1st week update

Way to go, Elly! It sounds like you're getting off to a great start!

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

Way to go, Elly! It sounds like you're getting off to a great start!

Chris
262/143/ (145-150)

On 7/28/2004 4:17 PM, Ignoramus5882 wrote:
Elly wrote:
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* "jmk" ha scritto nel messaggio
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* That's great, even though it does not make it "balanced".
*
* Out of curiousity, what would you consider balanced? On what basis did
* you determine this? Why would this be applicable to everyone and not
* vary from individual to individual?
*
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* --
* jmk in NC
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* I know jmk asked Ignoramus, I just wanted to explain why my GP/nutritionist
* and I call this diet approach "balanced" - because it means that, although
* the approach is low carb, I didn't give up fruit, whole wheat pasta, black
* rice, black bread, etc. (while for many low carb approaches those a no-no).

Here's the standard definition of balanced diet.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002449.htm

According to this definition, it includes all foods and follows the
standard food pyramid. Surely, no one can follow it 100%, but a large
deviation from it makes the diet "unbalaned" according to that
definition. Which is to say, Ihave nothing against it.

i

I thought that you were opposed to the food pyramid, ig? Do you follow
it? I thought that you were on a pretty low carb, high fat diet, has
that changed recently?

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jmk in NC

"Ignoramus5882" ha scritto nel messaggio
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Here's the standard definition of balanced diet.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002449.htm

According to this definition, it includes all foods and follows the
standard food pyramid. Surely, no one can follow it 100%, but a large
deviation from it makes the diet "unbalaned" according to that
definition. Which is to say, Ihave nothing against it.

i

This may well work for some, but not for me. The food pyramid just isn't
working for me; I tried that, and ended up yo-yoing. That's one of the
reasons my GP/nutritionist came up with this eating plan for me.

Another thing: I don't really believe that one diet can be "balanced" for
everybody - I think what makes the diet "balanced" for a certain person has
a lot to do with the person's age, health status, life style, etc. Certainly
I can't follow the same diet as someone in his 20ies and going to the gym
every day with no hypothyroid issues; or someone is his 50ies with sedentary
lifestyle and heart issues probably wouldn't feel ok following "my" diet
regime. I just don't believe that there is a "balanced diet" for everybody.

As for me - as long as I don't give up anything or decide to give up
something but make a healthy substitution (i.e., switching from ordinary
pasta to whole wheat pasta) and eat in moderation - when I'm hungry and not
after I feel full... it seems to work. And adding exercise to this - it
works much better :-)

Elly

On 7/29/2004 9:31 AM, Ignoramus2121 wrote:
In article , jmk wrote:

On 7/28/2004 4:17 PM, Ignoramus5882 wrote:

Elly wrote:
*
* "jmk" ha scritto nel messaggio
* ...
* That's great, even though it does not make it "balanced".
*
* Out of curiousity, what would you consider balanced? On what basis did
* you determine this? Why would this be applicable to everyone and not
* vary from individual to individual?
*
*
* --
* jmk in NC
*
* I know jmk asked Ignoramus, I just wanted to explain why my GP/nutritionist
* and I call this diet approach "balanced" - because it means that, although
* the approach is low carb, I didn't give up fruit, whole wheat pasta, black
* rice, black bread, etc. (while for many low carb approaches those a no-no).

Here's the standard definition of balanced diet.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/002449.htm

According to this definition, it includes all foods and follows the
standard food pyramid. Surely, no one can follow it 100%, but a large
deviation from it makes the diet "unbalaned" according to that
definition. Which is to say, Ihave nothing against it.

i

I thought that you were opposed to the food pyramid, ig? Do you follow
it? I thought that you were on a pretty low carb, high fat diet, has
that changed recently?



I am not opposed to the food pyramid, as such, I think that it is
suitable for some people and not suitable for others.

Not suitable for you but suitable for the OP, I presume based on your
asserttion above?

Yes, I eat about 50% of calories from fat, and about
25% from carbs, although it changes day to day. I still have a public
fitday journal, which I sometimes use and sometimes (most of the time)
do not.

The definition of a balanced diet that is generally accepted is linked
to the food pyramid. I don't think that getting 12% of calories from
carbs qualifies as a balanced diet according to the official and
generally accepted definition.

Neither does getting 50% of your cals from fat when the definition of
balanced that you provide states under 30% of cals for fat. Neitehr
does getting 25% of your cals from carbs when the definition of balanced
that you provide states 60% of cals from carbs. If you do not follow
this advice why are you doling it out to others?



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jmk in NC