Re: Researchers Discover Mechanistic Link Between High-Fat Diet and Type 2 Diabetes

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Matti Narkia wrote: 
Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:44:18 GMT in article
<grlir1di4ljutqlpidgjfsf1io2qerf48g@xxxxxxx> Jim Chinnis
<jchinnis@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"runnswim@xxxxxxx (Larry Weisenthal)" <runnswim@xxxxxxx> wrote in part:


The main things we sautee are scrambled egg whites and egg white
omlettes and stir fried Asian dishes (we like Asian food even more than
we like Mediterranean food).  We use olive oil for our Asian cooking,
though, as noted above.

We also stir-fry with olive oil and do a lot of Thai dishes that way. 


Fish sauce is ubiquitous in Thai cooking and it may have beneficial health
effects, because of its supposedly high taurine content. It is also an
ingredient in the very spicy Tom Yum Gung soup, which we have often made at
home. Tom Yum Gung has sometimes been claimed to have powerful anticancer
effects:

Health benefits of Thai soup under study
CNN News, January 3, 2001
<http://www.cnn.com/2001/HEALTH/diet.fitness/01/03/thai.soup/index.html>

But perhaps other ingredients in the soup such as Galangal root, which is in
the same family as turmeric and ginger, have as much or more tho do with
this effect, if it exists.

Recipes:

<http://importfood.com/recipes/thaiprawnsoup.html>
<http://www.recipebookonline.com/asp/viewrecipe.asp?ID=547>
<http://www.templeofthai.com/thai_soup/thai_soup.html>
<http://www.recipesource.com/soups/soups/tom-yum-goong1.html>


In that vein, the longest lived and freest of diseases of aging are the Okinawans, and Quentin has posted a great deal about them, too.

Here an informative (cultural, not scientific) reference that explains a lot about diet and lifestyle leading to health and longevity:

http://www.wonder-okinawa.jp/026/e/material.html

Personally, I make Thai curry with full fat coconut milk, chicken, shrimp and lots of veggies. Served in a soup bowl with no rice.

Susan
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