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Re: What do you mean by Low Carb....Leslie? Jo-Nita? Anyone with Success...
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 13 Jul 2001 22:51:18 -0500 (CDT)
Please. I wish that our population, both male and female, would
actually sit down and THINK about the repurcussions of their actions.
Losing weight and feeling "great" by the Atkin's diet can only last so
long until one's body and organs decide to give out. A high-protein
diet that mostly consists of animal fat is quite possible the worst
thing that one can do to one's body, not to mention the ecological
damages that occur as a result of this excessive way of eating.
To the individual who said that America has the greatest distribution
system the world has ever known, he failed to mention that a child
starves to death every 2.3 seconds. This is not from LACK of food-there
is plenty to go around. It is the distribution system itself where the
fault lies. But we Americans, built up by our comfortable housing,
SUVs, summer homes, and clean, accessible water, are so far removed from
this fact that we don't see, and don't care, to enter this into our way
of thinking. It would be too difficult.
Here are a few facts to think about:
*Water needed to produce one pound of wheat: 25 gallons
*Water needed to produce one pound of meat: 2,500 gallons
*Production of excrement by total US human population: 12,000 pounds/sec
*Production of excrement by total US livestock: 250,000 pounds/sec
At Mon, 5 Feb 2001, hf wrote:
>
>May suggest the CAD approach? (Carbs Addict's Diet)
>
>Avoid carbs for breakfast, and lunch. Eat the carbs you please for
>supper. The idea is to energize yourself with prots and fats (I prefer
>oils, like olive oil, flaxseed oil)
>
>SEE ALSO
>
>http://www.kathyland.com/lowcarb.shtml
>
>Change the carbs you allow yourself from GRAIN based to fruit/vegetable
>based. SEE
>
>http://www.mercola.com/article/Diet/carbohydrates/lower_your_grains.htm
>
>"Avoid" recognizes that fruits and veggies contain carbs, too, and that
>carbs are almost impossible to abstain from and probably abstinence will
>turn out to not be a "perfect" solution either. By allowing carbs for
>supper, you have a reward for being good to look forward to. The
>serotonin that will come from eating the carbs for supper will also help
>the brain to take in natural tryptophan which will boost your serotonin
>levels and make you sleepy. But I just read that if your evening diet
>has even 2 - 4% protein, that protein will prevent your brain from
>taking in that tryptophan. After experiencing the sleepiness that comes
>from carbing it, one may decide that carbs are not the greatest gift of
>farmers after all. In particular, the Adkin's diet theorizes that we
>were never meant to eat grains since the beginning. Grains are so often
>mixed into everything we eat out of boxes and in restaurants. They are
>dirt cheap, subsidized, and have a super long shelf life so they are the
>grocer's favorite.
>
>In America, we have possibly the greatest distribution system the world
>has ever known and what do we see on the shelves? DRIED. BOXES. GRAINS.
>We could be seeing fresh fruits and veggies and meats and olive oil -
>but NO! That's not what sells. 11 cents worth of corn is turned into
>dried cereal flakes, or dried fried chips which are priced at dollars!
>Not cents, anymore. And we can't eat just one - because that's the
>design!
>
>Wow, I guess my soapbox is cracking up.
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