Posted on 09/15/2017 10:39:33 PM PDT by fireman15
Study compiling data from every country finds people are living longer but millions are eating wrong foods for their health.
Poor diet is a factor in one in five deaths around the world, according to the most comprehensive study ever carried out on the subject.
Millions of people are eating the wrong sorts of food for good health. Eating a diet that is low in whole grains, fruit, nuts and seeds and fish oils and high in salt raises the risk of an early death, according to the huge and ongoing study Global Burden of Disease.
The study, based at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, compiles data from every country in the world and makes informed estimates where there are gaps. Five papers on life expectancy and the causes and risk factors of death and ill health have been published by the Lancet medical journal.
Diet is the second highest risk factor for early death after smoking. Other high risks are high blood glucose which can lead to diabetes, high blood pressure, high body mass index (BMI) which is a measure of obesity, and high total cholesterol. All of these can be related to eating the wrong foods, although there are also other causes.
Sugary drinks are harmful to health but eating a lot of red meat, the study finds, is not as big a risk to health as failing to eat whole grains. “We need to look really carefully at what are the healthy compounds in diets that provide protection,” he said.
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What is healthy and what is not, is decided by experts who lobby our overlords to fund studys and draw up stupid food pyramids to meet their own ends.
Eat to match your activities.
It’s up to you to notice if you have negative effects from what you eat.
Everyone is better off studying the symptoms of health problems and identifying what causes them within their own bodies.
Why trust the government with anything when they obviously have a vested interest in your early death and the resulting taxes rather than having you linger on collecting SS and Medicare and Medicaid.
Awesome and very impressive that you have stuck with this system for quite a while now. Most people start off strong with a new diet or eating habits, but do not continue with the diet long term like you have. Over the past month, I’ve put on about 12 pounds due to two new medications. I’ve read that both of them have caused others to gain weight. Not happy about it at all. I wouldn’t have minded the extra pounds so much, but it seems to all be going to my mid section.
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.
I think there are 3 reason why it works for me
1) My appetite really deceased. Easy to stick to a plan when you’re not hungry all the time.
2) My health dramatically improved. I have GERD due to a hiatal hernia and even with a double dose of medication, I was still having bad heartburn. Now, I still need medication, but in a much lower dose and I haven’t been bothered by heartburn (unless I forget to take my medication)
3) I don’t follow the plan slavishly. Example if we’re going out to dinner, I’ll still skip fried breaded entrees, ask for double veggies rather than the starch, but I might have a fancy cocktail, or a really good dinner roll loaded with butter, or a creme brûlée, or a bite of my husband’s french fries or fried calamari. Since I’m not hungry all the time, I can save my splurges for things I really, really like, not just cause somethings on the table. And I’m happy with just a bite or two to savor. :-)
Pretty much what I do, but i talk long walks and get mu weight lifting one by growing my own veggies :-)
That sounds good to me! :)
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.
Ditto, that!!
You end your post by making a completely false statement. Avoiding all grains cuts valuable and in some cases essential nutrients from your diet. I have heard the exact argument from those who choose to be vegetarians. And many of the vegetarians I have known are intelligent people who have “researched” their dietary choices. Yet within a couple of years most that I have known have experienced major health issues and have been forced to give up their lifestyle.
The health problems people I have known who have cut grains out of their diet, over time have been comparable to those of the vegetarians that I have known. As I mentioned in my previous post to you, even our dog became ill when we didn't include enough carbohydrates in his diet. And dogs have a digestive system that most people assume would allow them to eat a diet made up almost completely of meat.
Can you completely cut grains out of your diet and stay healthy? Obviously with the current crop of fad diets many people seem to do just fine for awhile at least. And there are a small minority of people who have real issues with gluten. We are all different and have different nutritional needs depending on genetics, lifestyle and activity level. But in general it is unwise to cut out a food group with proven health benefits that has been a staple in most societies for the last 10,000 or so years.
When you cut a food group out of your diet the balance of the healthy bacteria in your gut will be altered and your ability to properly digest food will be altered as well. This will tend to have detrimental effects on your overall health.
The people I have known who have cut wheat and other grains out of their diets have had problems with, headaches, hair loss, skin and joint integrity, weight gain, bloating, jitteriness, moodiness, digestive problems and various other issues. But just because they have had problems doesn't mean that you will... so good luck following your diet philosophy.
It sounds like you have found balance. Moderation is so important. I do hope your lack of appetite is not a health related issue tho.
Oh, I still get hungry - it just takes much less to feel satiated, :-)
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