All commercial crackers are #UPF. Common sense says they can’t all be bad. I’m looking for a tasty, nutritious cracker that is available off the shelf. Taste is what drives choice. After my first bite, the cracker seemed to disappear. Bottom line, I’m unlikely to get these crackers again.

✅ I wanted to enjoy the taste of the pozole. So I tried really hard. But I failed. The pozole lacked seasoning. Not enough #salt to brighten flavors. Chefs and restaurateurs refer to a menu item labeled #healthy as the Kiss of Death. While that may seem disrespectful, it rings true in many cases.

Hasn’t there been an increase since 1961. From about 60kg to 125kg?

Freshly prepared meals taste best, so cook when you can.

But if you lack time, skills, or motivation, don’t worry. A food shopping app makes finding convenient options much easier.

🟢 GoCoCo - 10/10 Congrats!
🟢 Yuka - 75/100 Excellent
🟢 WISEcode - 84/100 Excellent IQ
🔴 FDA - healthy / NO

Cook at home #RealFood when you can. No time? No skill? Use use a food shopping app to reduce #UPF

🟢 GoCoCo - 10/10 Congrats! No warnings.
🟢 Yuka - 75/100 Excellent. No additives.
🟢 WISEcode - 84/100 Excellent Ingredient Quality.
🔴 FDA “healthy” - Fails to meet FDA nutrient thresholds.

The joys of freshly prepared are no more and no less than the pleasure we humans derive from fueling our bodies with food that tastes really really good. #RealFood

From @ranchogordo.bsky.social The Bean Book “Hearty Seafood Stew” page 140.

gourmetmetrics.com

Spring in New York's Hudson Valley.

#gourmetmetrics Exploring the disconnect between what experts tell me to eat and the food I actually eat.

❌ 👅 Upset my gut.
✅ 🥘 Made with 5 or more ingredients. Recognizable ingredients. One cosmetic additive.
❌ 🏷️ #Sodium #SaturatedFat - too much salt / cheese for FDA “healthy” product label claim

✅ Food. #RealFood or #UPF or somewhere in between?

✅ Nutrition. Too much salt or saturated fat?

✅ Score. 5 on a scale of 1 to 10.

👎😋🍴Taste is 100% subjective and I only tried the product once but my gut wasn’t happy.

From the same lady who is going after #wokeseeds

👍 Mexican Black Beans #gourmetmetrics

✅ Tastes good to me.
✅ Food Quality - Acceptable to me #UPF product because no cosmetic enhancements and no isolated, extracted, or acellular nutrients are listed as ingredients.
✅ Nutrition Quality - Too much salt. 🫘 protein.
Favorable Potassium:Sodium.

I love ❤️MyPlate! But I’m skeptical that Americans will stop using mozzarella cheese. Or swap turkey for pepperoni on a pizza. Or an unsalted tomato sauce and pizza crust.

But must we go immediately to austerity? Encouraging a taste for moderation would be a tremendous step in the right direction.

Whole baked black sea bass - with fennel, potatoes, olives, herbs, side dish 🫘 from the restaurant we ate at last night. Too much fish, so took some back home. #RealFood #FDAhealthy #Salt

Is it a healthy? Depends on what you’re counting …

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✅ Vegetables
⬇️ Saturated Fats
✅ Seafood
❌ Sodium

Why don’t Americans follow our dietary guidelines?

Because #RealFood isn’t #Affordable? Or practical? Or convenient? Or possible given we only have a 24 hour day?

Or because compliance with salt, sugar, fat restrictions don’t taste good and “healthy” is the Kiss of Death ☠️ #Palatable