Comment on Discussion Thread đ„” Friday 9 January 2026
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
I figured I have lived thru so many food fads ( husbandâs family are pretty insane in this regard adopting every fad without question ) , that I am so now over and have very little patience for it all.
I have an especial lack of patience for people thinking âethnicâ foods are by default better or that anything from a health food shop is healthier.
Studies have shown the best diet to adopt is the Mediterranean diet because of the inclusion of fresh fruit & veg, fish, lean meat, oil, yogurt, nuts, seeds & grains. Less red meat and processed food.
The second is Japanese because of fish, fermented food and green tea.
You donât need anything else.
Our familyâs meals are generally fresh meat and veggies with fruit as snacks. Yes we have some processed stuff in the fridge (condiments and sauces) and pantry (crackers, biscuits etc).
Our kidsâ friends are generally surprised how fresh we eat, when they come over for dinners.
My daughter did a food survey with her friends. What you eat and what you donât. Some of them had never tried certain foods including some vegetables. She ticked off everything except spring onion and coriander. Made me proud.
No spring onion? Thatâs a staple in scrambled eggs and fried rice.
Do potato cakes make the list?
I heard something about you could live on potatoes and milk for vitamin D. Theyâre a very nutritious food in terms of being calorie dense I reckon
Has to be spuds with the skin still on (vitamin C lives just under the skin and usually gets peeled off), whole raw milk (vitamins A & some Bs and some protein and a lot of fat) OR butter, and a supplemental protein source - such as oily fish (vitamin D) or meat or cheese. If you peel the spuds, youâll need a supplement such as fruit. The classic Irish diet that the potato famine of 1840s pretty much wiped out and triggered mass migration to USA and here.
potatoes are excellent foods for vitamins
No but I wish they did.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
Someone asked Red Symons once what the first superfood was, expecting him to say spirulina or some such. His answer: wheat. And I think he actually nailed it.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
Itâs been genetically modified!!
( over millennia through selective farming )
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone âš5â© âšdaysâ© ago
Yass!