1. Posted by cora_mayes@sbcglobal.net on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:07 pm PST
what if you are diabetic and the starchy foods such as potatoes,bread the so-called goood carbs will have your sugars up and that's not good for a person with diabetes,baked boiled or fried...
7. Posted by barb on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:15 pm PST
Fairly straight forward as far as I can see. Myth 1 about the potatoes and bread and stuff should have mentioned amount. If you eat alot you get alot of calories and that is going to add to weight gain. One thing I am currious about is they always mention red wine. What about concord grape juice? Logically it should have the same antioxidants that red wine has without the alcohol.
11. Posted by cooper0013@sbcglobal.net on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:28 pm PST
All the diets that are comprised of any foods that are processed are bad for you. Almost all diseases today are caused by the foods we eat. Including diabetes, and crohans, but the medical community believes that taking a pill will cure everything. Most of these foods listed above are in-fact bad for you. If you have any doubts take a look at the research done in a book called “The Makers Diet” by Jordan Ruben. The worlds approach to eating is what the food companies want. If it tastes good then eat it. They will make anything that makes them money! Open your eyes people!
12. Posted by swampy on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:28 pm PST
I tried a balanced 1100 calorie low fat diet and gained 30 pounds. I did atkins for 6 months and lost 50. Carbs are just bad for some people. When are you 80 pound gym rats going to finally concede this fact?
This article is too simplistic. Sure, a 90-minute brisk walk after a fat fest is a good thing, but this overlooks the true harm of a fad-laden meal. It's far better to think about modifying what's on your plate to make it healthier. For example, a burger made with quality beef without a bun, "special sauce" or cheese is going to be dramatically less harmful than the typical burger on American plates. And portion size counts more than almost anything else. Also, the answer to the diet soda question does not address the actual risk of diet drinks. Certainly we're all better off without any soda, but what's the real health difference between diet drinks and regular ones? I believe there's evidence that diet drinks indeed backfire -- and add potentially harmful chemicals when a glass of tea or water would be far better.
14. Posted by rgoss2004@sbcglobal.net on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:31 pm PST
It's not what you eat but how much. The stomach stretches. It's about the size of our fist. If you fast in between meals and let it shrink to it's small size, then you won't have much of a weight problem. You just have to wait for the stomach to growl. It may take a few hours or a day, maybe longer , depending on how big it was to begin with. It's great to have the freedom to eat whatever i want, I just am truly hungry when i eat it.
17. Posted by swampy on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:46 pm PST
Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean. Every body deals with diet intake differently. Some need fat intake. Some process carbs into fat and that fat gets stored. If low cal doesn't work for you try low carb. Low carb not only worked for my weight, it lowered my bad cholesterol 50 points and raised my good cholesterol 10. Not everyone has an extra 90 a day minutes to exercise.
The evil of soda...and beer for that matter...is not the sugar, calories or carbs, it is the expansive force of the carbonation on the stomach.
18. Posted by MajorPayne on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:50 pm PST
I am a 28 year vet of the health and fitness industry and this article is more full of BS than a Porta-Potty at a construction site. Stop shoving processed junk down your gullet (bread, chips, pastries, transfats, sugar, etc) and eat things like God Almighty made them and you will never go wrong. I have a proven record of succesful fat loss utilizing these simple methods and I will stake the rights to my house on them.
22. Posted by uclapt on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 6:55 pm PST
Terrible article. The writer clearly does not understand the science of sugar metabolism or the impact of insulin on health. Read Gary Taubes' book "Good Calorie, Bad Calorie" for a comprehensive review of 150 years of diet studies.
23. Posted by stephen c on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:04 pm PST
diet sodas containing aspartame are poison. the aspartame breaks down in the body to form formic acid, the main ingredient in ant venom. it further breaks down to formaldyhyde, so i guess if you're looking to cut embalming costs after you die, keep drinking the diet coke
24. Posted by Hank on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:08 pm PST
Bread and potatoes are mostly carbohydrates - that is no myth. If you are an "ectomorph," meaning an individual having a lean, slightly muscular body build, then nothey are not too fattening.
If, however you are an "endomorph," meaning an individual characterized by relative prominence of the abdomen and other soft body parts, then they are indeed among the most fattening foods you can eat - no myth.
26. Posted by frogkickfrolic on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:13 pm PST
Yea, soda is bad for your teeth... but there is this little thing called a straw that you can use to drink it so you don't have to worry as much about tooth enamel erosion and cavities. I use them 99.5% of the time when I drink soda not just for the benefits, but because it's more fun to drink with a straw, hah.
27. Posted by kllo125 on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:19 pm PST
I bet all these people that say just stop eating processed, fast, junk foods and sodas probably never had a weight problem. I learned the hard way that when these foods are part of your everyday life, it is not so easy just to quit cold turkey. I hate when 100 lb. people that have never been 40-50 lbs. overweight to try to tell me how to do it. I want to hear from people that have been there and done that.
28. Posted by SHERMAN H on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:30 pm PST
I need a pill to effectivly curb hunger; like a lap band pill or a stomach stapeling pill or a stomach bypassing pill. Oh! Forget it just give me a cheeseburger and fries.
29. Posted by ED U on Mon, Feb 25, 2008, 7:31 pm PST
It never ceases to amaze me that we have so many "so called diet experts" that know more than the Doctors that wrote this great article. Cooper c . . The Makers Diet makes something simple, complicated, while infusing religious guilt. And the have plenty of other products to sell you! You, Cooper c, should "wake up" and save your money!
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