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The hamstring (pull?) is a symptom of the problem. The anatomy train that begins in your neck and travels down the back of your body, and down the back of each leg to your Achilles tendons is weak (thus the hamstring problem). As you know, years of sedentary lifestyle weaken that anatomy train. I had a "dowager hump"…

I would second this. ^ Exercise is hard work and why would I want to throw all my hard work in the crapper by eating bad?

Since this site is about losing weight HEALTHFULLY, we need to carefully follow all of the recommendations; many of them are made to safeguard our health. Drinking water will not necessarily speed your weight loss (although there is some research that suggests it will) but it will contribute to good health. I always feel…

"...I have eggs for breakfast everyday. I usually do one full egg and 3/4 cups of egg white, either scrambled or made into an omelette!..." I have (organic) eggs every morning for breakfast too--but I eat the yolks. If you are throwing the yolks away, you are losing the most nourishing part. The best way to eat the yolks…

Low fat/no fat diets will kill you if you stay on them indefinitely. Fortunately, most people cannot (and they end up going back to their bad food habits and gaining the weight back--which keeps Weight Watchers in business). The main problem is that the standard diet gets too many of its calories from "fast carbs"…

LOL--well then, that's a different kettle of fish. One other thought on the vitamin D. I know that Australians use a lot of sunscreen. It is important to note that, ironically, people who use sunscreen every time they are out in the sun can also be deficient in vitamin D (sunscreen blocks the manufacture of vitamin D in…

No, for a young person who is eating well (and in sufficient quantities), supplements are not really necessary--with a few EXCEPTIONS. If you live in a Northern climate (anything north of Virginia) you are bound to be Vitamin D deficient over the winter (you manufacture vitamin D in your skin, in response to sunlight).…

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"Jingle Bell Rock" and "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" are two of my most un-favorites but I generally like Christmas songs. "My Grownup Christmas List" is a nice one for reminding us to care for those less fortunate at the holidays.

Your mistake was likely going to unrestricted carbs. If you had kept the carbs below 150 grams per day (and nixed "fast" carbs like table sugar, high fructose corn syrup (as in soft drinks) and grain starch (as in white flour and white rice), it is doubtful that you would have gained it back. I have been on a "lower…

I agree.

The carbohydrates from vegetables and fruits (good "slow" carbs) have different effects in the body than do the "fast" carbohydrates from sugar and grain starch. Because many of the carbohydrates in vegetables and fruits are bound in fiber, they are absorbed more slowly--which is good for avoiding blood sugar spikes and…

vardaemi: "These people are called diabetic and should seek treatment." Yes--high blood sugar over time will result in a person being diagnosed as Type II diabetic--but there is a long ramp up to that point. Controlling blood sugar keeps insulin down and thus keeps fat from being stored in response to the high blood sugar…

And, it if is a girl baby she is carrying, she could not only be damaging the baby's reproductive capacity (a girl baby is born with ALL of the eggs she will ever have in her ovaries) but the lives of her daughter's children as well. This has been demonstrated through the science of epigenetics.

She will not only be at risk for metabolic syndrome but pancreatic cancer as well if she sticks to a fruitarian diet. (Recent research strongly suggests an association between fruitarianism--where most or all of the diet is comprised of fruit--and pancreatic cancer. Steve Jobs was a fruitarian for many years and, as you…

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Baked apples are great. Just core a few apples and tuck a bit of butter and a dash of cinnamon in the center. Then drizzle the top with maple syrup or for a gourmet twist with Drambuie liqueur and bake for about 50 minutes at 325.

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Yes--there are many people who find that they can control their blood sugar much better if they don't have a high percentage of their calories in carbohydrates.

Funny--I was just going to say the same of you. While I don't buy the entire low carb program, I have experimented with my own body and have discovered that cutting out sugar, wheat, and starch in its various forms has enabled me to spend a lot more of my calorie allotment on more nourishing fare, and lose body fat…

Going chasing after sources would take a lot more time and energy than I have at this point. Bye all! :smile:

I was hypothyroid before I changed my diet--now my thyroid function is normal. A connection between gluten and thyroid dysfunction is a possibility--I didn't say that it is definitely the case. I am certainly healthier and stronger since I changed my diet--so what is the harm in telling people about it? You people all seem…

Are you saying then that "science" does not frequently disagree with itself or that money or "professional pride" is not a motivator for some scientists? :smile:

Your thyroid function might improve if you cut out gluten--mine did when I drastically cut back on all gluten and eliminated wheat gluten entirely. Here's an article that explains the possible connection of gluten and poor thyroid function: http://keyboardathletes.com/blog/2009/11/05/the-thyroid-gluten-connection/

No--there is a lot of new research that bears on the subject and would likely refute some or all of what has been posted but I'm to busy to go retrieve it. :tongue: There's some interesting obesity/metabolic syndrome research coming out of the University of Colorado and the University of Florida these days.

Yep. Here's a decent article that speaks to the subject: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-visceral-fat.htm

aimforhealthy: "...1. There is no such thing as an empty calorie. At its most nutrient deficient, a calorie still provides a unit of human energy. It isn't valueless..." I didn't say that it was "valueless". A high-carbohydrate meal would have had a lot of value for a slave in ancient Egypt (who was constantly threatened…

I don't think that they do in a direct way. But chronically elevated levels of blood sugar elevate cortisol levels and high cortisol levels will cause fat to be deposited "centrally" (that is, on the abdomen) preferentially. I'm sure you know that.

Have you ever been morbidly obese? I eat carbs myself--but I have to be very careful about the ones I do eat.

It seems that food science, like all other science has been compromised by political considerations these days. I once heard a chemist insist that you could get just about any conclusion you wanted in a scientific report (for the right amount of money in a research grant, of course). The whole GMO debacle in Washington is…