Discussion Health or Taste?

[M3J]

You guys who prefer health over taste are weird.

 

[Charlie]

You guys who prefer health over taste are weird.

Not weird, I cant agree with that. Because one its duh, health and secondly, its not weird for having a difference of opinion or taste. ^^

 

[M3J]

It is weird. It's like choosing to live in a slum when you can afford to live in an expensive mansion.

 

[Machi-tan]

^ Perfect. In all honesty I'm trying to recover from thanks giving... i was dieting like a good trooper.. then i made the switch from the slums to a mansion... now i don't want to go back.

 

[TStew]

It is weird. It's like choosing to live in a slum when you can afford to live in an expensive mansion.

Keep your mansion, I'll take my cabin in the woods any day. and with any luck I wont be riddled with health problems later in life.

And you can't compare health to slums, there really isn't anything good about living in the slums. But a whole lot of good about eating healthy.

 

[Claire-Ruiz]

Hi, I don't want to feel the pain anymore and regret so I'll be choosing a healthy food than the taste I prefer. I had a surgery two years ago because of fatty and salty foods and I don't want to happen it again.

 

[Enola]

We all eat and drink, right? If you don't, and you're reading this now, then you'll probably die in a few hours/days/something if you don't have a way of getting nutrition in your body.


Anyway, whenever we eat or drink, we tend to go after either taste or health. What do you look for in a food or drink?

I go for taste, most of the time. I feel like life's not worth living if I don't enjoy the food, though I do try to go for health as well.


What's good to eat or drink that has both health and taste? Some of 'em are obvious, but yeah.

I can agree with you because I prefer the taste too I think almost the same about life and food, I don't like to eat smth which is healthy but not tasty. Besides my body doesn't like some healthy products at all, I feel not very comfortable after eating them... Maybe it's strange but that's how it is. Also I like different drinks, especially coffee made with such machines, which is considered not healthy too But I can't live without it!
On the other hand I stopped to eat fast food and try not to eat some really unhealthy products like the "fast meal" which buy for home those people who don't like or are simply lazy to cook I also think sometimes that in future I can change my tasty food to the healthy one

 

[bihari]

Both.
Now, add the third option in the poll.

 

[M3J]

No, you can only choose one

 

[SheepyTurtle]

I think there's something to be said for healthy food. People instantly make the assumption that if it's healthy, it must taste bad, or be some primordial goop from a juicer.

I'm a culinarian by trade, so I thoroughly enjoy making healthy delicious foods. To me, the key component to remember in this is the use of savory spices and sauces. Health also doesn't necessarily mean that the food itself is chock full of vitamins - it could also refer to the cooking method used to make the dish.

For example, steaming and roasting are rather healthy methods, but sometimes offer a trade off ((some of your vitamins leech into the steam water, or are lost due to denaturing by the extreme heat used in roasting)).

A baked cut of salmon with sautéed green beans, roasted sweet potatoes with tumeric, cinnamon and garlic powder, half an avocado, and some field greens or baby spinach. Super healthy, but not stuff that people commonly reach for. Salmon is a more fishy flavored fish, but is very good for your heart. The sweet potatoes supply good fiber, and the cinnamon, tumeric, and garlic are good for increasing appetite and diarrhea moderation, anti-inflammatory (( great for me, as I suffer from IBS )) and cardiovascular health, and blood pressure reduction, all respectively.

It is said that you should let food be your medicine, and your medicine be food, and in a way, I cannot disagree. I see a few people wanting to pick both options, and I just want to urge you that you can eat healthy and have a delicious plate of food!

Feel free to always pm me your food questions, because I'll help out however I can. I love food!



tl;dr - healthy food is derishus too

 

[Brandish μ]

Taste of course, but you have to be mindful of your health. So just manage it really.

 

[luckydaisy]

I prefer taste if I need to choose. However, I try to strike a balance between the taste and health in every day life. I also try to work out more if I eat something unhealthy.

 

[Doughboy]

Taste, easily. Healthy I should start looking at but my metabolism is pretty above average although I don't work out as often as I did in the past. I'll find a good medium eventually.

 

[Kiki]

Healthy f/b will automatically taste delicious to my tongue. Not all tasty f/b are healthy ones. All healthy ones are tasty. So, health.

 

[Polemos]

To be honest, I'd pick both. I want to eat healthy, but I won't get something that tastes like... well, you can guess what I wanted to say. I think you can't really separate those both things, because of your personal tastes. Forcing yourself to eat healthy, but not liking what you eat isn't that good. You'll grow tired and digusted with it. You can of course find some good recipes on the Internet, there's tons of things to make that are both tasty and healthy. You just need to put some effort in it.

 

[EmberSpirit]

I like msg.

 

[Selene]

everybody prefers taste be honest, but there are lot people who will say otherwise though.

 

[Marmalade]

everybody prefers taste be honest, but there are lot people who will say otherwise though.

Well truthfully, I'm sensitive to a lot of food lately (Especially 'fatty' types of food and dairy), so I tend to avoid that. These days I eat a lot healthier than I did before. At first it was mainly because it just would disrupt my day a lot, not very fun if you're in pain after eating.
So I'd rather eat healthy food than tasty food, because it'd make me feel better physically. The lenght of the pain is not worth it at all for me.
But nowadays, I've grown to love the taste of healthy food.

I honestly think it's what you are used to. For some people, healthy food isn't tasty because they aren't used to the taste and prefer different types of food. I can fully understand that.

 

[LightYagami563]

I prefer to combine both to be honest! I don't go for majorly unhealthy foods but you can definitely eat healthily while still enjoying super tasty food.

 

[kawaii_i]

The taste for me, which is bad. I suffer a lot because I don't eat healthily, however, there are some tasty meals that are also healthy but they take too much time to prepare or are expensive...