this post was submitted on 12 Feb 2024
220 points (91.4% liked)

Showerthoughts

29568 readers
1308 users here now

A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

Rules

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

I heard someone say this in a video recipe, followed by way more cheese than you should eat at once. It occurred to me that the phrase means ample, not nutritious.

top 43 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Did the person happen to have a southern accent?

As someone from the south, that’s what “healthy” means when used to describe an amount of something. It means “a lot”.

Also, if you say someone looks healthy you’re basically calling them fat, depending on tone of voice and inflection.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

South? Like Australia?

But yeah "a healthy amount" in UK English too means"a large amount of"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Sorry, I meant south like Mississippi.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Similar to "generous" or "liberal"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Yeah what I was going to say, too. "Healthy" in the context of an amount usually means "be quite generous".

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cheese is pretty healthy. It will actually make you feel full unlike processed junk food which bypasses the full feeling completely so you consume more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Processed cheese may or may not be worse, depending on the processing and depending on the cheese you compare it to. There are thousands of kinds of cheese.

And even the healthiest cheese can still be eaten in excess. That was my point, not that cheese is unhealthy, but adding "a healthy amount" is phrase that really means more than one person should eat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Corn syrup is evil

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Nah cheese is really good for you it is usually easier to digest than milk. It has some pretty important fats and all 9 essential amino acids. It is calorie dense which makes it a great pick me up snack. And if you're a vegetarian cheese is one of the few foods that fill the role of meat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

How much cheese is good for you?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

All of it, duh.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends on your nutritional goals and other food sources. If you eat nothing but fast food, you probably don't need any extra fat or sodium. But if you eat pretty lean, eating some fat calories from cheese certainly isn't a bad thing.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So add more than that. Is it still healthy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You asked how much was healthy, I gave an answer. Then you say add more? Lol what's your point? You can eat an unhealthy amount of carrots. If you have self control issues maybe you shouldn't be around cheese, is that the answer you want?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that's my point. When someone is making a recipe, and they say add "a healthy amount" of cheese, they mean more cheese than is healthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Bruh….its a figure of speech. If you want health advice go talk to a doctor

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Right, it's a figure of speech that means the opposite of what it literally says. I thought that was a mildly interesting thought and shared with the communitiy. The weird part is the number of people arguing that some cheese is healthy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Depends on the cheese

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I will NOT have you slander such a noble foodstuff, vile heathen!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is this racism against my people (The French) ? ^(/s)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Only if they use American cheese

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

No, but that Superbowl ad was.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

way more cheese than you should eat at once

This is not a logical statement, for it cannot be true.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How is cheese unhealry?
Maybe trash cheese but not proper cheese products.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

“Too much of a good thing.”

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Too much of anything is unhealthy. Too much fat, too much sodium, too many calories, take your pick. The best quality cheese can still be eaten in excess.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

In fact, too much water is deadly. We call this "drowning". (or hyponatremia, which is very not-nice way to go but luckily not that easy to achieve)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Constipation? Maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

On keto fat/cheese is one of the recommended satiating foods. Eat as much as you want and be healthy in the context of the diet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

In the case of the recipe I was watching, it was a pizza covered with penne pasta, so I'm guessing it wasn't a keto recipe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Nor a healthy one haha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

When the waiter comes to grate parmesan on my food I laugh and say that one block isn't going to cut it.