Article on "calorie-density"

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On Jan 1, 6:58*pm, "Cubit" wrote:

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After about 2 weeks the body adjusts to the caloric density of foods.. High
caloric density foods are just fine. Eating small portions becomes a
natural thing to do.

Unfortunately, this approach might be settting you up to constipation
and possibly colorectal cancer. The body needs high fiber foods and a
larger amount of food. Sure, you can eat high caloric food, then take
fiber or laxatives to try and offset it, but since the problem is
overeating, most folks here want to eat a lot or they wouldn't be
overweight to begin with. I'm not saying calorie-dense foods are bad,
but that kind of a diet is problematic for many of us if we want to
maintain good digestion and feel like we aren't starving. dkw

I've heard that story many times, but in my experience, everything, um, (how
can I say this?) -without extra fiber or any laxatives everything passes
without trouble of any kind. *The only difference is that one may go a day
or two without feeling the need to do such things. *When the time comes, it
all works out OK in the end.

A few years ago I took some Vicodin (for months), and discovered the
constipation experience. *However, *that was drug induced.

Milk products like cheese or....milk are especially bad. It's the
calcium that binds you up. Iron is also bad in this regard.

The not going for a day or two isn't good for your digestion. The
stated advantage of fiber is that it causes the digestion to speed up
which means going at least once a day, maybe more. Now the advantage
of that is that it is thought to help prevent colorectol cancers and
constipation. The thing is, there are carcinogens present in the
digested food, so the best thing is to get rid of the digested food as
quickly as possible and out of contact with the insides of your
colon....hence fiber. This is why fiber is recommended and why there
is a decrease in colorectal cancer if high fiber is consumed. Another
advantage of fiber is the lowering of cholesterol and BP. These are
extremely important benefits to many people and judging from the
folks, especially women who have problems with constipation,
inadequate fiber seems to me to be a large problem for many of us,
even though it doesn't sound as though it is for you.

*I can't think of any medical reason to eat calorie-dense foods as
opposed to low-calorie foods. Granted, high-cal foods may taste better
to some, but the trade-off seems poor. Heck, I could wolf down all the
calories I need for an entire day in 2 minutes....easily, or I could
enjoy my food, savor it, have a conversation, read a book, etc. and
enjoy the experience along with eating much more (weight-wise) of food
since I eat high-fiber, high-water, low-cal. foods and no calorie-
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Are there studies showing a relation between obesity and fiber intake?
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I'm not aware of any. Fiber has no calories though, so it is
essentially free food. High fiber goes hand in hand with low-calorie.
dkw

On 3 jan, 02:16, DZ
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/wayof....secrets/index....
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Thin people don't skip meals

Slender people don't drop everything to eat the minute their stomach
starts to rumble, but they don't let themselves get famished, either.

OTOH, those practicing intermittent fasting are commonly very lean.
It's hard to skip it when the only scheduled meal is in the evening.

The Warrior Diet?