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White Foods
I'm a little late, but I have to defend Sebby, and everyone I know knows I have been saying this for years:
Rice is not food - it holds food up. Pasta is not food - it holds food up. Bread is not food - it is a butter delivery system. Potatoes are not food - they substitute in countries where nothing else grows well. Similarly, polenta, taro, poi and couscous are not food.
There is a reason why these starches are abandoned by their traditional eaters the moment those people get enough money to afford something else - because the shit is bland and tasteless. It is cheap filler. There are whole dietary theories based on the idea of "Don't eat white foods, eat color" because the shit has no nutritional value.
Why do you think the height of the average Japanese male has risen by 5 inches since WWII? More fish, more meat, more dairy, more veggies, and less rice. When I attended a Chinese wedding, nobody except the whiteys at my English speaking table touched the rice (which was still in the rice cooker, sitting on a folding chair in the corner with Baby) because - as it was explained to a particularly dense white chick at my table - "Why would anyone fill up on the rice when there [were so many other Chinese delicacies] being served?"
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