Ralph Carlson Blog

Two more days until Thanksgiving

As we approach Thanksgiving, it is hard to think about healthy eating. It is a Thanksgiving ritual to overeat and the traditional dishes are not diet fare. I believe in a healthy lifestyle and that includes the quantity and quality of food I eat. My take on a healthy diet is unconventional and I am generally suspicious of popular wisdom. I am distrust the medical profession’s tendency to confuse association with causation. As a result I pay more attention to calories than whether they are attached to fat, protein or carbohydrates and I don’t believe that there is anything that you should never eat. I have some food prejudices that I believe are reasoned such as avoiding simple carbs whenever possible and preferring saturated fats to unsaturated fats but otherwise I am open to enjoying anything. [continue reading…]