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01-01-2010, 10:47 AM | #16 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
I'll research it and learn more. It is probably worthy reading. I've done that for years naturally but it hasn't worked for me.
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01-01-2010, 11:37 AM | #17 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
I'm not a vegetarian but I think you should listen to your body. That many carbs would completely wreck me, but everyone is different.
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01-02-2010, 04:09 PM | #18 | |
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He has a "spa" retreat. Some of people who are insulin-resistant diabetic are able to cut insulin out completely or at least lower their insulin shots after several days at his retreat. Look for the Star McDougallers on his website. Jen D.
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01-02-2010, 05:11 PM | #20 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
In my late teens and early twenties I was on a high carb/very low fat diet. I thought I felt pretty good, lost weight, but I also never lost the fat around my midsection. I ate an incredible amount of food and I always felt like I was starving. I'd get sick if I didn't eat by mealtime.
A decade later when I tried lower carb (most carbs coming from veggies and fruits) and didn't worry so much about healthy fats, my middle shrank dramatically. All that fat that was packed around my internal organs was gone. I also realized how important good fats were *for me* and my emotional well being and cognition. Plus I didn't feel like I was starving all day anymore and I could wait a half hour for my dinner without nausea, sweats and the extreme irritability my Dh came to understand as a sign I needed food. I don't have insulin resistance, but I do feel I need to be careful as diabetes is prevalent in my family and I have experienced issues with hypoglycemia while eating carbs. Having had the experience I've had, I will never go back to a high carb diet again. That's just the way my body works. It's way too individual to say one way is the answer for everyone.
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01-02-2010, 05:44 PM | #21 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
Why are you concerned? Are you self-doubting your choices because of other peoples opinions?
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01-05-2010, 05:19 PM | #22 | |
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Yep, pretty much. Most of what I learned before becoming and adult (and responsible for myself) came from Dr. McDougall. I've read quite a few of his books. Over the years, I've decided not to adopt some of his beliefs after hearing arguments from other 'experts' -- namely soy & oils. I limit the soy & don't stress about the oils. (Although I don't like to see oils exposed to high temps, I still cook with 'em.) I was never vegan, either. But then there are other 'experts' who are anti-grains. There are also some who are anti-beans. Not eating meat & only minimal amounts of soy, my diet is high in both grains & beans. It's pretty much all I know. I've eaten the same way my whole life. Even growing up, we didn't eat that much soy. (My mom used to make homemade tofu. ) A few mos. ago DH was eating a lot of cottage cheese for the protein. Because it was so convenient, I started eating a cup a day, too. It gave us both itchy skin so after many weeks, we gave it up, but only after I did, I realized how my cravings for simple carbs & sugars was reduced. I think it's Mercola who says if you're experiencing cravings or tiredness, you're not eating for your nutritional type. (I'm always tired in the late afternoon & get my 2nd wind around dinnertime.) So I'm wondering if I'm eating totally wrong. But I'm not sure what I can change without going to meat. I don't think I can go there, despite the fact that my family eats it. After the comment in my OP, I was left "Am I that far off base?" Hence the question.
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01-05-2010, 06:13 PM | #23 | |
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Most cottage cheese has a list about a mile long. It could have been any of those additives/preservatives/whatchamacallits in there that you reacted to and not the dairy itself. Now, if you reacted to Daisy full-fat cottage cheese(milk, culture, salt), or even their lower-fat(that has some sort of extra, but not the mile long list), then I would say it was the dairy that you reacted to. I too wonder who is "right". Just because of the GMO thing, I am not a soy person(or a GM corn person), and I have a history of allergy to legumes so I'm not real big on beans(though I think we eat them more often than the average American---once or twice a week plus leftovers). And I know I felt way better when I was no-grains...though I did crave a cracker or a roll here and there...
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01-05-2010, 06:14 PM | #24 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
It drives me batty too. Everyone thinks they have the answer so I have decided to adopt a diet rich in Omega threes now and remember moderation is the key. Generally, the less processed stuff we are able to eat, probably the better. As for one specific diet being a magical cure all for everything I don't think that is possible because everyone is unique. Mostly I would read my body's own cues. Things change so much it is hard to tell what is real and what is just a fad.
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01-06-2010, 02:42 AM | #25 | |
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01-13-2010, 12:24 AM | #26 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
for me, low-carb is definitely something that helps me. i had a couple of good weeks after christmas, but have kind of slipped the last week or so, and i can already tell. the more carbs i have, the more i *neeeeed*, and i just can't stop at one... one of my goals for this year is to "eat better", which is kind of vague, but i've given myself the whole year to look at what i'm eating - cutting out refined sugar and moving back towards vegetarianism are my first steps (and cutting out meat is so much easier for me... sadly...)
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01-13-2010, 06:10 AM | #27 |
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Re: do your meals rely on carbs?
Yes, as a vegetarian, our meals depend on carbs. I don't think low-carb is the way to go, but personally, when I focus on the carb aspect I end up forgetting the veggies and we eat large amounts of pasta or rice drowning in sauce with a wilty broccoli floret that you can't even see.
I try to keep the vegetables as the focus/main part of the meal or recipe and have the meat (for DH and DS) and carbs as an additive. |
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