Posted on 07/28/2006 4:30:14 AM PDT by grundle
I read my first post again and see what you meant here. I mixed the metaphor so to speak.
It is interesting though. I would like to see the vegans diet plan. I bet it was low on the junk carbs. I am not diabetic, but battle my weight. If I avoid potatoes, white rice, bread, pasta and sweets - oh, and beer :(, I can eat all I want and won't gain an ounce. I put some simple carbs in and my clothes will immediately begin to shrink!
If you pursue such a diet long enough, you can begin to smell the fructose in green apples as you enter the grocery store.
The sort of vegan diets I've looked at are short on fats and oils. There's this false belief out there that it's "sugar" and "fat" that packs on the pounds. Actually, for most folks, it's starch and starch and starch and starch that do the job.
Dairy I could believe, since lactose is basically a form of sugar.... but meat? Its protien, what benefit is there from cutting out protien?
I've done the Vegan thing. It soooo took the joy out of eating out with my husband. But it does work.
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Beats me. As others more familiar with the subject are saying, it's possible that other factors are responsible for the benefits of the vegan diet, and the avoidance of meat isn't what helps.
However,my hip went out on me not too long ago and now I can't walk well so the weight is coming back.
Atkins was surprisingly easy for me,a milk-a-holic,bread-a-holic,chocoholic,junk food-a-holic,to follow. My doctor told me that it was because protein (of which Atkins provides a lot)is better able than any other type of food to turn off the little switch in your head that tells you that you're hungry.
Black rice?
I've never heard of it. Sounds interesting.
Comapred to white rice, what does it taste like?
It is amazing how little food your body needs. I cut my callories by 2/3 and do aerobic exercise 7 days a week. I used to just lift weights 5 days a week. I have now gone from 240lbs to 195lbs and my benches and squats have suffered little. The main thing though is that my blood pressure went from pre-hypertension to 115/65 and my heart rate went from 80bpm to 48bpm.
Conclusion: Your body does not like being overweight and it reacts very quickly when you shed pounds.
Exercise and a low carb, with plenty of protein (meat) had my blood sugar normal within a week. Whatever works.
That's exactly what makes my clothes shrink!
The American Medical Association (AMA), which actually represents the medical profession, has called PCRM a fringe organization that uses unethical tactics and is interested in perverting medical science.
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I don't like the PCRM but it IS true that a vegan diet is very healthy. Even if a person doesn't want to be vegan or vegetarian, eating less animal protein and even less refined carbs will help diabetes. Also, exercise, vigorous exercise is the absolute key. Even if a person is a meat eater, it depends on what kind and how often the meat is consumed. My FIL is almost 80 but he HUNTS his own meat which is exercise and guaranteed not to contain toxic poison chemicals, red dyes to make the meat look all pretty,etc.
Wild black rice is very fiber rich. White rice is processed, bleached garbage.
I've not eaten in the longest time. My protein is fine. I get it from green vegetables. B12 is great. Except for the little milk in my morning coffee, I don't eat dairy anymore because raw cheese can be expensive. Meat is not the only source of protein. Where do you think animals get their protein from? Plants.
I am a vegetarian who eats a lot of unprocessed foods and raw veggies and fruits. I tend to emphasize the greens and sprouted lentils for more protein. I try to stay away from sweet fruits,etc. My fasting blood sugar was 73 last time it was tested and I had no nutritional issues. My sister was quite heavy and lost weight eating a vegetarian diet emphasizing raw cheese and organic fruits and veggies. I cut out all refined carbs and it's true. Once you cut out refined carbs, the weight just peels off (if you exercise!).
Keep a small bottle of bitter melon capsules on hand. It's derived from a very bitter gourd and it lowers blood sugar like gluco drugs. I used to tell my customers that if they really want to eat something sweet to eat the sweets and then take one or two of the capsules. It's worked every time. Oh yeah, sprouting lentils and eating heavy fiberous starches like quinoa and oatgroats help too.
I've heard that taking a shot of hard liquor can also lower blood sugar.
Well maybe...I have an uncle that guzzles 180 proof rum and has no diabetes. I don't know about the liver :D
Darned (as they would say in the good old days), is that it?
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