Posted on 06/06/2011 6:53:29 AM PDT by decimon
Thanks for the link.
LOL! Obviously you have learned about Homocysteine for your first time today.
Here read this interview with Dr. McCully. It will tell you everything you need to know about Homocysteine.
http://www.drpasswater.com/nutrition_library/homocysteine.html
Like I said before ask your Doctor if the Atkins diet is a good thing.
One more thing I’m not giving medical advice. We were talking about how to lose weight.
You still haven’t explained how a low-carb diet attributed to Dr. Atkins’ death, caused by a brain hemmorage after slipping on ice.
To sum it up quickly...
Farmers pump their Chickens and Cows to fatten them up quickly. When we eat this meat it creates homocysteine in our blood. High levels of homocysteine is the common denominator of people that died from Heart Attacks or Cancer.
Thus, if you increase your intake meats you are increasing your homocysteine levels in your blood. Remember EVERYTHING in moderation.
Please read this link. It will tell you everything you ever need to know about Homocysteine.
http://www.drpasswater.com/nutrition_library/homocysteine.html
This study didn’t go nearly far enough.
I’d like to see one with the standard American diet (SAD) contrasted with the paleo diet — no grains or legumes, just healthy meats and fats, veggies and a little fruit.
If you give up grains, but are worried about digestion, eat a lot of fiber rich veggies, fruits, and also consume nuts and flax seed.
Your list is good except for #5. There is no need to portion your food if you are not eating grains or sugar. Eat as much healthy animal protein and fat you desire. Your body’s needs will be your natural limit. Eat as much veggies as you desire. Limit your fruit to 2 servings a day. There is no need to artificially limit your portions unless you eat food made from grains, or desserts. Those are the only things people will overeat.
If you go paleo, you will not be hungry. For the first few days you might crave sugary, bready foods, but that goes away. You can eat as much as you like 3x a day or so (you won’t be hungry between meals but if you are, eat).
Eating the way our bodies were meant to eat, you will lose weight if you are overweight. One person I know who went paleo lost too much weight because eating this way reduced his appetite so much. It does. So he added extra meat and fat to his diet to find his healthy weight and stay there.
What causes people to gain weight is sugar, including anything made from grains. When you don’t eat it any more, you will lose slowly until your healthy weight. Fat doesn’t make you fat, but BAD fat (vegetable oils, transfats) will make you ILL eventually (Alzheimers, heart disease, Parkinsons, neuro-degenerative conditions). Good fat = fat from well-cared-for animals (organic, grass fed, pastured meats and dairy), butter, coconut and palm oil for cooking, olive oil (only eaten cold). Eat as much as you want of good fat. Your body and brain NEED it.
One day hopefully people will get it. It’s not the butter; it’s the BREAD that’s killing us.
If you go paleo, you will not be hungry. For the first few days you might crave sugary, bready foods, but that goes away. You can eat as much as you like 3x a day or so (you won’t be hungry between meals but if you are, eat).
Eating the way our bodies were meant to eat, you will lose weight if you are overweight. One person I know who went paleo lost too much weight because eating this way reduced his appetite so much. It does. So he added extra meat and fat to his diet to find his healthy weight and stay there.
What causes people to gain weight is sugar, including anything made from grains. When you don’t eat it any more, you will lose slowly until your healthy weight. Fat doesn’t make you fat, but BAD fat (vegetable oils, transfats) will make you ILL eventually (Alzheimers, heart disease, Parkinsons, neuro-degenerative conditions). Good fat = fat from well-cared-for animals (organic, grass fed, pastured meats and dairy), butter, coconut and palm oil for cooking, olive oil (only eaten cold). Eat as much as you want of good fat. Your body and brain NEED it.
One day hopefully people will get it. It’s not the butter; it’s the BREAD that’s killing us.
Once again... We are talking about losing weight and not medical advice! This is a discussion thread diets.
I guess you consider eat your fruits, vegetables and drink water as medical advice? LMAO! PLEASE CEASE WITH YOUR MORONIC COMMENTS.
Then you have the audacity to keep pushing the Atkins diet. Now THAT is medical advice. Go ask your Doctor what he thinks of it?
Hey Putz...
It’s an interview with Dr. McCully and not Passwater!!!! W
Dr McCully is the one who did the research and NOT Passwater.
LOL!
One more thing....
You are the only 50 year old that I have ever heard use the word “Dude”. What are you a teenager???
Here is Dr. McCully background....
Dr. McCully is a graduate of Harvard College in 1955 and Harvard Medical School in 1959, where he received degrees in chemistry, biochemistry and medicine. Following his internship in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, he received fellowship training in biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetics at National Institutes of Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Glasgow University in Scotland and Harvard University. Following his residency in pathology at Massachusetts General Hospital, he became Associate Pathologist and Assistant Professor of Pathology at Harvard Medical School. Additional appointments were Visiting Professor of Laboratory Medicine at University of Connecticut and Associate Professor of Pathology at Brown University. He has served as a pathologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Providence since 1981.
Often I'll come to a thread with over 100 replies. Surely you don't expect us to read all the replies before commenting on the subject at hand! That said, one should at least read the original article all the way through before replying.
Now that I have some time, this is a subject I happen to have a lot of experience with. In 2003, I lost over 100 pounds by going on a low-carb diet. I went from 303 pounds on April 1, 2003 to 197 pounds that October (I have a 6'3" frame). I did this without actually having to count carbs or calories. I simply eliminated all processed foods from my diet (thus eliminating high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated vegetable oil - transfats, in one fell swoop).
My diet during that time was basically comprised of meats, fish, olive oil, nuts, vegetables, fruits, legumes and dairy such as yogurt, cheese and eggs. Also, I had all the beer and wine I wanted (nothing distilled however). I would occasionally have freshly baked whole-grain breads but basically avoided breads, rice, and pasta.
However, that was not the whole reason I lost 106 pounds over a 6 month period. The clincher was that I walked 2-3 hours a day and often more than that.
During that time, I woke up each workday at 5AM and walked 4 miles around my neighborhood. I would then walk at least an hour (3+ miles) at lunch and then at least another hour when I got home. On weekends, I went even more extreme. I would take a 10+ walk through state parks in my area every Saturday and Sunday morning - no matter what the weather.
I believe the walking was the clincher because it threw my metabolism into overdrive and actually reduced my hunger.
It was a fun time for me because people who hadn't seen me in a while would fail to recognize me. One woman I used to work with in my fat days actually broke down in tears when she realized who I was after I ran into her.
Anyway, since then, it's been a battle to keep it off. In fact, I would say that it's tougher keeping it off than losing it. I had spurts where I ballooned back to as high as 260 pounds before checking myself. Nowadays, I don't get any higher then 220 and try to stay around the 200 pound mark.
Everytime I put the weight back on is either when I introduce processed foods (carbs) back to my diet or when I cut back on the walking. I sprained my ankle this past January slipping on a patch of ice during a walk and I gained nearly 20 pounds by the middle of March! So walking and controlling the carbs work hand in hand.
That’s great post and congrats on doing that. Although beer has a lot of carbs, but I doubt you were drinking a 6 pack every night.
You are right about maintaining it too. Perhaps the answer is everything in moderation?
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