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Re: yogurt, dairy, and low carbing
From: Anon (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 8 Jun 2003 13:00:35 -0500 (CDT)
I'll tackle the carb question and lowfat yogut--lowfat yougurt is
heavily sweetened (and there are your simple carbs--and lots of them) to
compensate for the lack of fat--many lowfat food items share this
characteristic. Everything has trade-offs.
7 Jun 2003, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>
>At Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Alina wrote:
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>>Evidently, yogurt (oddly, especially skim milk yogurt) is relatively
>>high in carbs. But I have been able to keep high blood pressure under
>>control by increasing my intake of low-fat dairy products and vegetables
>>over the past few years, after reading about a study at that time. Also,
>>I have osteopoenia from years of antiandrogen medications. So I am
>>loathe to give up yogurt, dry-curd cottage cheese and the like, and just
>>eat meat and fish at every meal. Anybody got anything to say about
>>dairy products in a low-carb diet or their effect on insulin production?
>>
>>Many thanks and cheers to all -- Alina
>
>--
>I was diagnosed with PCOS last Friday. I suspected it for awhile. I have had
>weight that would not budge, acne and late periods for years. I adopted a
>vegetarian diet 4 months ago and that led me to giving up dairy two weeks ago.
>What a difference! My face is completely clear, my weight is starting to go
>down and I got my period early and I am having no cramps. I am absolutely
>amazed by how much cutting out dairy has improved my life.
>
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