Atkins Diet

Ignoramus5937 wrote:
You must have a big computer screen then. Are your kids complaining
abou tthe lack of TV?

17" and no they don't complain about a lack of a tv, when they have many
forms of entertainment. They still do get to watch movies, use
computers, play in the playground, read books, swim with their friends
in the summer, go shopping at the mall, and they enjoy many other things
in life. They can't really complain about something they never really
had to begin with, eh?

Their lives are already so full that a tv would not only cheapen their
quality of life, (in their own opinion, even!) but they'd have to shove
other interests aside to view a program which is interrupted by ads

We are a bit lucky though, in that many tv programs are now transferred
onto DVD, and our library does carry them. Sometimes, for kicks, my
husband and I will borrow a popular current tv show and preview it after
the kids have gone to bed. Most of the time we find that the
programming of popular tv series simply isn't our cup of tea. We just
have no room in our lives for a tv.

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

Same here, but that's not the issue I am trying to convey. With a small
serving size, and with a person who doesn't check ingredients, it can
mislead people into thinking "OK there is no sugar in it", when it's
like, the 4th ingredient on a list even before vinegar. The point I am
trying to make is that when people read the "nutrition information"
without checking the ingredients, they are often misled.

True, true. But then, if it has that much sugar in it, surely it would
show up on the nutrition information? It would here.....

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

And in something like, a tuna salad, I've seen
them use a heck of a lot of mayo just to get it wet.

Clear now?

Yup. Thanks.
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:41:48, Ignoramus5937
wrote:

In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:03:39, Ignoramus5937
wrote:

My 3 yo son has allergies too, and the worst part of it is that
sometimes they come with no apparent reason. Like, no new food eaten
in the time preceding the allergy.

Then are you sure it is an allergy? Or rather, is he, perhaps allergic
to something you don't have in your home, like cat fur, but he might
meet a cat at a friend's house, or something?

It goes away if we give him antihistamines, so I am pretty sure it is
allergy. Looks like one and quacks like one.

It does indeed - but not necessarily to food, is my point. It might be
pollen, or cat fur, or whatever. Worth getting him tested. My sister
had serious allergies when she was little, until the cat died. She is
allegedly allergic to grass and cat-fur and possibly dog-hair (although
they keep a pet dog). Oddly, the year she lived in Egypt, her allergies
cleared up completely and she discovered what it was like to breathe on
her own! Her asthma cleared up as she grew, although she says she still
has to be careful. And she had no food allergies, or none that showed
up on the level of testing that was available then.

Eczema can also get much worse when one in stressed; it is not always
allergy-related.

He is not particularly stressed...

As far as you know. Children are weird creatures......
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:41:48, Ignoramus5937
wrote:

In article , Annabel Smyth wrote:
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:03:39, Ignoramus5937
wrote:

My 3 yo son has allergies too, and the worst part of it is that
sometimes they come with no apparent reason. Like, no new food eaten
in the time preceding the allergy.

Then are you sure it is an allergy? Or rather, is he, perhaps allergic
to something you don't have in your home, like cat fur, but he might
meet a cat at a friend's house, or something?

It goes away if we give him antihistamines, so I am pretty sure it is
allergy. Looks like one and quacks like one.

It does indeed - but not necessarily to food, is my point. It might be
pollen, or cat fur, or whatever. Worth getting him tested. My sister
had serious allergies when she was little, until the cat died. She is
allegedly allergic to grass and cat-fur and possibly dog-hair (although
they keep a pet dog). Oddly, the year she lived in Egypt, her allergies
cleared up completely and she discovered what it was like to breathe on
her own! Her asthma cleared up as she grew, although she says she still
has to be careful. And she had no food allergies, or none that showed
up on the level of testing that was available then.

Eczema can also get much worse when one in stressed; it is not always
allergy-related.

He is not particularly stressed...

As far as you know. Children are weird creatures......
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Annabel Smyth
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"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 09:41:22, Beverly wrote:
I'll have to check the labels again. My biggest concern when I buy
cereal
for my daughter is the calorie count and fiber. As you know, she's
handicapped and gains weight very easily. I try to buy the lowest
calorie
cereal and that usually means lower carbs and higher fiber. I often buy
the
Kashi Puffed cereal as it's low in calories.

You have to be a little careful with Kashi, though, as there is a
pre-sugared version, which I bought by mistake once! I love it - it's
quite difficult to get in this country, but we were introduced to it on
a trip to the USA in 1991, and I found it delicious.
--

I'm a label reader. Often my daughter becomes impatient with me while we're
shopping because I spend more time reading labels than putting items into
the cart.

Kashi is no different than any other company - they have a variety of
products available for the consumer. You just have to pick the one that
suits your taste.


Beverly




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My 3 yo son has allergies too, and the worst part of it is that
sometimes they come with no apparent reason. Like, no new food eaten
in the time preceding the allergy.

There's such a thing as an allergy "threshold" where things that don't normally
bother you can cause a reaction if your body is already being challenged by other
allergens. I had also read in a book years ago that said if you are allergic to mold,
for example, you have to watch intake of *anything* fermented -- vinegar, beer, soy
sauce, etc. So if I am having trouble like I was this last weekend with allergies, I
make sure that I stay away from anything that might put more stress on my system.

I used to have a terrible reaction to balsamic vinegar -- instant asthma attack --
and couldn't drink red wine, but when my allergies are pretty much under control, I
can enjoy both vinegar and wine without a bad reaction. Similarly, if I am feeling
great, things like someone cutting grass doesn't bother me -- but if I'm already
feeling a bit crummy, the smell of cut grass can trigger more severe allergy
symptoms. I have learned to recognize that for me, the first step toward becoming
very sick is that I become oversensitive to smells like cigarettes, diesel fuel, cut
grass (all of which I was exposed to on a bike ride this past weekend), and the
oversensitivity is an important warning sign (oversensitivity meaning that I feel my
breath is being sucked out of me or that I'm going to pass out if I don't get away
from the smell). The next step beyond oversenstitivity is smelling things that aren't
there and reacting to them, though I have never read anywhere about this phenomenon
(i.e. strong perfume but no one is around, the smell of lilacs without being near any
flowers -- or getting the "wrong" scent from something, i.e. my brain interpreting a
scent incorrectly -- and when I'm at that point, I'm just a step away from the
doctor's office and breathing treatments, so I have learned not to let things get to
that point.

I am oversimplifying here, but I think you get the idea. Perhaps your son was already
nearing his "allergy threshold" when a food or other substance put him over the edge.

Mary

"Annabel Smyth" wrote in message
...
Your nutritionist sounds sensible.

He is wonderful -- a Ph.D. from Tufts University, whose school of nutrition is one of
the premier nutrition schools and research centers in the country. And his "success"
book is full of before and after photos of people whom he has helped. For me, sugar
is like alcohol to the alcoholic and I gave it up 19 years ago -- interestingly
enough, I found on my own that I cannot tolerate anything over 3g of sugar without
intense cravings and reactions, and when I started to see my nutritionist, I found
that his plan excludes foods over 3g of sugar (or fat) per serving. Definitely works
for me!

Mary

Annabel Smyth wrote:
On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 12:51:26, Ignoramus5937
wrote:


Sounds like a good progress. So, keep working on it and keep an open
mind. Low fat may or may not work in the sense that it may require
application of too much willpower.


I find the joy of it is that I don't feel all that hungry, especially if
I up my fibre intake. Where I need the willpower is in not snacking
which, *for me*, is the road to go. I want to do something with my
mouth, even if I'm not hungry.....

How about eating?

Seriously, you mention that you want a snack around 4 pm if you have a
low-carb lunch. Good! You want to eat then anyway! And it keeps your
metabolism burning.

My advice (and I know I'm annoying you now) is that you should eat small
meals often where the meals are roughly balanced with portions of fat,
fiber-rich carbs and protein in every small meal.

Look, I believe that low-fat helped you to lose weight. The problem is
that we all tried it and all regained every pound (plus some) and found
a more sane way to do it. I'm not a Atkins dieter, I'm not a
"low-carber", even... but I've lost nearly 30% of my body weight by
changing my habits AWAY from low-fat high fiber and I'm never hungry and
I'm not using willpower and it seems like I've got something to teach
you beyond what you already know.

I know you're probably getting mad at me by now and I'm going to leave
you alone, I promise. I just don't think you're hearing the real wisdom
of our discovery. Maybe you can learn from Chris (a post-menopausal
woman down over 100 pounds) better than from me. Want to google for her
eating logs? They're really educational.

Dally

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:07 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

Well, I buy tomato ketchup in squeezy bottles, and I find it very easy
to measure it into a teaspoon measure before I serve it.


janice
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On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 17:45:07 +0100, Annabel Smyth
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 at 16:28:42, Crafting Mom
wrote:

15 ml is one tablespoon, the equivalent of 3 teaspoons, and there are
many people who simply do not measure their mayonnaise and misjudge the
size of their serving.

I suppose that is easy to do if you buy it in squeezy bottles. We
usually buy ours in jars.

Well, I buy tomato ketchup in squeezy bottles, and I find it very easy
to measure it into a teaspoon measure before I serve it.


janice
233/179/133