Comments on: Want to Eat Healthier? Learn to Cook. http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-195351 Scott Young Sat, 24 May 2008 13:00:21 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-195351 Great comment David, I completely agree! Great comment David, I completely agree!

]]> By: david http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-195269 david Sat, 24 May 2008 08:07:40 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-195269 The concept of only eating tasty food and not things you don't like, is of course very important! Forcing yourself to eat food you actually don't like, just for the purpose of being healthy, doesn't sound very healthy to me. So, that's great advice. But. What you think of as tasty food, is not necessarily constant. On the other hand, it might very well change as you explore your way to the food jungle and shed some of your old opinions. Speaking from own experience, junk food does not nearly taste as good now, as it did a couple of years ago. My diet now is also very different from what it was then, and I find that the less junk I eat, the less tasty it becomes to me. Somehow I like to believe that junk food lower your appreciation for real food, and that it takes a while for you and your taste buds to wake up and realize that. I also find I'm much more conscious of how the food makes me feel, and not only of the taste per se - if I eat something that I know will lower my energy, it won't taste very good to me. Of course there's no right or wrong in the question of taste, but I would encourage everybody to try lots of different food and really trying to experience and evaluate how it tastes and how it actually makes you feel physically. The concept of only eating tasty food and not things you don’t like, is of course very important! Forcing yourself to eat food you actually don’t like, just for the purpose of being healthy, doesn’t sound very healthy to me. So, that’s great advice.

But. What you think of as tasty food, is not necessarily constant. On the other hand, it might very well change as you explore your way to the food jungle and shed some of your old opinions. Speaking from own experience, junk food does not nearly taste as good now, as it did a couple of years ago. My diet now is also very different from what it was then, and I find that the less junk I eat, the less tasty it becomes to me. Somehow I like to believe that junk food lower your appreciation for real food, and that it takes a while for you and your taste buds to wake up and realize that. I also find I’m much more conscious of how the food makes me feel, and not only of the taste per se – if I eat something that I know will lower my energy, it won’t taste very good to me.

Of course there’s no right or wrong in the question of taste, but I would encourage everybody to try lots of different food and really trying to experience and evaluate how it tastes and how it actually makes you feel physically.

]]> By: Dave http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-192858 Dave Mon, 19 May 2008 13:44:47 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-192858 Scott - Thanks for this. I'm currently learning to cook 'properly', and I'm enjoying the process. John - Thanks for the reminder about slow cookers. I've just hauled mine out of the cupboard. Do you have any links to recipe ideas for slow cookers at all? Cheers Dave. Scott – Thanks for this. I’m currently learning to cook ‘properly’, and I’m enjoying the process.

John – Thanks for the reminder about slow cookers. I’ve just hauled mine out of the cupboard. Do you have any links to recipe ideas for slow cookers at all?

Cheers

Dave.

]]> By: Scott Young http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-192540 Scott Young Sun, 18 May 2008 15:22:13 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-192540 Anthony, I've read a lot of information about soy, so I'll agree the advice is mixed. From what I've read, I'm more inclined to say that soy is okay. But the possibility of estrogen-like chemicals and anti-nutrients, shouldn't be ignored. -Scott Anthony,

I’ve read a lot of information about soy, so I’ll agree the advice is mixed. From what I’ve read, I’m more inclined to say that soy is okay. But the possibility of estrogen-like chemicals and anti-nutrients, shouldn’t be ignored.

-Scott

]]> By: Anthony http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-192306 Anthony Sat, 17 May 2008 18:38:46 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-192306 Tofu - all nonfermented soy products contain dangerous levels of phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens can cause all kinds of health problems, including cancer and prostate problems. I avoid foods high in phytoestrogens at all costs. "If husband strays from his wife, he'll be getting extra tofu for dinner." - old chinese proverb Tofu – all nonfermented soy products contain dangerous levels of phytoestrogens. Phytoestrogens can cause all kinds of health problems, including cancer and prostate problems. I avoid foods high in phytoestrogens at all costs.

“If husband strays from his wife, he’ll be getting extra tofu for dinner.” – old chinese proverb

]]> By: Blake http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-192008 Blake Fri, 16 May 2008 21:13:30 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-192008 Forgot to leave a trail :) http://blakeneven.blogspot.com/ Forgot to leave a trail :)

http://blakeneven.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Blake http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-192007 Blake Fri, 16 May 2008 21:12:44 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-192007 Thanks Scott. Again, you always seem to touch on topics of high interest and priority. Keep the posts coming. Thanks Scott. Again, you always seem to touch on topics of high interest and priority. Keep the posts coming.

]]> By: John http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-191504 John Thu, 15 May 2008 19:26:33 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-191504 I swear by my slow cooker. :) 15 minutes of ingredient prep time, throw those ingredients in before I go to work, turn it on low, and when I get home from work, three or four meals-worth of food, ready to be eaten or frozen for later. I swear by my slow cooker. :) 15 minutes of ingredient prep time, throw those ingredients in before I go to work, turn it on low, and when I get home from work, three or four meals-worth of food, ready to be eaten or frozen for later.

]]> By: Andy http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/comment-page-1/#comment-191475 Andy Thu, 15 May 2008 18:16:38 +0000 http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/2008/05/15/want-to-eat-healthier-learn-to-cook/#comment-191475 This is good advice. The beauty of cooking is that even if you don't worry about cooking healthy things, as long as you are cooking real food, it will still be much healthier than frozen or restaurant food. I think another important thing is to find a few meals that you can cook quickly, taste really good, and are still healthy for those evenings when you just don't feel like cooking. For me, it's pasta. I just boil some spaghetti and make a quick tomato sauce. It is delicious and easy enough to cook when I don't want to. This is good advice. The beauty of cooking is that even if you don’t worry about cooking healthy things, as long as you are cooking real food, it will still be much healthier than frozen or restaurant food.

I think another important thing is to find a few meals that you can cook quickly, taste really good, and are still healthy for those evenings when you just don’t feel like cooking. For me, it’s pasta. I just boil some spaghetti and make a quick tomato sauce. It is delicious and easy enough to cook when I don’t want to.

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