Unutterably Silly Who is on a diet. Come on I know you all are!

[fruiter]

I choose to work out instead of dieting! I really can't give up on food, and working out isn't really as horrible as I thought. Not my favourite hobby, of course, but I do what I have to do

[astra]

Nice quiz
What Not to Pair: Disastrous Food Combinations

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by astra

Nice quiz
What Not to Pair: Disastrous Food Combinations

A shame it gets Question 5 ("For those keeping Kosher, why can't meat and dairy be eaten together?") so badly wrong.

Neither answer they offer is correct. For those keeping Kosher, meat and dairy can't be eaten together because the Rabbis say so, justifying the general case from the specific biblical prohibition on boiling a kid (usually goat, but in this context, possibly any young domesticated mammal) in its mother's milk. There's no other justification.

[astra]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

A shame it gets Question 5 ("For those keeping Kosher, why can't meat and dairy be eaten together?") so badly wrong.

Neither answer they offer is correct. For those keeping Kosher, meat and dairy can't be eaten together because the Rabbis say so, justifying the general case from the specific biblical prohibition on boiling a kid (usually goat, but in this context, possibly any young domesticated mammal) in its mother's milk. There's no other justification.

I am a bit surprised by your POV.
Haven't you notice the same in other questions concerning other religions?
The right answers have nothing to do with religions. It is a red herring.
The right answer is what scientifically is right in their point of view.

ETA.
either red herring or a source of the info that has been known to us for thousands of years, thus pointing out that there is nothing really new.

[minspargal]

Diet, more like life style change 7 yrs ago. Lost 25lbs. and feel better and still eating healthy to keep the weight off. Husband had a heart attack last yr so now he is on the band wagon for eating better and exercising more.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by astra

I am a bit surprised by your POV.
Haven't you notice the same in other questions concerning other religions?
The right answers have nothing to do with religions. It is a red herring.
The right answer is what scientifically is right in their point of view.

It was more the preamble "For those keeping Kosher". It it had said "For those who don't eat meat and dairy together", the two answers would have been a reasonable couple of options.


[EDIT: But I realise we're not in the P&R forum, so I'd better shut up on this subject now!]

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by minspargal

Diet, more like life style change 7 yrs ago. Lost 25lbs. and feel better and still eating healthy to keep the weight off. Husband had a heart attack last yr so now he is on the band wagon for eating better and exercising more.

I'm glad he is doing well! And you maintaining the weight loss is inspirational.

[DixieGal]

No meat and dairy? That means no southern gravy over my fried pork chops!

I'm down 15 now and had to reduce my insulin dose because it was going tOo low. YAY!!!

[Iridal]

Originally Posted by minspargal

Diet, more like life style change 7 yrs ago. Lost 25lbs. and feel better and still eating healthy to keep the weight off. Husband had a heart attack last yr so now he is on the band wagon for eating better and exercising more.

That's what it was for me as well: a complete life style change. Change the way you eat. Change the way you think about food. Change the way in which you treat your own body. Exercise a lot more.

The heart attack must have been really scary! I'm glad he's on the mend

Originally Posted by DixieGal

I'm glad he is doing well! And you maintaining the weight loss is inspirational.

If you've changed your eating habits, keeping the weight off should be no problem. Just don't go back to the way you ate before the diet. Well, you can have a piece of chocolate every now and then. Two if you're good

Keep it up DixieGal !

[astra]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

A shame it gets Question 5 ("For those keeping Kosher, why can't meat and dairy be eaten together?") so badly wrong

Quite possible that the question is odd. What I don't understand is why you highlighted only this kosher question?

There are many questions in the same style:
The meat and dairy combination is also avoided in ayurveda. Why?
because cows are sacred in India, and their meat and milk should never be eaten together.

Ayurvedic practitioners avoid milk that is.....

According to ayurvedic theory, which food should never be eaten in combination with any other?.....

In Chinese medicine, which food group is considered inappropriate for human consumption?....

What food combination would a traditional Chinese doctor recommend you avoid if you have a common cold?


Kosher in this context doesn't really mean religious. It is only an example of ancient dietary lifestyle that has healthy tips. Just like Chinese or ayurvedic.

[desertblues]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

No meat and dairy? That means no southern gravy over my fried pork chops!

I'm down 15 now and had to reduce my insulin dose because it was going tOo low. YAY!!!

Good, good for you.
I wouldn't be surprised if you could lower and lower that insulin once you get thin.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by astra

Quite possible that the question is odd. What I don't understand is why you highlighted only this kosher question?

Because at question 5 I realised that it was a silly quiz and stopped! I had no idea it went on to ask similarly silly questions about other religious diets.

[astra]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Because at question 5 I realised that it was a silly quiz and stopped! I had no idea it went on to ask similarly silly questions about other religious diets.

Your sense of humour today is not in a good shape

[desertblues]

And I thought it was a language thing......me not getting that quiz

[obs20]

Originally Posted by astra

Your sense of humour today is not in a good shape

Someone told me it wasn't kosher to have chicken parmigiana because it wasn't respectful to pair an animal in its mother's milk. I asked what chicken fed at its mother's breast?