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Whole Foods and Fat

alyssaroyse — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:01:12 -0500

This is one of my favorite subjects! (Well, that and sex, I'll always respond to posts about food and sex!)

In my (never) humble opinion, and based on too-much time spend reading about food and changing our household diet, I have to echo some of the above comments. And I think that things can really be boiled down to the simple notions of:

1. Eat REAL food

2. Eat REAL fat

The notion of eating the way that people ate 200 years ago is spot on. Before we processed and refined everything. Before we took the fat out of everything. Before we turned food into an industry (and products) on par with petroleum.

I am an obsessive cook and foodie. I eat more than most people I know. And by swtiching to entirely whole and natural food (including lard and raw milk) I actually lost about 20 pounds, while feeling like I was eating more (and eating better.)

I highly recommend the book Nourishing Traditions, by Sally Fallon. Definitely read it with a grain of salt because she is a bit beyond the pale and definitely the far end of the fringe, but her work is based in solid science and cross-cultural traditional eating. It will change your life.

Then start replacing the processed food in your life with whole, natural food - complete with it's natural fat and sugars. Most foods are perfectly balanced to be digestible before we refine them.

I won't go on..... But we always ask ourselves "would this have been on the Little House in The Prairie?" If not, we generally don't eat it.

I don't mean to do a blatant plug here, but the July issue of JUST CAUSE Magazine was entirely about food, the food industry, food's impact on our bodies and the planet.... Sorry that Zinio makes you register to read it, but it's worth it and it's FREE. (We're setting up a new site to get around that, but until then, trust me that it's free and worth it.)

Thanks for this post.

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Alyssa Royse

Just Cause It: A Web Site To Save The World

READ the magazine http://www.zinio.com/justcause

Low Carb Creates Portion Control Naturally

Elana Centor — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:17:15 -0500

In Good Calories, Bad Calories, Gary Taubes talks about portion control and he contends that when you cut out the carbs, portion control happens organically. One of the issues Taubes discusses is that when people eat carbs and are "addicted to sugar" their ability to stick to portion control is extrremely challenging because instead of filling people up, carbs encourage extra eating.

I can only speak from my own experience and for me, when I cut the carbs and sugar I naturally eat less and get full faster because I am including fats in my diet that do a great job of sending signals to my brain that I'm full.

However, if someone is following a low fat/higher carb diet then absolutely they need to focus on portion control. New York state requires all restaurants with 15 outlets to post nutritional information on their menus. CAlifornia has passed a similar law and there is one in Congress that would bring nutritional information to restaurants across the country.

The WSJ has an interesting article on the impact that disclosing nutritional information is having on < a href="http://www.restaurantlocator.info/blog/51600/macaroni-grills-order-cut-calories-keep-customers-wall-street-journal/">Macroni Grill.</a>

elana
Blogher Contributing Editor,Business&Careers FunnyBusiness

Elana, what about portion

elizabeth.faden — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:06:17 -0500

Elana, what about portion size...i think that is a big reason why Americans are gaining weight. I don't know if I believe sugar is addicting, but because it tastes 'good' we eat un healthy items more often then not. But its all about portion control in my opinion. You go to cheesecake factory, and one meal could feed you for a week. Yet (at least for me) I will gorge my self on the plate. I'm with Taubes, You can't blame the food industry. Humans love to blame others for their mistakes...and this is why I don't think we can blame the food industry ...but that is for another topic :) I can only blame myself for my waistline

Elizabeth Faden
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Eat the way our grandparents used to eat

Kelly Logan — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:58:56 -0500

They ate basic, natural foods, including moderate amounts of butter and full-fat milk. They never worked out in a gym but got workout naturally because their life wasn't as fully-automated as ours. And of course, they didn't have enough money to eat out frequently.

Kelly

I blog about how to lose weight slowly and safely

good fats vs bad fats

pattipitch — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:22:39 -0500

Great post. The whole weight thing is a heavy subject...hard to decipher and find a way through. A couple of years ago I took a FANTASTIC teleclass from a nutritionist named Heidi Dulay. I have always been interested in nutrition and food and eating well and growing foods. But this class took me to a whole new level of understanding. She has developed a really doable program for weight loss. It works and it has compassion for the fact that modern women are busy. Heidi is warm, and wise and filled with incredible level of nutrition knowledge. She's one of those brainy types with a Phd from Harvard but most importantly she is a person who cares and who listens and who knows how to really help. You might want to check her out. She's a professor in the Bay Area now--JFK University I think, but you can read about her class at http://WholeFoodNation.com

The class is called ER Fat Burn and ER Detox...ER standing for Extreme Regime. It's good stuff. Here's a little video of her making her morning drink for her program. She seems a little nervous to me in front of the camera but she isn't like that at all in the class. Her friend Kim probably said 'You gotta do this video. Or something...but anyway, it gives you a feel for her.

good luck on with your new way of eating...and I hope my link worked. .--patti