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Flik (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} argylespy) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank, |
Re: Sorry for getting all unfunnybusiness...
I realize I'm way late to the party, but I just wanted to give a hearty HEAR HEAR!
It's been so frustrating the few times this discussion's come up with my mother (a nurse, mind you). When we found out that she had diabetes all of a sudden she was on my case to start losing weight lest I magically catch it from my diabolical disease-causing fat; completely ignoring the fact that it hasn't shown up on any blood test I've had in recent memory and, oh yeah, there are at least two other members of her immediate family that are also diabetic and, thus, any weight I may or may not lose isn't going to help since the genetic factor is the strongest one we know of. And don't even get me started on when my doctor called me in to talk about my cholesterol levels. No one's claiming that I'm anywhere near an "ideal" weight for my height and body type or that I'm even close to being in shape, but while I do eat larger portions than I should, it's usually what is considered healthy foods -- fruit, veggies, lots of veggies, I love veggies -- and cholesterol (as far as I'm aware) hasn't really been a problem in my family. Yet I still had to sit through at least a week of my mother "making sure" that I'd heard the doctor right when he said that my cholesterol was low.
I feel like that's where a lot of the misconceptions come from; people throw around terms like "proportion" and "balanced diet" and they think it means the size of the serving when, in fact, its more about the ratio of different categories of food to the rest of the food you're eating. That "balanced diet" refers to balancing the different nutritional values in the meals you're eating so you're not eating too much high-cholesterol foods or high-protein or too little, because complications can arise if you do. Even if you were lucky enough to have had a perfectly slim physique passed down to you as opposed to those of us who come from 50% naturally stocky ... stock.
I realize I'm way late to the party, but I just wanted to give a hearty HEAR HEAR!
It's been so frustrating the few times this discussion's come up with my mother (a nurse, mind you). When we found out that she had diabetes all of a sudden she was on my case to start losing weight lest I magically catch it from my diabolical disease-causing fat; completely ignoring the fact that it hasn't shown up on any blood test I've had in recent memory and, oh yeah, there are at least two other members of her immediate family that are also diabetic and, thus, any weight I may or may not lose isn't going to help since the genetic factor is the strongest one we know of. And don't even get me started on when my doctor called me in to talk about my cholesterol levels. No one's claiming that I'm anywhere near an "ideal" weight for my height and body type or that I'm even close to being in shape, but while I do eat larger portions than I should, it's usually what is considered healthy foods -- fruit, veggies, lots of veggies, I love veggies -- and cholesterol (as far as I'm aware) hasn't really been a problem in my family. Yet I still had to sit through at least a week of my mother "making sure" that I'd heard the doctor right when he said that my cholesterol was low.
I feel like that's where a lot of the misconceptions come from; people throw around terms like "proportion" and "balanced diet" and they think it means the size of the serving when, in fact, its more about the ratio of different categories of food to the rest of the food you're eating. That "balanced diet" refers to balancing the different nutritional values in the meals you're eating so you're not eating too much high-cholesterol foods or high-protein or too little, because complications can arise if you do. Even if you were lucky enough to have had a perfectly slim physique passed down to you as opposed to those of us who come from 50% naturally stocky ... stock.
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