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A lot of people on this forum are not eating whole grains because they believe that "carbs" are bad. This is putting their health at risk. I have had several friends who have literally put themselves in an early grave after putting their faith in "high protein low carb" diets. Young people can power through this type of stupidity, but us older folks need to stick with common sense and moderation in all things when it comes to diet and exercise.
1 posted on 09/15/2017 10:39:33 PM PDT by fireman15
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I think I’m ok, I use whole grain bread when I eat my bologna sandwiches.


2 posted on 09/15/2017 10:43:35 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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I have had several friends who have literally put themselves in an early grave after putting their faith in "high protein low carb" diets.

High fat, low carb, moderate protein. I believe that high protein is a bad thing, for the sedentary types.

3 posted on 09/15/2017 10:47:06 PM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: Blue Jays

MODERATION!

5 posted on 09/15/2017 10:50:04 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: fireman15

Next thing they’re gonna tell us is that wheels are round....just eat nutrient dense foods in amounts that cover your nutritional needs(not desires)...and exercise moderately and often.count the calories...drive your blood sugar..weight...cholesterol down...cut your table salt...equiv to about one teaspoonful per day..unless high physical activity..so many chronic disorders due to diabetes..obesity..poor nutrition...old news...at least not fake news


6 posted on 09/15/2017 10:51:28 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
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Study compiling data from every country finds people are living longer but millions are eating wrong foods for their health.

Study compiling data from every country finds people are living longer but stupidly speculates that millions are eating wrong foods for their health. There, corrected.
10 posted on 09/15/2017 11:12:39 PM PDT by miniTAX
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To: fireman15

Poor diet occurs for multiple reasons. Some deliberately, some not so.

The lack of proper amounts of vitamins, minerals and other buidling blocks for the body to maintain and repair and heal itself is the underpinning of all health problems that are not caused by particular accidents/trauma or inherited genetic conditions.


13 posted on 09/15/2017 11:34:55 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: fireman15

More like 3 or 4 out of 5.


14 posted on 09/15/2017 11:38:17 PM PDT by UnwashedPeasant (I told you so)
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To: fireman15

chia bread


16 posted on 09/16/2017 12:08:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama!)
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40 years of caloric restriction research proves life extension in almost every species. Lower rates of intracellular/mitochondrial iron loading (accelerated aging)is achieved by lowering the excessive presence of glucose/insulin. The higher rates of insulin elevate the rate of iron loading and aging. Higher carbohydrate consumption increases your ambient insulin levels.


19 posted on 09/16/2017 3:33:46 AM PDT by kruss3
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"Poor diet is a factor
in one in five deaths...."


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20 posted on 09/16/2017 3:45:44 AM PDT by musicman (The future is just a collection of successive nows.)
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It is not so much what you eat, as it is how much and in what proportions. Our bodies only need protein, carbohydrate, and lipid, along with trace minerals. Despite years of searching and decades of the “health food” movement, there is no holy grail of nutrition that is the secret to long life and health.


22 posted on 09/16/2017 4:56:20 AM PDT by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: fireman15

Grain is completely unnecessary and will make you fat.


23 posted on 09/16/2017 4:56:21 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have aklways been cowboys)
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To: fireman15

fasting, put down the fork, push away from the table, it’s portion control, not what you eat that matters.


24 posted on 09/16/2017 4:57:21 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have aklways been cowboys)
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High fructose corn syrup is biggest reason.


26 posted on 09/16/2017 5:25:04 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Drone Soros and sons!!!)
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To: fireman15

So many food items are still subject to the current fads. Twenty years ago eggs were bad, now they are good.
Meat is bad, now it is good again.
Sixty years ago my sister-in-law said high gluten bread was all the rage. Now gluten free is the rage.
Highly processed grains are bad, unless it is highly processed soy beans made into artificial meat and other items.

Butter used to be good, then it was bad and margarine was good. Now it is reversed.


29 posted on 09/16/2017 6:33:45 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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I just have one question. How long was the average lifespan before all this ‘bad food’ became plentiful?


31 posted on 09/16/2017 7:52:03 AM PDT by Parmy
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Since this study encompasses the whole world, it also includes the countries which virtually live on white rice.

I have been told by people from Vietnam that diabetes is very prevalent there. Also told my a Middle Easterner how the diet is largely white rice and white pasta and diabetes is very prevalent there as well.

In this country we do have a lot of obese and type 2 diabetes members of the population who have bad diets but being lumped in with a worldwide survey skews Americans health to be worse than it really is.


34 posted on 09/16/2017 8:51:34 AM PDT by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: fireman15

Low carb: lots of fresh vegetables, some fats, some fruits and lots of protein. No sugar. Lots of weight and treadmill work each week. Most of all, no scare tactics accepted.

You’re welcome.


43 posted on 09/17/2017 6:59:55 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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What exactly is it that you think you need to live on from whole grains? They are not inherently evil but they don’t have many nutrients you couldn’t get from other sources. They could be eaten in two weekly small portions without harming you. But grains (especially conventionally grown ones) have no place in multi-portions of a daily human diet. They are a convenience food, grown for their stiff physical properties only. If you avoided all grains you would miss zero nutrition.


47 posted on 09/17/2017 7:54:09 AM PDT by Yaelle (Leftist trees bear strange fruit...blood on the leaves, blood on the root...)
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