 5 people.

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They may not be up there with soda and candy, but they're sure as hell not good for you.

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Fries or chips no but potatoes and even mashed are both good for you especially sweet potatoes.Just can load up on cream cheese and butter.

Here's another thing while we're on eating advice.
The whole idea of 'eating 3 square meals a day' started in agricultural times when you really needed it for manual labor.
Today, 2 meals are enough. I do mid-morning and late afternoon. Never when waking up and never just before going to bed. Wife does the same thing.

No doubt the longer I can push back breakfast/lunch, the better I do

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The reason they say that is because with obesity normally comes the other comorbidities that put them at a higher risk.

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Advanced age is by far the most important risk factor for COVID and obesity is negatively correlated with old age.

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That’s because poor people can’t afford nutritious food. The science has been out on that for years.

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You can get frozen vegetables like cauliflower and broccoli pretty cheap. For snacks you can get healthier options like canned olives or pickles that isn’t very expensive. You can even get things like sardines that are healthy at a very low cost.

Yeah, you might not be able to afford gourmet foods, but let’s face it the people eating frozen TV dinners weren’t eating gourmet foods to begin with.

We eat too much and we eat the wrongs things. It’s pretty simple.