I watched wife swap yesterday (might have been recorded) with my g/f

[Syrch]

and today i find this new diet. Anyone see this and want to vomit?

 

[krunchykrome]

I came into this thread expecting something different....

 

[amdskip]

Yeah that's an older wife swap and simply gross. I don't know how people can live like that.

 

[Juno]

i saw that show last night, it was disgusting.

 

[FoBoT]

that is dumb

 

[vi edit]

I would like to say that the family on that episode was in no way representational of the general populace of Iowa. I think they were immigrants from West Virginia.

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I came into this thread expecting something different....

LOL what where you expecting?


Anyhow this family just took it way to far. They ate raw meat and didn't believe in cleaning supplies like windex because of the "poisons" inside of it. There was on part of the show where they showed their toilet and the inside of it was brown (like the bowl itself). The husband asked if the new wife honestly thought that god would put anything on this earth that would hurt someone. And then there was another scene where the wife liked the uncleaned kitchen floor. Hell I wouldn't lick my cleaned kitchen floor.

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I would like to say that the family on that episode was in no way representational of the general populace of Iowa. I think they were immigrants from West Virginia.

ROFL I'll put that into account

 

[RadiclDreamer]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
I would like to say that the family on that episode was in no way representational of the general populace of Iowa. I think they were immigrants from West Virginia.

Speak for yourself

 

[FreshPrince]

how can anyone eat raw pork? that stuff smells nasty...

raw beef, yes, maybe.

raw duck is yucky

raw fish is fine, the good stuff hardly smells

want enzymes? buy it in a pill format, lol....

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Syrch
and today i find this new diet. Anyone see this and want to vomit?

I haven't seen it but the thought of eating raw meat does make me want to vomit.

 

[Capt Caveman]

I've never seen the show til lastnight. The commercials made me curious. That folks were whacked. Drinking water is bad for you, something about needing fat in your brain. Then eating 4+ month rotting meat. WTF!!!

Those kids are beyond fooked-up. They'll end-up marrying one another and having three eyed kids.

edit - brushing one's teeth with butter and grit, more WTF!!!

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Syrch
and today i find this new diet. Anyone see this and want to vomit?

You might find this article interesting: (the part about enzymes)

http://www.quackwatch.org/01Qu...tedTopics/juicing.html

It's related to juicing raw foods (fruits/veggies) for the nutritional value of "live enzymes", but the scientific facts say otherwise:

The enzymes in plants help regulate the metabolic function of plants. When ingested, they do not act as enzymes within the human body, because they are digested rather than absorbed intact into the body.

So basically "live" enzymes are of no benefit to the human body because they get digested rather than absorbed. Plant enzymes are for the plant; meat enzymes are for the animal. Human enzymes are already in humans. You are taking a risk with diseases like salmonella when you eat raw food other than your regular fruits & veggies. The reason health nuts get so excited about it is because switching to raw foods is such a big change from their normal diet that they feel immediately better. Of course going from processed, factory-made food to stuff that grows out of the ground is going to make you feel loads better - it's what our bodies were designed to process! So healthy nuts will tout the benefits of raw food to you without understanding the scientific facts about enzymes and their interaction with the human body, and tell you great it is based off their dramatic switching experience from crap food to healthy food. There's no magic in it; eat better and you'll feel better.

 

[DougK62]

I would think that raw meat is fine to eat and maybe even bettter for you than cooked, since that's how every other mammal eats it. I can eat a steak that's red in the middle and I like sushi, but everything else seems really gross.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Originally posted by: DougK62
I would think that raw meat is fine to eat and maybe even bettter for you than cooked, since that's how every other mammal eats it. I can eat a steak that's red in the middle and I like sushi, but everything else seems really gross.

Could be b/c other mammals don't have the ability to create fire and cook their food.

 

[Squisher]

Our digestive systems are over 5 million years old, we've been cooking food for what, maybe 100,000 years.

I would have to say we are more hardwired for raw food.

But, no thank you. I'll have my steak rare, not raw.

 

[lokiju]

Yummy!

 

[Skacer]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Our digestive systems are over 5 million years old, we've been cooking food for what, maybe 100,000 years.

I would have to say we are more hardwired for raw food.

But, no thank you. I'll have my steak rare, not raw.

We probably haven't had deodorant for that long either but you won't see me living like a hippy anytime soon.

 

[silverpig]

Live enzymes? They're not alive are they?

 

[shiner]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I came into this thread expecting something different....

The Jesus Warrior?

 

[Yreka]

Someone just needs to send them this passage..

"God then gave fire, and said onto thee.. Thou shalt cook your cuts medium rare, no more no less" - Alton Brown 3:16

 

[shiner]

My favorite part is where the kid is getting all stressed out and ends up running into the kitchen to drink a raw egg.

The father then looks at the camera and says "the egg will help him calm down."

I laughed my ass off.

Then my wife said I needed to start keeping raw eggs in my office at work so I can drink them when the idiots here piss me off.

So everyone buy stock in Eggland.

 

[biggestmuff]

Originally posted by: DougK62
I would think that raw meat is fine to eat and maybe even bettter for you than cooked, since that's how every other mammal eats it. I can eat a steak that's red in the middle and I like sushi, but everything else seems really gross.

Sure, if you eat the meat from the carcass that was just killed.

 

[Yreka]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
My favorite part is where the kid is getting all stressed out and ends up running into the kitchen to drink a raw egg.

The father then looks at the camera and says "the egg will help him calm down."

I laughed my ass off.

Then my wife said I needed to start keeping raw eggs in my office at work so I can drink them when the idiots here piss me off.

So everyone buy stock in Eggland.

Probibly a bad idea for me.. I would end up throwing them at people, or passive-aggressively lobbing them like mortar fire into random cubical clusters

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Originally posted by: Squisher
Our digestive systems are over 5 million years old, we've been cooking food for what, maybe 100,000 years.

I would have to say we are more hardwired for raw food.

But, no thank you. I'll have my steak rare, not raw.

Archaeological evidence suggests humans controlled fire and cooking anywhere from 780,000 to 1,800,000 years ago.

But considering the diets of our closest relatives and early humans, I'd say we're more hardwired for largely vegetarian diets with occasional meat, but that doesn't mean we should all become vegetarians.

More meat means more protein which is essential for larger brains and smarter descendants. It really doesn't mean anything that our early ancestors didn't eat cooked meat. They were less capable than their descendants and thus didn't know any better (or were simply incapable). Cooking can increase the digestibility of food, decrease the chances of getting sick, and also improve the flavor of less desirable food - win-win-win.