[Diana in Wisconsin]

What? No cheesecake or chocolate? ;)

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Foodie Ping!

[Zuben Elgenubi]

edamame!

[Tarpon]

Man was created a hunter-gatherer. Feed it what it was built for. Veggies are good, so is red meat. Just like in days gone by, which today has now become the way it always was ... LOL.

[jalisco555]

What gives? I don’t see chocolate or beer on this list!

[ottbmare]

I don’t see any source of real protein on this list. You can’t live on kefir. And a lot of the stuff here, like the kefir, peas, carrots, and kiwi, are very sugary.

Also, you don’t have to grind the flax seed to eat it. Your teeth will grind it up nicely. I feed it to my horse, and when I take a taste it -is- nice and nutty. But one’s teeth take the hard seed cover off pretty well.

[WackySam]

Eating whole wheat pasta can lower your blood sugar

I'd rather eat the box it comes in.

[SamAdams76]

Thanks for the article. April 1 will be my six-year anniversary of "eating natural" in which I pretty much only eat foods in their natural form (virtually zero processed foods are in my house).

Basically fresh meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, nuts, yogurt, eggs, grains, etc.

I took off over 100 pounds back in 2003 by eating this way (in addition to carrying a pedometer and ensuring I put at least 10,000 steps on it every day) and have for the most part kept it off.

Typical day goes like this:

Breakfast: Brown Cow Strawberry Yogurt with 1 oz. blueberries mixed in, one serving oatmeal w/flax seed and 1 oz. raisins mixed in - Total Calories - 520

Lunch: Banana and tin of sardines packed in olive oil - Total Calories - 260

Snacks: Apple and 1 oz nuts - Total Calories - 280

Dinner: Bowl of salad greens with 1 oz. olive oil; 8 oz. fish fillet with serving of wild rice and healthy serving of green vegetables (i.e. broccoli, spinach, asparagus) - Total Calories - about 800.

Drinks (during entire day): Two coffees, either two beer or two glasses of wine, all the water I can drink - Total calories - about 350.

Daily, my calorie intake has consistently been between 2200 and 2400 a day with the above diet which is perfect for maintaining about 200 pounds in my 6'3" frame. Obviously I don't eat the exact same things as the above every day, this is just a typical daily menu.

Before this lifestyle change, I was consuming 4,000 calories or more with very little exercise. Thus it was no wonder I was over 300 pounds for most of my adult life. I know that counting calories is not something most people want to do (especially men) but if you don't watch them, it is incredibly easy to pile them up and before you know it, your gut is hanging over your belt and you get winded walking up a flight of stairs. It feels so much better when you limit your calorie intake by eating good foods and getting daily exercise (at least 5 miles of brisk walking each day).

Anyway, on a sidenote, do you listen to Coverville podcast? Reason I ask is that the host (Brian Ibbott) mentioned a Diane in Wisconsin on his show the other day as one of his listeners and I'm wondering if you are the same one he was referring to.

[TADSLOS]

It's Super Bowl Sunday. Screw it.

[Peace Is Coming]

bttt

[Just another Joe]

I bring my own lunches and there's nary a PB&J to be seen.
I make big pots of soup, freeze individual size servings in tupperware (like) containers and store them in my deep freeze.

One container, 8 to 10 oz, some crackers, and a piece of fruit.

It's cheap, I get variety (hamburger vegetable, chicken vegetable, chili, etc), it's filling, nutricous, and it's made from fresh ingredients.

What more can you ask for if you're not on an expense account?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

What can you do with barley? You can cook it like you would rice or add parsley and sliced almonds for extra flavor or add it to soups and stews.

Or you can malt it put it in water add some yeast and hops, wait a bit and have a tasty health drink

[SunkenCiv]

edamame (pronounced ay-duh-MAH-may) are Japanese soybeans

Who's the dadday?

Gotta second about the use of hummus as a snack food. Love that stuff. Been getting a cheap tub at the warehouse club (C, not S), hmm, too lazy to check, but the brand begins with B. I think. :')