Posted on 08/15/2014 3:53:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
In those moments of late-night cravings, Ramen Noodles seem to be your lifeblood -- the key to survival, exactly what you need to keep going.
"Consistent quality and the finest of ingredients."
But according to a new study -- they're killing you. OK, not necessarily, or not outright, but the research shows instant noodle products like Ramen can increase the risk of metabolic syndrome for women.
And metabolic syndrome can mean increased risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The study found women who ate instant noodle products more than twice a week were the ones in trouble.
(Excerpt) Read more at 10news.com ...
Do you mean sugar or carbohydrates. You are actually advocating that human beings can live on zero carbohydrates?
all i knmow mis if’you get too low you die. sodium is a necessary electrolyte for your nervous system to work properly. a wide variety of salts act to help our nervous system work at the right levels.
Chicken pieces optional as are any other left overs.
Anyone who feels the need to eat that stuff often is malnourished to begin with.
Absolutely. I try to eat no carbs at all.
Mmmmmmmmmm...and their peach iced tea.....mmmmmmm...
I have their cookbook but it is in metric.
Throw a couple of eggs in there. Yum!
Mr. McGowan is quite right. There are 8 amino acids that are essential and that we get from proteins; there are 2 essential fatty acids that we get from, yes, FAT; however, there are NO essential carbohydrates. None. We can make any carb we need from stuff lying around our metabolic milieu.
What I DO tell my patients who low carb it is that the only side effect is constipation, so a fiber supplement is recommended.
I agree absolutely with you that Mr McGowan is quite right. In fact, while reading his posts, I could almost hear myself speaking (pontificating;-)).
On the subject of constipation, it may be a problem for some low carb people, it’s not necessarily the same for everyone. While I had never been very high carb, I tended to have problems in winter when having much more starchy, but “healthy whole grain”, foods. In my 50’s, my weight was creeping up constantly, year by year. In December 2012, after reading Dr William Davis’ Wheat Belly, I went very low carb concentrating specifically on going wheat free - MAGIC!
As a 5’4” female of a very light-weight build, at that stage, age 56, I had reached 70.2kg (154lbs). The first 7kg disappeared within a few months, the next 5 over a longer period. The fibre I took in came from large helpings of broccoli and cauliflower (very low nett carbs) with my meat, chicken and fish, modest portions of low nett carb nuts like pecans and the occasional small amount of fruit.
Interestingly, over the last couple of months (the South African winter), I’ve been doing some experimenting to see if I could give myself more variety. I’ve used beans (borlotti, pinto, etc) in mince dishes, and I’ve tried some pasta in spite of the wheat as I’ve read that some people tolerate durum wheat better than the form in bread. I had no strong reaction to either as I did when trying a sandwich a few months after going wheat-free (major cramps). However, the increased intake of that type of fibre hasn’t done me any good - constipation a couple of times and generally feeling less comfortable. My weight can also go up by 3 kg to 61kg, although in Dec 2012 I never thought I would see even 65kg again.
I think that the moral of this story is that one can get a fair amount of “gut-friendly” fibre with low nett carb veggies and nuts, some salads and berries, etc. Fibre supplements may not be necessary.
Fortunately, my local South African doctor is totally in favour of the low carb way of eating, which is quite rare here.
On a lighter note, I’m in Cape Town, known as the Mother City of South Africa, some say because it takes us 9 months to get anything done! I bought the Wheat Belly book in March 2012 and it took me 9 months to start putting it into practice.
Surprisingly butter, my first choice, didn’t taste good with the Ramen.
Thank you! I am so glad you shared that!
I am so calmed by your vignette. So much so that for now, for the rest of this restful Sunday, I can piss fullstream without thinking if Sankara in Ouagadougou, Birkina Faso told his dogs to be quiet.
I'm a little surprised to hear that coming from you. Have you turned yourself into the police yet for attempted murder or assault? If carbohydrates are poison, then you are guilty of these crimes against many people once a week, possibly more frequently?
We made something like that for dinner earlier in the week. Took a frozen salmon portion, defrosted, fried it, added it to stir-fry with noodles and Chinese veggies. Kids loved it.
I prefer to eat angel hair noodles with a good soup of beef broth with some quartered hard boiled eggs, thinly sliced bone-in pork chops topped with a sprinkle of thin sliced green onion tops. I almost forgot the best part, a generous dousing of soy sauce...Pure nirvana!
A couple drops of high quality sesame oil never hurts!
It’s a problem. I’m not aware of any theologian who’s addressed it.
Why would they address it? They are theologians, not nutritionists. But I assume they would never imagine that ALL carbohydrates are poisonous, because the logical conclusion, if that were true, would be that Christianity is a false religion. In fact, there are other places in the Bible that endorse the eating of carbohydrates. Basically, if ALL carbohydrates are poisonous, there is no way Christianity and Judaism are not false religions.
So you eat entirely meat, prepared in such a way that it has no carbohydrates, a flavored solely with salt, or other minerals, but no spices, etc.?
Lighten up.
I don’t eat any grain, sugar, etc. In that sense, I don’t eat any carbs.
I hope you’re kidding. I was.
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