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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ANY food described at such a generic level can be healthy food or junk food depending on how it is made.

A hamburger from McDonald's is junk food. A burger made with high quality ingredients and eye toward macros is healthy.
Stouffer's frozen mac and cheese is junk food.  A mac and cheese made with high quality ingredients and eaten in moderation is healthy.
Tostitos chips and Chi-chi's salsa is junk food.  Pico de gallo with fresh made chips including high quality ingredients is healthy.

To be clear, I eat a good mix of both health food and "junk food."  No judgment.  [/quote]

Burgers and Mac and cheese made at home are also basically junk food, if you ask the average cardiologist. They are not healthy foods and should not be consumed [b]with any regularity[/b] at home or out of the home.[/quote]

PP here.  The bolded is the key point.  I never said I eat them regularly.  I said I don't consider them junk food.

The problem here is a lack of a common definition of "junk food."  
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And no cardiologist would tell an otherwise healthy person to not consume quality burgers or mac and cheese ever.[/b][/quote]

You are either taking the piss or you are nutritionally clueless. Red meat and cheese are loaded with saturated fats and cardiologists ALL OVER THE WORLD have been telling their patients to avoid those foods for at least 7 decades.

There are healthy fats, but burger and the cheeses that go into a mac & cheese are not among them. Burgers and mac and cheese are not. healthy. foods. [/quote]

Even for a healthy person, consuming burgers and mac and cheese is a path to eventual poor health. They are junk food and should only be occasionally consumed, if at all.[/quote]

You do you.

I pay a lot of attention to my overall health as well as focus on balance and enjoying the life I am working hard to prolong.

I will continue eating a burger, a slice of pie, a gelato, a slice of pizza when it is high quality and delicious...in moderation.[/quote]

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