Some Thoughts on "Healthy"

 Thursday, September 29


breakfast - 7:00 am: 2 oz. sirloin steak, 2 slices bacon, 1/2 avocado, tomatoes, jalapeno
snack - 9:30 am: strawberries and raw almonds (if you are in Arizona - go to Sprouts and get the strawberries - they are SO good!)
lunch - 12:45 pm: chicken breast smothered with green chile and a side salad with balsamic vinaigrette (At Alice Cooperstown)
dinner - 6:00 pm: macadamia/coconut crusted grouper and paleo "no potato" salad 


I would highly recommend the "no potato" salad - it was VERY good! And it was a hit with the folks at work who tried it.


While at lunch two of the men at my table made comments about diets and eating healthy. And it got me to thinking about what healthy means.


I know that it is crazy to think that everyone would go Paleo like me. I also understand that for a lot of people, food does not have the same immediate negative reactions as it does for others (like me.)


However, I think that there is so much information out there about what is healthy and not healthy and not enough people are researching what they are hearing. 


One of the only things that I remember from college was my statistics professor telling me that you could make statistics tell whatever story you wanted. I believe that is true for scientific studies to a degree.


I'm not going to pretend to understand how the human body works and why it reacts to things the way it does. I'm trying to understand more about it in the Paleo Solution, but I honestly do not process scientific information well. But I do think that there are a lot of people who think they are eating healthy, but they are not understanding what they are eating.


For example, typically when you get a low-fat dressing, one of the things they do to the dressing when they take the fat out is add more sugar. Or fat free half and half - did you know it has high-fructose corn syrup? I'm not saying HFCS is bad - because I don't know. But I'm saying to pay attention to the things in your food. Healthy is a perception for a lot of people.