Do health freaks bother you?

[Anonymous]

It's probably a little unfair of me, but I have a friend who can practically never eat anything when we go out because EVERYTHING is unhealthy somehow. She's the type who will eat something and then go to the gym the next day because she feels guilty about w/e she ate.

Does this drive anyone else nuts?

I had a guy friend once who when we went out to dinner he would eat about 4 bites of his food and then say he was full... or he'd get a sandwich and eat 2 bites and say it was too filling. I feel like that's crazy for a guy!

Anywho, do you have friends like that? Does it just annoy you a little bit?

Went to a baseball game the other night and my friend said she wasn't going to eat because there wasn't anything healthy... I mean, sure, it's not great to eat ballgame food EVERY DAY, but if that's your only option... idk. Is it silly that I find that a bit annoying? The type of people who won't eat AT ALL... it's like, you go out to dinner and they can't order anything but a drink because everything is too unhealthy. Can't people just deal with what they have?

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[Sovereign1979]

I do partially agree with your friends. As a nutritionist/herbalist, I have recently been educated on what is in foods now a days, why and so fourth.

But there are a ton of foods on the market by companies who care nothing about your health, only their profit. It was a big mistake when agriculture turned into agribusiness. This means profit in food. So then food is ran like a business and also traded on the stock market. BIG MISTAKE!

But its our diets that are relating to so many epidemics in America. Cancer, obesity, diabetes, coronary artery disease, skyrocketed bad cholesterol levels, lowered good cholesterol levels and what have you.

You see, back when our parents were kids and before, Moms used to cook, lessening our need and use of "processed foods" ie: hot dogs, quick means, TV dinners, Stouffer's, sh*t in a can ie, Spaghettios and that "sort" of stuff. As our lives get more complicated now a days, bith parents are forced to work, we want quick things to come home and make. I understand that. But it wreaks havoc on your health long term. ALL these processed meals have high amounts of sodium in them, them we add more at the table. This f***s with our cholesterol levels and makes ground for coronary artery disease.

Foods contain too many "artificial flavors, colors and additives for aesthetic reasons. And all these are related to cancer, like yellow 5 coloring in Mountain Dew.

Sugars are not even the same anymore, take non-diet soda. People think that it has 46, 30 whatever grams of sugar. You look at the ingredient label, "sugar" will not be listed as an ingredient on soda's label. They use a "processed sweetner" called High fructose corn syrup. This is what directly relates to diabetes considering it is un-natural. When you drink or eat it, your body does not know how to process it. Your body looks at it as a toxin. Which it is. Companies use this because its cheaper than sugar. Which sugar is sucrose not fructose.

Table sugar is processed, sugar is not supposed to be white. Its actually tan. Why, because pure cane sugar contains Molasses, and with white sugar, the Molasses is processed out leaving you with a pile of bad, versus a pile of good with some bad meaning sweet. Molasses contains a high amount of minerals and nutrients.

Even with diet soda, pure cane sugar is a ton better for you than diet soda. Diet soda contains a "sweetner" called "aspartame", look aspartame up, it is linked to Cancer, obesity, diabetes, fibromialgia, migraines, nervous system disorders, and a whole slew of other disorders. But there are a ton of "health nuts" that promote the use of "diet sodas", this is where I argue with them. Then show them the proof. But people mis-understand "sugar", they think its all created equal, and it is not.

Stick to natural, you will be fine. Find out what is in things, then adjust. Un-natural or synthetic is the problem.

[psm357]

I never thought so much of what I am eating can be related to cancer before reading your post! Thanks a lot for sharing with us here! But from the ways, it looks like we cannot really change much unless we stick to home cook food everyday. But even if eating home cook food, the ingredient may not be that good either.

[Sovereign1979]

Thank you for the compliment. I have spent countless hours, weeks and even years learning all this. Most of it was in my training to be an herbalist. And trust me, there is more, a ton more. I could not list everything in 3000 characters. You are way better off eating home cooked meals. Especially if its organic store bought food as organic can not contain synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides which add millions of deadly chemicals to our produce.

[Sovereign1979]

Organic also mandates the use of "natural" ingredients in packaged foods. And when I say natural, I mean the way nature attended them. I understand organic is a little more expensive, but it is well worth it and tastes much better and it is more closely related to food our grandparents ate before there was all this scientific crap.

[Sovereign1979]

If you have an hour and a half to spare one day, check out this documentary. link

Its called Food Inc, this was the actual documentary that opened my eyes and "started" my journey about 4 years ago on our food supply. This will only explain about 70% of our problems, but it is a real eye opener. This documentary also gives you insights from ballsy farmers who are interviewed. Have fun and stay humble.

[utahman1971]

I just read an comment on another site that some guy was sick of people inhaling food like they were dying and it was their last meal. He was saying it was better to be thin or skinny and it was more healthy this way but I disagree. Too skinny is unhealthy and over weight is unhealthy. The only healthy way is to eat in portions and keep from eating not enough and over eating.

So if I go to a restaurant and see a lady get a plate but only puts two things on it and says that is all she is eating, would drive me nuts. There are people that are that bad. I rather have my two plates or what I want then be wanting food later. I am diabetic and I am going to eat normal and not be a picky eater like the health freaks.

Portions are the way to eat and spending more money on organic or almond milk or the more expensive foods and eat less does nothing except make you look like you crazy and need some help.

Yes, health freaks bother me because they think they can make us change, like a gay person trying to turn us straight people to gay. They push and push and push until were almost ready to strangle them to death. Its stupid. Pretty much anyone that has that I met a health freak was under their normal weight and still acting like they were too fat.

It is sickening to hear and see them. So if you are one of these freaks, then stay away from me. Its annoying as heck.

[CanadianToque]

Do people making an effort to have/sustain a healthy lifestyle bother me? Not at all.

Do people who take the above to an absolute extreme - that in some way affects me (whether they're talking about it 24/7, criticizing my own life choices, commenting on other people, spewing out ridiculous facts and taking note of every fat gram and calorie and nutritional value that exists in the world, etc.) bother me? Heck yes.

I have no problem with a person living their life the way they want, but when they start infringing on my life and my own choices or other people's lives and choices, it's too much. But as for going out with friends who don't/hardly eat anything... that wouldn't really bother me. I only say that because if I'm going out for an actual meal or an activity that usually includes food, I'll just invite someone else instead and save meeting up with the "health-nut" friend for some other time, some other - foodless - activity. Just works out better that way.

[RedSmartie]

They're fine if they shut up about it. I don't care what people put into their bodies or how much. But as soon as every conversation becomes one about what they're eating, how much they're eating, or worse: what and how much /I/ am eating; I'm going to be finding excuses to not hang out with them as much as possible.

[awful]

No, that's a good thing! You should learn from that person lol

Though anything in excess can be annoying! Especially if they judge everything YOU eat! like it's okay if it's just THEIR food... so it really depends

[Anonymous]

I don't become friends with people I don't like. Those people annoy the hell out of me. You can be a health-conscious person which is fine but a pushy health freak sucks. They're so obsessed with staying healthy and letting you know about it, probably so they can enjoy being a bitch to people all the more longer.

Some of their sh*t I hate:

-They dramatically cough and cover their face with their shirt if they're within 20 feet of a smoker (this happened to me today XD).

-They're too investigative. It's like anything superstitious at all instantly becomes hellspawn. They ask if the food was cooked with aluminum, they check to see if any lotion has parabens, or they argue with their dentist about why his recommended toothpaste is actually unhealthy. Medical journals and hearsay probably give them stress which would hurt them just as much in the long run as the sh*t they're trying to avoid.

-If I talk about good places to eat, in every conversation it's like they TRY to bring up some harmful substance (MSG, gluten, lard, etc) and how they're so much more aware and above such stupid life choices. I'll mention an organic natural cafe place, a salad place and they're quiet and then I mention Chinese and they get all excited to finally lecture me.

-They refuse to go outdoors between 10am and 2pm, because they're worried about getting skin cancer from the sun.

[Theguyoverthere]

Ironically the people who are "health nuts" never make any sense. "Well this has a lot of sodium..." "Well this has a lot of carbs..." "Well this has too many calories..." but they never understand moderation.

My overall thinking with these people is that everything is gonna kill them no matter what. I don't think you can even eat an apple next to those people because "It has a lot of sugar."

Plus all those "healthy" advertisements are bogus anyway. It's just something they throw on the label to make people feel like they're not overeating those bars... then they eat the whole package in one night anyway.

Or like those "protein" decorations they put on the label when you have something that costs 2 dollars less and is only a few g less in protein but doesn't have it on the front of the package(people never look at the nutrition facts).

[Longshot]

If they force it on me directly or subtedly, yes it bothers me. I eat healthy most of the time. Yup, every 3-4 weeks I have french fries; I drink wine and some beer; I have ice cream in the summer; and I eat cheese. The rest of the time it's all fruits, veggies and lean protein.

I think you can take anything to an extreme. You might stay healthy, live longer and feel better and then again you might get run over by a car tomorrow. I believe in healthy eating and staying healthy, but life is less worthwhile if I can't responsibly indulge in what I like. Sometimes we have to strike a balance between being physically healthy and enjoyment.

[Anonymous]

If someone is really into fitness and takes it serious that is fine with me. It doesn't bother me unless they get on to me about how I eat or live my life.

I can't stand how some people want to tell me I am living my life wrong, even when I am doing better than them. If I enjoy an energy drink once in a great while, smokers actually have the gull to come up and tell me energy drinks are bad for me. No crap! That's why don't don't do it all the time. I don't talk down to them for putting those cancer sticks in there mouth, the least they can do is leave me alone.

[madhatters4]

the only thing that bothers me is when a health freak preaches to others about their bad eating habits. Do what you want that's great. If you want to shed a little light on healthy eating that's fine, but when you start preaching and condemning others' for their behavior that's the only thing that bothers me. I don't preach to people, their personal decisions are their own and I'm fine with that as long as it doesn't bother me

[Anonymous]

My friend from high school was a health freak and her parents were health freaks. They had a diet plan at their house they never broke away from, and they always did a stupid amount of exercising per day. Her mom was borderline psychotic about this and wanted to ensure they lived healthy lives so they could live until 100. That is until her mom unfortunately came down with cancer and died at 42. Never drank, never smoked, never ate anything bad, never had a soda - nothing. On the other hand, my grandfather who drank a 5th of Jack a day and smoked cigars like it was his job, lived until he was 90. Just live your life the way YOU want to.

[Lommelun]

Yes, it bothers me. Not because they have these hangups, but because they're so annoying sharing a meal with. They have no pleasure in the meal, in how it is made up and how the tastes blend to something higher. They're all about guilt and deconstructing the food to single groups of chemical ingredients. Very dull meal companions.

[1inmillion]

You can eat peanuts at the ball park. Some sodium but you are getting some protein also.

Being healthy is about eating the correct foods at the correct times. Under eating is NOT healthy eating, it's stupid. Eat 6 meals a day of RIGHT foods in the RIGHT amounts.;

[AdamThomas]

I don't have a problem with people who like to stay healthy, I do, but those guys sound like they're taking it to the extreme - and they're doing it wrong.

[CorneliaisPretty]

if they simply don't want to eat junk food then that's fine, I understand. But if they only eat two bites of something that's healthy and that they ordered then that's a problem!

[psm357]

I am fine with it, afterall your friend is the one who is starving. But I think you can keep a look out for her cause not eating is not healthy either.

[Sovereign1979]

No, eating is not un-healthy, But depending on what you eat can be. We have so many "frankenfoods" made by companies who are just trying to turn a profit, who care nothing about your health, that have so many man made preservatives, flavors, colorings etc in them that make them in-healthy. Or some are processed to remove all the good, like sugar. Sugar is not supposed to be white, its supposed to be tan. But these companies process out all the good and leave the bad.

[Alanaaa]

yeah its kind annoying. I don't know why, but its like ' just eat your salad and be sad.' I don\t want to hear about anybody's diet.

[Anonymous]

She will get fat when she is 40-50 years old LOL Health freaks only last for so long it is a trendy thing

But then again I have a friend who eats fast food all the time and it is pretty gross she is fat

[kangaru]

Health conscious is good but overdoing it is bit annoying for me. They will keep reminding you of the calories etc that you have taken...

[mike5150]

Only if they start preeching to me that I need to eat differently. I have an uncle who does that and he weighs 20 lbs more than me and is only 5'9

[Jonny_]

No, I used to be one... and will probably become one again in the near future.

[Badboyoz]

"Obsessive Compulsive Disorder "

[Anonymous]

Less then Religious freaks.

[bh6676r942]

Only if they get in my face about it

[Anonymous]

I don't care.

[jessijun]

Yes

[Anonymous]

Sometimes