To think this is hysterical nutrition advice?

There is nothing wrong with eating carbs in moderation.

I think she is just trying to be precise to stop people saying “well if you use a whole jar of pesto that’s a lot of oil”, “well if you eat 250g pasta that’s a lot of calories”, “are you sure you aren’t adding a whole block of Parmesan?” I doubt she is carefully measuring out no more than a tablespoon of pesto.

The food sounds like nice comfort food - very similar to DS8’s favourite pasta (which is pasta with pesto, peas and a sliced boiled egg, with a bit of Parmesan and balsamic vinegar drizzled over. I have no idea how we ended up with this specific recipe, but he’s been eating it like that since he was 2 and never gets tired of it).

Yes, the world has indeed gone a bit bonkers.

Orthorexia is a very socially acceptable eating disorder these days.

Food fads are the non-MAGA/ tin foil hat version of conspiracy theories.

People who wouldn't know what metabolism was if it jumped up and bit them in the bum toss the word around to impress others.

Your meals sound very nice and well rounded. So does the BBQ your colleague was having. Your other colleague sounds like a bit of a tit.

He can take a trip to Italy where what you eat is 100% normal, and see how healthy people are.

Didn't you ask him WTF he was on about? 😂

There is ALWAYS going to be someone telling you that you are eating the wrong foods,or at the wrong time. I managed to lose 7 stone by intermittent fasting,not eating all day and only eating between 4 pm and 10 pm. A friend of mine was adamant that 'eating after 6 pm will stop you losing weight'. Suffice to say,I proved him wrong.

I wondered if she was referring to precooked but since this is MN I have learnt the hard way that if someone says something that sounds totally insane to me, like eating uncooked pasta, at least 65% of the time they are in fact doing the insane thing. 😂

There was a bloke in our office trying to convince everyone that using the microwave to heat food was pretty much the same as injecting yourself with cancer… or something. I stopped listening tbh 🙄

I had to read it a few times before I clocked what this meant too, as I also imagined OP crunching on uncooked pasta! I think she just added the (uncooked) to specify the "uncooked weight" i.e. to distinguish from 50g of pasta after cooking (which would be less pasta)

She's already said; she cooks the pasta and adds the pesto and vegetables to it.

I often have 50g (uncooked) wholegrain pasta

Your coworker is an idiot but eating uncooked pasta is wild. Do you just sit there crunching on it? Or did you mean plain/no sauce instead of uncooked?

Absolutely off his trolley. It’s amazing that because some people are highly allergic to wheat and others have various degrees of intolerance, a vague idea seems to have grown up that wheat is unwholesome or even toxic for everyone else too.

He sounds like a tedious tiktok protein bro. Ignore.

50 grams of pasta is pretty frugal. Wholewheat pasta is vile. I like certain veg with pasta dishes such as aubergine, tomatos... broccoli nah. And no salt...just sounds really unappealing to me. But it doesn't matter...I'm not the one eating it so enjoy op. I'm sure plenty of stuff I eat will be unappealing to others

Pesto pasta with herbs and parmesan is bloody delicious. As are the side veg mentioned.

What is it about this that's 'joyless' exactly? You'd swear the op had said she was having a 2cm slice of celery with a side of dust 🙄

Metabolic syndrome is a diagnosis, but the idea that it's caused by eating pasta twice a week is bollocks. Sound like he's just one of the "carbs are the devil" nutters. I sometimes wonder if these people are aware that for the last 12000 years or so, ever since this new-fangled farming thing came in, most humans in most places (certainly the less well-off ones) have lived mostly on a staple carb. Don't think many of those medieval peasants living mostly on bread were fat. Or the nineteenth-century Irish ones with the potatoes. Or the folks in Asia with the rice. OP sounds healthy and fine.

Metabolic syndrome - NHS

"shut the fuck up about my diet" would work for me.

Oh just don't give it any thought, you don't have to even give it head room.

People believe all sorts of stuff, just leave them to it.

I often have 50g (uncooked) wholegrain pasta, tablespoon of homemade pesto and some veg such as broccoli, courgette, spinach, mushroom.
No added salt but a sprinkle of parmesan, pepper, garlic and herbs

This sounds incredibly joyless.

But no, nothing terrible about it nutritionally I think. Ignore them.

Years ago (2006) my husband and 2 stepsons registered at a new doctors and had an appointment to talk about our health/lifestyle. The nurse was a bit ridiculous, upon hearing the kids eat a packet of Crisps a day she over the top was like "you should be having them once a week if that!! You wont be able to fit through that door before long!!" This was said to an 8 year old and 12 year old! As adults neither of them are fat! They eat whatever they want

Oh, you are cooking the pasta. I was a bit bemused for a minute there.

There are some real loons out there, talking crap about carbs 🙄 They’re beyond tedious. I’d have laughed in his face.

You sound as believable and not a very confident person so I wonder if he sensed it and did this deliberately- trying to confuse you.