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Bruce[_28_]

In article >, says...
>
> On 8/21/2016 11:47 AM, cshenk wrote:
> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >> In article >, cshenk1
> >> @cox.net says...
> >>>
> >>> Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >>>
> >>>> In article
> >>>> .pbz>,
> >>>> says...
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Fri, 19 Aug 2016, graham wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> No meat or fish?
> >>>>>> And BTW, there is no such thing as a "super-food". That was
> >>>>>> debunked in the last couple of weeks.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> You can get enough protein without meat or fish if you are a
> >>>>> vegetarian, but obviously, one has to be an educated vegetarian,
> >>>>> and know how to get enough protein into that kind of diet.
> >>>>
> >>>> I also wonder what happened to the idea of super-food (real or
> >>>> perceived) in the last couple of weeks specifically.
> >>>
> >>> I think with a few exceptions, people here know enough on nutrition
> >>> to debunk 'super food' hence not a topic.
> >>
> >> But what happened in the last couple of weeks?
> >
> > They didnt reply to that because they know better.
> >
> It was on the news and I didn't record when or which channel.
> Honestly, what is it with people. They are constantly looking for a
> "magic bullet" that will allow them to otherwise eat like pigs.

I agree about super foods. They've been debunked often. Like this queen
garnet plum, "the antioxidant plum". It was a bit of a hype here two
years ago. It has as many antioxidants as two normal plums. So what's
the big deal? Eat two normal plums. Or some red cabbage.

I was only wondering if I missed some breakthrough news.