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Drink so much water you feel like you are going to pee every 10 minutes.

Camelback water bottles are the bomb digitty <3
 
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then you should be conderned about eating less carbs. You might want to trade in your nutrition book.

it's hardly a small percentage and a select few that have an increased insulin response. Obesity rates are out of control and diabetes rates seem to double every 10 years since carbs became the staples of people's diets. When 2 million people in this country have insulin sensitivity disease as a direct result from receptors being burned out from eating too many carbs and the resulting insulin response, I'd hardly call that a select few. Diabetes should be a rare disease, not a common one. at the current rates of increase we'll be at a rate of 1 out of 3 having the disease in the next 40 years. That's not a select few.

in the major population, carbs are the major culprit for poor health. They make you fatter. They stimulate hunger they increase the insulin response and women pay attention. you spend billions per year on trying to look younger, and nothing will age you faster than increased insulin levels over the years. You'll age faster than you want to. Save some money and cut out insulin stimulating foods like carbs.

Triglyceride levels in your blood, which are proving to be a better predictor of strokes and related heart disease than cholesterol. wanna know where the majority of those come from? It isn't from the fat you eat. It's carbs again.

They cause long term inflammation in the body, there's the anti oxidant stuff Dekka's already been talking about. In archeological records the first records of inflammatory joint diseases and things like dental cavities are first noted when the cultivation of grains became a staple to the human diet. Just something to think about.

it's not about just cutting carbs, it's about where they come from. Grains, pasta's, white rice etc should be severely restricted, and almost completely eliminated. Carbs from veggies, more than ok. and studies on ketosis vary widely. There are many good arguments that thru evolution, humans are supposed to to use up their glycogen stores periodically, and switch from a primarily carb burning body, to a fat burning body for energy.
I disagree. lol I can't exactly "trade in" my book. I have to use the text required for the class. I know there is information out there to support nearly any argument a person wants to make. There is a lot of conflicting information on nutrition. I am choosing to go with the information in my text book on this one.
 

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I disagree. lol I can't exactly "trade in" my book. I have to use the text required for the class. I know there is information out there to support nearly any argument a person wants to make. There is a lot of conflicting information on nutrition. I am choosing to go with the information in my text book on this one.
Actually as a scientist I have to say the arguments against carbs is far more compelling/better science. Less bias, less funded by interest groups etc.

Obviously its up to you to use what you wish, but in the interest of education you should at least look at the other studies. The same people who have been saying that eating cholesterol doesn't have any significant impact on high blood cholesterol nor can any link be found between high blood cholesterol and arterial plaques are the ones who have been attacked by the people who want us all to eat carbs.

Its becoming irrefutable that what we thought about eating fats and cholesterol linked heart disease was a product of very very biased science and people with an agenda. The fact they have been caught picking and choosing groups to give the results they want should be damning enough to warrant a closer look.
 
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Actually as a scientist I have to say the arguments against carbs is far more compelling/better science. Less bias, less funded by interest groups etc.

Obviously its up to you to use what you wish, but in the interest of education you should at least look at the other studies. The same people who have been saying that eating cholesterol doesn't have any significant impact on high blood cholesterol nor can any link be found between high blood cholesterol and arterial plaques are the ones who have been attacked by the people who want us all to eat carbs.

Its becoming irrefutable that what we thought about eating fats and cholesterol linked heart disease was a product of very very biased science and people with an agenda. The fact they have been caught picking and choosing groups to give the results they want should be damning enough to warrant a closer look.
I plan to do more independent research when I get further into my course work. I am working on a degree in dietetics. I try to do outside research now but I am a bit swamped with school, Chloe, etc. I also find it nearly impossible to find a completely unbiased source these days.

To be clear, I do not believe that you and RTH are entirely wrong. I am just not sure I agree that grains are detrimental to the degree that y'all do.
 

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I dont' think they are harmful in and of themselves (though they do create more free radicals) I do think basing a diet on them isn't the healthiest, though with rising population it is the cheapest and easiest. Its also the processed grains that really pack the carbs into you.

A bowl of steel cut oats isn't that bad for example. Toast and jam is.
 
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I dont' think they are harmful in and of themselves (though they do create more free radicals) I do think basing a diet on them isn't the healthiest, though with rising population it is the cheapest and easiest. Its also the processed grains that really pack the carbs into you.

A bowl of steel cut oats isn't that bad for example. Toast and jam is.
exactly, by themselves, they aren't terrible. The problem is our diets are based on them, and that is a problem. Where you get carbs from make a difference. the majority eaten in this country are processed and pretty much junk. They make us fat and load our blood with triglycerides because they liver has to do something with them when they can't all be used.

and it is about national policy. It is easy to feed a nation on grains. They're easy to grow, easy to store, and easy to process. There's a difference between feeding and nourishing a body.
 

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Hmm, try the P90x DVDs? I love it because it doesn't use that much equipment. Some dumbells, a yoga mat and a chin up bar plus a few other things. The dumbell and mat I already have, I only had to buy a chin up bar.

Edit: It comes with the nutritional plan as well in the handbook so you know what to eat.
 

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Fruits, legumes, nuts and vegetables should be the vast majority of what we eat, almost the entirety of what we eat. White flour, white potatoes, animal products don't have enough micronutrients. 60% of the diet of most people is "food" with little micronutrients. Fruits and veggies fight free radicals that cause cancer. Without a majority of the diet being fruits and vegetables, many diseases get a free path for destruction in our bodies. To lose weight and feel great, load up on fruits and vegetables. Some are better than others. I make sure to utilize all the colors they come in. If the mainstay of a diet is not fruits and vegetables, that is why people get cravings for more of the wrong stuff and feel hungry and weak. I truly believe that eating foods not designed for humans; processed, the wrong carbs, just all the junk is what causes cancers, heart disease, all kinds of other diseases, depression and most everything that goes wrong with people because they're not eating enough of the foods that fight diseases as they're getting started. They're not getting those angioinhibitors which are found in fruits and veggies... which starve out cancer cells. I've lost a bunch of weight and its because I've primarily cut out empty calories and concentrated on micronutrient-rich foods. (except for occasionally...like today. Thanksgiving) And exercise.
 

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Fruits, legumes, nuts and vegetables should be the vast majority of what we eat, almost the entirety of what we eat. White flour, white potatoes, animal products don't have enough micronutrients. 60% of the diet of most people is "food" with little micronutrients. Fruits and veggies fight free radicals that cause cancer. Without a majority of the diet being fruits and vegetables, many diseases get a free path for destruction in our bodies. To lose weight and feel great, load up on fruits and vegetables. Some are better than others. I make sure to utilize all the colors they come in. If the mainstay of a diet is not fruits and vegetables, that is why people get cravings for more of the wrong stuff and feel hungry and weak. I truly believe that eating foods not designed for humans; processed, the wrong carbs, just all the junk is what causes cancers, heart disease, all kinds of other diseases, depression and most everything that goes wrong with people because they're not eating enough of the foods that fight diseases as they're getting started. They're not getting those angioinhibitors which are found in fruits and veggies... which starve out cancer cells. I've lost a bunch of weight and its because I've primarily cut out empty calories and concentrated on micronutrient-rich foods. (except for occasionally...like today. Thanksgiving) And exercise.

Where are you getting this from? A lot of fruits are NOT good. We weren't designed to eat lots of fruit, fruit was what helped fatten people up to survive winters. The sugars in fruit are the same sugars in junk food (if you are avoiding sugars)

If you avoid excess carbs you don't need all the anti oxidants ;)

Veggies are good.

Why do you say meat products don't contain micro nutrients. There are some things you pretty much can only get from meat.

I have read a LOT of interesting stuff (all peer reviewed 'real' science) as I have decided to get serious about my eating habits. There is a LOT of politically motivated mis information out there.

From what I gather eating lots of veggies and meats, a little fruit and very low carbs is going to be 'healthiest' when it comes to heart disease, diabetes, cancer and to maintain a healthy weight. However recommending that goes against some big lobbies.
 
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Fruits should be an occasional thing. They're better than a candy bar, but for weight loss, if you're having troubles? avoid most of them. THey're mostly sugar. Besides some berries, the rest can go away for the most part.

The only problem with meat is the way we raise it, which in turn makes it unhealthy to eat a lot of it. Wild game, and grass fed beef is perfect. Nothing wrong with it
 

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The only problem with meat is the way we raise it, which in turn makes it unhealthy to eat a lot of it. Wild game, and grass fed beef is perfect. Nothing wrong with it
Around here it would be hard to find non grass fed beef. I am surrounded by cattle farms lol. And they roam the fields all summer. Our grocery stores often pride themselves in selling local beef. Chicken can be hit or miss and I think its pretty much all non free range unless you specifically pay extra for that.
 

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