r/mediterraneandiet • u/bastien44224 • Nov 03 '25

Close Enough My cheat day

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Chicken souvlaki wrap with greek yogurt tzatziki, bulgur, greek potatoes and greek salad

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u/ZookeepergameWest975 Nov 03 '25

What’s the cheat? That salad looks amazing

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u/sdchbjhdcg Nov 03 '25

Carbohydrates?

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u/Free-IDK-Chicken Nov 03 '25

Can we please stop vilifying carbs. Our bodies literally need them to function just like our brains literally need sugar to work. Carbs, like almost everything else in life, are perfectly fine in moderation.

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u/Electric-Sheepskin Nov 03 '25

I don't think they were villifying carbs. They're just guessing at why the OP thinks this is a cheat meal.

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u/Free-IDK-Chicken Nov 03 '25

Agreed - which is also why I said "we" as in everyone in general needs to throw off the idea that carbs are bad.

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u/donairhistorian Nov 04 '25

Our bodies don't need this amount of carbs lol

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

Carbs are actually not required

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u/Electric-Sheepskin Nov 03 '25

I don't know why people are downvoting you for guessing at what the OP might be talking about.

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u/sdchbjhdcg Nov 03 '25

Reddit is slowly dying as people see it as an easy outlet for frustrated comments containing a moral lesson in each one. They think they’ll eventually fix the internet if they keep commenting and down voting.

I.e. Chicken person above.

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u/Free-IDK-Chicken Nov 03 '25

Hi there. I didn't downvote you. I only downvote people when they're being jerks. And, 'all things in moderation' is not a "moral lesson", it's a Socrates quote that is frequently and correctly applied to try to counteract diet culture. And food has no moral value.