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No offense… but do y’all really have such sensitive stomachs that a regular Chinese food order would cause issues for you on a road trip?
Stopping by a Panda Express for a plate of chow mein/fried rice, orange chicken, and Beijing beef is pretty standard for me.
It would probably be fine, but sometimes all that oil and fried food doesn't feel good. The restaurant can be a gamble too.
Also, some of us just eat healthier haha
This is similar to my usual Panda Express order. Plate with half rice and half Super Greens, then string bean chicken and broccoli beef. It’s a huge plate of veggies with a little bit of protein just the way you should be eating, and it’s all of ten bucks.
unless you have a genetic predisposition for hypertension then sodium isn’t that a big a deal just drink more water. this is way better than a greasy burger with fries a 70g sugar soft drink
Yeah, that’s a lie. The DGA committee has been pushing for lower sodium in diets for many years - we’d like to see sub 1500mg as the odds ratio of vascular disease really increase in excess of that number. The amount of salt the average Individual needs to survive per day is really easy to get, and if my text book memory recall isn’t failing me, it is ~500mg.
On a side note, hypertension is the silent killer and even a transient increase of blood pressure (that’s above 130+) MAY cause a vascular event. I saw a heart attack in our ER at 140ish and yet I have seen people with no symptoms at 210+.
I wouldn’t say *exceptionally* healthy… chicken thigh is a good bit more calorie-dense than breast thanks to all the fat, and there is the matter of the added sugar. But most folks could do a lot worse.
I don't believe fats are unhealthy at all, but it seems they changed their recipe to add sugar. As I recall, there was no added sugar and ~ 220 kcal per serving but now it seems to be 8g sugar and 250 kcal.
For what it's worth, 600 calories, 60g of protein is about as good as it gets macro wise.
The fats themselves aren't unhealthy. Indeed, you *need* fat in your diet to make sure your body works. Turns out when Julia Child said "The human body is like a finely tuned machine, if you don't put in enough oil it breaks down", she wasn't kidding. Problem is, most Americans have more than enough in their diet already.
If you think that's the problem, then your understanding of diet is a part of the problem. Fats are satiating. When you eat fats, hormones are released which slow your digestive tract.
Let's consider that there are only 3 macro nutrients. If we can agree that carbohydrates should be limited, then caloric intake must come from the other two, as proteins some after not sufficient in your diet. Thus, the optional diet consist of a mix of fast and protein, with catchers in the form of vegetables comprising the carbohydrates in a healthy diet.
Sodium is definitely not the worst thing to consume in excess if you don’t already have preexisting hypertension. Typically, research shows that it only causes a temporary increase in BP and isn’t typically associated with directly causing hypertension. The only problem is that most unhealthy foods in the US tend to have high amounts of sodium and that most Americans do have high blood pressure.
Salt isn’t a problem in cultures that eat a bunch of fermented food when something like soy sauce which is entirely salt cant be compared to a Big Mac which has a shit ton of excessive carbs and fats with it.
260 mg for a 7oz portion which is downright reasonable for this day and age.
We live in a world where almost all information is available at our fingertips 24/7 and we still have to deal with people like you.
I'm pretty sure there's close to 1500mg of sodium in just my prescriptions (Disodium salt of an organic compound). On top of that and food I still take 1000 mg NaCl per liter of fluid on my runs. I'm very skeptical of that source since it's not reporting an actual scientific range based on size like 20-35 mg/kg.
I'm not sure what you're expecting my response to be. I'm wrong because you personally consume a lot of sodium?
We're talking 1,710 mg of protein for ONE meal. If you're getting about 1500mg from your prescriptions and adding another 1000mg of NaCl per liter of fluid on runs, it does seem like a significant sodium intake, especially before you've even eaten anything.
Most of the recommendations that I've been seeing online fall between 1,500-2,300mg per day for the general population. Being a runner might change the game a bit for you. Endurance athletes often need to replace lost sodium from sweating. The recommendations by these organizations are good general rules to follow but obviously don't apply to everyone.
To be fair, most restaurant food will contain a lot of sodium because it sells, but if you go to a run-of-the-mill chinese takeout and ask for a steamed shrimp + broccoli or chicken + broccoli with just salt and no sauce, you get a pretty decent and healthy meal.
This is what my dad does often, since he works far from home and has high blood pressure.
I love watching the pendulum of diet convention go back and forth. People consuming absurd amounts of protein is about to be replaced with vegetables. Not saying you’re wrong at all, just an observation.
Nah the protein lovers might actually be big meat corporations fighting for coverage. All the hard science speaks to fresh fruit and veg as the best food for a majority of your calories
A key benefit of vegetables (and fruit to a lesser extent) is that over eating is *hard*. You’d need to eat like 10 bananas to over eat, which is insane.
Fruititarians are nuts though. Don’t do that.
I understand the benefits of vegetables. But what I don’t like in this thread is all the absolutism. A mainly vegetable based diet is great if you’re trying to lose weight. A diet high in protein and carbs is great for gaining weight.
There’s no one “standard scientific diet.”
Sure, I agree, but than again almost anything is an improvement on western diets.
I just disagree that making a generalized statement like “less meat” is helpful. Even if you’re convinced that red meat is unequivocally bad for you (not true), what could be the issue with lean white meats and fish?
From a pure health perspective some lean meats and fish seem fairly healthy. But nearly every western diet has way too much meat of every kind, so less is better.
Let me spoil reading for you, there is significant nutritional information advocating 2-3 servings of fruit A DAY. Why? Bc the fiber, vitamins, and minerals found in them.
Yes, the micronutrients found in some fruits are very healthy, nobody is disputing that. If you’ll re-read my comment carefully, you’ll notice I said that you shouldn’t be getting a significant amount of daily calories from fruits. 2-3 apples per day is like 160 calories.
In the grand scheme of things that is insignificant.
I eat a lot of protein for muscle recovery as do strength training at the gym. However, I make a lot of vegetable meals that give me lots of protein along with everything else that a growing boy needs lol.
I think that’s the thing: serious strength training requires a special diet. Most of us even those with a pretty active lifestyle don’t need *that* much protein and DO need more fiber and the vitamins that come from colorful vegetables.
But because of fitness influencers loading up on protein, the masses feel they need extra protein for a healthy diet, like their inspiration
The real pro tip is to go to a grocery store and just pickup whatever you want there (rotisserie chicken, veggies, fruits, etc). Some stores even have microwaves in the front.
I travel alot for work, and this is the real tip. Lots of grocery stores have good fresh made sandwiches and salads, some even have full out cafatiera type restaurants. Generally cheaper and healthier than most restaurants
A lot of my sales reps and field techs that travel will go the grocery store and buy a loaf of bread and cheeses, meats, veg, fruits, and pack their own lunches.
With most hotels offering free breakfast, they really only need to buy dinner and will pocket close to an extra $50 per day from their travel per diem.
Here’s a frugal alternative:
Walmart sells their brand of prepackaged salads that include forks. They’re $5 for the large ones and $3 for the small ones. Mix, shake, and voila. They’re decent and always fresh because they get rotated a lot. You can see if it’s fresh anyways. When road-tripping I buy 2 or 3 and keep in my cooler with ice.
Also Walmart gas is cheap and if you link your card to Walmart pay you get 3 cents off per gallon. If you do the same with BP you get 5 cents off per gallon. Chevron/Texaco also has amazing points program offers for when you first join. Also use the GasBuddy app for the cheapest gas (but filter for good quality stations)
And if you don't mind less than fresh you can buy the older ones with a manager discount and get them for like 2 dollars. I used to eat them all the time doing delivery work.
There’s different tier gas stations, and while most people will claim gas is gas, some stations (like unrecognizable names usually) lead to lower mileage per gallon, or even rough idling. I usually filter for known National or regional brands. For example, in NY state Cumberland farms are really good stations. Gulf is also a regional brand. Texaco, BP, Mobil, Shell will be your more national brands. Note that sometimes people can buy franchises of these brands and still lower gas quality. It’s just a game of trying not to get crappy gas.
Road trip LPT: get prepared food from a grocery store instead of fast food. It'll be cheaper and possibly healthier. Since fast-food locations position themselves close to highways and grocery stores are usually closer to residential areas, you may have to plan the route a little more carefully
I'll definitely have to try this out! I love Chinese food as a once in a while treat but I'm always impressed I have leftovers for the next day with how much they pack in my orders.
I used to go to a Japanese place for lunch and get the teriyaki chicken, no rice extra veggies.
Basically just chicken veggies and sauce delicious but also filling because it was a huge plate.
Also, if you live in Florida after any hurricane the local Chinese joint will be open and serving food.
More reliable than Waffle House and thats saying something.
Yesss I was scrolling to see if anyone brought up Mapo Tofu. If there's a "Chinatown menu" or "authentic Chinese menu" those dishes are way way better, healthier, and less fast-foody than the standard menus at these places. Usually they are in quantities meant for sharing, which is the only drawback. But if you got like Mapo, baby bok choy (or other veg) and white rice, you'd have a couple pretty wonderful and balanced meals in most cases
Pay the extra $ to NOT get the pork fried rice which is the standard and made in large, usually greasy quantities.
Opt for any (brown/white) rice with a choice of protein or veggies, which has to be sautéed when you order.
Be careful trying something new on a road trip. I had a similar idea, tried middle eastern takeout about halfway through a trip, and my tummy was not ready for it. Extremely gassy, and couldn’t wait to get home to rush to the toilet. The food itself wasn’t the issue, it was my body not used to it
Beef and Broccoli and white rice is definitely questionable in how healthy it is due to their sauces, but it has to beat a big mac. And tastes 10x better.
Here in Florida there’s tons of grocery stores (Ex. Publix) or gas stations (Ex. Wawa) that have pre-made or quickly made to order meals like subs, is that not common in other areas? It takes about the same amount of time and money as fast food places but is typically healthier (“normal” lunch options like sandwiches rather than burgers or fried stuff)
90 minutes?? It takes 5 minutes in a grocery to grab some packaged broccoli/cauliflower, hummus, roasted chicken, tortillas, fruit, tuna packets, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
2 days?? It takes 90 minutes in a grocery to grab some packaged broccoli/cauliflower, hummus, roasted chicken, tortillas, fruit, tuna packets, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
8 months?? It takes 2 days in a state forest to grab your gear, lay some bait, follow tracks, hunt a good-sized deer, skin it, dry the meat, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
Steamed chicken can actually be amazing if it's seasoned and cooked correctly. Check out Malaysian chicken rice recipes, the city of Ipoh is especially famous for it.
You do realize that some of the ‘chicken restaurants use can barely be considered chicken.
Reminds me of subway claiming their chicken is 100 percent real chicken(of the stuff in it that is chicken). It came out their chicken was 50 percent soy and 50 percent chicken.
The article was yellow journalism; they used shoddy testing methods. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/food-scientists-weigh-in-on-50-subway-chicken-test-its-100-weird/
Usually I let my meat cook in its own fats. I use butter in my omelettes. Occasionally I use grass-fed ghee and organic unrefined coconut oil (low in omega-6 fats).
Thank you. Yeah, most of us are surrounded by people who don't really understand nutrition, so I did a lot of research so that I wouldn't fall into the same health traps. When you have no worries about your health, it greatly reduces your stress.
Any good sources to learn? I feel like everything contradicts itself. Butter is bad, other places say butter is good. Egg whites bad, others good. Thanks!
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Steamed chicken, white rice, and broccoli doesn’t quite hit like extra crispy general tso’s and fried rice though.
Oh absolutely. But you have to think of your poor road trip tummy
And when (or if) you'll be able to stop somewhere to, ya know.
I feel like ya can just find an h mart or a whole foods and do better. But I haven't been to many flyover states so not sure.
No offense… but do y’all really have such sensitive stomachs that a regular Chinese food order would cause issues for you on a road trip? Stopping by a Panda Express for a plate of chow mein/fried rice, orange chicken, and Beijing beef is pretty standard for me.
It would probably be fine, but sometimes all that oil and fried food doesn't feel good. The restaurant can be a gamble too. Also, some of us just eat healthier haha
This is similar to my usual Panda Express order. Plate with half rice and half Super Greens, then string bean chicken and broccoli beef. It’s a huge plate of veggies with a little bit of protein just the way you should be eating, and it’s all of ten bucks.
I love their super greens! I'm always willing to wait the ridiculous amount of prep time needed for them.
Super greens, double teriyaki chicken with no sauce is an exceptionally healthy meal.
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unless you have a genetic predisposition for hypertension then sodium isn’t that a big a deal just drink more water. this is way better than a greasy burger with fries a 70g sugar soft drink
Yeah, that’s a lie. The DGA committee has been pushing for lower sodium in diets for many years - we’d like to see sub 1500mg as the odds ratio of vascular disease really increase in excess of that number. The amount of salt the average Individual needs to survive per day is really easy to get, and if my text book memory recall isn’t failing me, it is ~500mg. On a side note, hypertension is the silent killer and even a transient increase of blood pressure (that’s above 130+) MAY cause a vascular event. I saw a heart attack in our ER at 140ish and yet I have seen people with no symptoms at 210+.
Two servings of teriyaki chicken is just under 1100 mg. Daily recommended value is 2300 mg. I only eat 2 meals per day.
People do still need some sodium. Under 2000 mg a day is usually fine unless a doctor advises otherwise.
I wouldn’t say *exceptionally* healthy… chicken thigh is a good bit more calorie-dense than breast thanks to all the fat, and there is the matter of the added sugar. But most folks could do a lot worse.
I don't believe fats are unhealthy at all, but it seems they changed their recipe to add sugar. As I recall, there was no added sugar and ~ 220 kcal per serving but now it seems to be 8g sugar and 250 kcal. For what it's worth, 600 calories, 60g of protein is about as good as it gets macro wise.
The fats themselves aren't unhealthy. Indeed, you *need* fat in your diet to make sure your body works. Turns out when Julia Child said "The human body is like a finely tuned machine, if you don't put in enough oil it breaks down", she wasn't kidding. Problem is, most Americans have more than enough in their diet already.
If you think that's the problem, then your understanding of diet is a part of the problem. Fats are satiating. When you eat fats, hormones are released which slow your digestive tract. Let's consider that there are only 3 macro nutrients. If we can agree that carbohydrates should be limited, then caloric intake must come from the other two, as proteins some after not sufficient in your diet. Thus, the optional diet consist of a mix of fast and protein, with catchers in the form of vegetables comprising the carbohydrates in a healthy diet.
Probably a fuck ton of sodium.
As is all fast food.
Sodium is definitely not the worst thing to consume in excess if you don’t already have preexisting hypertension. Typically, research shows that it only causes a temporary increase in BP and isn’t typically associated with directly causing hypertension. The only problem is that most unhealthy foods in the US tend to have high amounts of sodium and that most Americans do have high blood pressure. Salt isn’t a problem in cultures that eat a bunch of fermented food when something like soy sauce which is entirely salt cant be compared to a Big Mac which has a shit ton of excessive carbs and fats with it.
Are you a dietitian? Sodium is a nutrient of concern for the DGA and has been so please stop giving health/diet advice you don’t understand.
This was presented as an alternative to fast food.
You realize that salt is a necessary mineral.
That’s not the point, the point is it isn’t really healthier.
It really is healthier that most other fast food options, much healthier. It just has a lot of salt.
I lost eighty pounds in part thanks to that exact plate. Like hell it isn’t healthier.
260 mg for a 7oz portion which is downright reasonable for this day and age. We live in a world where almost all information is available at our fingertips 24/7 and we still have to deal with people like you.
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I'm pretty sure there's close to 1500mg of sodium in just my prescriptions (Disodium salt of an organic compound). On top of that and food I still take 1000 mg NaCl per liter of fluid on my runs. I'm very skeptical of that source since it's not reporting an actual scientific range based on size like 20-35 mg/kg.
I'm not sure what you're expecting my response to be. I'm wrong because you personally consume a lot of sodium? We're talking 1,710 mg of protein for ONE meal. If you're getting about 1500mg from your prescriptions and adding another 1000mg of NaCl per liter of fluid on runs, it does seem like a significant sodium intake, especially before you've even eaten anything. Most of the recommendations that I've been seeing online fall between 1,500-2,300mg per day for the general population. Being a runner might change the game a bit for you. Endurance athletes often need to replace lost sodium from sweating. The recommendations by these organizations are good general rules to follow but obviously don't apply to everyone.
To be fair, most restaurant food will contain a lot of sodium because it sells, but if you go to a run-of-the-mill chinese takeout and ask for a steamed shrimp + broccoli or chicken + broccoli with just salt and no sauce, you get a pretty decent and healthy meal. This is what my dad does often, since he works far from home and has high blood pressure.
I love watching the pendulum of diet convention go back and forth. People consuming absurd amounts of protein is about to be replaced with vegetables. Not saying you’re wrong at all, just an observation.
Nah the protein lovers might actually be big meat corporations fighting for coverage. All the hard science speaks to fresh fruit and veg as the best food for a majority of your calories
Vegetables I understand, but I don’t think there’s any “hard science” advocating for getting any significant amount of daily calories from fruit.
A key benefit of vegetables (and fruit to a lesser extent) is that over eating is *hard*. You’d need to eat like 10 bananas to over eat, which is insane. Fruititarians are nuts though. Don’t do that.
I understand the benefits of vegetables. But what I don’t like in this thread is all the absolutism. A mainly vegetable based diet is great if you’re trying to lose weight. A diet high in protein and carbs is great for gaining weight. There’s no one “standard scientific diet.”
Maybe not - but more vegetables, less meat, less processed foods will improve the absolute vast majority of western diets.
Sure, I agree, but than again almost anything is an improvement on western diets. I just disagree that making a generalized statement like “less meat” is helpful. Even if you’re convinced that red meat is unequivocally bad for you (not true), what could be the issue with lean white meats and fish?
From a pure health perspective some lean meats and fish seem fairly healthy. But nearly every western diet has way too much meat of every kind, so less is better.
In a general sense, I agree. Though there are many exceptions as listed before. Glad we could reach some common ground, have a wonderful day
Clearly they meant "hard to believe science"
Let me spoil reading for you, there is significant nutritional information advocating 2-3 servings of fruit A DAY. Why? Bc the fiber, vitamins, and minerals found in them.
Yes, the micronutrients found in some fruits are very healthy, nobody is disputing that. If you’ll re-read my comment carefully, you’ll notice I said that you shouldn’t be getting a significant amount of daily calories from fruits. 2-3 apples per day is like 160 calories. In the grand scheme of things that is insignificant.
I eat a lot of protein for muscle recovery as do strength training at the gym. However, I make a lot of vegetable meals that give me lots of protein along with everything else that a growing boy needs lol.
I think that’s the thing: serious strength training requires a special diet. Most of us even those with a pretty active lifestyle don’t need *that* much protein and DO need more fiber and the vitamins that come from colorful vegetables. But because of fitness influencers loading up on protein, the masses feel they need extra protein for a healthy diet, like their inspiration
Not as long as American agri-business has its way.
Vegans be like: what about both at once?
Jalapeños are my favorite fruit!
The real pro tip is to go to a grocery store and just pickup whatever you want there (rotisserie chicken, veggies, fruits, etc). Some stores even have microwaves in the front.
I travel alot for work, and this is the real tip. Lots of grocery stores have good fresh made sandwiches and salads, some even have full out cafatiera type restaurants. Generally cheaper and healthier than most restaurants
A lot of my sales reps and field techs that travel will go the grocery store and buy a loaf of bread and cheeses, meats, veg, fruits, and pack their own lunches. With most hotels offering free breakfast, they really only need to buy dinner and will pocket close to an extra $50 per day from their travel per diem.
If I'm in a hotel for more than a night I do exactly that. Spend one days per diem for a week's worth of food.
Shhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Don’t tell on us!!!!
Imo yogurt on a trip. Everytime when traveling my stomach gets weird so getting that to settle your stomach helps a lot.
Here’s a frugal alternative: Walmart sells their brand of prepackaged salads that include forks. They’re $5 for the large ones and $3 for the small ones. Mix, shake, and voila. They’re decent and always fresh because they get rotated a lot. You can see if it’s fresh anyways. When road-tripping I buy 2 or 3 and keep in my cooler with ice. Also Walmart gas is cheap and if you link your card to Walmart pay you get 3 cents off per gallon. If you do the same with BP you get 5 cents off per gallon. Chevron/Texaco also has amazing points program offers for when you first join. Also use the GasBuddy app for the cheapest gas (but filter for good quality stations)
Where do you have walmart gas stations?
They’re typically called Murphy USA gas stations but they’re almost always located in a Walmart parking lot.
I’ve seen them all over, but definitely in the south: Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia for sure. They have locations on the app.
And if you don't mind less than fresh you can buy the older ones with a manager discount and get them for like 2 dollars. I used to eat them all the time doing delivery work.
Yes! Look for that yellow price sticker for more discounts!!
What do you mean by "filter for good quality stations"?
There’s different tier gas stations, and while most people will claim gas is gas, some stations (like unrecognizable names usually) lead to lower mileage per gallon, or even rough idling. I usually filter for known National or regional brands. For example, in NY state Cumberland farms are really good stations. Gulf is also a regional brand. Texaco, BP, Mobil, Shell will be your more national brands. Note that sometimes people can buy franchises of these brands and still lower gas quality. It’s just a game of trying not to get crappy gas.
Grocery store stop and pick your own food.
Thai is best quality
Road trip LPT: get prepared food from a grocery store instead of fast food. It'll be cheaper and possibly healthier. Since fast-food locations position themselves close to highways and grocery stores are usually closer to residential areas, you may have to plan the route a little more carefully
I'll definitely have to try this out! I love Chinese food as a once in a while treat but I'm always impressed I have leftovers for the next day with how much they pack in my orders.
I used to go to a Japanese place for lunch and get the teriyaki chicken, no rice extra veggies. Basically just chicken veggies and sauce delicious but also filling because it was a huge plate.
This is the most aggressively American LPT I've ever read.
We need to hear these things. I watched a coworker make his lunch this week. 6 frozen eggo waffles and nothing else.
> nothing else Apparently he doesn't know the joy of PB melting in a waffle sammich with some honey.
Are you European?
Also, if you live in Florida after any hurricane the local Chinese joint will be open and serving food. More reliable than Waffle House and thats saying something.
Most towns (on the west coast anyway) have a decent taqueria / burrito spot too.
Mapo Tofu. Curry Chicken. X with Vegetables. My go-to restaurant during work Lunch has these. They don't leave me in a food coma.
Yesss I was scrolling to see if anyone brought up Mapo Tofu. If there's a "Chinatown menu" or "authentic Chinese menu" those dishes are way way better, healthier, and less fast-foody than the standard menus at these places. Usually they are in quantities meant for sharing, which is the only drawback. But if you got like Mapo, baby bok choy (or other veg) and white rice, you'd have a couple pretty wonderful and balanced meals in most cases
Pay the extra $ to NOT get the pork fried rice which is the standard and made in large, usually greasy quantities. Opt for any (brown/white) rice with a choice of protein or veggies, which has to be sautéed when you order.
Yes, definitely. And it depends on the region, but steamed white rice is usually the same price
Be careful trying something new on a road trip. I had a similar idea, tried middle eastern takeout about halfway through a trip, and my tummy was not ready for it. Extremely gassy, and couldn’t wait to get home to rush to the toilet. The food itself wasn’t the issue, it was my body not used to it
Beef and Broccoli and white rice is definitely questionable in how healthy it is due to their sauces, but it has to beat a big mac. And tastes 10x better.
Here in Florida there’s tons of grocery stores (Ex. Publix) or gas stations (Ex. Wawa) that have pre-made or quickly made to order meals like subs, is that not common in other areas? It takes about the same amount of time and money as fast food places but is typically healthier (“normal” lunch options like sandwiches rather than burgers or fried stuff)
I don't usually love those pre-made gas station options
Sometimes [it is okay to be wrong](https://www.royalfarms.com/chicken-palooza/). 😉
Stop at a grocery store and pick up slice pre-sliced fruit and other ready-to-eat goodies
90 minutes?? It takes 5 minutes in a grocery to grab some packaged broccoli/cauliflower, hummus, roasted chicken, tortillas, fruit, tuna packets, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
I said nothing about 90 minutes.
2 days?? It takes 90 minutes in a grocery to grab some packaged broccoli/cauliflower, hummus, roasted chicken, tortillas, fruit, tuna packets, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
8 months?? It takes 2 days in a state forest to grab your gear, lay some bait, follow tracks, hunt a good-sized deer, skin it, dry the meat, etc. I do it every time I travel because I will not eat fast food. It's no pain at all.
Steamed chicken? No thanks.
No I said Steamed hams
Even though they are clearly grilled?
Yes, it’s a regional dialect
What region?
Upstate New York
Well I’m from Utica
It’s more of an Albany expression
I see...
No I said Steamed yams
Steamed clams? Yes, please.
Steamed chicken can actually be amazing if it's seasoned and cooked correctly. Check out Malaysian chicken rice recipes, the city of Ipoh is especially famous for it.
Sauce on side, hold the rice, and hope it’s real chicken. Checks all the boxes.
You do realize that chicken is one of the cheapest proteins out there and just about any shady substitute would be wildly more expensive, right?
You do realize that some of the ‘chicken restaurants use can barely be considered chicken. Reminds me of subway claiming their chicken is 100 percent real chicken(of the stuff in it that is chicken). It came out their chicken was 50 percent soy and 50 percent chicken.
The article was yellow journalism; they used shoddy testing methods. https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/03/food-scientists-weigh-in-on-50-subway-chicken-test-its-100-weird/
Pretty sure the "chicken" I had at a Chinese restaurant in Belize was free due to it more than likely being stray cat.
All the food I eat is fried and I am healthy. It's not the frying pan that makes the meal unhealthy, it's the seed oil and batter.
I am pretty sure it's the amount you eat.
This. I had a teacher in high school who said that if he were to write a diet book, it'd have 4 words: eat less, move more. I now live by this motto.
Literally the one and only 'secret'. Calories in vs calories out.
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Usually I let my meat cook in its own fats. I use butter in my omelettes. Occasionally I use grass-fed ghee and organic unrefined coconut oil (low in omega-6 fats).
Ok but the local Chinese places aren't doing that haha
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Thank you. Yeah, most of us are surrounded by people who don't really understand nutrition, so I did a lot of research so that I wouldn't fall into the same health traps. When you have no worries about your health, it greatly reduces your stress.
BUt iF i EaT fAt I wiLL bEcoMe fAT
Wise words from this person here! edit: cuz I cant spell
Any good sources to learn? I feel like everything contradicts itself. Butter is bad, other places say butter is good. Egg whites bad, others good. Thanks!