Posted on 07/18/2009 7:54:31 AM PDT by Publius804
I blame Big Sugar!
The most interesting story about diets that I have heard involves the Shangri-La diet. I first read about it in Freakanomics. It was a diet devised by a guy who used himself as a lab subject and tried hundreds of different diet approaches, none of which worked without significant sacrifice. He devised a theory that says all humans have a internal thermostat that determines when your body attempts to stockpile energy or not. He figured out a way to trick this calorie retention signal and loose weight.
Lots of links there.
You’re off the hook! Can’t someone else make lunch, though? :)
Nope. If I die, the byos will starve.
They can trigger seizures in people with a seizure disorder.
I figure if they can do that, then they are not good for you. Now, no one in my family will have the artificial sweetners.
Regular sugar doesn’t mess with your brain. You just have to limit consumption. My kids just drink more water instead of soda.
LOL! Do their future wives a favour and teach them to cook. :)
That is so important. The point is that water is better on the pocket book and better for your body. We don’t have any fake sugar in our house. We have also stopped buying low-fat, low-cal, fat-free, reduced-cal, etc. The list of ingredients in these products is alarming! We buy the real thing and limit the amount that we eat. We definitly feel better for it.
No more water for me...
Many who suffer from autoimmune illnesses have changed their diets and found that they feel much better without any preservatives, additives or chemicals in their diet. Those additives may not react with *your* body chemistry and/or may not affect *your* autoimmune disease, but in many they do. Unfortunately, autoimmune illness doesn’t get the time and attention it deserves because, IMO, it’s mostly females who are afflicted.
Those who travel abroad in some countries have found that they eat a lot more but actually lose weight. The difference? The food is natural and freshly prepared.
I am just waiting for someone to come up with a reason for my being fat that fits. It couldn’t possibly be the reason my daughter gives - that I have no willpower. In the new America, isn’t it my right to be a victim? Can I sue? I’m 20 pounds overweight, I want my disability check!-—JM
I want to see the control group of children that remained stable at 38 pounds because they didn't drink diet sodas.
Hubby is a diabetic, so we switched from sugar to Splenda. I found that the Splenda caused me to have way to much intestinal discomfort. So I switched to the natural sweetner Ribana aka Stevia. One packet is equal to two tsp. of sugar and I love it! Hubby does too. Haven’t tried cooking with it, only as a sweetner in coffee and cereal.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha. “Food” is the smiley face name placed on assemblages of chemicals. Our bodies are chemical machines that live on chemicals, any one of which, in the right amount, would kill you.
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OK, so you’re a scientist who takes every word literally and I’m not. Got me there - hahahahahaha!
So would I. The article is full of assumptions and anecdotal evidence but no statistics. Fat people drink diet soda and assuming that it is the soda that makes them fat is a real stretch.
Frankly, I never drink for example diet sodas with sugar substitutes because I think they are basically chemicals and unhealthier even moreso than real sugar. I never have sugar substitutes and I never use them. I can understand people with diabetes staying away from sugar. But it is my belief that the chemicals in sugar substitutes may cause cancer and other health problems. I much prefer natural foods whenever possible.
Bill and Tom can cook. The little boys (4 of them, 7-and-under) in the kitchen is a nightmare!
Substitutes: Deadly
I’ll bet!
Sounds nice! We have most of those, plus some peppers, in a little garden outside our kitchen door. Earlier in the year, we would let the dragons graze out there, but now there are fireflies, which are poisonous.
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