For you that are dieting. I am thinking you have to do a certain diet..because of health problems? Or are you trying to lose weight? I've been losing some weight, I'm just doing my own thing, counting calories, but I've noticed, I eat better when I am trying to lose weight. So, that probably says something about how I ate before, and no wonder I'm trying to lose weight. I'm excited..I've lost a whole size since I started.
Cynthis, IMO I see health problems two ways. ONe, we acquire health problems because of what we eat, and two health problems can be reduced/eliminated by the foods we eat or don't eat.
For me, and my situation is a common AMerican issue, my body super reacts to a spike in blood glucose after eating. THe insulin overspikes, then the amount of insulin is too much and drops my blood glucose too low, so I get hungry again even if I just ate 30 minutes ago. ANd so the rollercoaster begins for the day. Easy to put on a lot of weight without much exercise to burn off the calories. So now, I am purposely trying to lose extra body weight and never gain it back. Currently I todder between maintenance and loss.
Very low carb dieting, shere the carb count is under 30 grams a day, invokes a response from the body with allows many people to lose weight when they can't on say a 1500calorie a day diet. The idea is to remove most of the carbs that use one biochemical path and use the fat utilizing pathway instead. So to keep the latter one functioning, drop the carbs down to 30 ( 3 cups of leafy greens, for ex), and eat meats, some fats. Many people do well when the 1500 calories a day is mostly derived from fats. For those that are in total rejection mode, there are plenty of sound medical studies that have looked at this, mostly in Europe. ANd this is an OLD diet, call "BAnting" that goes back to the early 1800's. In England, Dr Banting was and is a well respected doctor.
ANd as you mentioned Cynthia, when you can only eat a limited amount of food in a day, we suddenly become aware of making and eating good choices.
From a PBS program---eat these every day:
G= greens
O= onions
M= mushrroms
S= seeds and nuts
The onions and mushrooms are super cancer fighters. Mushrooms at 10 grams a day average intake resulted in somthing like 50% decrease in breast cancer cases in the study.
Cynthis, IMO I see health problems two ways. ONe, we acquire health problems because of what we eat, and two health problems can be reduced/eliminated by the foods we eat or don't eat.
For me, and my situation is a common AMerican issue, my body super reacts to a spike in blood glucose after eating. THe insulin overspikes, then the amount of insulin is too much and drops my blood glucose too low, so I get hungry again even if I just ate 30 minutes ago. ANd so the rollercoaster begins for the day. Easy to put on a lot of weight without much exercise to burn off the calories. So now, I am purposely trying to lose extra body weight and never gain it back. Currently I todder between maintenance and loss.
Very low carb dieting, shere the carb count is under 30 grams a day, invokes a response from the body with allows many people to lose weight when they can't on say a 1500calorie a day diet. The idea is to remove most of the carbs that use one biochemical path and use the fat utilizing pathway instead. So to keep the latter one functioning, drop the carbs down to 30 ( 3 cups of leafy greens, for ex), and eat meats, some fats. Many people do well when the 1500 calories a day is mostly derived from fats. For those that are in total rejection mode, there are plenty of sound medical studies that have looked at this, mostly in Europe. ANd this is an OLD diet, call "BAnting" that goes back to the early 1800's. In England, Dr Banting was and is a well respected doctor.
ANd as you mentioned Cynthia, when you can only eat a limited amount of food in a day, we suddenly become aware of making and eating good choices.
From a PBS program---eat these every day:
G= greens
O= onions
M= mushrroms
S= seeds and nuts
The onions and mushrooms are super cancer fighters. Mushrooms at 10 grams a day average intake resulted in somthing like 50% decrease in breast cancer cases in the study.
