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brooklynite

(94,535 posts)
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 03:45 PM Feb 2020

Trump doctor hid cauliflower in mashed potatoes to improve diet: report

Source: The Hill

President Trump’s former doctor reportedly hid cauliflower in his mashed potatoes in an attempt to improve the president’s diet.

Former White House physician Ronny Jackson told The New York Times that he regretted leaving his position before he could implement the diet and exercise regimen planned for Trump.

“The exercise stuff never took off as much as I wanted it to,” he said. “But we were working on his diet. We were making the ice cream less accessible, we were putting cauliflower into the mashed potatoes.”

Jackson announced in an early 2018 press conference that he intended to help the president lose 10 to 15 pounds and transport an exercise bike or elliptical machine into the White House, according to the Times.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/484496-trump-doctor-hid-cauliflower-in-mashed-potatoes-to-improve-diet

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Trump doctor hid cauliflower in mashed potatoes to improve diet: report (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2020 OP
Makes sense, sounds like what I would do for my toddler. unitedwethrive Feb 2020 #1
Better Wait Until He's Finished His Cauliflower-Potatoes... smb Feb 2020 #49
I'd rather be extra butter, maybe a spoonful or two of some pure lard. Initech Feb 2020 #2
Perhaps moniss Feb 2020 #6
Hey! Did you go to Hollywood Upstairs Medical College too? Initech Feb 2020 #9
Why yes moniss Feb 2020 #12
Hi Doctor Nick nycbos Feb 2020 #37
Hi everybody!!! Initech Feb 2020 #41
With a ground glass garnish. Squinch Feb 2020 #15
LOL! n/t EndlessWire Feb 2020 #20
The spoon turned into a choo-choo train. CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #3
Fake Potatoes? bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #4
Mashed cauliflower is actually great. forgotmylogin Feb 2020 #33
Kind of like the trick SoCalNative Feb 2020 #39
Yes! forgotmylogin Feb 2020 #44
Unfortunately, mass produced broccoli tots have wheat TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #46
A lot of veggie relacement foods are like that Mosby Feb 2020 #52
I've seen wheat free recipes for cauliflower fritters TexasBushwhacker Feb 2020 #53
Yeah, I was disappointed when I read the info. forgotmylogin Feb 2020 #54
my only choice noneof_theabove Feb 2020 #35
I question anything that Jackson says. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #5
Jackson probably wrote scripts for all sorts of dangerous pills IronLionZion Feb 2020 #7
Damn him. lastlib Feb 2020 #8
A prison food diet might help him lose weight. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #10
But...but...but not fooled Feb 2020 #11
In no way would hiding one veggie improve the overall diet of someone...rump is a lazy a&& who... SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #13
Not soon enough for me. BigmanPigman Feb 2020 #25
Should have mixed BillyBobBrilliant Feb 2020 #14
...Exercise?? TRUMP?? Grokenstein Feb 2020 #16
I'm sure they gave him a Yelper's Special every chance they could. TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #17
That is really, really pathetic...really sad. We've got Jabba the Hutt in the White House. n/t Raven Feb 2020 #18
If Trump wants to lose 15 lbs of ugly fat and 'make America great again' at the same time, iscooterliberally Feb 2020 #19
If they can hide cauliflower MontanaMama Feb 2020 #21
Minny's Chocolate Pie. C_U_L8R Feb 2020 #28
Oh yes. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #29
This is what you do to toddlers, not adults Warpy Feb 2020 #22
Get him all the cheeseburgers he wants until his heart stops. rickyhall Feb 2020 #23
Wish he would keel over. Bring on zentrum Feb 2020 #24
I say super size him every time he gets his McDonalds, maybe his heart will doc03 Feb 2020 #26
Heart? Scarsdale Feb 2020 #42
He's a goddamn toddler sakabatou Feb 2020 #27
Let's make Trump exercise in front of a bunch of reporters . . . LaMouffette Feb 2020 #30
Imagine Him In A Gym Outfit Trying To Do Jumping Jacks nt smb Feb 2020 #48
Just one burpee would be enough to do him in! LaMouffette Feb 2020 #51
Usually if people say they are trying to make ice cream less accessible, they are talking about LisaL Feb 2020 #31
So is Jackson trying to rehab his reputation Mr.Bill Feb 2020 #32
He's running for a House seat in Texas SoCalNative Feb 2020 #40
No wonder Trump is paranoid about being poisoned. Personally, I like cauliflower well enough, brewens Feb 2020 #34
I think that's about more than just weight loss bucolic_frolic Feb 2020 #36
But I thought Jackson had portrayed the Dainty Digited Dotard as the picture of health! The Genealogist Feb 2020 #38
Great, President Here-Comes-The-Airplane! is in command . . . hatrack Feb 2020 #43
pathetic Skittles Feb 2020 #45
As his senile demetia Aussie105 Feb 2020 #47
Sounds like BULLSHIT tenderfoot Feb 2020 #50

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
1. Makes sense, sounds like what I would do for my toddler.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 03:48 PM
Feb 2020

I'd hate to be the one who told him that ice cream was not available!

smb

(3,471 posts)
49. Better Wait Until He's Finished His Cauliflower-Potatoes...
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 10:39 AM
Feb 2020

...or else he might have a tantrum and throw them at you.

Initech

(100,068 posts)
2. I'd rather be extra butter, maybe a spoonful or two of some pure lard.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 03:50 PM
Feb 2020

Then deep fry and cover in cheese. Then he needs to finish with some foods from the whipped group and chocotastic groups.

moniss

(4,231 posts)
12. Why yes
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 04:29 PM
Feb 2020

I did go there. I was delivering a pizza and they gave me this dandy certificate instead of a tip. I had to get my own frame though and I got one on the going-out-of-business sale at my local Toys-R-Us. I keep it hanging in my garage.....er....I mean waiting room. Right next to my mail order certificate that makes me a minister.....or something or other. I keep my "practice" straightforward though and the signs are clearly posted that say "No insurance accepted, no checks, no credit cards" and "Cash Payment in Advance".

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
33. Mashed cauliflower is actually great.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:18 PM
Feb 2020

I know people who can make it and actually fool people into thinking it's real potatoes. The trick is steaming the cauliflower well and then making sure it's bone dry before mashing so there is as little water as possible in the mix.

You can even do half potato - half cauliflower to cut down the carbs.

I love that they were plotting to fool I45 into eating healthier!

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
44. Yes!
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 09:00 PM
Feb 2020

I see "broccoli tots" in the freezer section and am fascinated. I wish they were low carb cause I'd totally eat them!

Mosby

(16,306 posts)
52. A lot of veggie relacement foods are like that
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 12:50 PM
Feb 2020

Cauliflower pizza:

https://www.target.com/p/caulipower-frozen-pizza-margherita-10-9oz/-/A-54017673

49g carbs, 3g fiber.

Might as well eat a bowl of pasta.

Veggie carrot goldfish have the same carbs as the regular ones, but adds a whopping gram of fiber.

https://www.pepperidgefarm.com/product/goldfish-veggie-crackers-2/

TexasBushwhacker

(20,185 posts)
53. I've seen wheat free recipes for cauliflower fritters
Wed Feb 26, 2020, 09:35 PM
Feb 2020

Haven't tried them yet, but they look pretty tasty.

forgotmylogin

(7,528 posts)
54. Yeah, I was disappointed when I read the info.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 07:00 PM
Feb 2020

However, I do notice broccoli is *pulverized* into a paste in a pressure cooker any longer than 2 minutes or so. I may try to do a combined broccoli/cauliflower mash sometime!

noneof_theabove

(410 posts)
35. my only choice
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:50 PM
Feb 2020

quite allergic to all potatoes including yams [sweet taters] back in 2011

more than a small fry bag a week and I nearly tear my ankles off scratching.

I found out the hard way [bleeding], working on web site that night, that my lunch meatloaf was cut with tater flakes or left over mashed.

IronLionZion

(45,435 posts)
7. Jackson probably wrote scripts for all sorts of dangerous pills
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 04:00 PM
Feb 2020

Trump and anyone working with him are probably high as kites all the time.

lastlib

(23,224 posts)
8. Damn him.
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 04:11 PM
Feb 2020

If they keep the basturd healthy, we have to put up with it longer! Why can't they just let the shitgibbon croak off?

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
11. But...but...but
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 04:26 PM
Feb 2020

Since red don weighs 239 lbs, losing 10 or 15 might make him underweight for his height...that would be a bad thing, no?

SWBTATTReg

(22,114 posts)
13. In no way would hiding one veggie improve the overall diet of someone...rump is a lazy a&& who...
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 04:41 PM
Feb 2020

would call someone else in to lose the 15 pounds he needed to lose, instead of him actually losing it.

He going to drop dead from something eventually because he won't listen to anybody and before you know it, he's gone. All solely because of his and no one else's actions. You do reap what you sow...

Grokenstein

(5,722 posts)
16. ...Exercise?? TRUMP??
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 05:09 PM
Feb 2020

Hah!

Maybe Doc Ronny would have served the nation better by encouraging Golfcart McBonespurs to eat at Jimmy John's. I read they have the best vegetables, with plenty of Vitamin E(coli).

iscooterliberally

(2,860 posts)
19. If Trump wants to lose 15 lbs of ugly fat and 'make America great again' at the same time,
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 05:32 PM
Feb 2020

all he has to do is take out a sword and cut his own head off.

Warpy

(111,255 posts)
22. This is what you do to toddlers, not adults
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 06:06 PM
Feb 2020

and it doesn't work all that well on toddlers.

As much as I dislike Demented Don, he should have been treated like an adult and allowed to face the consequences. Those are the kind of consequences his money can't buy his way out of.

LaMouffette

(2,030 posts)
30. Let's make Trump exercise in front of a bunch of reporters . . .
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 06:58 PM
Feb 2020

just like Trump did to Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado. This is from a Daily Beast article:

“When Alicia Machado of Venezuela was named Miss Universe nine months ago, no one could accuse her of being the size of the universe,” the 1997 CNN report reads. “But as her universe expanded, so did she, putting on nearly 60 pounds.” (Years later, Machado would say she actually gained closer to just 15.)

It was then that Trump had invited what CNN called a “rowdy pool of reporters” to an exclusive gym to look on and snap photos as he trotted out the beauty queen to exercise in front of the cameras. Trump had her do sit-ups, ride a stationary bike, and jump rope for the crowd of photographers.

In recounting the gym incident to the New York Times, Machado said that “I was about to cry in that moment with all the cameras there. I said, ‘I don’t want to do this, Mr. Trump.’ He said, ‘I don’t care.’”

[link:https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-told-miss-universe-alicia-machado-do-sit-ups-or-youre-fired|

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
31. Usually if people say they are trying to make ice cream less accessible, they are talking about
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:04 PM
Feb 2020

a five year old.

Mr.Bill

(24,284 posts)
32. So is Jackson trying to rehab his reputation
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:06 PM
Feb 2020

after writing a phony report on Trump's physical condition?

Fuck Ronny Jackson.

brewens

(13,582 posts)
34. No wonder Trump is paranoid about being poisoned. Personally, I like cauliflower well enough,
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:24 PM
Feb 2020

but guys like Trump won't touch that, broccoli, or any of that good for you stuff.

A buddy of mine that eats like that says his parents forced him to eat everything he didn't like. He's kind of still like a snotty little kid about a few things. So it's like, I'm a grownup now and don't have to eat anything I don't like. Of course that's everyone's right, but he missed out on learning to like a lot of things because of all that.

I wonder if Trump had a nanny that did that to him. He probably had her tortured and executed when he was in junior high.

bucolic_frolic

(43,155 posts)
36. I think that's about more than just weight loss
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 07:57 PM
Feb 2020

Metabolic syndrome, allergies, pre-diabetes, pancreatitis come to mind.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
38. But I thought Jackson had portrayed the Dainty Digited Dotard as the picture of health!
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 08:13 PM
Feb 2020

God only knows what all is wrong with that man.

Aussie105

(5,395 posts)
47. As his senile demetia
Tue Feb 25, 2020, 10:55 PM
Feb 2020

takes him back to younger days and younger food preferences, he will be down to the one food all newborns get.

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