Posted on 09/06/2008 2:30:17 PM PDT by neverdem
Bookmarking, thanks for posting!
I think the reasons Atkins and South Beach work for you is that American medicine doesn’t appreciate that there is an appropriate amount of fat intake needed for a body to be healthy (notice that even the yogurt is nonfat) and I personally think that protein with small amounts of fat contribute to satiation and eating less more than anything out there.
I eat everything on the list but grapefruit (never liked it) quite often. You may want to check out the book “The Fat Fallacy” by Will Cower. He has some liberal politics infused but it’s the philosphy that has worked wonders for me.
From a cooking point of view, if you chop up celery small, the texture can mimic nuts. I use it in jello mold sometimes to stretch the nuts, which I can’t eat a lot of due to diverticulitis.
I always wonder about fennel, which I grew up eating in an Italian household. It’s very much like celery, but tastes like licorice and (it figures, because I like it) is more expensive. I wonder if it has the same health benefits.
The whole trick to losing weight is to separate the consumption of carbs from the consumption of proteins and fats.
Leave 3 hours between the consumption of either group, and you will only gain weight if you over eat carbs.
Fruit should only be eaten on an empty stomach.
Follow 20 mins later with carbs and veggies, or one hour later with a protein / fat / veggie meal.
Vegtables are free. :-)
It’s easy, and it works.
Thanks for the post. ;-)
Many people who battle weight, don’t know ‘how” to eat.
That’s why they battle weight.
We discuss other social issues here, so why not this one?
i eat everything i like... bleu cheese, In-n-Out cheeseburgers, bbq ribs... plus good for you stuff, too... i just make sure to burn more than i take in... when i first started trying to lose weight, for a few weeks i hit the treadmill 5 days a week... once i got to where i wanted to be, i cut it down to 3 times a week... and now i do it sometimes 1-2 times a week, sometimes 3 times a week... sometimes i have a week where i don’t get to it at all... i’ve kept the weight off... in fact, i’m still losing... for me, the key is consume less, burn more... and i don’t have to eat rabbit food... (although i must say that in the beginning, i was being very careful about what i ate and how much... now i’m pretty much just careful about how much i eat... not too concerned with what i eat)...
so is salsa and iced tea with lemon... :-)
Which is why it must be eaten on an empty stomach.
Think about it, have you ever had fruit for dessert, and then suffered from indigestion?
That's why.
I didn't see vanilla ice cream with chocolate syrup on this list... ... ...
add me please
Yes, but I can't eat salsa without corn chips, and then I'd be mixing my food groups again.
OTOH, scramble some eggs with a bit of salsa and grated cheese, add a few slices of crisp bacon, and you have calorie-free nirvana!
OK Doc, how do you reconcile the recommendations in this article with carb and sodium limits? Brocolli, carrots, beans, shakes, and cereals all carry a significant carb load. Most of the broth soups I have looked at are high in sodium.
Here is a curve that I love to throw at my diet advisors. I am allergic to a lot of vegetables, most notably in this article is tomatoes, and almost all fresh fruits and melons. This creates a lot of problems for me in maintaining a balanced diet. Any recommendations?
And while you are recommending, please address the (apparently widespread) problem that diabetics have with not getting enough fiber. My low-carb, 1800 calorie diet makes it a bear to get enough fiber.
>Eggs should be on the list. Eat 1 or 2 eggs for breakfast and you will not be hungry the rest of the day.<
Where did you ever get that idea? I eat three every morning and I’m hungry at lunch time. Did you mean rotten eggs?
Fruit contains quite a bit of sugar. Sugar is the other enemy to weight loss, whether it comes from cane, or other fruit.
I had a problem in March that we were afraid was a heart attack type issue. It wasn’t but that trip to the ER resulted in my being diagnosed as Type II. My A1C that night was 10.1. Bring on the low-carb diet. Two weeks ago my A1C was 5.4. My Dr is now concerned that I might be too low.
The big change for me was dropping nearly 4000 calories a day by saying goodbye to Dr Pepper, chocolate and ice cream. I was convinced that my weight was going to drop so quickly that my pants would fall off. I only lost 3 pounds at my checkup in May. The diet change was so stark that it actually shocked my system into starvation mode. I’ve dropped another 11 lbs since then but I’m still disappointed that I haven’t lost alot more considering the dietary change.
I have had irregularity problems for a number of years. The diet change has really exagerated it. I was never so happy to see Miralax become available without prescription but it’s still expensive.
Here’s a really novel idea: burn more calories than you eat.
I have diverticulitis also. A recent finding is that nuts (especially walnuts and almonds) and corn do not aggrevate the diverticuli. Small seeds are far more dangerous, like seesame seeds, tomato or cucumber seeds, or sunflower seeds. Pumpkin seeds however are supposedly good substitutes for sunflower seeds. I eat loads of salted Almonds. BP is average to low and my diverticuli don’t act up. I find eating too much ice cream is my worst assault on my diverticuli. So I’ve started to make icebox pies from Instant pudding mixes using vanilla yogurt instead of milk (two packages of white chocolate and cheesecake to 3 1/2 cups vanilla lo-fat yogurt), and topping with cool-whip lite and peanut butter blended together. Yummy for the tummy!
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