Is This the Ultimate Diet Plan…? (& is this Government Food Guide Corrupt!?)

@meowmeowmeowmeow2e2 says:

Abbey, your videos have been super helpful in my daily life. As a teen, it’s so hard to prepare meals and learning that carbs, protein, and fat (which I had been avoiding and I unfortunately lost my period) are all necessary was very shocking. I still have an extremely rocky relationship with food, but I’m trying and your explanations are useful.

@KO-ef8ls says:

I had assignments like this is school too.

Also as a dancer they gave us a weekly packet of food diary we had to follow

@tquirkyt7118 says:

❤I live my life by Hunger Crushing Combos❤️…now it’s just the way my brain combines foods…so thanks for that‼️💥

@aprildriesslein5034 says:

I have just a couple of food guidelines I follow for myself, like, try to have fruit and/or veg at every meal and make a pot of beans every week. Eat a variety of foods that you enjoy. That’s pretty much it. 🙂

@heatherknits124 says:

I like the 1940’s 7 food groups. Fat was a food group, and children, even those children waiting to be born, were allowed a ration of butter, or oleomargerine (a substitute for whale fat- yes animal, not plant based!) Fruits and veg was divided into color groups. I grew up with the food pyramid, and the high carbohydrate, low protein structure left me always hungry. John Harvey Kellogg’s diet, using corn flakes, and Protose and Nutelene had about that 60% carbohydrate 10% protein ratio, but the required whole grains and vegetables would have at least left your body digesting fiber. No, for me, the correct amount of protein is at least 50%. I don’t obsess over it any more, I just always begin with half to three quarters a pound of meat, and I eat until I’m not hungry. I take my time, at least twenty minutes, no more than thirty, and if I get through my meat, I start on the vegetables. Mixed dishes aren’t a problem. I pick out the meat first, but it all makes the my “my plate” look more like half meat, a quarter veg, and a quarter fruit or other starchy food, like potatoes or noodles, or bread if it’s a sandwich. People are all very different. We all need to figure out how to nourish our own bodies, but to do that, we need to be well educated in which foods provide the nutrients we need.

Thank you for this. I know governments can be hard to accept, especially in our kitchen. But if they give us free access to all the foods we need to take care of our needs (stop subsided sugar, deny input from Comercial Interest) we could all have better access to good nutrition. Until then, please keep telling us about it, guidance is necessary and there’s so many distractions! 17:18

@abaschie says:

You should take a look at the latest Brazilian Food guide. It’s been awarded as the best one out there

@ahhhlindsanityyy says:

I got assigned to track and record all the food I ate for a week in grade 11 P.E. class. I didn’t do it and failed the assignment because I got all my food from the food bank at that time and felt ashamed of what I had to eat to live.

That P.E. teacher also told us on the very first day of class that if we tried really hard, we could lose 20 pounds by the end of the semester. This was an all girls class and remember feeling so shocked that she said that to us 😢

This was in 2010, I hope things have improved for the young girls today, and I’m glad the food guide has changed.