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jaynjay
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 Posted - 06/18/2012 : 10:37:28 AM
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I read online that there might be a miracle drug readily available at grocery stores. 100% PURE coconut oil. I bought a bottle of LouAna at Walmart. I put a half tablespoon in my oatmeal every morning.
I asked my doctor if it was OK for me (diabetes) and it smiled and said sure. It was one of the few things you can have on a deserted island and survive.
Since most of the readers here are somewhat on the older side, check it out and see if it is good for you. I am no doctor though, and do not assume any responsiblity, this is only a tip, backed up with research on the internet. |
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jaynjay
Fireman
USA
4334 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 10:46:18 AM
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| Plus it's great for you hair also |
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Rick
Administrator
USA
17728 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 10:50:55 AM
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Definitely good for you in moderation.
What's bad for you, or to put it another way not so good for you, is the oatmeal.
In my research in nutrition I've found that grains really have no business in the human diet.
I've eliminated bread, pasta, oatmeal and even brown rice from my diet.
Just doing this has resulted in losing pounds of body fat and I wasn't an overweight person to begin with.
I eat mostly raw fruits and vegetables.
Generally I have one cooked meal for lunch, which is usually half a chicken breast and a side of beans.
At dinner I'll have 3 egg whites before I eat my salad.
Breakfast is a big glass of juiced kale, spinach, asparagus, parsley, ginger, celery, cucumber, broccoli, a small apple and some carrots.
Never felt better.
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k9wrangler
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2012 : 10:54:40 AM
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Everything in moderation, including deciding what is 'good' or 'bad' for you. It's not necessarily what you eat but how much.
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Karl Scribner
H.M.F.W.B.I.C.
Kentucky Southern Rwy & Associated Lines
Sunfield Twp. Michigan
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jaynjay
Fireman
USA
4334 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 10:59:55 AM
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| Some people put it in their morning coffee |
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jbvb
Fireman
USA
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Sean_OBrien
Engine Wiper
151 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 12:36:05 PM
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My wife generally comes home with some sort of new diet once or twice a year that she got from her Doc (he is a real doc - I checked his diploma). Various different schemes and routines of what you can or can not eat in order to feel better or deal with some other perceived issue. Most the time I play along, but will sneak regular food for lunch or breakfast (or whenever else I might be able to get away).
After a few weeks, she will be complaining of various digestive 'irregularities' and I will empty out the refrigerator of the diet food and replace it with regular food. I remind her to go and look in the bathroom mirror and open her mouth wide to see her teeth. As humans, we were designed (or evolved wherever you stand on such things) to each anything that didn't run away from us. When we start to pretend we are a cow or a cat - our bodies won't be happy. Eat everything, just don't eat too much of everything.
After that, remember what you eat. If you eat something and it makes you feel bad. Don't eat it again. I have that problem with green peppers - so I don't eat them. My wife has that problem with tomatoes - but she is a stubborn girl, so she continues to eat them...and I continue to buy the Tums. |
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Rick
Administrator
USA
17728 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 3:09:39 PM
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I agree that in moderation you can eat almost anything.
However, most people have no idea what a proper portion size is.
Ever go to a model RR show and see the size of the average attendee?
Think they're eating anything in moderation?
It's not limited to out hobby, stroll down any street in any town and you'll see the vast majority of people are over weight.
I'm sure we've all read the statistics on how the US has by far the highest rate of obesity on the planet.
As a nation we gobble down fast food and junk food at an alarming rate.
No surprise that we lead the world in most diseases as well, such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes's.
Then we run off to the doctor to prescribe us some magic pills, keep eating the same crap we've always eaten and expect the magic pills to preform a miracle.
Just one more reason why health care costs are so high in this country.
Here's a simple rule to follow before sticking something in your mouth, if what's in your hand was picked from a tree or a plant and is a piece of meat where the only processing done to it was to butcher it, then it's probably safe to eat.
In moderation.
Want to know what the average portion size should be?
Each portion on your plate should be about the size of a deck of playing cards.
Also, don't forget to exercise.
Getting off your butt while watching TV to walk to the fridge to get another soda is not exercise.  |
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Sean_OBrien
Engine Wiper
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Posted - 06/18/2012 : 5:04:34 PM
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I don't even worry too much about fast food/junk food - though knowing when to stop eating is a big problem for people it seems.
I still wear the same sized pants I wore in high school (heck, some of my work clothes are actually OD uniforms I was issued in basic training - softer than flannel after 30 some odd years of casual wear). I will go to a fast food place once a week - more if traveling - and get my fill of Bacon Cheeseburgers, shakes and the occasional Nacho Bel'Grande thing. I usually will throw about a quarter of the sandwich and half the fries away though. All my body needs to keep working. At the same time, when I am doing something physical (cutting wood for the fireplace or something along those lines) I will eat much more - again, need fuel for the fire...otherwise it is as bad (or worse) than eating too much. If it is something like cutting wood - I might be eating 3000-4000 calories a day for a week, but then when I am done I go back to regular eating.
Some of the people that I have seen with the biggest weight problems were athletes in high school and college. They needed to eat a lot to do what they were doing then - but they never realized that when they graduated and were no longer working out a few hours a day they needed to stop eating.
Exercise is another one of those things. I only exercised when someone with more rank than I had told me too. Never quite made sense to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYx0X0WFKMA
Instead, I do things like use a standing desk. Or, I mow my own lawn and do my own landscaping. Gardening and other stuff like that - plus working with wood and what not. I have enough heavy stuff that I need to lift, I don't see the point in paying someone to go lift their heavy stuff. |
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Rick
Administrator
USA
17728 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 5:35:35 PM
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Sean, you are one of the lucky ones to eat like that, not exercise and not gain weight.
Most people, myself included, would gain weight living that lifestyle.
Eating 3000 - 4000 calories a day! [:-bigeyes]
I ride my bike 100-150 miles a week plus do other types of exercise, not counting mowing my lawn and other household chores, and don't come close to eating that many calories.
And those calories I do eat aren't empty calories from fast foods, processed foods and soda.
That video you posted didn't help your argument either.
Did you see the size of that guy?
And he was sweating just standing there talking. |
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Chuck Doan
Fireman
USA
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Posted - 06/18/2012 : 5:42:50 PM
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Rick
Administrator
USA
17728 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2012 : 5:50:45 PM
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Originally posted by Chuck Doan
Rick does it count if you walk all the way around the sofa before getting that soda?
Only if you pick up the sofa and take it with you. |
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Sean_OBrien
Engine Wiper
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Posted - 06/18/2012 : 5:52:39 PM
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Originally posted by Rick
Sean, you are one of the lucky ones to eat like that, not exercise and not gain weight.
Most people, myself included, would gain weight living that lifestyle.
Eating 3000 - 4000 calories a day! [:-bigeyes]
I ride my bike 100-150 miles a week plus do other types of exercise, not counting mowing my lawn and other household chores, and don't come close to eating that many calories.
And those calories I do eat aren't empty calories from fast foods, processed foods and soda.
That video you posted didn't help your argument either.
Did you see the size of that guy?
And he was sweating just standing there talking.
When I eat like that - I am working a lot. The last time was when I was tearing down an old barn to salvage the wood, so I was climbing and carrying heavy stuff from sun up to sun down. The only time I would break was for food. After about a week of removing all the siding, hardware and finally breaking down the timber framing - on a 2000 calorie a day diet I would be gaunt. Normally only happens a couple times a year, but the amount of physical work being done necessitates a greatly increased caloric intake (I have seen guys fall out because they didn't account for the increased demand...or their wives wouldn't let them).
Normally I am probably around 2000-2500 a day. Though I am also a bigger guy than average (6'2" 190 lbs), so just doing my normal day to day activities I burn more calories than your average person does.
Regarding James Gregory - he isn't a small guy...but he makes the point well enough. The lights on stage don't help the sweat much either.
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