Interesting info, CORN, Should we eat it?????

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  • Sublog
    Sublog Posts: 1,296 Member
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  • nathan72
    nathan72 Posts: 91 Member
    don't eat corn in a Snickers bar...
  • sweet_lotus
    sweet_lotus Posts: 194 Member
    I highly, highly, highly recommend reading some of Mat Lalonde's research. He is an organic chemist and is really researching grains in the human diet.

    I'll take the science of the massive longitudinal studies showing that grains are not only safe, but, beneficial (cited above), over an organic chemist. But you are right, to each their own!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    If grains are bad, then why do people who eat them benefit?



    Fiber from Whole Grains, but not Refined Grains, Is Inversely Associated with All-Cause Mortality in Older Women

    http://www.healthmegamall.com/Articles/BabeskinArticle269.pdf

    Whole Grain, Bran Intake Associated With Lower Risk of Death in Diabetic Women

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100510161246.htm

    Whole-grain intake is inversely associated with the metabolic syndrome and mortality in older adults

    http://www.ajcn.org/content/83/1/124.abstract


    Thanks, I'll keep eating my corn. (and rice, and whole wheat, and barley, and oats.)

    Epidemiological studies like the ones above cannot prove anything, i'm not in the grains are evil camp, but I also don't think they are as wonderful as some whole grain advocates would lead you to beleive
  • DannyMussels
    DannyMussels Posts: 1,842 Member
    I only eat things that are alive.

    I'm sorry, but what do you eat then?

    Corn mostly.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    There has been insufficient time and evolutionary pressure for complete adaptation to seed consumption to arise in Home sapients. As a result, individuals that tolerate grains and legumes should be considered the minority, not the majority.

    Tell that to Asia
  • Bronx_Montgomery
    Bronx_Montgomery Posts: 2,284 Member
    I never eat anything that comes out looking the same way it went in

    Soooo no chocolate cake for you? :laugh:


    hahaha Especially if they have candles on it. Its weird being able to pull out a lit candle out your bum
  • leanmachinedream
    leanmachinedream Posts: 223
    I never eat anything that comes out looking the same way it went in

    Soooo no chocolate cake for you? :laugh:

    Oh god. I thought the first comment was bad but your response was worse. :laugh:

    Oh yes, and this post is ridic.
  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Corn is in everything and subsidized by the US Government. It's hard to eat it in moderation but it's worth trying to eat it in moderation.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member


    • Corn contains lots of fast digesting starches and sugar, which raises insulin levels, causes you to be hungrier and causes your body to store calories as fat.


    Do yourself a favor, and try at least 2 weeks with no grain products at all. I guarantee you will see some drastic improvements in your weight, energy, and general outlook! This is easier than you may think... For example, instead of having pasta with sauce and meat for dinner, a better alternative would be to have just grass-fed meat, tomato sauce, and veggies, topped with a little parmesan cheese. It’s delicious and no grains!

    So don't eat corn because it spikes your insulin and makes you fat, but eat meat which spikes your insulin and makes you fat? Of course the mere spiking of insulin doesn't make you fat

    I just wanna nuzzle you right now.
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    How the fvck are you supposed to eat BBQ?
  • kimoRUN
    kimoRUN Posts: 325 Member
    CORN: You never really own it.... you just borrow it.
  • thecrossfitter
    thecrossfitter Posts: 424 Member
    There has been insufficient time and evolutionary pressure for complete adaptation to seed consumption to arise in Home sapients. As a result, individuals that tolerate grains and legumes should be considered the minority, not the majority.

    Tell that to Asia

    I'll pull up some studies that explain the portion of their diet this makes up, as well as the fact that all grains are not created equal. The way they cook their rice also has a differing effect than the foods we eat. (I'll have to check to get all technical. I don't have a biology background and always have to look stuff up.)

    Please listen to his lecture. Lalonde is great, and he is not one to overstate his case.
  • nataliefallbach
    nataliefallbach Posts: 105
    Well you have to start somwhere, and I may not have been on this forum for very long but I have been studying a lot of different things because its interesting and everybody is different. I have found some great things that have helped me with my weightloss so I like to share it. Sorry if my sharing offended you.
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    I guess we should just avoid all foods and die of starvation then. Really, until the magic food pill that gives you all your nutrients without actually eating any real food comes out...oh wait...people think it did.

    Never mind
  • SunnyAndrsn
    SunnyAndrsn Posts: 369 Member
    My Type I diabetic husband can not eat a lot of corn, he has to stick to strict portion sizes with all starches, including corn, or he sees spikes in blood sugar. We use it as a starch component, not a vegetable. So if we have corn as part of a meal, it replaces another carb.
  • Beccaliebchen
    Beccaliebchen Posts: 20 Member
    You should watch "Food, Inc.", that will certainly make you think twice about eating corn, or eating anything that is force fed corn, aka: cows, chicken, pigs, and even some fish. Monsanto has a monopolistic grip on the farming industry and treat their farmers like crap and other farmers who want nothing to do with them like crap as well. After seeing this movie I steer clear of anything that is GMO'd. You found some awesome information and you will find this movie eye opening.
  • thecrossfitter
    thecrossfitter Posts: 424 Member
    There has been insufficient time and evolutionary pressure for complete adaptation to seed consumption to arise in Home sapients. As a result, individuals that tolerate grains and legumes should be considered the minority, not the majority.

    Tell that to Asia

    I'll pull up some studies that explain the portion of their diet this makes up, as well as the fact that all grains are not created equal. The way they cook their rice also has a differing effect than the foods we eat. (I'll have to check to get all technical. I don't have a biology background and always have to look stuff up.)

    Please listen to his lecture. Lalonde is great, and he is not one to overstate his case.

    http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/08/03/the-china-study-a-formal-analysis-and-response/
    http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Campbell-Masterjohn.html

    I'm still looking for the one that explains the difference in the cooking methods of rice, which kills off... something (darn my non science background). Actually - it MIGHT be in Lalonde's lecture.
  • SunnyAndrsn
    SunnyAndrsn Posts: 369 Member
    CORN: You never really own it.... you just borrow it.

    +1 LOL
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    There has been insufficient time and evolutionary pressure for complete adaptation to seed consumption to arise in Home sapients. As a result, individuals that tolerate grains and legumes should be considered the minority, not the majority.

    Tell that to Asia

    I'll pull up some studies that explain the portion of their diet this makes up, as well as the fact that all grains are not created equal. The way they cook their rice also has a differing effect than the foods we eat. (I'll have to check to get all technical. I don't have a biology background and always have to look stuff up.)

    Please listen to his lecture. Lalonde is great, and he is not one to overstate his case.

    http://rawfoodsos.com/2010/08/03/the-china-study-a-formal-analysis-and-response/
    http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com/Campbell-Masterjohn.html

    I'm still looking for the one that explains the difference in the cooking methods of rice, which kills off... something (darn my non science background). Actually - it MIGHT be in Lalonde's lecture.

    If you want some help, they eat mostly white rice, not brown and white rice has lower phytate content. But if lower phytate content made grains more tolerable then there shouldn't be an issue with people eating refined grains
  • Sl1ghtly
    Sl1ghtly Posts: 855 Member
    WTF is wrong with corn?

    The real question is WTF is wong with those who believe this nonsense.
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    CORN: You never really own it.... you just borrow it.

    i-didnt-eat-corn-aliens.jpg
  • frogmommy
    frogmommy Posts: 151 Member
    Thank you for sharing!

    I am troubled by the number of people here who bash others who are sharing information they have found. The purpose of these boards is to support and motivate. Not bash. If you disagree, use some class and do so in a civil manner.
  • burg1801
    burg1801 Posts: 124
    http://i.imgur.com/pKm7x.jpg

    I fail at pictures.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Thank you for sharing!

    I am troubled by the number of people here who bash others who are sharing information they have found. The purpose of these boards is to support and motivate. Not bash. If you disagree, use some class and do so in a civil manner.

    Or maybe the purpose of the boards is inform, not fill people's heads with nonsense.
  • luvlyjanny
    luvlyjanny Posts: 85 Member
    I never eat anything that comes out looking the same way it went in

    Soooo no chocolate cake for you? :laugh:


    hahaha Especially if they have candles on it. Its weird being able to pull out a lit candle out your bum

    oh hahaaaa the imagery of candles outta your bum makes me giggle so much :)
  • nataliefallbach
    nataliefallbach Posts: 105
    Thank you for sharing!

    I am troubled by the number of people here who bash others who are sharing information they have found. The purpose of these boards is to support and motivate. Not bash. If you disagree, use some class and do so in a civil manner.

    Or maybe the purpose of the boards is inform, not fill people's heads with nonsense.

    And you are the expert??????
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    I never eat anything that comes out looking the same way it went in

    Soooo no chocolate cake for you? :laugh:


    hahaha Especially if they have candles on it. Its weird being able to pull out a lit candle out your bum

    oh hahaaaa the imagery of candles outta your bum makes me giggle so much :)

    It burns
  • sedosher
    sedosher Posts: 142 Member
    How the fvck are you supposed to eat BBQ?


    Heck, I just ate corn for lunch...and now remember I'm having BBQ for dinner, smoked turkey to be exact, and I always eat corn with it...so looks like corn for two meals for me today!
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Thank you for sharing!

    I am troubled by the number of people here who bash others who are sharing information they have found. The purpose of these boards is to support and motivate. Not bash. If you disagree, use some class and do so in a civil manner.

    Or maybe the purpose of the boards is inform, not fill people's heads with nonsense.

    And you are the expert??????

    I do know garbage when I see it

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