Thursday, January 23, 2020

THAT'S IT

My 160 Pound Weight Loss
That's it. 
I've posted most of my old blog. Starting back on June 24, 2011. 
Go back to that first post and read them all. See what prompted me to study into health and nutrition. And what I did to lose 160 pounds and keep it off for over 8 years now. 
You will find that first blog several pages down on this blog. 
I will be adding new posts from time to time. 

 Remember, If I can do it, YOU CAN DO IT.
Lose the weight and health problems.
WITH:
NO doctors. 
NO surgery.
NO pills.
NO diet.
NO weight loss program.
NO calorie counting.
NO exercise. 

Anyone can do it, and it doesn't cost more money. In fact, 
YOU WILL SPEND LESS THAN YOU ARE NOW.

 FREEDOM

"Intelligent men learn from their own mistakes; Wise men learn from the mistakes of others".

When I walk through a grocery store now, I enjoy a feeling of FREEDOM. 
I'm free from the addictions that grip the majority of people. FREEDOM from the brainwashing we've all received from childhood on what is GOOD for us.

I know that I am no better than anyone else. I too was were they are. I didn't know the truth about the food I was eating. It took a traumatic event in my life to wake me up. (see my first post to learn more). That's what it took to get me asking questions, and finding answers. The answers are there, you just have to want to ask the questions.

We are held captive by our food addictions. It's killing us. We are spending billions each year to treat these addictions. Thousands of lives are ruined and people dying because of diet.

 Watch these videos:

 Hungry For Change

Today we are not eating food. We are eating food like products
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CarbLoaded: A Culture Dying to Eat

The film traces the origins of our beliefs about healthful and unhealthful food. Experts from all over the world talk about the problems as well as short and long term solutions. Among the many experts in the film are authors like Gary Taubes, Mark Sisson, and Melanie Warner. Medical doctors such as David Perlmutter M.D., David L. Katz, and Timothy Noakes share insights that are certain to challenge the status quo. Carb-Loaded: A Culture Dying to Eat is a chronicle of the things it's writer and director Lathe Poland learned after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. He sought to find out why he got sick, because he didn't fit the classic picture of an adult onset diabetes sufferer. He quickly learned that much of what he knew about healthy eating was based on myths or fifty year old science. In the film he searches out why Americas modern food culture is killing us. The upside? There is a lot that can be done!
Dan's Low Carb Journey

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Post From March 9, 2012 (HOW AM I)

My 160 Pound Weight Loss



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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2012

After 24 months I can say I am doing fine. Better than I ever thought I would be when I began this journey. I never expected to lose so much weight.

I had almost constant pain in my right side, it's gone now. I had pain and burning in my left leg, gone now. I had heart problems, gone now.

I went from out growing a 52 inch pants now down to a 33 inch waist. Going from a 4X shirt to a medium, it's great. I'm still losing weight. I've lost 155 pounds as of the last time I weighed a few days ago. How low will I go? I would like to lose another 10 pounds. I'll stop when I reach the right weight. I'm not on a diet so I don't know what that will be.

To be able to miss meals without being hungry is great. I get busy during the day and often forget to eat lunch, I don't miss it.

Energy! I have lots of energy. One of the greatest blessing of this weight loss it the fact that I can get down on the floor and play with my now 2 year old little grandchild. At 340+ pounds I could barely bend over to pickup something. I couldn't walk to the mail box and back without stopping to catch my breath, now I can run around the block if I want to. I can cut wood again. I'm making furniture again.

All the aches and pains that I thought were just part of "getting old" are gone. They are not a normal part of aging. Our bodies were designed to give us many years of healthy living. 
Try it for yourself. Cut out the sugars, wheat, starches and bad oils. Eat a high fat diet and see it you don't feel better and start losing weight. Even if you don't need to lose weight you will still feel better once your body rids itself of the poisons. 

I am rereading the book by Gary Taubes "Why We Get Fat, And What To Do About It".
This is a great book, If you haven't read this book you should.
It's not about calories in and calories out, calories don't matter.
It's not about how much you exercise.
It's what we eat and what we should not eat. IT"S THAT SIMPLE!

There is an interesting video you should watch: "Hungry For Change, Your health is in your hands"
This video will be available to view for FREE online. You have to sign up now. Free worldwide online premiere March 21-31.
Watch a sample online now, click here.

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Could the foods we are eating actually be keeping us stuck in the diet trap?

In this free online premiere event you'll discover:

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•What food additives to avoid and how to read labels
•What is fat and cellulite and how do we get rid of it for good
•The most effective detox and cleansing strategies, and
•How to eat for clear eyes, glowing skin and healthy hair

Find out what's keeping you from having the body and health you deserve and how to escape the diet trap forever.
Featuring interviews with best selling health authors and leading medical experts plus real life transformational stories from those who know what it’s like to be sick and overweight. 
Learn from those who have been there before and continue your health journey today.
Register below to watch the film online during the Free Worldwide Online Premiere, March 21-31, 2012. 
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Thanks to all of you for reading my blog. Over 14,000 of you from 63 countries have logged on since I first posted on June 24, of 2011. I'm still amazed that a man from the hills of Kentucky can reach so many people worldwide. 

I hope my story has helped you, encouraged you. Even if it's only made you laugh, I've done something.

If you've changed your lifestyle, if you are losing weight and feeling better, you have to tell others. You have to risk offending them. "Pay if forward" as they say. They might not listen at first but when they see the change in you, they will start to take notice and ask questions.
One reason I started this blog, was so I could have one place to send people for some answers. 
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90% of the money we Americans spend on food in for processed food. Don't tell me you can't afford to eat healthy, you can, YOU CAN'T AFFORD NOT TO.
94% of ad budgets for food goes for processed food.


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Eating or drinking 100 grams (8 tbsp.) of sugar, the equivalent of one 12-ounce can of soda, can reduce the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by forty percent. The immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than thirty minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours. 
Sugar is like fertilizer to cancel cells.

Watch the videos and rest this page on Dr. Mercola's web site:


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In the book "Get The Sugar Out" by Ann Louise Gittleman M.S. C.N.S Ms. Gittleman says, "No matter what form it takes, sugar paralyzes the immune system in a variety of ways: 

Sugar has been proven to destroy the germ-killing ability of white blood cells for up to five hours after ingestion. 

It reduces the production of antibodies, proteins that combine with and inactivate foreign invaders in the body. 

It interferes with the transport of vitamin C, one of the most important nutrients for all facets of immune function. 

It causes mineral imbalances and sometimes allergic reactions, both of which weaken the immune system. 

It neutralizes the action of essential fatty acids, thus making cells more permeable to invasion by allergens and microorganisms."

Sugar Related Health Problems:
Acne
Addiction to drugs, caffeine & food
Adrenal gland exhaustion
Alcoholism
Allergies
Anxiety
Appendicitis
Arthritis
Asthma
Behavior problems
Binge eating
Bloating
Bone loss
Cancer (cancer cells feed on sugar)
Candidiasis
Cardiovascular disease
Cataracts
Colitis
Constipation
Depression
Dermatitis
Diabetes
Difficulty concentrating
Diverticulitis & diverticulosis
Eczema
Edema
Emotional problems
Endocrine gland dysfunction
Fatigue
Food cravings
Gallstones
Gout
Heart Disease
High blood cholesterol
High estrogen levels
High triglyceride levels
Hormonal problems
Hyperactivity
High blood pressure
Hypoglycemia
Impaired digestion of all foods
Indigestion
Insomnia
Kidney stones
Liver dysfunction
Liver enlargement & fatty liver syndrome
Low HDL cholesterol
Menstrual difficulties
Mental illness
Mood swings
Muscle pain
Nearsightedness
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Overacidity
Parasitic infections
Premature aging & wrinkles
Premenstrual syndrome
Psoriasis
Rheumatism
Shortened life span
Tooth decay
Ulcers
Vaginal yeast infections

Sugar may not be the whole answer to why you are ill, but it could be an important part of the puzzle.

Remember, wheat is as bad as sugar. 
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Instead of ripping open a bag of potato chips and popping the top on a bottle of cola, I'm making kale chips and brewing kombusha. 

I'm doing fine.


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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Post From Feb. 28, 2012 (JERF)


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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Just Eat Real Food. 
If your great grandmother wouldn't recognize it, don't eat it; if it's packaged in a box, don't eat it; if it's advertised on TV don't eat it. They don't advertise good food, when's the last time you saw a commercial for kale?

Will we ever learn?

I was just at a family get together and there were lots of breads, cookies, pies, brownies, LOTS OF SUGAR.

SUGAR IS TOXIC, IT KILLS!

Along with that we can add WHEAT and like grains. They are KILLING US.

I went to a family camp out. An announcement went out for every one to bring a few dozen cookies. When I mentioned that it might not be wise to have so much sugar people got offended and I heard about it.
Well my friends, better to be offended than sick or DEAD.
There were trays and trays full of cookies.
I wish someone had tried to tell me years ago, maybe I would have been offended, but maybe I would have listened and checked into it. Especially if I could see that person had turned their life around.

"My People are destroyed for lack of knowledge". God.
A murder is ending life before it's time, many of us are doing this in the installment plan

I know I may come on a little too strong in my belief, but I've seen first hand what this poison can do to you. 
IT KILLED MY WIFE AND ALMOST KILLED ME! Because of this I've had no problem in putting this junk out of my diet. 

I was listening to a podcast on Livin La Vita Low Carb and the speaker said, you have to associate something that is bad for you with something you don't like. He looked at baked goods as Brussels sprouts. He didn't like Brussels sprouts.
I think of sugar and wheat as crack cocaine. I've never done crack but I know it's bad for you. Sugar and wheat are like crack, literally.

Someone told me they were having trouble staying motivated. I can understand this, it's hard after a lifetime of eating that junk to just stop eating it. I said to him, "you're not ever tempted to eat pork are you?" He said no he was not, I said "Just look at it like pork".

Put out the sweeteners, grains, and starches. Wheat and Potatoes are powerful hypoglycemic, it's like eating sugar.
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We've been told that getting fat and sick is just a normal part of aging. IT'S NOT. Our bodies were designed to give us many many years of health and energetic life. It's what we have been putting into our bodies that have made us so sick. It's not normal to be sick, it's not normal to feel bad.
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Nobody chooses to be obese, especially not children, but we are. This is a global pandemic. 
In 2001 six million kids in the USA were seriously overweight, in ten years that number has more than doubled.
Currently there are 30% more obese people in the world than malnourished.
There were 366 million diabetics in 2011, that is 5% of the world's population.
Experts predict 165 million Americans will be obese by 2030. 100 million Americans will have diabetes by 2050. Over a third of our population will be diabetic. You think health care cost are high now, you ain't seen nothing yet.
I've told you about Dr. Lutsig. Watch this video lecture he gave at Harvard Law School.


Dr. Robert Lustig, Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco, argues that it is time for a paradigm shift in obesity science and policy, away from personal responsibility and toward public health. His presentation elaborates on his contention that sugar, like alcohol, should not be treated as an ordinary commodity on the open market.

Recently featured in the New York Times Magazine, Dr. Lustig has become a leading pubic health authority on the impact sugar has on fueling the diabetes, obesity and metabolic syndrome epidemics, and on addressing changes in the food environment to reverse these chronic diseases.

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I don't like government intervention in food, but something has to be done about sugar. The sooner the better.
When we have family get togethers the main food is sugar and bread. Remember 2 slices of whole wheat bread will spike your blood sugar more than a snickers bar. It turns into sugar in your body. AVOID IT!
Read Dr. William Davis's book "Wheat Belly".

Sugar is indeed a curse. Watch this documentary titled "Big Sugar". Big Sugar explores the dark history and modern power of the world’s reigning sugar cartels. It reveals how sugar was at the heart of slavery in the West Indies in the 18th century, while showing how present-day consumers are slaves to a sugar-based diet.

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Read "Is Sugar Toxic?" The New York Times April 17, 2011 

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Watch this lecture given by Dr. Russell Blaylock. Sugar Consumption and Behavior

In this lecture, Dr. Russell Blaylock explains one of the most important connections between nutrition and our health, how nutrition affects our behavior.
Citing a series of important studies, he shows that good nutrition can powerfully enhance our memory, mood, and behavior in a socially desirable way.
Like wise he shows us that poor nutrition can lead our youth into a world of violence, crime, depression and suicide.
By using an impressive array of studies on both juvenile and adult prisoners, Dr. Blaylock demonstrates these principals and outlines specific measures you can take to protect your children from these detrimental effects. Most importantly, he shows us that it is never too late to make these nutritional changes.

In the year1900 americans consumed about 4 pounds of sugar per person.
Today the average is now 129 pounds a year, a 2500% increase. (I've seen figures as high as 160 pounds and more per year). 57% of this comes from processed foods.
The leading source is fruit juices and sodas (43%).
Since 1974 consumption of sodas has doubled.
Teenagers are drinking an equivalent of 54 teaspoons of sugar a day, just from the sodas. How much more form the bread and candy they are eating.
Adults 40 to 59 years old increased intake of soft drinks by 250% between the years 1972 and 2001.
Older is not wiser, those over age 60 increased 300%.
It is estimated that 50% of people in the US have reactive hypoglycemia.
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I hope we are learning. I would like to recommend you listen to "Livin La Vita Low Carb" podcast

and "Ask The Low Carb Expert" podcast. 

Both available on iTunes or check out the web sites.

I know that I am repeating myself with some of these recommendations but we learn by repetition.

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Post From Feb. 26, 2012 (NO MORE NORMAL)

My 160 Pound Loss
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Things are getting crazier and crazier out there.

We need to do all we can to get healthier now.
Grow your own, raise your own, make your own.
Buy local, by fresh whole food.
EDUCATE yourself on diet and nutrition.
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People are being arrested and going to jail for selling whole foods.

Check out these stories:
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"It is the latest case of extreme government food tyranny, and one that is sure to have you reeling in anger and disgust. Health department officials recently conducted a raid of Quail Hollow Farm, an organic community supported agriculture (CSA) farm in southern Nevada, during its special "farm to fork" picnic dinner put on for guests -- and the agent who arrived on the scene ordered that all the fresh, local produce and pasture-based meat that was intended for the meal be destroyed with bleach."
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Watch this video by the Harvard Food Law Society:
Raw Milk Debate from Feb. 16, 2012
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There are groups challenging the FDAs policy on raw milk:

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According to this stupid law, women who breast feed their babies are breaking the law, why? Because they are feeding them RAW UNPASTEURIZED UNFILTERED MILK.

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Need another reason to get you children out of public schools.


"A four year old student in North Carolina was not allowed to eat the lunch her mother packed for her. Apparently her lunch was taken away from her because school officials claimed it was not healthy enough to eat based off of the USDA guidelines."

This is happening all across the country. In Chicago kids can't bring lunch form home. The good old USDA and Monsanto are looking out for our kids.


This in insanity, it's a lot worse than you will ever hear in the media.
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Want to know why so many scientist are so wrong?
Watch this funny, informative video "Science For Smart People"
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On the home front.

Our first batch of Kombucha was ready last week. My daughter was so excited. It tasted better than the store bought kombucha. If you buy it by the case it's $3.00 for a 16 oz. bottle. We are making 3 gallons a week. I love saving that money. Plus I know I'm getting a better product.
Give it a try, it's easy.

Kombucha is a type of tea that has been fermented and is usually consumed for beneficial health reasons, but often also has a taste that many enjoy. The two primary ways of obtaining Kombucha is by making it yourself at home or by purchasing it at the store. You can often purchase a commercial kombucha product and utilize the existing culture in the bottle to make a new “mother” mushroom by which to brew your own tea.

Here are two helpful sites, everything you ever wanted to know about Kombucha:



Both sites offer free instructions and videos on how to make your own Kombucha.
They also offer supplies and starter.

I hope you will look into making your own Kombucha. We love it.
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My chickens are doing well. 
I ended up with 40 chicks. I will be giving some to my daughter for my granddaughter to take care of. In a few months I hope to have plenty of fresh eggs. This should put an end to my table scrap problem and add to my compost pile.

If you can't raise your own chickens check your area for farmers that sell fresh eggs and meat. Try a web site called EatWild,
Eatwild provides:
• Comprehensive, accurate information about the benefits of raising animals on pasture.
• A direct link to local farms that sell all-natural, delicious, grass-fed products.
• Support for farmers who raise their livestock on pasture from birth to market and who actively promote the welfare of their animals and the health of the land.
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Check out LocalHarvest for fresh locally grown organic produce.

The best organic food is what's grown closest to you. Use this website to find farmers' markets, family farms, and other sources of sustainably grown food in your area, where you can buy produce, grass-fed meats, and many other goodies.
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Another site with lots of potential is Real Time Farms at www.realtimefarms.com

Know Where Your Food Comes From

Whether you are looking to eat out or eat in, Real Time Farms allows you to see your food, learn how it was grown and visualize the journey it took to reach your table!

Watch this video by Cara Rosaen of Real Time Farms, Why Food Transparency Matters and How RealTimeFarms.com Can Help.

Lets support this site.

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I would like to recommend a book called "Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World" by Joel Salatin.


No more normal, just another reason we have to step up and do more now.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

POST FROM FEB. 16, 2012 (FEEL GOOD, EAT RIGHT)

MY 160 POUND WEIGHT LOSS

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012

FEEL GOOD, EAT RIGHT

More on Wheat:

WAUWATOSA, Wis. -- A local doctor is making the bold claim that the key to shedding pounds, reversing diabetes and stopping migraines is to cut out an ingredient that most people believe is healthy.

Dr. William Davis, a cardiologist from Wauwatosa, said the common ingredients are wheat and whole grains.

"Two slices of whole-wheat bread raise sugar higher than a Snickers bar," Davis said.

Watch the video. Make sure you read the comments.
I'll say it again; I've lost 152 pounds because I've cut out wheat and sugars.
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY TWO POUNDS, THAT'S A WHOLE PERSON!
If I can do it, you can do it.

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Check out this chart:

"This is a nice new infographic about carbs, insulin and obesity. It’s simplified of course – it focuses only on the peripheral effects of insulin: growing fat cells.

Chronically high levels of insulin also induces something called leptin resistance in the brain. What that does is basically make the brain blind to the fat stores, so that the brain can believe the body is starving even when it’s really obese. It’s a double whammy."

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I've talked about the dangers of eating pork. If you need another reason to cut out the pork check out these links:

Check out this article titled Pork: Did Leviticus 11:7 Have It Right?
Pork Consumption and Liver Cirrhosis
Pork consumption has a strong epidemiological association with cirrhosis of the liver. Startlingly, pork may be even more strongly associated with alcoholic cirrhosis than alcohol itself!
We would expect that if pork can cause liver cirrhosis it will also promote liver cancer, since injured and inflamed tissues are more likely to become cancerous.
Indeed, there is an association between pork consumption and the primary liver cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma.

NEED ANOTHER REASON TO AVOID PORK?

"It is said that nature abhors a vacuum. Well, according to this report from the Minnesota Daily, nature also abhors factory farms. Large midwestern hog farms have for the last few years been battling a mysterious foam that is forming on top of their barns. In the worst case scenarios, the foam blocks ventilation ducts and the barns explode — yes, explode — killing the thousands of hogs inside. The report reads"…

Tax payer dollars are being used to try and find a solution to this very dangerous problem, the solution? DON'T EAT PORK!
That should do it for pork. It's bad, don't eat it, EVER! There are plenty of GOOD HEALTHY meats to eat. Beef, chicken, turkey, and lamb.

For those of you that just have to have daily bacon, I would like to recommend what I eat every day with breakfast, turkey bacon. The best turkey bacon I have found is "Wellshire Classic Sliced Turkey" all natural uncured nothing artificial, minimally processed. NO NITRITES! The only place I have found it in my area is at Whole Foods.
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UNBELIEVABLE!

Not getting enough fish oil? Not to worry, the good folks at Monsanto, ever looking out for our health, have a new product. Drum roll please…. SOY BEANS WITH FISH OIL. 
"Monsanto is growing soybeans that have been genetically modified to produce those omega-3 fatty acids that doctors are always recommending."

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Growing your own vegetables is not only good for you, it makes you feel good too. Check out this article:

"Even if you don't love gardening, digging in the dirt may be good for your health -- and it has nothing to do with a love of nature or the wonder of watching things grow. The secret may be in the dirt itself: A bacteria called Mycobacterium vaccae that acts like an antidepressant once it gets into your system. "

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WOW, that's a lot to think about.

Feels good and tastes good to eat right.
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POST FROM FEB. 13 2012 ( LETTERS, OH I GET LETTERS )

MY 160 POUND WEIGHT LOSS

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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Not letters but the modern equivalent, emails.

I love to hear from readers of my blog. I know I am not alone in my low carb journey.
As of today I've lost 150 pounds. It all began two years ago this month. When I began I never dreamed I'd lose so much weight, or feel so much better.

The latest letter is from Emma. Here is what she says:

"I have been following your blog.
Can you please tell me what you eat? What did you eat at the very beginning of your journey?
I have been trying to do zero carbs for 6 weeks and have only lost 15 pounds. I think the culprit is salt and fake creamer (sugar) that I have in coffee and diet pop. I have a long way to go. I would like to lose 80 pounds.
em"

My answer:

Hi em.

It's nice to talk to people who read my blog.

When I first started my journey I didn't know much about nutrition. At first I learned that I should cut out processed foods, sugars, white flour. That's what I got rid of first. I learned that fast food and prepared foods were bad, so I cut them out. I learned that I should prepare all my food from the freshest ingredients I could find, so I do. I learned that I should cut down on carbs, so I did. Latter I learned the dangers of wheat, all wheat, even what we are told is "heart healthy whole grain". It's all bad.

I've cut out:
all sweeteners.
all wheat products.
starches.
sweet fruits, like watermelon pineapple, grapes, apples...
most vegetable oils.
all pork products.

I eat:
beef, fat cuts and organ meat is the best.
chicken, whole chicken, skin and all. I love baked chicken skin.
turkey, I love turkey bacon.
fish like salmon, cod, tuna, and sardines.
eggs, eggs are one of my favorite foods. I just bought a chicken coop and 28 baby chicks so I can have plenty of fresh eggs.
good oil like olive oil, tallow, and coconut oil.
green leafy vegetables like lettuces, spinach, kale, turnip greens...
I like tomatoes and onions.

When I want buns to go with burgers or hot dogs I make oopsie bread, which is made from eggs and cheese, or coconut and almond flour bread.
I eat crackers made of coconut, almond, and flax seed flour. Add cheese for great cheese crackers.
I make pancakes from coconut and almond flour, topped with strawberries or blue berries, no sugars.

I have plenty to eat, I never get board and I never miss the bad stuff. I don't get hungry all the time. I can miss meals and not even notice it.
I keep lots of raw nuts like almonds, pecans, walnuts, and cashews around to snack on.
I've lost 150 pounds over the last two years, my energy level is through the roof. 

I've learned to cut out ALL sweeteners, that means ALL natural or fake stuff. It all makes you gain weight.
Don't eat any foods that come out of metal cans, the BPA lining is a hormone that causes obesity and cancer.

I'm glad to hear about your weight loss. Stick with it, this is just the beginning. You'll continue to lose and feel a lot better.

I wish you success.

Dan
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Hi to all my readers in Mexico. On most days there are more visitors to my blog from Mexico than any other country. Just a warning to you all, PepsiCo has chosen Mexico as the home base for the development of its global healthy snacks initiative. 
I guess you'll be seeing a lot of "heart healthy whole grains" and "low fat" snacks coming your way.
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I went to the dentist this week to have a tooth taken care of, one that has been giving me trouble for a long time.
The dentist said, "I want to thank you for telling me about the book Wheat Belly". I had told him about the book back in November. He said he bought it right after that. He and his wife have read it and changed their lifestyle. He told me of the weight he had lost and the physical symptoms his wife had that are now gone. He said he has given the book out to several friends and fellow dentists. He taught at the Dental school at the University of Kentucky for years before he retired to private practice. He said they are inviting Dr. Davis, the guy who wrote Wheat Belly, to come and lecture. I told him I would like to attend If he does.

More and more people are changing their lives for the better by putting the wheat and sugars out.

Speaking of Wheat Belly, there is a new podcast by Jimmy More called "Ask The Low Carb Experts" I highly recommend it. Show number 3 is "Healthy Whole Grains?" an interview with Dr. William Davis. Make sure you listen to the show and listen to the podcasts.

Dr. Davis says he didn't even scratch the surface of the dangers of wheat in his book Wheat Belly.

http://www.askthelowcarbexperts.com/

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I just put a double batch of kale in the dehydrator. My favorite kale is laminate kale, also called dinosaur kale because it looks like dinosaur skin. Kale chips are fantastic, you have to try them. You can buy a very small plastic container of them at Whole Foods for $9.00, or you can make your own.
My little two year old granddaughter LOVES them. We call them Dino Chips.

Kale Facts
Kale is a member of the cabbage family – cousin of broccoli, cauliflower and collard greens – but its leaves do not form a head.   

There are several varieties of kale – curly kale, ornamental kale, and dinosaur (or Lacinato or Tuscan).

One cup of kale (36 calories) is chock full of beneficial nutrients such as:
Fiber – 5grams fiber; raw fiver binds bile acids and helps lower blood cholesterol levels

Antioxidants (carotenoids and 45 flavinoids),

Vitamins (1000% Daily Value vitamin K and 200% DV C) and Minerals (15% DV calcium, 40% DV magnesium, iron, magnesium)…

Sulforaphane a sulfur substance that may protect against certain cancers.

Omega 3 Fatty Acids – It only takes 100 calories of kale to provide us with 25-35% of the recommendation for the basic omega-3 fatty acid alpha-linolenic acid, or ALA).
Indole-3-carbinol- may play a role in repairing cell DNA.

Glucosinolates – compounds which provide cancer-preventive benefits.

If you miss the crunchy salty potato chips then baked or dried kale is what you are looking for. 

I wash the leaves, remove the stems, dry them, make sure they are dry, lightly coat the leaves with olive oil, add sea salt and put them in the dehydrator or oven.
WARNING, you can't eat just one. THEY ARE GREAT!
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