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Discussion Thread 🥵 Friday 9 January 2026 (aussie.zone)
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[–] 8 points 9 months ago* (17 children)

I figured I have lived thru so many food fads ( husband's family are pretty insane in this regard adopting every fad without question ) , that I am so now over it and have very little patience for it all.

I have an especial lack of patience for people thinking "ethnic" foods are by default better or that anything from a health food shop is healthier.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Someone asked Red Symons once what the first superfood was, expecting him to say spirulina or some such. His answer: wheat. And I think he actually nailed it.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (13 children)

    Studies have shown the best diet to adopt is the Mediterranean diet because of the inclusion of fresh fruit & veg, fish, lean meat, oil, yogurt, nuts, seeds & grains. Less red meat and processed food.

    The second is Japanese because of fish, fermented food and green tea.

    You don't need anything else.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Our family's meals are generally fresh meat and veggies with fruit as snacks. Yes we have some processed stuff in the fridge (condiments and sauces) and pantry (crackers, biscuits etc).

    Our kids' friends are generally surprised how fresh we eat, when they come over for dinners.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    My daughter did a food survey with her friends. What you eat and what you don't. Some of them had never tried certain foods including some vegetables. She ticked off everything except spring onion and coriander. Made me proud.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

    Do potato cakes make the list?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (6 children)

    I heard something about you could live on potatoes and milk for vitamin D. They’re a very nutritious food in terms of being calorie dense I reckon

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Has to be spuds with the skin still on (vitamin C lives just under the skin and usually gets peeled off), whole raw milk (vitamins A & some Bs and some protein and a lot of fat) OR butter, and a supplemental protein source - such as oily fish (vitamin D) or meat or cheese. If you peel the spuds, you'll need a supplement such as fruit. The classic Irish diet that the potato famine of 1840s pretty much wiped out and triggered mass migration to USA and here.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 child)

    Yeah. I wouldn’t be game for raw milk… a cheap family dish used to use oily tinned fish and cheese as the supplemental protein with steamed veg on the side.

    Edit: There was also butter and milk in the mash

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