Survey finds that 25% of Americans not only don't vegetables but have never eaten vegetables

Yeah because you should totally wait until you're dying of stage 4 cancer before you start eating your fruits and veggies.

Good grief, the amount of eugenic propaganda in this thread is disturbing.

Listen up young people. I'm 48 but look to be in my late 30s. In 30 years I've only ever once been sick (a bout with the flu). I'm in ok shape, but getting in great shape (several years of office work made me lose my athletic edge). Everyone in my family (except myself) are/were in the medical profession. Here is our collective wisdom for healthy diet:

Vegetables: Humans did NOT evolve as carnivores. Our mandibles (i.e. jaw & teeth) are those of vegetable eating mammals. The staples of my diet are broccoli (the bread of life), & raw spinach salad (a little Caesar dressing for flavor, or whatever you prefer). That's the basis of my diet. No GMO. Only organic, pesticide-free, pure & natural.

I supplement with nuts, berries, & an occasional piece of fruit, and chicken here & there. I try to avoid beef, but I do allow myself the occasional tryst with unhealthy food. I also do a full regimen of health supplements, however I use a fraction of the recommended daily dosages. They over-recommend how much you should take across the board imo.

Water: 30 years I've drank only distilled water. I hear the eugenics psychopaths are claiming distilled water kills you. Bullshit. I'm living proof that's a lie. Stay hydrated always.

Oxygen: Learn to breath properly. Oxygenate the body. Get the book "Flood Your Body With Oxygen" by Ed McCabe. Worth it's weight in gold. Yoga & deep breathing are a big help.

Sleep: Avoid food & water 5 hours before bed time. Sleep in total darkness & total quiet if you can manage it. Solid sleep is a game changer. Melatonin supplement before bed is a must.

Digestion: Yep, gut bacteria is crucial to proper assimilation of nutrients. I eat a small amount daily of kimchi, sauerkraut, & yogurt. Also pro-biotic supplements, BUT, those are largely inert. Open a capsule, put into a jar with water & pickled carrots (or whatever), allow the probiotic bacteria to colonize, & have at it.

Final note: Go read books by Dr. Herbert M. Shelton or listen to his talks on youtube. He's from the early part of the 20th century, but he was the 1st major advocate for raw organic foods (& the best). Promotes fasting also.

Considering most of it is grown outside the us who knows what it’s poisoned with
But I wonder if the veg farmers who are in the US eat the food they grow
All local free range meats and organic veg probably
God knows they can afford to

I knew a guy who never ate a vegetable in his life since childhood, or so he claimed. The guy was skinny as a stick, ate nothing but junk food for all I know and was a hell of a worker. Kinda off though..

To each their own. Everyone is different. We are a subject of our environment. America is bombarded with b.s. food ads that promote things that are not healthy, this enters the subconscious mind, and people wonder why they are unhealthy or fat 10 years later.

I eat a mixed/balanced diet of fruits, vegetables, meats and everything inbetween. I avoid sugars and as much processed food as possible. The key to being healthy is trying to eat right as best you can, exercise, and sleep. If you are key on all these aspects your mental health will also be benefited.

Cooking spinach neutralizes oxalates. Spinach needs a fat for the body to absorb the nutrients.

Life is too fucking short for all that. I'm 45, eat mainly crap, and am in good shape. I run, swim and go to the gym. Eating food I like makes me happy. Happy = good for you as well.

Life is too fucking short for all that. I'm 45, eat mainly crap, and am in good shape. I run, swim and go to the gym. Eating food I like makes me happy. Happy = good for you as well.

Being happy is so important.

No. There is no raw fruit that has a higher sugar content than a can of Pepsi.

Fruits have lower levels of fructose. Only the liver processes fructose, so the white sugar diet is hard on the liver.

Vegetables are not over-rated. Nutritional education among the average American is almost nil.

Are potatoes vegetables?

It's all that matters, without happiness life is not worth living...if you're not happy,you're doing it wrong...

What else would it be?

What else would it be?

Also the reason why America is leader in heart disease. People don’t want to hear their eating habits are bad. It’s a sore subject.

Also the reason why America is leader in heart disease. People don’t want to hear their eating habits are bad. It’s a sore subject.

Also the reason why America is leader in heart disease. People don’t want to hear their eating habits are bad. It’s a sore subject.

Nah, probably because High Fructose Corn Syrup is in everything.

You know when they want to study the effects of some "medicine" on mice with heart disease they have to first give the mice heart disease.

How do they do that?

They feed them a diet high in HFCS. Look it up.

Nah, probably because High Fructose Corn Syrup is in everything.

You know when they want to study the effects of some "medicine" on mice with heart disease they have to first give the mice heart disease.

How do they do that?

They feed them a diet high in HFCS. Look it up.

Single moms raising the kids nowadays, feed them Mctrash if they even feed them at all.

We grow so much corn they don't know what to do with it all...

1/4 of constipated merkans say they have NEVER eaten a vegetable that they can recall, don't even know what broccoli tastes like. Sounds unbelievable.

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