So, I've been on a diet now for about....close to 3 weeks. At this point I've lost 16 pounds, which I don't think is too bad at all. It's the Paleo Diet and although your choices of what to eat can be somewhat limited, I'm finding it easy to follow. Basically you cut out things like bread, pasta, dairy, beans, sugar and salt. Things with natural sugar, like fruit, are just fine. A typical day of meals for me is:
Breakfast - 2 whole eggs, 2 egg whites scrambled with some fresh fruit or unsweetened applesauce.
Lunch - 2 pieces of fish (tilapia usually) with half an avocado.
Dinner - Lean steak or chicken breast with fresh vegetables.
During the course of the day I'll snack on things like fresh fruit, or unsalted cashews or almonds. Peanuts are a no since they are technically a bean and not a nut. Things are good so far, and the weight comes off really easy. There's a wealth of information online if anyone is interested.
Monday, July 5, 2010
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What happened to the yolks of the second two eggs? I've eaten four full eggs for years. The yolks are the best part.
ReplyDeleteFrom looking at your menu it looks like you are afraid of fat. Saturated fat is VERY paleo. Don't be fooled by some author that twisted the facts to make his variation on the diet more politically acceptable.
It has never been proven that high intakes of saturated fat and cholesterol are detrimental to our health. The American Heart Association bases their "low-fat" prescription off of five studies:
(1) The first one was Ancel Keys study done in the 70's that generated "The Lipid Hypothesis" which argues that eating saturated fat and cholesterol give you high cholesterol, and high cholesterol gives you heart disease... totally bogus, and debunked numerous times. The debunking is best explained in Gary Taubes's "Good Calories, Bad Calories." [Basically he had data from 21 more countries but he cherry picked the seven countries that showed what he wanted to show.]
(2) The Los Angeles VA Hospital Study (1969): Researchers didn't collect data regarding smoking habits for some men, and stated later that half the participants strayed from the prescribed diet.
(3) The Oslo Diet-Heart Study (1970); basically proved nothing regarding deaths from heart disease and a low fat diet.
(4) The Finnish Mental Hospital Study (1979): almost half of the participants either left or joined half way through the 12 year study.
(5) The St. Thomas' Atherosclerosis Regression Study (1992): 74 men showed a reduction in heart disease by those who ate diets low in saturated fat... but they were also required to eat less sugar. Since the message needed to be "saturated fat bad" that little detail is often left out.
Let me sum it up: Cholesterol doesn’t lead to heart problems. Cholesterol is absolutely essential to good health. A major factor is the small dense LDL particles that cause problems.
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