"Dick Adams" > wrote in message
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> cybercat > wrote:
>
>> Yes. I'm frequently amazed by the ignorance people exhibit regarding
>> basic
>> nutrition. There are so many people who, due to various media distortions
>> of nutrition studies and their own need to oversimplify to keep it easy,
>> think, "Fat Bad. Meat Bad. Vegetables Good."
>>
>> It's just not that simple.
>>
>> As for the OP, the dish he gave as an example had no rice, no beans,
>> no dairy, and I saw nothing in his post to suggest that he eats those
>> things. Or that he doesn't, as a matter of fact.
>>
>> Hell, maybe he will respond, we'll see what his take on it is. heh
>
> I'm frequently amazed by the ignorance people exhibit when they read
> too much into what isn't written.

Oh, you ARE the OP! hahaha
>
> I have chicken or fish at least two meals a week and red meat maybe
> once a month. There's a hell of a lot of salt in canned foods. So
> much salt that I dislike low sodium soups. I eat rice with dinner
> 3-7 nights a week and sting beans whenever we have them. At least
> once a week, my lunch is a baked potato with butter, green onions,
> and chipotle.
>

Well I am happy for you. You just sounded a little too self congratulatory
about the "vegetarian" aspects your meals were taking on.

What do canned foods have to do with it?

Next question: why are you anti-salt? It's an easy way to add flavor
to the bland vegetables you mentioned in your original post, and
it is fine in moderation.