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CNN article: Low-fat? Low-carbs? Answering best diet question
When you change two things at once--less fat, more whole grains etc (really
more than one thing) how do you know which one caused the change? You can only get accurate results when you test one thing at a time. Remove the fat, don't change anything else. Add fruits or veggies or whole grains, don't change anything else. d Don Klipstein wrote: | | I am not claiming that low fat is better than low calorie balanced | diet, except for noting that the 8 year study on 49,000 women found a | major decrease in colon polyps from replacing fats with whole grains | and fruits and veggies. | |
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In article , FOB wrote:
When you change two things at once--less fat, more whole grains etc (really more than one thing) how do you know which one caused the change? You can only get accurate results when you test one thing at a time. Remove the fat, don't change anything else. Add fruits or veggies or whole grains, don't change anything else. d Don Klipstein wrote: | | I am not claiming that low fat is better than low calorie balanced | diet, except for noting that the 8 year study on 49,000 women found a | major decrease in colon polyps from replacing fats with whole grains | and fruits and veggies. That study was attempting to keep unchanged either calorie consumption, or level of food intake to have the study participants making the change to maintain their level of satisfaction with their food intake. I do consider that the decrease in the precursor to a common cancer probably decreased more from increase of antioxidants/vitamins and fiber than from decrease of fat. (The cancers that follow were not effectively tracked by that study or the applicable subset of that study as of the time of the major-news-headlines because that portion of that study was only 8 years old then and it usually takes much longer than that for this common cancer to develop ftrom cancer from "original cause"). Please keep in mind that changing the study conditions to ones that result in major body weight change have effects of their own on cancer rates - it is well established that fatter people get more colo-rectal and breast cancer and less-overweight people get less colo-rectal and breast cancer. (Men with "man-boobs" beyond pectoral muscle mass to any extent even minor or overweight at all - please beware that 7/10 of 1% of breast cancers in USA, a very common cancer having notable correlation with overweightness, strike men.) - Don Klipstein ) |
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I'm not on the atkins diet, but I did eliminate all empty carbs from my diet, such as bread, rice, sugar, cereal, etc. I eat fruit, vegetables and lean meat. I don't eat massive amounts of saturated animal fat. I get a small or modest amount of fat from meat, plus some fat from salad dressings, plus fish oil pills, and raw nuts. I eat chicken without the skin. I lost 31 pounds so far. I'm looking better, feeling healthier, and doing fine. Humans didn't evolve to eat empty carb type foods, so I am sure that I don't need those. In fact I know they are extremely harmful and damaging to the body, so there is no way I will ever eat those foods again. And as long as I don't eat massive amounts of animal fat, I think I will be fine. I don't see why not eating empty carbs has to mean eating enormous amounts of animal fat. Everybody knows that saturated fat is a bad thing. And so are empty carbs. |
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Paragraphs are your friends. It's very hard to read a solid *wall of text*
"Orlando Enrique Fiol" wrote in message Everybody also knows that we're occasionally going to eat foods high in either or both saturated fats and empty carbs. I don't plan on permanently giving up duck, chicken hearts or beef tongue, although I can easily live without pork bacon, fatty roasts, butter, cream and most high fat cheeses. You sound very enthusiastic about your eating choices, almost bordering on zealotry. I'm old enough to allow myself some doctrinal latitude, doing what I know is right most of the time and indulging in the other stuff on occasion. In my experience, any time a diet becomes pedantic and overwhelming, I lose interest. Bottom line, I know what empty carbs and saturated fats do to my metabolism, cholesterol, blood sugar levels and weight. After a month on South Beach, my total cholesterol is down a hundred points, I've lost weight, my fasting glucose levels are down thirty points and my blood pressure is lower than ever. I wouldn't trade any of that for the bloated hunger I previously considered my birth curse. However, I've proven to myself that I can take one to three days a week of eating one meal of anything I want while continuing to lose weight and derive health benefits from a predominantly low-carb diet. Some people can't do that, I realize. Some people can't reject less desirable carb choices while holding out for their weekly indulgence of what they really enjoy. Most people are so essentially controlled by their carb cravings that they either give in all the way or banish them out of desperation and self preservation. But, moderates like me should not be perceived as noncommittal weaklings. I know that for me, balance between what I enjoy in food and what my body can process is the key. I have found that balance to reside somewhere in the low-carb zone most of the time, without too much animal fat, but with fruits and whole grains every day. On occasion, I seem to be able to tolerate moderate amounts of refined carbs and saturated fats. Those occasional indulgences help me get through the low-carb times when I sometimes feel deprived. No diet is going to work unless deprivation feelings either dissipate or are replaced by extremely strong motivations. Being totally blind, I don't look at myself in the mirror each day. My fiancee loves me at whatever weight I find myself. There go two strong motivations that work for most people. My health has clearly been the strongest motivation, since I was bordering on diabetes a month ago and know I could reverse the genetic pull with low-carb eating and weight loss. Those motivations keep me on the straight and narrow when I'd prefer to give in. But, I've also developed ways of evaluating what's worth going off plan. I don't eat any packaged or boxed baked goods, sliced breads or frozen processed foods. I don't consider pasteurized juices worth it for me. But, I refuse to live through this summer without watermelon, peaches and sweet corn. Orlando |
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People think they know.
Rich Billionaire wrote: Everybody knows that saturated fat is a bad thing. |
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"Orlando Enrique Fiol" wrote in message
g... wrote: Paragraphs are your friends. It's very hard to read a solid *wall of text* I'm totally blind and don't always know how posts will look before going out. It would have been nice if you'd actually read my post for content rather than formatting. Orlando I couldn't actually read it, it just all blurs together to me, but being blind as you are, I can understand the format. Thanks for the explanation. Cheri |
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"Orlando Enrique Fiol" wrote in message
g... wrote: I couldn't actually read it, it just all blurs together to me, but being blind as you are, I can understand the format. Thanks for the explanation. Is this response to your post better? Orlando Yes. |
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