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High protein to curb appetite?
Depending on which expert you talk to, they tell you that it is either
carbs, protein, or fat...not to mention water and fiber (OK, that would be me with the fiber), that allows you to feel full, presumably for more than a few minutes. Darned if I will try the fat, but I did a little experiment with protein. The protein did make me feel full for a long time...this on the same no. of calories that I would usually take-in with complex carbs. What I did was make twice the amount of meringues. Egg white as you know, is loaded with protein- about 3 grams per large egg. Egg whites also have few calories, about 15 per large egg or 130 for a half cup which is about 6 egg whites. Since there is no fat, water or fiber in egg whites and they are lower in carbs than I usually eat, this seems to say...to me at least that eating higher protein helps curb appetite. I had the meringues at about 5 PM and didn't eat another thing the rest of the day and was fine. It would sure be easy to incorporate egg whites into a diet. Eggbeaters are essentially egg whites with a little gelatin, food coloring and seasoning. dkw |
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High protein to curb appetite?
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 20:24:49 -0500, Beverly wrote:
"Cynthia P" wrote in message ... On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:07:33 -0800 (PST), wrote: Xref: sn-us alt.support.diet:593288 Path: sn-us!sn-feed-sjc-01!sn-xt-sjc-10!sn-xt-sjc-01!sn-xt-sjc-08!sn-xt-sjc-13!supernews.com!news.glorb.com!postnews.google.co m!c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail From: " Newsgroups: alt.support.diet Subject: High protein to curb appetite? Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:07:33 -0800 (PST) Organization: http://groups.google.com Lines: 17 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.124.118.251 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1198789653 17537 127.0.0.1 (27 Dec 2007 21:07:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:07:33 +0000 (UTC) Complaints-To: Injection-Info: c4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com; posting-host=70.124.118.251; posting-account=__ICfgkAAADGRCVjKjlcozfEr8M_g3im User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 6.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.0.04506),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe) X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 071227-0, 12/27/2007), Inbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Depending on which expert you talk to, they tell you that it is either carbs, protein, or fat...not to mention water and fiber (OK, that would be me with the fiber), that allows you to feel full, presumably for more than a few minutes. Darned if I will try the fat, but I did a little experiment with protein. The protein did make me feel full for a long time...this on the same no. of calories that I would usually take-in with complex carbs. What I did was make twice the amount of meringues. Egg white as you know, is loaded with protein- about 3 grams per large egg. Egg whites also have few calories, about 15 per large egg or 130 for a half cup which is about 6 egg whites. Since there is no fat, water or fiber in egg whites and they are lower in carbs than I usually eat, this seems to say...to me at least that eating higher protein helps curb appetite. I had the meringues at about 5 PM and didn't eat another thing the rest of the day and was fine. It would sure be easy to incorporate egg whites into a diet. Eggbeaters are essentially egg whites with a little gelatin, food coloring and seasoning. dkw You are preachin' to the choir here, LOL! I eat a fair few egg white omelets. Love 'em. Good lean protein. I do use yolks some of the time, usually from an Omega3 egg but most of the omelet is just the whites. However, I *HATE* Eggbeaters. They just taste YUCK to me compared to basic egg whites. I started by buying All Whites... which were fine, but often sold out at the store, so I tried Eggbeaters and couldn't stand 'em. Now, I just separate plain old eggs. It's cheaper and they are easier to find anyway. -- Cynthia 262/228.8/152 I've never tried an omelet prepared with egg whites. Do you prepare it the same as a regular one? I would think it would have a different texture and color..... My favorite way to prepare eggs is poached Got this from Chris.... Beverly Well, on workout days, I usually use a whole omega3 egg... so that adds a little color. But when I just do whites, it tends to be a little on the light side. Doesn't bother me. If you want a little color, sprinkle in some ground turmeric spice, which is also tasty and good for you! I don't fix mine any differently from when I choose to use some whole eggs in it. I do give my non-stick pan a good spritz or two of olive oil with my mister, because I think the whites tend to stick a bit more easily. My basic procedure... heat non-stick pan over medium heat. When hot, spritz with olive oil. Reduce heat slightly (I go one notch down on my stove dial), add beaten egg whites. Watch, as it starts to set up, push it in or lift and let the liquid eggs run under. Then I set a timer for about 30 seconds and do this again. Then I cover the pan for one minute. Uncover, slide the omelet off onto a plate and flip it back in the pan. At that point, I usually add my cheese if I'm using it and veggies, which I have generally pre-sauted in a dry non-stick pan. I let that cook another two minutes, slide it out of the pan and fold the top over the veggies. It tends to be light and fluffy and tender if you don't overcook. I don't like runny eggs, so I like cooking it both sides. It sounds more complicated than it is... For veggies, just about anything you like works and you can play with the spices. Sometimes I omit cheese and add a tablespoon of nuts instead. Sometimes I have no yolk but cheese AND nuts. I vary it to suit my calorie needs for the day and what I'm putting in it for veggies. Sometimes instead of the Alpine Lace reduced fat swiss, I like a reduced fat feta. How many eggs depends on the calories/protein level you want. I'm eating roughly 40/30/30 these days... protein, carb, fat. So I tend to want either 5-6 whites to get my protein in for the meal. Those at lower weights probably need fewer. -- Cynthia 262/228.8/152 |
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