Re: crave carbs


NoOption5L@xxxxxxx wrote:

I noticed that you sidestepped the important health indicators. How
many prescriptions?

None.

Any colds?

Zero. I can't even remember the last time.

Any flus?

Zip. Again, it been so long.

Any infections like throat,

Notta. Ditto.

ear or yeast infections?

Nope. Ditto.

What medications in the last year?
Huh?

A few days of Motrin (and some ice) due to an injury.

Now, what about you?

Give us your weight, waist, cardio ability, and details on your
exercise program.

Also, where did your philosophy on diet come from?

Patrick

175 lbs. 5 ft 10 in. 34 waist. Well muscled, strong muscles in legs,
and solid upper body. I bike a few miles each week. Moderately active
otherwise. That's it for exercise.

About 7 years ago I was getting close to 200 lbs by eating less meats
and fats and more grains and carbs. Got sick with a flu or cold at
least once every six weeks. Strep throat once in a while. Regular yeast
infections, along with the wife, who was also getting sickly like me
and she was getting heavier too. We cut fats and we cuts meats and we
ate more low-fat grains and low-fat milk and low-fat muffins and
low-fat pasta and low fat skinless chicken breasts etc etc.

She borrowed a book called The Zone from a friend. I very reluctantly
read it and thought that it seemed to make some sense and we had
nothing to lose because eating less (fat) and exercising more did not
seem to be doing anything but making us fatter and sicker.

So we started the low carb way of life and each lost all our excess
weight, me in about 6 months, her in about a year (she had more to
lose). We never went hungry. My blood profile is now bang on normal. No
more colds, flus, medications, etc. Never been healthier. We eat fatty
foods all the time. Never skimp on it. Also we eat only real fats.
Tallow, lard, olive oil, butter. Eggs, bacon, fresh sausage, etc. Fresh
produce only. No processed crap. Real food. No margarine or shortening.

We eat like royalty. BBQ's, steaks, burgers, pork chops, fish, chicken
soup made from scratch, real butter, full fat milk, and full fat cream,
and full fat ice cream when we indulge. Meats and fats from healthy
well reared animals is very very healthy. And we also eat lots of
salads and fresh produce. But we do not over indulge in sweet fruits.
Remember, bears pack on a lot of weight in a relatively short time by
eating a lot of berries in the spring, summer and fall.

Modern fruits are not actually as nutrient dense as you would think.
Most have been bred and genetically modified by selective breeding to
be way sweeter than they were in the past, and in many cases that
process has diminished its nutrient content. And often they are bred
simply to be tougher so that they can ship better, again, with no
consideration for nutrition, and usually to its detriment. Then often
they are grown in nutrient deficient and highly chemically fertilized
soils. Then often they are picked before ripening and before they reach
their peak in nutrition and forced to ripen in transit or in storage
where they lose a lot of their water soluble vitamin content.

If you can reach out and pluck a piece of fruit right off the plant
when it it ripe and ready for picking, then you probably have good
nutrition. But if you go to the corner grocer and pick it off the
shelf, you have no idea what kind of conditions it was grown in and/or
how long it's been since it was picked, and a few days in transit or
storage can serious compromise its nutritional profile.

Have you ever directly compared the nutritional profiles of fruits
with the nutritional profiles of meats? Go check it out here:

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

You will be absolutely amazed how meat kicks fruits *** when it comes
to nutrient density and variety. Meats are chock full of vitamins and
minerals. Both in the quantity of each vitamin and in the variety and
number of vitamins and minerals.

TC

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