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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.

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[–] marlowe221 40 points 11 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.

[–] Mr_Blott 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

South? Like Australia?

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

[–] JackFrostNCola 11 points 11 months ago
[–] marlowe221 1 points 11 months ago

Sorry, I meant south like Mississippi.

[–] Zahille7 6 points 11 months ago

Similar to "generous" or "liberal"

[–] Carighan 3 points 11 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 11 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.

[–] themeatbridge 2 points 11 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 11 months ago

Corn syrup is evil

[–] Everythingispenguins 9 points 11 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.

[–] themeatbridge 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How much cheese is good for you?

[–] Dkarma 8 points 11 months ago

All of it, duh.

[–] Guest_User 1 points 11 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.

[–] themeatbridge -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So add more than that. Is it still healthy?

[–] Guest_User 2 points 11 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?

[–] themeatbridge 1 points 11 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.

[–] Coreidan 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] themeatbridge 1 points 10 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.

[–] LeafOnTheWind 1 points 11 months ago

Depends on the cheese

[–] mods_are_assholes 6 points 11 months ago

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

[–] Sylvartas 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] surewhynotlem 2 points 11 months ago

Only if they use American cheese

[–] themeatbridge 1 points 11 months ago

No, but that Superbowl ad was.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 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 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] moistclump 3 points 11 months ago

“Too much of a good thing.”

[–] themeatbridge 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 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.

[–] Carighan 3 points 11 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)

[–] GladiusB 1 points 11 months ago

Constipation? Maybe?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I for one am shook that you misunderstood this common colloquialism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 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.

[–] themeatbridge 4 points 11 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 11 months ago

Nor a healthy one haha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 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.