Which deadly delight would you give up ?

I try to avoid sugars, fat is hard to avoid if you like meat, so I would have to go with salt, which I think tends to harm the taste of food instead of improving the taste. I cook for myself and I seldom add salt to any recipes.
 
I usually cook low-fat meals. Once in awhile I have steak, which is definitely not low fat.

I prefer my own baked goods, and settle for thinking about them in great detail. Lately I've been thinking about German chocolate cake, peanut butter cookies, chocolate pudding, and chocolate fudge with pecans in it, spice cake with caramel buttercream frosting, and pralines. Thinking doesn't count! These are all things I cannot bring myself to eat in moderation.

When I eat meat and eggs I use salt. I don't use very much, except on steak.

I agree with all things in moderation. I hardly ever eat processed food because I don't like it. I like my own home cooking. Although the Payday candy bars my son keeps buying me go right down the hatch. I have to wrestle with myself to not tell him to stop buying them. At least he always buys a good supply of walnuts -- those, I can eat without it being unhealthy.
 
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I think fat for me. Sugar would be a close runner up. But why give up only one bad thing? If the doctor says, "Here are 3 bad things. Pick one to quit," I don't understand why this gives you permission to keep the other two. Does giving up 1 out of 3 make you 33% better? I'd go for 100%. But if you are now set on giving up just one, I'd read up on the negative effects of each and decide which one is the worst in your particular case. The more I think about this, the 1 out of 3 thing just gets stranger and stranger.
 
I recently did a lot of research on high blood pressure and it seems that it's not salt by itself that's the culprit but the ratio of salt to potassium in your system So, if you eat a pickle you might be able to offset it a little with a banana. Giving up salt entirely means almost tasteless food forever. My doctor said the salt from your shaker is nothing compared to what's in soup, any canned food, cheese, sauces, bread, etc. So I would never give up salt completely.

We need fat to make our system run properly, "good" fats like olive oil are especially good for us and if we keep our fat content ratio fairly high when dieting we will not experience such extreme hunger on the same number of calories. I once did a low fat diet for about a year and I remember getting up from a dinner of fat free vegetables and shaking so hard I almost fainted. I would never give up all fat.

Sugar has no benefits (other than pleasure.) I have given up sugar (no more than 2 grams added sugar in anything) and no more than about 20 grams pre day total, including natural sugar in fruit and milk.
This was the easiest and most effective diet for me. I stuck to it for a year and lost 60 pounds without too much extreme hunger. I should have stayed with it but one day I decided to take a week off for Christmas, and never got back. I have an all or nothing personality, moderation just doesn't work for me.
I would give up sugar.
 
Nathan said:
Perhaps to be more precise- "added" salt-sugar-fat should have been specified.

I cut out added salt some years ago. Sure, all processed foods will have added sodium, unless you specifically shop for and pay additional for "less sodium" products. There are 'good fats' of course, but usually come with the 'bad' fats(saturated, trans).

I would sacrifice added sugars as much as possible, if they don't come with essential nutrients, like with fruit.
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I've pretty much given up added salt and fats.
Sugar, not so much.
 
Processed sugar throws your body's chemistry out of whack. I know this sounds like something a natures child-back to the Earth-wannabe would say, but I recently did some reading on this. You can survive on processed sugar, but it presents all sorts of problems and the chemistry is too complicated to explain in a post. My source is a book called "Diet and Fitness Explained." I liked it because it focuses more on science than philosophy. Of course, we all draw different conclusions from the same data. I don't worry about sugar too much, because I stopped consuming it in large doses when I found out it was the cause of serious bouts of my hypo-hypoglycemia. This was years ago. Change of diet was the cure.
 
NorthernLight said:
Salt, easily. I hate the taste, don't cook with it, don't add any at the table. I eat very little processed food.
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Your distaste for salt is likely your body's way of saying you get enough, from somewhere. As i mentioned above, when my BP rose to low normal levels my near lifelong craving for it dropped dramatically.

The part i made bold in your comment: IMO that is one the best nutritional habits we can acquire. If you buy fresh fruits/veggies (or grow some of what you eat) or fresh frozen ones that have nothing added, you don't have to do so much label reading. And if at least say 70-80% of your intake is foods with no added sugar or salt the occasional exception won't have as profound an effect on you unless you are hypertensive or have blood sugar issues.

For myself, this has worked well--listening to my body. When stressed i have to be very vigilant to keep indulgences to a minimum. And fortunately the autumn/winter holidays fall when weather is cooler so i burn more calories doing outside chores and some, like dealing with firewood are more frequent and imperative. Activity levels are a consideration too not just food intake.
 
Chris21E said:
After spending time in a hospital and the diet they put one on, I vote for a healthy balanced meal.

Enjoy Life, and try not to hurt in the process...
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I vote for health balanced also but… the foods these days are nowhere near that. The processing these days, oh dear! Also I plea look into altering even slightly altering your diet if you have ailments. Eating is the fuel in the tank.

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