Celery

[Chesterton]

Okay, my last food question.

Celery is effectively a negative-calorie food; that is, the human body burns more calories digesting it than are contained in the celery. So you have two guys stranded on their desert islands. One has no food at all, the other has no food except celery. Seems ironic, but isn't it possible the guy eating celery could die of starvation before the guy with no food? He would get some nutrients, but he'd be depleting his body's caloric energy/fuel at a faster rate.

What are your thoughts on this very important topic?

 

[gungasnake]

Okay, my last food question.

Celery is effectively a negative-calorie food; that is, the human body burns more calories digesting it than are contained in the celery. So you have two guys stranded on their desert islands. One has no food at all, the other has no food except celery. Seems ironic, but isn't it possible the guy eating celery could die of starvation before the guy with no food? He would get some nutrients, but he'd be depleting his body's caloric energy/fuel at a faster rate.

What are your thoughts on this very important topic?

Green veggies are not a natural food for humans. The whole world knows that a little kid's reaction to alcohol and tobacco are correct; why would ANYBODY think that same little kids reaction to green vegetables was wrong?

When something tastes bad, your body is telling you something and you should listen.

 

[Chesterton]

Jeffrey Dahmer, noted evolutionist

Reps for your sig line. Best ever.

 

[HitchSlap]

Jeffrey Dahmer, noted evolutionist

Reps for your sig line. Best ever.

Also noted Christian.



ETA: Turns out Dahmer's dad is a creationist.

"Lionel Dahmer is now retired from his career as an analytical chemist and resides with his wife in Medina County, Ohio. Dr. Dahmer is an advocate for creationism, and his wife was a member of the board of the Medina County Ohio Horseman's Council.[235] Both have refused to change their surname and have professed their love of Jeffrey in spite of his crimes."

 

[bhsmte]

Okay, my last food question.

Celery is effectively a negative-calorie food; that is, the human body burns more calories digesting it than are contained in the celery. So you have two guys stranded on their desert islands. One has no food at all, the other has no food except celery. Seems ironic, but isn't it possible the guy eating celery could die of starvation before the guy with no food? He would get some nutrients, but he'd be depleting his body's caloric energy/fuel at a faster rate.

What are your thoughts on this very important topic?

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food, this is one of the MANY diet myths many Americans believe.

The caloric cost to digest a stalk of celery is approx 10-20% of it's total caloric value. If a stalk has 10 calories, the body has 8 calories left to use to maintain bodily functions.

 

[Chesterton]

There is no such thing as a negative calorie food, this is one of the MANY diet myths many Americans believe.

The caloric cost to digest a stalk of celery is approx 10-20% of it's total caloric value. If a stalk has 10 calories, the body has 8 calories left to use to maintain bodily functions.

Well I checked it out on snopes long ago. They say 6 calories per stalk.

 

[bhsmte]

Well I checked it out on snopes long ago. They say 6 calories per stalk.

Celery is loaded with cellulose and fiber which the body can not digest. This fact, only reduces the amount of energy required to digest the food, not increase it.

 

[HitchSlap]

Cellulose and fiber, which have well documented and known health benefits.

So eat those collard greens, celery and kale kiddos, it's good for ya'.

 

[Nithavela]

So I guess that if I like the taste of green vegetables.. then what? I liked spinach too, even as a small child.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Starvation maybe, but celery does have water in it. If the desert island has no freshwater supply, thirst will kill the celery-less person much faster than starvation.

 

[Chesterton]

Celery is loaded with cellulose and fiber which the body can not digest. This fact, only reduces the amount of energy required to digest the food, not increase it.

Well if I can't trust snopes...:o

Cellulose and fiber, which have well documented and known health benefits.

So eat those collard greens, celery and kale kiddos, it's good for ya'.

How is it good for you if you can't digest it? Something I've wondered about corn, too.

So I guess that if I like the taste of green vegetables.. then what? I liked spinach too, even as a small child.

Weirdo.

 

[gungasnake]

So eat those collard greens, celery and kale kiddos, it's good for ya'.

You'd be better off eating cookies and candy and so would most kids.

Humans originally lived (mostly) in water, and the original human diet would have been some combination of fish, shellfish, and fruit, which is the reason for the human taste for sweet things. Green veggies are not a natural food for humans.

 

[HitchSlap]

You'd be better off eating cookies and candy and so would most kids.

Is this your first attempt at trolling?

 

[HitchSlap]

Well if I can't trust snopes...:o



How is it good for you if you can't digest it? Something I've wondered about corn, too.



Weirdo.

Yeah, corn is not very nutritious. Unfortunately, corn and corn byproduct is in about 90% of the foods you eat.

 

[gungasnake]

Humans don't swim as efficiently as fish or as true aquatic mammals and require more energy to swim; that originally came from fruit and hence the taste for sweet things. You could put a cat in a room full of cookies and candy bars and he'd starve.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...+aquatic+ape&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[HitchSlap]

Humans don't swim as efficiently as fish or as true aquatic mammals and require more energy to swim; that originally came from fruit and hence the taste for sweet things. You could put a cat in a room full of cookies and candy bars and he'd starve.

https://www.google.com/search?clien...+aquatic+ape&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Have you been drinking?

 

[gungasnake]

Elaine Morgan came up with a list of about a hundred characteristics which humans share with the aquatic mammals. Even something as simple as face-to-face sex which aquatic mammals do but land animals generally don't other than for humans.

In fact the most major visual difference between us and monkeys and apes is our legs being the major limbs, which is an adaptation for swimming and wading (a monkey trying to swim the way we do would just turn somersaults in the water).

Morgan's idea never gained any traction in academia, mainly because there's never been a body of water on this planet which would be safe for humans to live in. In other words, a wonderful theory, other than needing a planet other than this one on which to happen.

 

[bhsmte]

Is this your first attempt at trolling?

He desperatlely needs attention.

 

[Strathos]

Also noted Christian.



ETA: Turns out Dahmer's dad is a creationist.

"Lionel Dahmer is now retired from his career as an analytical chemist and resides with his wife in Medina County, Ohio. Dr. Dahmer is an advocate for creationism, and his wife was a member of the board of the Medina County Ohio Horseman's Council.[235] Both have refused to change their surname and have professed their love of Jeffrey in spite of his crimes."

Are we going with this line of logic again? You don't judge beliefs by extreme actions of their adherents. The worst or best person in the world could be an evolutionist or creationist, it wouldn't make either one more true or more false.

 

[gungasnake]

There actually are flavors of junk science which are relatively harmless. Evolution is not one of those; evolution is a junk science and ideology with two or three hundred million dead bodies to its credit.