Peas and carrots are too full of sugar. I mean, they’re better than chips or candy bars by a long shot, but minimizing them or mixing peas and carrots with other less sugary veg is a better idea.
Edit: triggered people who somehow think I said you can’t eat peas and carrots. Whatever. SJW away.
Adding to this, because despite the kneejerk reactions, you’re pretty correct on this one. Carrots and peas are both more on the high starch side, not quite as high fiber as other plant foods. So basically you can think of them as being in the same category as potatoes. Starchy vegetables are actually more strongly associated with unhealthy aging than even refined grains.
And like you said, this isn’t to demonize them. They still have a place in any reasonable diet, it’s just a good idea to be aware of the need for balance with other more beneficial foods like fruit, vegetables, whole grains, sources of unsaturated fats, legumes, and nuts and seeds.
No. Health obsessed people are mostly obsessed with feeling superior to others based on diet, so they won’t ever stop shaming anyone who eats differently than they do. They are projecting their insecurity with themselves, and they are so insecure eating some peas might as well by drinking 2L of soda per day, because they are unable to contextualize anything appropriately, and just panic over every slightly ‘wrong’ thing someone else does.
Same with politics or a hobby, or anything else people seek personal validation in. Anyone who doesn’t do it exactly the way they do it is invalidating them and it hurts them and they lash out.
You do understand all sugar isn’t created equal, yes? And sugar interacts with other components of a given food? Carbs don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re comparing actual whole foods to literal trash.
Please educate yourself and also stop spreading bullshit.
No, they are actually correct about the effects of starchy vegetables. They have some benefits - like carrots having beta-carotene, but they are about as unhealthy as refined grains are. Maybe slightly worse. Their consumption should be kept on the lower side, and their detriments can be mitigated or even canceled out by being eaten in the same meal as other high fiber whole foods and sources of unsaturated fats.
Peas and carrots are too full of sugar. I mean, they’re better than chips or candy bars by a long shot, but minimizing them or mixing peas and carrots with other less sugary veg is a better idea.
Edit: triggered people who somehow think I said you can’t eat peas and carrots. Whatever. SJW away.
Adding to this, because despite the kneejerk reactions, you’re pretty correct on this one. Carrots and peas are both more on the high starch side, not quite as high fiber as other plant foods. So basically you can think of them as being in the same category as potatoes. Starchy vegetables are actually more strongly associated with unhealthy aging than even refined grains.
And like you said, this isn’t to demonize them. They still have a place in any reasonable diet, it’s just a good idea to be aware of the need for balance with other more beneficial foods like fruit, vegetables, whole grains, sources of unsaturated fats, legumes, and nuts and seeds.
Good grief, can we stop shaming people for eating the “wrong types of vegetables” as if that’s even a thing? Just be happy they’re eating any at all.
Things that cauliflower people say.
is this a racial slur for white people? 😂
No it’s not, you Jerusalem artichoke.
No. Health obsessed people are mostly obsessed with feeling superior to others based on diet, so they won’t ever stop shaming anyone who eats differently than they do. They are projecting their insecurity with themselves, and they are so insecure eating some peas might as well by drinking 2L of soda per day, because they are unable to contextualize anything appropriately, and just panic over every slightly ‘wrong’ thing someone else does.
Same with politics or a hobby, or anything else people seek personal validation in. Anyone who doesn’t do it exactly the way they do it is invalidating them and it hurts them and they lash out.
You do understand all sugar isn’t created equal, yes? And sugar interacts with other components of a given food? Carbs don’t exist in a vacuum. You’re comparing actual whole foods to literal trash.
Please educate yourself and also stop spreading bullshit.
No, they are actually correct about the effects of starchy vegetables. They have some benefits - like carrots having beta-carotene, but they are about as unhealthy as refined grains are. Maybe slightly worse. Their consumption should be kept on the lower side, and their detriments can be mitigated or even canceled out by being eaten in the same meal as other high fiber whole foods and sources of unsaturated fats.
Dam, better go eating drywall.
Dude, let’em eat vegetables they like. They can venture further without the gatekeeping; otherwise, they’ll say “why bother.”