# things you eat for health reasons that you hate
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [September 22, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579 "2016-09-22T15:28:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 13
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### Author:  [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/41 "2016-09-23T21:34:04Z")
I started making myself eat turnip greens because they’re good for you and because we serve them twice a week at work. I had to put lots of pepper sauce on them to choke them down at first, but now I crave them.
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### Author:  [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)
#### Post date: [September 23, 2016, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/42 "2016-09-23T21:44:09Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#):
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> I can’t tell you how many salads I’ve thrown away that I brought to work with good intentions and then when it came time, I just didn’t want to eat them. I don’t hate vegetables, per se, but they are in no way satisfying and frankly, more of a pain in the ass to eat than to just go hungry.
If salads were the only form of vegetables I ate, I’d agree with you 100%. But how about ratatouille? Spanakopita? Pasta Primavera? Veggie chili? Or just a simple dish of oven-roasted vegetables? Satisfying and delicious.
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### Author:  [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/43 "2016-09-24T09:44:16Z")
> [@Nava](#):
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> Maltodextrin is a mixture of starch and glucose, obtained by partial hydrolysis of starch (starches are glucose polymers). Be careful with it.
Why? I know hydrogenating vegetable fats creates harmful trans fats, but what evils does partial hydrolysis of starch bring? I use maltodextrin as a source of quick carbs in my post-workout recovery drinks, and need to know, please.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/44 "2016-09-24T14:46:04Z")
> [@Toxylon](#):
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> Why? I know hydrogenating vegetable fats creates harmful trans fats, but what evils does partial hydrolysis of starch bring? I use maltodextrin as a source of quick carbs in my post-workout recovery drinks, and need to know, please.
I assumed it was a warning that it might provide a quick source of carbs, something a diabetic should be cautious of.
Although, if the stuff gives her gas, she probably doesn’t break it down into sugar very efficiently. Bad gas from food is usually a sign of undigested carbohydrates that your gut bacteria are eating.
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### Author:  [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/45 "2016-09-24T14:52:36Z")
> [@Cartoonacy](#):
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> If salads were the only form of vegetables I ate, I’d agree with you 100%. But how about ratatouille? Spanakopita? Pasta Primavera? Veggie chili? Or just a simple dish of oven-roasted vegetables? Satisfying and delicious.
Hmm, I guess i just don’t like veggies very much:
ratatouille? Ick
Spanakopita? Okay, but more a greasy snack than a meal
Pasta Primavera? Where the meat?
Veggie chili? Where’s the meat?
Or just a simple dish of oven-roasted vegetables? Yeah, i like oven roasted veggies.
Maybe it’s that I despise bell peppers, and dishes like veggie chili tend to be heavy on pepper. There are other bean dishes that I enjoy. Of course, they tend to be heavy on beans and light on veggies.
Mostly, when I enjoy vegetables, they are raw, steamed, or in soup.
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### Author:  [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/46 "2016-09-24T21:11:02Z")
> [@Minnie\_Luna](#):
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> Interesting to hear from another person with adult onset type I in their family. I have discovered the only way I can eat sugar is when it is balanced with plenty of protein and fat, like you it has to be on a full stomach. I absolutely cannot handle lots of carbs in the morning. Breakfast has to have plenty of protein and fat. My doctor has been on top of my blood sugar and A1C, my blood sugar has been low at times but the A1C is still ok.
Because of my hypoglycemia, my A1C is usually below 6. It was 5.4 last check. There is 0 sugar in my urine, so I’m good for the time being, but the diabetes onset in my family is usually 55-65. My father developed pancreatic cancer at age 67. Apparently adult onset insulin dependent diabetes is an autoimmune disorder.
I do great with starches like bread and potatoes, and in fact, if I don’t get enough, I have other problems due to having very mild IBS. I almost hate to mention having IBS. I have only two serology markers for it, and it’s pretty easy to control through diet, but if I have a couple of days in a row where I don’t have a lot of control over where and when I eat-- I have to stop at restaurants several times, or something-- then I have to break out the Imodium. Anyway, getting bread at least once a day, and twice is better, really helps control the IBS, so I can’t say enough good things about gluten.
A good breakfast for me is bread with cheese, either a banana, or a small amount of some kind of sweeter fruit, like a clementine (I can’t handle a whole orange), and coffee with one tablespoon of 1/2 & 1/2, and some Splenda.
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### Author:  [@nachtmusick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nachtmusick)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/47 "2016-09-24T22:56:58Z")
I don’t like vegetables. Hated them as a kid, but Dad forced them into me every night. Now I eat salads a couple times a week even though they don’t thrill me.
When I first started cooking for myself I worked broccoli in on a regular basis even though I loathed it because I felt if I had to choke something down, that was the best bang for the buck. Now I kinda like the stuff, and everyone I feed broccoli to says I do a pretty good job cooking it.
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### Author:  [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/48 "2016-09-25T02:01:24Z")
> [@drewder](#):
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> What are foods that you don’t like but you eat for health reasons? For example I can’t stand fish but it’s good for my heart so I eat it.
You could just take fish oil.
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### Author:  [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/49 "2016-09-25T16:45:25Z")
Count me in as someone who doesn’t understand “choking” something down just because it’s “healthy.” I understand missing something that you are no longer allowed to eat, but it seems silly to force yourself to eat something you don’t like when there are so many options that would serve the same purpose. Can you name something that you actually have to eat for which there is no other option? I’m really curious.
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/50 "2016-09-25T19:40:33Z")
I used to eat a breakfast burrito every morning. I’ve since switched over to instant oatmeal. It’s OK. But I much prefer the burrito 🙂
I’ve cut back on my lunches as well, but eat whatever I want for dinner. I’ve lost 10lbs over the summer. Ten more to go…
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### Author:  [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/51 "2016-09-25T19:55:22Z")
I don’t actually _hate_ the taste of Sugar Free Red Bull, it’s just not as good a Mountain Dew was (or is, on the rare occasions I drink it, like, maybe once a year when I’m exercising.) While I still have the same amount, or even more, caffeine as I had before the switch, I have a lot less sugar. Diet Mountain Dew didn’t cut it cause it tasted like a parallel-universe travesty of lemonade. For awhile I tried to make an Arnold Palmer out of Diet Mountain Dew, and despite my novice arnold-palmer-making skills, it actually tasted better than straight up Diet Dew, but it was too much work for not enough taste.
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### Author:  [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)
#### Post date: [September 25, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/52 "2016-09-25T20:00:57Z")
None. But yes, there are some things i am not a huge fan of I eat for health reasons- but I eat nothing I _hate._
I mean, I prefer iceberg to broccoli, but I dont hate broccoli, and if it is cooked right (lightly steamed) it’s not bad at all.
I prefer sourdough or white to whole wheat, but some whole wheat isnt bad at all.
Etc.
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### Author:  [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-eat-for-health-reasons-that-you-hate/766579/53 "2016-09-26T15:16:01Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> I assumed it was a warning that it might provide a quick source of carbs, something a diabetic should be cautious of.
This. There are a lot of people who think that maltodextrin is some sort of artificial sweetener, or that it “doesn’t count” for carbs, and stuff like that. While I know that **RivkahChava** is a very smart person, “maltodextrin is still carbs” is something that I’ve met enough diabetics that didn’t know it, I prefer to mention it. Not just for her, but also for other people reading.
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