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| 160 Pound Weight Loss |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011
Let's talk about food. I've had people tell me that they can't afford to eat good food. It might seem cheaper to eat junk, but consider the end of it. On the day my wife died from a massive stroke about 820 people in this country died that same day of the same thing. That many die EVERY DAY, 365 days a year from obesity related causes. In comparison, 58,000 men died in the 10 year Vietnam war, and that was with people TRYING to kill them. Over 300,000 die a year in this country from obesity. The ones that die quickly are the lucky ones, many are disabled or live with all kinds of suffering because of their diet.
Walking through a big chain grocery store the other day I told my boys that if all the junk food was removed, there would only be two isles. There is a sense of freedom, as I mentioned earlier, when you can walk past all the junk, know that it is bad for you, and not be tempted to buy it.
Go to WellnessMama.com and read this article called "How Grains Are Killing You Slowly".
Sugar, the Legal Heroin? Refined sugar is very similar to heroin, one of the most addictive and deadly narcotics out there. Yes, you read that right. Sugar and heroin have more in common than not. But there's one key area where sugar and heroine are different... sugar is legal.
Go to a web site called Organic Nutrition and read the article " Is Sugar Bad For You".
I could go on and on about the bad stuff (and probebly will). Let's talk about what is GOOD for you.
As my knowledge has increased through many month of study, my diet has evolved to what many call Paleo. This is called Paleo because many believe man has been on earth for tens of thousands of years and we should eat what Paleolithic man ate.
Lets not get into a discussion of how long man has been on earth . The point is the diet is right. We should eat a high fat, high protein, low carb diet. Dr. Atkins had it right. It's all about low carbs and high fat. Take a look at http://dietdoctor.com and "LCHF for beginners"
I eat lots of meat and fat, good fat from clean fish and animals along with oil from coconuts, and olives, lots of leafy green vegetables, and I avoid starchy vegetables like potatoes. The only fruit I eat is berries and cantaloupe, in season. Most fruits have too high sugar content and should be avoided.
I drink water and herbal tea. Peppermint is my favorite, I take it with me when I go out and keep a big bottle of it in the fridge at home. The only liquids you should have in your fridge is water or herbal tea. Don't drink fruit juices, they are just sugar water. If you want orange juice, eat an orange, you'll get the beneficial fiber along with the juice. If you drink milk, make it whole raw milk. It is available in most locations but you will have to search for it.
You should eat grass fed beef, and free range chickens and eggs. To find local sources of grass fed beef, and free range chickens go to a site called www.eatwild.com
www.EatWild.com is your source for safe, healthy, natural and nutritious grass-fed beef, lamb, goats, bison, poultry, dairy...and other wild edibles.
Here is a shopping list from the www.dietdoctor.com site:
• Butter
• Heavy cream (40%)
• Sour cream (34%)
• Eggs
• Bacon
• Meat (minced, steak, stew pieces, steaks, fillets, etc.)
• Fish (preferably fat fish like salmon or mackerel)
• Cheese (preferably high fat)
• Turkish yoghurt (10% fat)
• Cabbage (cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc.)
• Other vegetables growing above ground
• Frozen vegetables (broccoli, wok vegetables, etc.)
• Avocado
• Olives
• Olive oil
• Nuts
And a list of things to avoid:
• Candy
• Potato chips
• Soft drinks and juices
• Margarine
• Sugar in all forms
• Wheat flour
• Pasta
• Rice
• Potatoes
• Everything that says “low fat” or “no fat”
• Ice cream
• Cookies
And let me add all corn products to the list of things to avoid. I'll tell you why.
From the latest issue of "Mary Janes Farm" magazine, (yes I do read it) an article titled "More Disturbing Info on Bt Corn"
"Monsanto has long reported that the genetically modified Bt corn (now present in virtually all non-organic corn) is safe for humans because the toxin in it that kills insects cannot survive the human digestive system. But a Canadian study published in Reproductive Toxicology reports that, in blood samples of 39 pregnant women who ate conventional diets, 93 percent of their fetuses had the toxin in their systems."
I'm down another 2 pounds this week- Down to 197- a 139 pound loss so far.
You can pay the farmer more now, or pay the doctor more later, the choice is yours.
