Posted on 07/16/2003 11:57:41 AM PDT by Timesink
Edited on 07/22/2003 2:46:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
A host of sinful foods have been demonized as the root of obesity and poor health of American adults and children. Fast food restaurants have been sued, accused of contributing to customers' obesity because their food tastes too good and they tempt us by advertising. Taxes are being proposed on foods deemed fattening or bad for us, namely, anything with meat or fat, that is fried or processed or that is sweet.
Sounds like my in-laws. They started on Weight Watchers a year and a half ago. My mother in law took off about ten or so pounds, while my father in law has taken off 45 pounds.
I have tried to keep up with the points that they've talked about, but it's been difficult at best. I've taken off maybe 10 pounds since the first of the year. (which I've alternately put back on and taken off, depending on the week in question...[sigh])
With The Diet Trap you can:
- Throw out your diet books — and say no to the next “diet miracle” that comes to you via your friends, family, or coworkers.
- Refuse to sacrifice your health and your energy at the altar of potentially dangerous weight loss gimmicks, including: Atkins’ high-protein/low carb diet, Ornish’s high-carb/low-fat diet, the Fit for Life food-combining diet, semi-starvation diets like Slim-Fast, blood and body type diets, and “lose-it-while-you-sleep” diets like Metabolife.
- Make the decision, today, to get off the depressing diet treadmill, and get on the road to looking and feeling better
In other words, yet another "know-it-all" with yet "another way"™ to change your life -- of course, so she can sell yet more books and pad her wallet with more cash. What makes her any different than any of the others?
No, I have been using Natural Progesterone cream, which seems to work fairly well.
Amen!
But, I don't agree with your addiction to sugar hypothesis. Anecdotally, I'd say that we Americans are eating more calories from restaurant/take-out foods each year. These foods tend to be packed with salt, fat, and sugar. If we fill our stomach with these foods we too will be packed with salt, fat, and sugar. In other words, if we eat a lot of restaurant food, we'll tend to over consume calories. The result is we will gain weight.
I did not gain any noticable amount of body fat from my late teens to my late thirties - in spite of eating a lot of sugar/carbohydrate laden foods. In my late thirties, I started eating in restaurants on a regular basis. This also accompanied a reduced amount of physical activity. In one year, I put two inches of fat around my waistline and gained 10+ pounds of fat.
This is the typical attack from dietitians (who've been telling us for years to eat carbohydrates) who've gotten Americans to their fattest level in history!
I'll trust a cardiologist over these so-called "experts" any day.
Results are what counts.
That's what I'm figuring.
My uncle in Detroit is on Atkins, and looks great; my in-laws are on Weight Watchers and both look wonderful, and my brother in Chicago has been on Weight Watchers for a short time and has noticed a difference. I'm thinking the best bet is to find the proper combination that will re-jumpstart my metabolism (which was considerable in my college days) and roll on from there.
Exactly.
LOL! Pam Smith rails against diets, then gives you her own version of a "diet", she just can't call it that.
When Pam Smith has 30 years of success under her belt, come back to us.
No fruit? Nope, has the same effect as sugar on me.
No seasoning on your food?Absolutely none, I have found I prefer the taste of food without it.
No beer?On social occasions only.
No milk?Ewwwwww....nasty stuff!
Whoa! Someone's high on crack.
Americans consume 1/2 lb. of sugar per day on average. Per day! 200 years ago it was 10 lbs. per year.
Average American carbohydrate consumption increased from 30 to 40% of total caloric intake over a recent ten year period, corresponding to an alarming increase in obesity.
Dr. Atkins was right. See the New England Journal of Medicine.
Another dimwit about Atkins.
One learns what level of carb consumption triggers weight gain.
Everybody on Atkins eats carbs. I do, and I splurge at least once a week on anything I want.
It's not a diet; it's a new way to eat!
Those of you who doubt that Atkins works, try it. You'll feel better, you'll lose weight and look better, and you won't be starving all the time, the main complaint against the low cal route.
The fact that people go back to old ways of eating doesn't prove anything about the Atkins plan; it just proves that people are undisciplined.
I realize that, he was talking about sugar addiction. I do not have a sugar addiction and also do not eat fruit, drink milk, etc. I probably eat the most low natural sugar diet you can without severe health consequences. So it is not sugar that makes me retain the weight.
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