A new Harvard Chan School study shows it’s the quality—not quantity—of macronutrients that make a difference for heart health, debunking myth that modulating carbohydrate and fat intake alone is inherently beneficial.
Like the gold star recommendation is 9-11 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. After which there’s no significant health advantage to consuming more plants.
Being an omnivore is the tits. Animal foods are super nutrient dense, so you really don’t need a whole lot, anyways.
People tend to love my cooking, but if there’s one complaint I get (fairly often) it’s “needs more meat.”(I’m in USA) IMO, plates should look like a garden, full of colors and diversity, and obviously plant-forward.
I’d suggest something like ~1 lb of veggies (several servings) to ~.25 lb (single-serving) of meat. That’s my ideal ratio, anyways. If you follow that guideline for every meal you’ll easily get 12 servings of vegetables and about three servings of high-quality meat protein.
And fatty fish is a really big deal. Try to get at least a couple servings a week. ALA doesn’t meaningfully convert into DHA nor EPA… I like canned salmon (or sardines, mackerel, herring, etc) for this. Also the occasional offal is excellent, the liver being ‘nature’s multivitamin.’
And save bones for stocks. All that cartilage and collagen and marrow and glucosamine and chondroitin and calcium and so many nutrients and minerals in the bones! And of course you need a bunch of carrots and celery and onions and garlic and potatoes to go with the stock! Maybe some lentils or whatever.
The tuna in EVOO you buy at the supermarket here is lame. If you look at the ingredients it’s just cheap vegetable oil with a dash of EVOO, and you can bet it’s not the good EVOO.
you’re right, it’s bullshit marketing and it sucks. The front of the tin does say “tuna in olive oil blend”, in fairness. All the other brands are the same / similar.
If it was real, pure olive oil it would cost more.
I just buy the stuff packed in spring water, drain it, and pour olive oil over it.
you might already know this, but oleocanthal one of the compounds in olive oil that makes it great for health. if your throat burns or you end up coughing when you swallow it, that means it has a lot of oleocanthal, which is good.
not sure where your supermarket imports from, but i tend to get olive oil from either italy or greece, and they seem to be the best thing available in the states
Plain canned tuna
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It says ‘low in’ not ‘absent’.
Like the gold star recommendation is 9-11 servings of fruits and vegetables daily. After which there’s no significant health advantage to consuming more plants.
Being an omnivore is the tits. Animal foods are super nutrient dense, so you really don’t need a whole lot, anyways.
People tend to love my cooking, but if there’s one complaint I get (fairly often) it’s “needs more meat.”(I’m in USA) IMO, plates should look like a garden, full of colors and diversity, and obviously plant-forward.
I’d suggest something like ~1 lb of veggies (several servings) to ~.25 lb (single-serving) of meat. That’s my ideal ratio, anyways. If you follow that guideline for every meal you’ll easily get 12 servings of vegetables and about three servings of high-quality meat protein.
And fatty fish is a really big deal. Try to get at least a couple servings a week. ALA doesn’t meaningfully convert into DHA nor EPA… I like canned salmon (or sardines, mackerel, herring, etc) for this. Also the occasional offal is excellent, the liver being ‘nature’s multivitamin.’
And save bones for stocks. All that cartilage and collagen and marrow and glucosamine and chondroitin and calcium and so many nutrients and minerals in the bones! And of course you need a bunch of carrots and celery and onions and garlic and potatoes to go with the stock! Maybe some lentils or whatever.
Delicious mercury
solid yellowfin packed in EVOO topped with tony chachere’s creole seasoning = better than anything you’ll get for $15 at a burger joint
The tuna in EVOO you buy at the supermarket here is lame. If you look at the ingredients it’s just cheap vegetable oil with a dash of EVOO, and you can bet it’s not the good EVOO.
i mean i wouldn’t debate about “not the good EVOO,” but…
edit: looking at your instance now, i guess you’re in aus? that sucks they’re mixing yours with bullshit oil
this is ours:
you’re right, it’s bullshit marketing and it sucks. The front of the tin does say “tuna in olive oil blend”, in fairness. All the other brands are the same / similar.
If it was real, pure olive oil it would cost more.
I just buy the stuff packed in spring water, drain it, and pour olive oil over it.
the best way to do it, since even if you drain the oil tuna, you’ll still be consuming a non-zero amount of crap ultraprocessed shit oil
Unless it says extra virgin olive oil, the olive oil itself might even be highly processed.
Yeah, there’s a lot to good EVOO.
Here i wouldnt really trust anything I can get from the supermarket, and certainly not anything imported.
The health benefits diminish significantly over time.
So the “best before” date might be 2 years, but if you want the health benefits then every month counts. Also the time spent in contact with air.
you might already know this, but oleocanthal one of the compounds in olive oil that makes it great for health. if your throat burns or you end up coughing when you swallow it, that means it has a lot of oleocanthal, which is good.
not sure where your supermarket imports from, but i tend to get olive oil from either italy or greece, and they seem to be the best thing available in the states
https://www.oliveoiltimes.com/health-news/oleocanthal-behind-the-health-benefits-of-olive-oils-famous-phenol/127842