Posted on 01/21/2012 3:33:58 AM PST by southern rock
Editor's note: Andrew Weil is the director of the integrative medicine program at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and professor of Medicine and Public Health, author of "Eight Weeks to Optimum Health," "Healthy Aging," "Spontaneous Happiness" and the forthcoming "True Food."
(CNN) -- "I'm just gonna put a little more butter in there, y'all," she said as she plopped a large chunk into the skillet. "Oh my," she added, "I've gone and put a whole stick in by now."
I was watching Paula Deen on the Food Network, whipping up a shrimp sauté to go over pasta. I thought to myself, "I could make a similar dish that would look much better (hers was murky from all the butter), taste much better (fresh, clean flavors from a small amount of extra-virgin olive oil, garlic, dry vermouth and herbs), with a fraction of the fat and calories."
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Yeah, I know. Only about 0.5% of the American population is vegan, so I didn't think I was going to do any mass conversions here :) Just trying to spread a little helpful info. A great book is "The Engine 2 Diet". I recommend that one.
Why Your Doctor May be Wrong about Meat
http://www.theiflife.com/why-your-doctor-is-wrong-about-meat/
Opinion: Meat gives you colon cancer; Reality: Misinformed and wrongly drawn conclusions. – I think what it needs to state is that a diet higher in processed meats (high in chemicals and preservatives), high in unstable (polyunsaturated vegetable oils)/destructive (trans)fats along with a low nutrient/antioxidant (fruit/veg) diet can increase the amount of possible destruction to the colon lining and cancer.
That’s more than a little misleading. Sure processed and white starches and sugar are not good however a diet of nothing but meat and dairy (say a daily pound of bacon smothered with a stick of butter and a ½ pound of full fat cheddar cheese) would kill you quicker than the occasional Twinkie.
It’s really all about balance. And you really need carbs and fiber in your diet, even diabetics, but they are better found in fresh vegetables, whole grains and legumes than in white flour. OTOH, even the lowly white potato isn’t all that bad for you, especially with the skin, but rather it’s all the stuff we add to it, butter cheese, etc. And there is a difference in meats depending on the cut, i.e. a lean center cut pork chop is not the same as fattier cuts like “country spare ribs” and chicken thighs are much fattier than skinless chicken breasts, etc. Proteins and essential oils and nutrients found in lean meats are not the problem but it’s the fat and all the crap we add to them. But a lot of people don’t realize that vegetables contain protein too.
I have a subscription to “Cooking Light” magazine. The recipes are great and some even call for using butter (never margarine with is much, much worse) but a little bit goes a long way. You don’t have to smother everything in butter and cheese to make it taste good. And you don’t have to have meat and dairy with every meal - probably shouldn’t. I eat a meatless dinner one to a couple of times a week, like some whole wheat pasta with fresh chopped tomatoes and olive oil and garlic and fresh herbs and just a dash of freshly grated parm - yummy. Add a plate of some lightly steamed broccoli and that’s a great healthy and filling meal.
Eat a diet with more emphasis on fresh vegetables and fruits and whole grains and leaner proteins and add some daily exercise and some occasional bacon and butter isn’t going to hurt you. And don’t forget some dark chocolate (in moderation).
BTW, I know a lot of Southerners who think Paula Deen is an awful cook and not representative of real Southern cooking. A friend of mine from South Carolina calls her not a Southern cook but a Trailer Park (Double Wide) cook. If I want real “Southern” cooking, I’d much rather go to Natalie Dupree.
Butter doesn’t cause diabetes.
She could cut out the processed white flour and sugar and help her and her viewers. She should start butchering small animals on her show. It would be useful.
Leaner and more relaxed. Smoking also thins the blood...just like aspirin.
LOL...”Cooking LIght” magazine packed on more pounds in 6 months...
It was quite the crazy thing at the time. The husband lost weight and I gained using the same recipes!!!
southern rock, you absolutely have to get this book:
I don’t think of Cooking Light magazine as a diet plan as their recipes are not diet food per se, rather they are more for “foodies” who want some somewhat healthier versions. I think it all depends on what recipes you make and as always of course, the portions. I like it mostly because of the variety of the recipes and I like experimenting with ethic foods and interesting spices and ingredients.
You need protein and meat has that in abundance.
Cholesterol is not harmful, it’s what you eat that is harmful.
Grains, sugar, high fructose corn syrup, PROCESSED foods, etc., that is what is killing us.
Eat meat, vegetables, fruit, eggs, full fat dairy. Real food. Eat nothing from a box. Buy as organic or pastured as you can afford. Dump all grains but especially wheat.
Go to this website:
http://www.marksdailyapple.com/
Read the book Wheat Belly. Quite the eye-opener.
Yeah, that’s a good one. We have Nourishing Traditions in our cabinet. Wish I had the time to cook from it more.
Everything in moderation I always say.
True however being overweight, i.e. fat; whether being fat from eating white bread and sugar or being fat from eating deep fried bacon with butter is going to make you much more susceptible to getting type II diabetes. Once fat, the body doesn’t know or care how you got that way.
Once diabetic, the diabetic body can’t process and quickly convert carbs into energy and all those excess sugars end up in the blood stream. It’s a misnomer that sugar or “white” carbs alone causes diabetes or that diabetics can’t eat sugar or carbs in moderation. And diabetes contributes to hardening of the arties so a diabetic should not eat a diet too heavy in animal fats either. I know, my dad was and brother is diabetic. It runs in my family as it does in a lot of people of Scandinavian descent.
I wasn't laying out my entire diet, simply mentioning that, for me, cutting out the wheat flour and sugar caused me to drop weight effortlessly with a concurrenct drop in cholesterol. I still indulge in the occasional slice of pizza and I love meat pies -- with crust.
But they're intentional deviations, not staples.
The truth as I find it and what seems apparent from studies...
Home cooking IS the answer.
I can’t give you a link off the top of my head but if you complain too much I will find it for ya. :P
They studied schools who had all sorts of junk food available and those who went MEchelle Obama healthy.
The schools with junk food fared better and had LESS fat kids.
I DO believe there are so many who can no longer cook and that is part of the problem.
The other part is that we allow these non-cookers to live off pre-prepared stuff.
Anyhoo.... :)
I will look at the Engine2 diet. Thanks.
I do absolutely swear by Weight Watchers online. It makes everything points and even having a burger out is OK.
Everything is points—how do you want to spend them.
Exercise counts for points, too—even points for mowing the lawn. OoohRah!
I eat primally or paleo or whatever you want to call it. I eat BUTTER and lots of good fats! OH and....fatty MEAT and EGGS. Guess what? I finally lost that 35 pounds I needed to lose and I feel great! My cholesterol is great! It’s not the fat that makes you FAT, it’s the carbs...the sugar and grain especially WHEAT! I started eating this way after being diagnosed with being hypoglycemic. Now my blood sugar stays level. I don’t care what other people eat BUT sometimes you have to use the brains that God gave you. Ever since this country started pushing LOW FAT and WHOLE GRAINS, people have gotten FATTER and FATTER and DIABETES has soared! It obviously hasn’t been working!
I’m 68 and am certainly not as active as in my youth. I go to the little plaza near me EVERY DAY. I walk up and down the aisles in the different stores. For a change, I include the library and walk all the way to the lounge at the back of the library....and I lounge with the newspapers.
Why blame Paula, she is a business woman. What ever happened to personal responsibility for your own diet and health? JMHO
I found GENERALLY, that smokers also sucked their thumbs when they were babies. I just started asking around.
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