CAn healthy foods be "too" healthy?

Honestly too much of anything is not good for the body.. Its just like water, if you drink too much of it you will die, and I am not just talking about drowning either.. You can die from too much water.. In my opinion; everything to a point is good for you in moderation. Another food that is not good for someone while they are pregnant is fish.. I was told when I was pregnant with my son not to consume more then one serving a week.. Something about the mercury in the fish.. That is why I do not agree with some of these new diets that are out there... Cutting out one type of food and doubling or tripling another food group is unhealthy.. When I was a child I did not eat a lot of meat, and almost never red meat.. Now as an adult, I can not stomach (more then a deck of cards) that much red meat.. Some people laugh at me.. But I tell them the story about the time I enjoyed a T-bone steak that my grandmother made for me, then they leave me alone... Good luck to your daughter and her pregnancy!

The way I think is this... eat locally and seasonally with all fruit, meat and vegetables - and everything else you consume. It is based on looking back to the early days when we were effectively hunter gatherers. Green tea - to the best of my knowledge - isn't grown in the US nor is it grown in the UK. What we have in copious amounts is milk from local dairies, juices from local fruits and water water water. A lot of herbal supplements and tea's have antioxidising and appetite suppressing qualities as well as many other side effects. Think about it - if it can have these side effects it could also have many negative ones. I agree with the doctor about the number of antioxidants being dangerous in your daughter's pregnancy as it encourages the body to FLUSH EVERYTHING...A BIG NO NO!!! Hope that helps - I've never gone wrong with this theory xxx

I guess Too much of a good thing, it too much of a good thing. So what are we suppose to do?? Blaence it out with junk food? LOl jk

well, as they say, too much is too bad. i guess it applies to everything. in life, everyting has to be in moderation.

I really dont believe something can be too healthy for a person. Maybe in special cases some specific foods that are considered healthy can actually exacerbate a tipe of health disorder. Generally healthy foods promote better health and you just cant get enough of good health I believe. You should check out olive leaves. The antioxidants in olive leaves are said to be more potent than that of green tea. It is one of natures best antibiotics.

I think so. Our bodies were designed to cleanse themselves and certain toxins/bacteria are actually useful to maintain proper health. However, I think with the average American diet that we do need to detoxify but everything in moderation. I think we can get carried away and actually do more harm than good.

Besides what the other posters have mentioned, individuals have different needs, partly at least according to their health. For instance, drinking water is good for you, but some kidney patients are limited in how much water they can drink because their kidneys can't process it fast enough. Herbs do things to the body - that's why they're taken - and not everything they do is good for a baby, so that's why pregnant women need to be careful of what they take. A balanced, organic diet that does NOT include soft drinks and overprocessed snacks is better than overdoing "healthy" foods.

hi macdingolinger, in my view green tea is best now a days,doctors and most of the people are recommending green tea, but i do not know green tea is good/bad to pregnents

Nice discussion..Green tea is good for health. I take it once a day.It keeps away sleep,so I often prefer taking it while I am on work.It has many medicinal values..Yesterday I read something about it in a medical journal.I would like to share it with you....The synopsis of the article goes like this: Green tea has been used as a medicine in China for at least 4,000 years. Today, scientific research in both Asia and the west is providing hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. It reduced the risk of esophageal cancer in men and women by nearly sixty percent. University of Purdue researchers recently concluded that a compound in green tea inhibits the growth of cancer cells. There is also research indicating that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol. Apart from it, Green tea can even help prevent tooth decay..... But the only harmful effect of Green tea is it can cause Insomnia,as it contains caffeine.. So it should be taken in small quantity regularly.

I think that nothing is absolute. Some healthy foods may be good for normal persons while be harmful for some special persons.And little may be good while much may be bad. The key is that we can know when and how much is good for us.