I know of a handful of people who got really ill on the Atkins diet, and others who thrived. If you go by the blood-type diet, you'd see that certain blood types are supposed to go with very few carbs anyway, and others who really need it.
Just a thought.
Who gives a rat's ass about low carbs? What a lot of rot. Your boy Dr. Atkins was in deplorable condition when he died. What is really a shame is that so many good products became unavailable just because of one of the most witless diet fads to come down the pike. In years gone by, triathalon hopefuls used to stuff themselves with carbs pre-race, in order to assure a high blood sugar level. I'd be interested to know if they succumbed to the idiotic fad, and what they did to prepare themselves for a race thereafter.
I say carb schmarb.
Look at all those fat Italians with their pasta, Chinise with their white rice.
I don't believe i've ever seen a fat Chinese . . .
I eat scads of carbs, but then I don't have diabetes (tap, tap). I'm not interested in diet fads either, but do buy into the glycemic index thing to some extent - besides it at least somewhat goes along with more nutritional value per carb.
I do remember at the height of the adkins thing, blueberries were a no-no. Whaaaaaaaaaat??
roger wrote:A comment on that stuff we call wheat bread. I read labels, and they're all "wheat bread". Rye bread, potatoe bread, multigrain, you name it, the principle ingredient is always wheat. I seem to recall that rye is way lower on the glycemic index than white wheat bread, which is fine. It's great stuff to sit around and eat with nothing but butter. It does not go well with peanut butter.
You can get rye bread that's really rye-based. You just have to search a bit.
PB's good on rye toast - dark rye toast in particular
If anyone's on heart meds like coumadin - stay away from the quinoa. It's contra-indicated.
I have discovered a diet that works better than low carb, low fat... or anything else. It's called the low calorie diet. Flawless.
roger wrote:Fiber is good
I just learned this past weekend that this is not a universal truth.
A parent of a friend, and a friend of the hamburger's, were both in hospital recently as a result of their high-fiber diets - and released to low-fiber diets. High fiber's not the right way for every body.
Fiber helps you make.
- Bobby Hill, King of the Hill
I honor of this thread, i cooked up four pounds of pasta for lunch, and ate it plain, with a half-pound of butter.
I just wanted a light lunch.
Setanta wrote:I just wanted a light lunch.
I had a ham and cheese sammich with porknbeans and chips. I am civilized!
Of course we could all do without the white sugar and white bread, and I do see where glycemic load is important, slow burning carbs.
However, in general, I find people who obsess about how many grams of carbs is in a natural, from the earth food incredibly annoying.
My bossÂ….The other day I says to her, I says "Taste these grapes, I think there're the sweetest I've ever had" She eats one and agrees their delicious.
Here, have some more.
Oh no, I can't. Too many carbs.
Yeah, all those people sitting in Milano right now, getting all porked out on grapes.
chai, you're a fruitcake, get over it!
I thought I was a wingnut.
Chai wrote:Fiber helps you make.
- Bobby Hill, King of the Hill
not if you don't drink enough water
jespah wrote:Roger, when you run low, you can buy
Dreamfields at Amazon.
did you know you can buy it used ??!!
why is it so damn expencive though?
whats in that stuff?
ehBeth wrote:Chai wrote:Fiber helps you make.
- Bobby Hill, King of the Hill
not if you don't drink enough water
That's true! So many people don't realise that water coluble fiber like starches are necessary AND you have to have water with them.
