Posted on 10/21/2003 7:14:49 AM PDT by carlo3b
THE DIET WARS, a Battle of the SEXES
That guy who wrote "Men are from Mars Women are from Venus", the book that no one ever read, ...( a Sleepless in Seattle... sigh), had a great concept, but he had it all wrong.
Never fear, I have straighten it all out for everyone.. :)
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I, your Natures Sex Chef.. sigh , who knows exactly everything a man needs to know about women, has the answers to the age old questions separating the genders, even where food is concerned... Really!
Women, would prefer Mars, the milk chocolate bar, over a Schwarzeneggered guy most days of the week!
Men, would choose Venus DeMilo, hands down (no pun intended), a naked chic in a bed sheet 10 to 1 over anything else.Any Questions yet, .. lets see hands.... none? Good... I thought so.. There's more!
Men and women folk do have other less startling differences in their eating preferences. For one thing, women have no problem eating a selection of raw fauna and grasses and topped by a bland sour concoction, and littered with potpourri, with a side order of gooey soft curdled stuff, with a teaspoon of boysenberries!
Men would poke a plate of that stuff with a stick to see if it was a nesting area for pheasants before they'd think of eating it!
Women find it acceptable and even somewhat amusing to count things and keep a journal or diary. If a man has to do anything with numbers or instructions that total 3 or more, it won't happen twice. It may not the first time as in travel directions.
For ions we have attacked excess body weight using the intake of calories as a gage. Since an average women can count better than the average guy, counting calories favored the fairer sex.. Further, women get absolutely giddy when they are offered salads, vegetables and tasteless accruements. All of which are low or lower in the dreaded caloric content. So women should have no reason why they should ever worry about eating or carrying FAT! Right? Perhaps not.
Men are mostly meat and potatoes kind of guys. Vegetable are what meat producing critters eat, salad and vegetable stuff, so why should someone eating them, have to do it too. But Fats, not the jazz singer, the blubber stuff, is what is found in the meat products so preferred by Guys. Ergo, Guys should have a significant disadvantage over Dolls in the battle of the bulge. Right?
MORE? Surprise, surprise, there are a great deal more differences between the genders, and some of them are even anatomical! Where the fat accumulates also differs between genders.
When it comes to losing weight, women really do face a disadvantage compared to men. More than a few scientific studies have now shown that women accumulate fat faster than men and lose it at a slower pace.
When we are born, both the sexes are about the same weight. Each gender has a body fat totaling up to 12% of body weight. Things stay about the same all during adolescence. However during puberty girls get fatter, and unbelievably, boys become leaner. Girls by the age of 18, have 20-25% body fat and boys have 15-18%.
It gets even more ominous for girls just because they are girls. We also know that adult women have a build in genetic code that is designed carry extra weight, because of pregnancy, she would be able to cater to the additional supplies of nutrition to her baby. A women has a lower resting metabolism than men. This means that they burn fewer calories to maintain basic life functions. The differences can be quite significant. A small framed woman may need only 1000 calories to maintain normal body functions and a large framed woman may need about 1600 calories. Conversely men may need anywhere between 1400-2000 calories to carry out normal bodily functions.
Fat also settles differently on men and women. Men usually tend to store fat around their bellies whereas women store fat on their hips and thighs. Research on obesity indicates that fat deposit on the hips and thighs is more difficult to lose. Women's hormones favor depositing fat in that region and not removing it from there except during breast feeding which burns approximately 800 calories a day.
Diet & Nutrition expert Anjali Mukherjee explains:
We all can see that men have an apple shaped body with a large waist-to-hip ratio and are known to be at an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes. Normally, women develop a pear-shaped body with less fat deposits around the abdomen and more in the lower body parts. Such bodies even if obese do not stand a high risk for heart disease. This goes to show that two people with the same amount of body fat may have different health risks. Since excess fat in women is a part of the cosmic plan, they can gain weight even with healthier eating practices. But since fat in men was never meant to be, most men gain weight due to a rich diet or lack of adequate physical activity. Hence, obesity in men is associated with a greater likelihood of health problems than obesity in women. A point to note here is that women who have male type fat distribution (apple shaped bodies) also share the same increased health risk as men.Men lose weight faster because abdominal fat is easy to burn than fat around the hips and thighs (the place where women tend to store fat.) This also explains why women who add on considerable weight to their lower body during pregnancy have a much harder time losing it after childbirth,... breast-feeding is an excellent way of losing weight around the hips and thighs. (mark that down guys) All this obviously means that many women who are counting calories, suffering hunger pangs and regularly following work-outs are still likely to put on extra weight or even face a tough time losing weight. This often causes anxiety and confusion.
Soooo, where does all of this fantastic information finally get to a bottom line, more aptly the waistline?I believe the different genders being so inherently different, should attack weight loss much differently. For most men, the Dr. Atkin protein diet is a natural, especially in the early or "Induction phase". How much easier it is for the average Guy for instance, to go on a diet where torture starts with a main course of charred RED MEAT? Later it has everything a man loves including some limited pastas and breads.. hold the potatoes!
The method I would recommend for girls is a diet called, the South Beach Diet, a modification of the Atkins Diet. The South Beach Diet was written by and designed by Miami cardiologist Dr. Arthur Agatson. I can not help but think this entire concept is a knock-off of the Atkins, but it does have a few significant differences that really favor women in my opinion. It still has most of the same restrictions in the early phase, but early and later stages allow for the more vegetables and fruits. This I believe is healthier for anyone, especially women.
This will not make die-hard Atkins Diet gurus happy, but I have watched too many folks fail after trying so hard.
I want women and men to stop counting everything, calories or carbs and everything else. I have found that the thinking and counting food and it's components, keeps the laboring thought of diet, dominating too much of their thought. Thinking about eating, and fretting about it constantly, is IMHO, why so many people fall off the wagon and eventually return to their old bad habits. Thinking about food all the time, makes you hungry, all of the time!These two diets are not so restrictive in what they ask of the dieter to lose and maintain weight, therefore counting things is not, in my opinion, as necessary. Following the book will tell you what you what you can and cannot eat. A public school dropout knows the consequences of eating the wrong foods will reverse all the successes. The Atkins diet says you must count carbs, South Beach is not so stringent. However, here is my disclaimer, those following the letter of the law with these diets will enjoying better results, and a faster weight loss. Use your best judgment.. Men usually don't count anything anyway, I am just removing the guilt.. :)
I believe the differences between genders will also have an effect on the continued success of maintaining a safer diet. Choosing a diet that is more compatible with your own lifestyle assures a fair chance for an on going lifelong modification to your eating habits. The dramatic weight loss enjoyed by both Atkins, and SB in "The Induction" will slow appreciably in later stages, and so be it.. I want you to find a comfortable diet that will alter your eating habits that is sustainable, and therefore a successful healthy life.
What I can help with, and what I want to do for everyone, aside from solving all gender differences between the sexes, (ahem) is I will assist you in your planning a long term (bi-weekly) menu for success. By preplanning a menu which has been thought through, so thinking about food, and what to eat is solved, and the only thing left is shopping, warming/cooking and dinnertime.
If I can get you to set aside a couple of hours every week to prepare the foundations of your menu, I can show you how to solve the only pitfall in dieting, whichever one you choose. I give you my word. http://www.click2asia.com/lounge/index.php?y=tothepoint&id=23
I HATE THE FAKE SUGAR!!!
I don't think it is too healthy, anyway, but I just don't like it. It seems like all the low carb cookbooks and recipes are focused on sweets using the sugar substitutes. I am frustrated. What do you suggest?
My culinary skills and your great recipe saved the day!!
If you are willing to accept a longer period for results, don't use the substitute sugar sweeteners. If you cannot or will not use that stuff, and I can't say I disagree, then use a little sugar, but don't stop the other constraints and fall off the program completely.. Anything is better than nothing. You will lose weight if you follow all of the other aspects of this or any diet, with or without faux sweeteners. OTHERS MAY DISAGREE. SO WHAT?? Screw 'em, just remember that you heard it here first... LOLOLOL
Better Cheddar Cheese Bread
Serve immediately or store, wrapped well in plastic wrap, in the refrigerator for up to 2 days
More on the way.. :)
Approx. 3-4 carbs per slice. (10 slices)
Really? How'd you do that? I've been "low-carbing" and just happen to LOVE flax and soy! Were they both ground into flours?
Details, please!
KIDS STUFF... I love it! Pity is "they grow up" before you do.. :(You can turn deviled eggs into deviled eyeballs by topping each one with a slice of green or black olive. Make an edible veggie head: buy a Styrofoam wig head and wash it well. Dry it and secure it to a square of plywood with a long nail. BOO
Now cover the head with bite-size vegetables or fruit speared with toothpicks. Use different colors and shapes to make facial features (red pepper or apple slices for lips, radishes peeled in strips to make bloodshot eyeballs). Don't forget the dip! BwhahahahahhahaahahMonster Main Dishes.
Cut slices of meatloaf with a bat-shaped cookie cutter, and serve with bat's blood (ketchup).Spaghetti and meatballs takes on a whole new 'life' when you discribe it as night crawlers and eyeballs. GULP!
Chicken strips can easily become witches fingers when served with slime sauce (ranch dressing dyed green) for dipping.
Stuffed pasta shells have an awful appeal when you call them Snail Shells stuffed with Racoon Spleens.
Good side dishes include steamed maggots (rice), rotting teeth (corn) and lizard tongues (carrot sticks).
For a less nauseating (hahhahhaah) but still festive meal, scrape out small pumpkins and use them as individual serving bowls for black bean, split pea, or pumpkin soup.
Games that are Good for You.
When planning party activities, don't underestimate how much fun a good old-fashioned game of bobbing for apples can be. For an added challenge, remove the stems before beginning. Turn it into a game of bobbing for 'eyeballs' instead by using grapes.If you would prefer to avoid the sloshing water and wet guests that result from traditional apple bobbing, try a different twist on the game: tie strings to each apple and hang them from the ceiling at face height. The challenge in this game is to take a bite out of the apple without using your hands!
The French take their Pumkin soup very serious and prepare it in a very unique way. Taste this beauty and you will understand why!
1) Sweat the leeks in a large stock pot in clarified butter, until limp but not brown.
2) Add the pumpkin, rice, brown sugar, ginger, tomato paste, and chicken stock.
3) Make sure your chicken stock covers the pumpkin chunks by 2-inches. Bring to a boil, then adjust to simmer and cook for 30 to 45 minutes, until the pumpkin is tender.
4) Puree the soup, preferably with a food mill or fine sieve. Reheat and add the cream. Season with salt, pepper, and mace. Serve hot.
Variations: Garnish your Pumpkin Soup with toasted pine nuts and use small, scooped out ornamental pumpkins as soup bowls.
(Serves 8)
Your on, and here is your tip of the day.. :)
This quick and easy dish requires no cooking, and can be served as part of an antipasto platter or as a side dish.
Olive Salad Italiano Combine all ingredients in a bowl and toss to combine.
- 1 cup (250 ml) drained pimiento-stuffed green olives,
- coarsely chopped
- 2 - 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 ribs celery, finely chopped
- 1 Tbs (15 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp (10 ml) red wine vinegar
- 1/2 tsp (2 ml) grated lemon zest
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp (1 ml) hot red pepper flakes, or to taste
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
Refrigerate covered for at least 2 hours, and up to 2 days before serving at room temperature.
Serves 4 to 6.
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Amazon just added the entire contents of most books it sells online to
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Example: go to Amazon, and search for "lobster bisque simmer." You
get 321 hits, and most are individual recipies from copyrighted books.
Will anyone write another cookbook?
Substitution Tips
Substituting Fat – Use 3 tablespoons (45 ml) ground flaxseed for each 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of margarine, butter or cooking oil. Flax can be substituted for all or some of the fat depending on the recipe. If you choose to substitute all of the fat in the recipe with flax seed, you will need to increase your liquid by 75% of the amount of ground flax you are adding because the flaxseed will absorb moisture. Baking with flax as a fat substitute will cause baked goods to brown more quickly.
Substituting Eggs – Substitute a 1:3 proportion of ground flax seed and water mixture for eggs in recipes such as pancakes, muffins and cookies. Use 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of ground flax plus 3 tablespoons (45 ml) of water for each egg. Let this 1:3 combination sit for several minutes together before adding to your recipe
Home-Style Bread Pudding 1) In medium mixing bowl, combine eggs with milk, pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, cinnamon, salt, bread, sub. sugar, and raisins or dates.
- 2 Eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 1/4 cups milk, or 2 cups of heavy Cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups 1-inch bread cubes
- 1/2 cup brown sugar substitute
- 1/2 cup raisins or chopped dates
2) Pour into 1 1/2 quart baking or soufflé dish.
Place wire rack (or aluminum foil shaped in a ring to keep the dish off the bottom of the pot) in the bottom of slow cooker or Crock Pot.
3) Add 1/2 cup hot water. Set baking dish on trivet. Cover pot; cook on high for about 2 hours.
Serve pudding warm or cool.
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
Quickie Bread Pudding
Break up bread into large custard cup. Combine egg, cream, spice, and Splenda, pour over bread pieces. Place in refrigerator, for 1 hour at least. Microwave, for 2 minutes or until puffy, slightly over the top of dish.
- 2 slices or the equivalent of bread
- 1 Large Egg
- 3/4 cup Heavy Cream
- Pumpkin Pie Spice (to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon Splenda
You can vary the flavor by adding a little sugar free syrups, instead, of Splenda. Hope you enjoy this!
Cheeseburger Quiche
1 lb. lean hamburger
1 cup onion, diced small
5 slices bacon, cooked crisp
4 eggs
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup heavy cream
8 oz cheddar, shredded or a mixture of your choice
1/4 cup, mushrooms, finely chopped
1/4 tsp (heaping) garlic, minced
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp pepper
Preheat oven to 350*
Brown hamburger & onion then drain thoroughly. While cooking, break into as small of pieces as possible. Press into greased 10” pie plate. Crumble bacon on top.
Combine remaining ingredients & mix well.
Pour over beef mixture & bake 45 minutes until top is browned & set. Let cool 5 to 10 minutes before cutting.
This is excellent as a breakfast or lunch.
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