Talk:Healthy diet

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Previous discussions:

• Archive 1 (October 05 - December 05)

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Oops! Sorry, i removed the cleanup thing by accident :-/. No worries though, have put it back and now have a thing on - i'm doing a little overhaul on the article. I archiveds the past stuff because most of it was arguments, and i think we should start a "fresh". Well, anyway - I'm expanding and cleaning up the article so that it's better laid out, better explained and so on. Spum 13:19, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

This conspiracy is no theory

Ref. "to deal with the issues presented by particularly imported culture - cigarettes, alcohol and fast food all being produced in their majority in the United States, or by US-based companies" It became part of our plot to rule the world by making all other countries full of fat, smoking drunks immediately after electing ourselves "Dictator for Life".

When was this some kind of conspiracy theory? Fast food, originated in the United States; McDonalds, Kentucky Friend Chicken, Pizza Hut - all companies which have been targeted by a recent government initiative, as well as an anitiative by the British Heart Foundation. Secondly, tobacco is something which is also something in the majority of american production; out of the top 10 tobacco producers, 5 of those were american, as well as 3 were based in Britain, but 2 of those are owned by american companies basing their production here, or convergances between british and american sources;

"The US market is dominated by four key manufacturers known as Big Tobacco: Altria, which sells roughly half of the nearly 500 billion cigarettes sold in the US, Reynolds American, Loews subsidiary Lorillard Tobacco Company (part of Carolina Group), and Vector Group's Liggett unit."

Tobacco Industry Companies, in order of Yearly revenue and world ranking:

1. Philip Morris USA Inc. [6601 W. Broad St. Richmond, VA 23230-1701] 804-274-2000
2. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc. [401 N. Main St. Winston-Salem, NC 27102-2990] 336-741-2000
3. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation [ 200 Brown & Williamson Tower, 401 S. 4th St. Louisville, KY 40202-3404 ] 502-568-7000

Give them a call, and they'll verify each and every fact i have stated. In fact, i'll give them a call on your behalf.

Now that i've backed up the fact of the United states being the progenitor of Mass production in cigarettes i'll move on to fast food restaurants. In fact, i'll allow you to read this one. Double this time, old pal - 8/10 of the companies in the world by size are, tum-dum-dum-dum!; 3 of which having subsidiaries within different names throughout the United Kingdom.

• http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/profile/713_1442.html

Spum 15:38, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

First sentence.

'A healthy diet is a diet which contains a balanced amount of nutrients, varied food, and minimal amounts of sugar, fat and salt.'

This is wrong, as You can not put sugars and salt in the same plane as fats. (By the way, it's not SALT itself a problem, but SODIUM.) From few sources (Mayo, eg.) we can quote that fat intake should go even up to 20-30% of daily calorie intake. (Not to meantion now all kinds of fats.) So it's not true that healthy diet contains MINIMAL amounts of fat. I can quote, if needed.

Feel free to change it. I'm not an expert myself, so I dont' feel qualified to make that change. jf 16:49, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

It is important to distinguish between "good" and "bad" fats. For example, many experts recommend including moderate levels of olive oil and moderate to high levels of fish oil in the diet. It is also important to note that the designers of some diets - for example, the Zone, Atkins and Paleo diets - generally recommend a higher level of all fats (and lower level of carbohydrate) than government diet experts do. 23 June 2005

Healthful

I do not know how much of the healthy-healthful debate has occured here. Although widely used when refering to a healthful diet, healthy food is food that is alive. Healthy food would scream when it is eaten! The correct word is healthful or nutritious. I suggest that the article would be better placed under "nutritious diet" or "proper diet" and the word healthful be used as the adjective to describe foods which promote health.--Counsel 16:54, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for bringing this up. I was considering a mention myself, for the sake of technicality. --AWF

Oh for goodness sake.... Healthy

Healthy - 1. enjoying health and vigor of body, mind, or spirit: well

He was father to three healthy daughters.

2 conducive to health

A healthy diet and exercise can help to maintain proper weight.

3 evincing health

HEALTHY FOOD IS NOT FOOD THAT IS ALIVE any more than red food is food that is communist. Words have more than one meaning. Which meaning is meant is derived from context. Healthy is not incorrect. aussietiger 05:27, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

Globalize

Hi everyone! I've added an extra paragraph to remind you all that this is an Encyclopedia for everyone in the globe, and a US-bias panel just in case someone else can bring in some variety in POV. Congratulations for your good work to date. Cvalda 00:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)