Vegetarian & Low Carb Recipes And Discussion

[ninjapoodles]

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The "Protein Power Life Plan" is probably the most palatable for reading, but it's the Taubes book that brings in the political processes of critical FDA decisions, and documents 100 years worth of clinical nutrition trials in exhaustive detail. At 600 pages, it's a horse-choker of a book, but I love how each chapter is broken up into a neat, almost self-contained thesis. So you can feel free to skim (he does repeat himself, but usually because he's presenting yet more data that backs up a position he's already stated), and also to skip around from chapter to chapter.

 

[Wifezilla]

Good Calories Bad Calories is written at a grad student level. Sometimes it made my head hurt, but it wasn't bad. This biggest problem I had was I would get so mad reading about how we have been totally mislead by the health industry I had to put the book down before I broke things.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Yet another reason that the chapter divisions come in handy.

After about the first third (which was, IMO, the driest part of the book), I skipped around, reading whichever chapter I felt interested in that day. I saved the "obesity" chapter for last, and yes, by gum, I was furious all the way through that one. The revelations about the exercise/overweight correlation, in particular, just hit me as complete and total home truths. Looking back at my life, Taubes' theory feels much more "right" to me than what we've been told about "fat and lazy" people and overweight issues. (REFER TO SNARLY AVATAR NOW--GRRRR!)

And not to hijack, but really it's not, because PC, you might want to think about things to ADD to your diet, not just take eliminate...Wifezilla, how much coconut oil do you consume in a day, and do you eat it straight, as a supplement?

 

[Wifezilla]

I do use it it cooking, but I mainly get my coconut oil in the form of coconut cream. I get unsweetened canned from a mexican market near me. I use it in my coffee instead of cream, as a base for soups and chowders and in smoothies along with almond milk.

 

[ninjapoodles]

TTLY PWNING PC's THRED

 

[PurpleChicken]

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That's what I'm afraid of.

BTW you two have taken this thread is a very positive direction. Thanks.

My whole point was to start eating the right things. So often I eat
nothing rather than fast food or processed foods. Many days I eat
only one, relatively nutritous meal but I devour it and eat way too much.
My stomach is growling all day and I get mild headaches.


Ninja, your statement " PC, you might want to think about things to ADD
to your diet, not just take eliminate" is brilliant.


I'm listening to Gary's Big Fat Lies speech right now. Good stuff.

 

[ninjapoodles]

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Or it might've been, if I hadn't typed "take" instead of "TO."

But yeah, some of my health improvements have been from eliminating sugars/carbs, but others have been from adding healthy fats, which, my body is telling me now, I sorely needed. (I think my body also just called me "stupid" for taking so long.)

 

[ninjapoodles]

Oh, and since my mom's oncologist (she survived a non-genetic form of breast cancer with a double mastectomy), when asked for advice on how to avoid breast cancer, answered, "Stay away from caffeine" before he said ANYTHING else, I've been trying to kick the caffeine habit. I'm not there yet, and MAN, is it hard.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Caffeine? Breast Cancer? Nooooooooo


I'm glad to hear Mom is a survivor. My friend's 50 year old and very healthy
wife just went through it. Very scary. I know there are also a few BYC
members who are survivors or future survivors.

 

[ninjapoodles]

I've known for a long time that caffeine was implicated in fibrous breast tissue, but just hadn't made the cognitive leap that that is often a precursor to cancer. We're very fortunate that Mom's cancer, according to the DNA tests and other diagnostics, was not the kind that is genetic...but we're still being very, very careful.