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⌈ Secret Post #3032 ⌋

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[Ioan Gruffudd/Horatio Hornblower]

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[ebooks tree]

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[Horrible Histories]

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[Burn Notice]

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[Bradley Cooper]

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[Grimm]

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[Assassin's Creed: UNITY]

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[David Walliams]

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[Game of Thrones]

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[Nina Dobrev]

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[The Avengers]

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[Fire Emblem: Awakening]

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Anything that doesn't come in any kind of packaging.

Bit of an oversimplification. Plenty of healthy things come in some sort of package, it's just processed foods and convenience meals that should be avoided.

AYRT

Nope, no oversimplification. No packaging/marketing/labels, you're good.

Basically shop in produce, bulk, and bakery sections, is what I'm saying.

Things that come in bulk are usually packaged in some way.

The bulk rolled oats are the same as the ones in the Quaker Oats box.

The bulk raisins are the same as the ones in the bag.

The bulk pasta is the same as the stuff in the box.

Seriously, "no packaging" is a terrible way to shop, especially when you can sometimes find sales on things that are exactly the same as the bulk whole foods, but substantially cheaper.

Besides that, why would you ever advocate shopping from the bakery section if you're worried about preservatives and unnecessary sugars in your food? Store-bought bakery products can be the worst offenders for those even though they're marketed as the "healthier" option.

tl;dr this really isn't the greatest advice. Better advice would be to buy whole foods and read nutrition labels for things that aren't whole foods.

Does the bakery section of your local grocery store just hand out naked loaves of bread, or do they come in paper bags? You no logic well.

Yes, a lot of foods that are bad for you come in packages, but it's not being packaged that makes something bad. Spices are sold in jars as well as in bulk, and their nutritive content is not altered by packaging of lack thereof. Salads come in a bag. I buy my brussel sprouts from Costco in a resealable 2 lb. bag. Ditto broccoli. Eggs aren't just handed to you to carry home in your bare hands, they're in cartons. Dry beans are often sold in 1 lb. bags. Meat is almost always sold in some sort of plastic/styrofoam package. Tofu is usually packaged in a plastic tub full of water.

So yes, saying to avoid anything that comes in a package is a very silly oversimplification because you're taking a basic rule of thumb and applying without any critical thought. That works fine for people who literally cannot tell the nutritional difference between a Hungry Man dinner and frozen spinach, but you shouldn't assume people are that dumb.

Uh, since when are baked goods such an important part of a healthy diet? With the exception of wholegrain breads, the bakery section of a grocery store will contain a lot more sugar and refined carbs than most diets recommend.

The only way to really meet this requirement is to become a subsistence farmer.

Or you can shop in bulk and pretend that your toasted almonds fell straight from the tree into the bin and that the carrots that are in a plastic bag are bad for you while the carrots tied into a bunch (wait, does elastic count as packaging??) are good for you. Then you can swing by the bakery, pick up two dozen raspberry danishes and a boston cream pie (which somehow won't come in boxes) and pat yourself on the back for eating healthy.

If it doesn't come in any kind of packaging, it's pretty hard to store it in a pantry, isn't it?

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