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Re: Non low carb diets TO ANNE
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 9 Feb 2002 15:18:56 -0600 (CST)
Fruits and veggies are VERY important, but what Dr.Furman is neglecting
to give you is a plan that you can stick with for the rest of your life!
Thats the key..not a one month wonder..cuz if you go back to eating like
you were before, all your problems are going to come right back. I
think MODERATION is the key, and avoiding processed foods ,and junk food
for the most part. I tried to do something similiar to yours and always
felt hungry and it didnt last because it was so restricting. I am not
saying you could not stay on it..if it works for you then great! For
most of us though, that type of rigidity most often fails :(
At Sat, 9 Feb 2002, Anne wrote:
>
>I lost 1.5 pounds since starting a day and half ago (with exercise first
>thing in the morning before coffee). I ate a lot too. Dr. Furman is
>of the opinion that our diets are too high in protein and fat and he
>backs up this assertion with studies comparing people with plant based
>diets to americans and what happens to them when they eat american diets
>- they go from non-existant heart disease and low cancer rates to high
>heart disease and high cancer rates.
>
>His food pyriamid is:
>
>fats/beef
>chicken/fish
>grains legumes, nuts, seeds
>fruits
>Veggies cooked & raw.
>
>I was quite skeptical at first, but now that I've finished reading his
>book I'm quite impressed, I don't think I've every read a more
>intelligently presented and backed up medical book.
>
>At Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Laura wrote:
>>
>>Thanks Anne-That diet sound like something I could actually adhere to
>>with just a little effort. I know for sure now that the gallbladder
>>pain was caused by the low carb. It got so bad yesterday, and then I
>>ate a handful of raisins and within 1/2 hour it was gone. Definatly not
>>a diet for me. Please keep us informed on how your diet goes.
>>
>>At Fri, 8 Feb 2002, Anne wrote:
>>>
>>>I have had success on low gylcemic diet - fruits, veggies, lean protein
>>>complex carbs. But now I'm starting a new diet - only fruit and veggies
>>>for 30 days- no processed foods to clean out my system.
>>>
>>>I discovered this diet via my mother who did it for 30 days and got rid
>>>of her life long allergies. She in turn, got it from a Dr. Joel Furman
>>>who says that a diet mostly consisting of of veggies and fruit and
>>>supervised fasting (at the appropriate time) can reverse diabetes (and
>>>therefore also insulin resistance). He writes that before the discovery
>>>of insulin that this is the way diabetes was treated, and it was
>>>successful.
>>>
>>>I'm just learning about this diet and this doctor. He says a low
>>>protein and low fat diet is the best way to go for many conditions, he,
>>>(like others) warns strongly against the Atkin's diet. See
>>>http://www.drfuhrman.com/ esp.http://www.drfuhrman.com/atkins.htm if you
>>>prefer to be a vegetarian this is probably something that would be easy
>>>for you to do.
>>>
>>>For me, I could not lose weight until I started taking glucophage, now
>>>that I'm on it what I do to lose weight actually works.
>>>
>>>Hope this helps.
>>>
>>>Anne
>>>
>>>At Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Laura wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I was wondering if anyone out there had any sucess on diets other than
>>>>low carb. I have low carbed several times (Atkins & CAD)and lost
>>>>weight, but end up very ill. For some reason after I low carb for a few
>>>>days, my gallbladder acts up and will not subside until I eat a few
>>>>carbs. I have been a semi-vegan for many, many years (just don't like
>>>>the taste of any meat)and am wondering if after 15 yrs of eating
>>>>virtually no meat, could the addition of these proteins be causing my
>>>>illness? Am I maybe not able to digest them properly?
>>>>
>>>>I would like to try something else if anyone out there has any ideas. I
>>>>am not a big pasta/bread eater due to allergies anyway, and my diet
>>>>consists of mostly fruit/veggies. I have had PCOS for approx. 11
>>>>years, and have much weight to lose after the birth of my 6 month old.
>>>>Any advice is appreciated
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