As a high school wrestler, I watched my weight. If a match day came and I was too heavy, the team would suffer a forfeit. I was careful and that never happened in high school or college. Some of the guys said they avoided certain foods that would increase their weight but what food would and would not was of interest. As a college freshman, I wrote a research paper about food and nutrition. I read that the Japanese government at one time advised eating 30 different foods a day, trying to head its citizens toward a wide variety of foods but has since avoided a specific number. I also read about food in the "blue zones", where people live extra long. Those people seem to repeat satisfactory foods and do well with them. So, I am torn: variety or not?
The two of us take turns cooking dinner. Lynn likes variety for its own sake and she pursues it. So, our dinners are going to have some variety. As we age, it still seems important to have a healthy diet. I saw a recent article questioning the blue zone's idea, complaining that records might be inaccurately kept.
