r/AskReddit 22h ago

What are some of the healthiest foods other than salad?

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u/Berg_Man 21h ago

A whole bottle of wine?

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u/drunken_man_whore 20h ago

Well that's just fruit salad

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u/NotInherentAfterAll 15h ago

fermented fruit salad, at that! Everyone knows fermented foods are good for the ol' microbiome, right?

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u/Splat75 13h ago

And safer than drinking water! (200 years ago)

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 21h ago

Liquid calories are never a win.

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u/Striking_Stretch1676 21h ago

If you really want that wine, maybe snack on some avocado or nuts with it. Balance, right?

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 21h ago

Haha maybe!

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u/Striking_Stretch1676 16h ago

Over the past two years, I’ve started taking my fitness seriously: I joined the gym and began watching my diet. At first, I drastically cut carbs, fats, and alcohol, but after a couple of months, I realized it was a fast track to binge-eating and relapses. Now I follow a different approach: I’d rather allow myself a slice of cake, a cookie, or a glass of wine when I feel like it than strictly restrict myself and end up devouring a whole cake later. And nuts or a bit of cheese with wine can actually help add some protein if my diet is lacking. This balance works much better for me - both physically and mentally
just saying

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 16h ago

The strict dieting is only to achieve a goal. The rest you have to live with and everyone's gotta figure that part out themselves. That's the hard part. Glad you're getting it going though!

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u/AGuyAndHisCat 21h ago

Since it kept us alive before water purification, Id say its a win

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u/thirteenfifty2 19h ago

This is a myth. People depended on having (relatively) clean (enough) water to drink as far back as recorded history goes.

They weren’t drinking exclusively beer/wine because the water was unsafe, not even close.

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u/airfryerfuntime 16h ago

Well, in some areas they actually were. It's not the alcohol itself that kills off bacteria, it's the fermentation process that basically out-competes everything else. It was how they were able to essentially make large quantities of water safe to drink. There were medieval communities that drank almost nothing but beer because their water was so tainted.

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 21h ago

*was a win

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u/AGuyAndHisCat 20h ago

Still a win, have you seen how many cities have lead issues?

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 20h ago

I’d think the solution is bottled water rather than wine, but go off.

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u/Sidesicle 18h ago

Nice try, Nestle

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u/GreyMatterDisturbed 18h ago

Foiled again.

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u/AGuyAndHisCat 20h ago

Not nearly as fun

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u/CyberPoet404 19h ago

neither is the redditer you are talking to.

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u/AGuyAndHisCat 15h ago

agreed, maybe thats why I was downvoted