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01-28-2011, 07:32 AM | #16 |
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| Carbs are so important for health. HIgh protein, low carb diets have always been questionable at best. People are eating way too much meat this way and cutting their carb intake to dangerously low loevels.
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01-28-2011, 04:39 PM | #17 |
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| I love this thread. Thanks so much for posting this. Nutrition is sooooo interesting. Resistant starches are truly fascinating. I have begun researching their metabolic pathways within the body. There is just so much to them... I, as well, have seen so many go on "Low to Non-existent" Carbohydrate diets, which is so bad for your body. Your brain, feeds exclusively on glucose and its cells require twice as much fuel as any other cell within the body. Eliminating complex carbohydrates, such as the starches and resistant starches found within legumes, rices, and grains, essentially drains the glucose supply from the blood that supports healthy brain activity. Simple sugars are so damaging, in that they provide a bountiful supply of glucose within the bloodstream extremely quickly. The pancreas sensing the over supply of glucose then secrets insulin which promotes the cells of our body to absorb the excess glucose within the blood. Thereby causing the brain to no longer have a consistent supply of glucose which is the reason we get the blahs. A truly viscious circle and destructive cycle. I believe if people really knew the damage that a consistent diet of soda's and candy and simple carbs caused, then they would change their eating habits. Sorry.....prattling on and on.... But......Thanks for posting this and the links. Last edited by lil fu fu girl; 01-28-2011 at 04:40 PM. |
01-28-2011, 05:46 PM | #18 |
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| go for Coke ZERO or diet... i made the switch to diet and i am doing much better on the scales and thank GOD carbs are back because i never really gave them up to begin with |
01-28-2011, 05:56 PM | #19 |
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| this shouldn't surprise us hoomans since vets are also saying this isn't good for our pets. even the vets claim that pets need some amount of carbs along with the protiens... so i guess it all just needs to balance |
01-28-2011, 08:10 PM | #20 | |
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01-29-2011, 09:40 AM | #21 | |
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It never fails to amaze me at the amount of nutritional information that is continually being discovered! I think the change-over in our healthcare system from diseases-based medicine, to preventative medicine and nutrition is the best possible scenario in keeping our population as a whole healthy. I just finished the book, "Essentials of the US Health Care System" by Leiyu Shi and Douglas Singh. It was amazing, eye-opening, and yet horrific all at the same time. Ehhh ooooo...I am prattling again. But thanks for posting and if you see any articles interesting ....please feel free to send me the links....always interested! | |
01-29-2011, 09:57 AM | #22 |
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01-29-2011, 10:43 AM | #23 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | To be honest, I find nutrition studies pretty frustrating. I read one article a long time ago that made a great point I've almost never seen since: it is extremely difficult for us to study nutrition, because it requires long term study, with a large number of test subjects, and very accurate information. But you can't just take 1,000 human beings and put them in a lab somewhere for ten years while strictly controlling their consumption and activity. That means that nutrition studies are generally short, only contain a few test subjects, and the big killer, rely on self reporting, which is notoriously unreliable. The best book I ever read on nutrition was "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy", though that may be dated at this point. I appreciated that book because it was broken out by study, and showed things scientists are very certain of, less certain of, and what's mainly conjecture. The other thing I've read that really resonated with me is that as omnivores, our bodies are designed to thrive on a dizzying array of food stuffs. Some cultures historically only eat meat (and then from only certain animals); other cultures are entirely vegetarian. That's pretty amazing right there if you think about it. My understanding is that the two best things you can do for your health are: don't smoke; and maintain a moderate body weight. Okay, that's my speech for today.
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01-29-2011, 01:25 PM | #24 |
Donating YT 4000 Club Member | Don't forget, that when they are talking about carbs, they mean the good kind, the complex carbs in whole grains and veggies. Not the kind of carbs you find in junk food and sugary stuff. I've got a theory about things like butter and fats...we started getting fatter as a society when we started using all the man made crud. Our bodies don't recognize the artificial stuff, so it gets stored as fat. Now, give us REAL butter and our bodies go "I know what to do with this stuff" and uses it for real nutrition.
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01-29-2011, 01:29 PM | #25 | |
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I'll go with something Nancy1999 wrote recently relative to diet: everything in moderation. I'll add to your list of the best things you can do for your health: get regular exercise and reduce stress.
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01-29-2011, 01:33 PM | #26 | |
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01-29-2011, 01:50 PM | #27 |
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| YOU: On a Diet - Dr. Oz and Dr. Roizen's Guide to Losing Weight - RealAge This is the website of Dr. Oz-- he has been on several tv shows and I think he has his own show now. He also was the author of several books "you... on a diet" is one and it is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! I teach food production at a Middle School and I am very passionate about teaching the kids about nutrition-- 3 out of 5 kids will have type 2 diabetes if we don't change the trend !!! So much knowledge is presented everyday that can save our lives.. and most is related to diet!! Yes, carbs are good-- at least 50% should be whole grain -- I agree with chattiesmom... we eat too much junk. Trans fats are worst than fat.. and other additives too. Another problem is serving size. I remember going to mcdonalds as a teenager and getting a hamburger -- it was 1/3 the size of todays hamburgers!!! I fight weight everyday... sometimes I win Sorry if I ranted too long... this is a subject near and dear to me.
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01-29-2011, 01:51 PM | #28 | |
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01-29-2011, 01:59 PM | #29 |
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| I don't have the courage to watch that movie. My eating habits are not the best, but I have had fast food only twice in the past 9 years. Both times, I was sick afterward.
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01-29-2011, 02:05 PM | #30 | |
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I'm guilty of being able to consume a ridiculous amount of pasta or pizza in one sitting. Starch is my ultimate weakness.
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