On 3/10/2015 9:29 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 8:39:31 PM UTC-4, Xeno wrote:
>> On 2/10/2015 8:51 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Thursday, October 1, 2015 at 6:47:28 PM UTC-4, John Doe wrote:
>>>> The idea that "low-fat" means you get an equivalent amount of badness
>>>> from other ingredients is just silly.
>>>
>>> Processed foods that are "low fat" often have additional amounts of
>>> sugar added to make them more palatable for the mass market.
>>
>> That's because fat is flavour. Remove fat and you have remaining
>> something that more tastes like cardboard. Other ingredients such as
>> salt, sugar, etc. are added in an attempt to restore the flavour. What
>> you really need to look for is a balanced diet of 'real food'.
>>>
>>>> I've been drinking nonfat milk for decades. There is nothing to make up
>>>> for the lack of fat. I use it for anything I would normally use milk
>>>> for, like... Cereal, chocolate milk, straight milk, whatever. I no
>>>> longer desire fatty milk.
>>>>
>>>> And as a result of reducing my fat intake and eating plenty of fiber, my
>>>> cholesterol levels are excellent.
>>>
>>> I eat a fair amount of fat, and my cholesterol levels are excellent.
>>> Good genetics has a lot to do with it.
>>
>> You can quickly destroy the benefits of good genetic by consuming a poor
>> diet and/or lifestyle. We are not genetically programmed for our current
>> 'western' diet and lifestyle and the effects, such as obesity, are now
>> beginning to show this quite clearly.
>
> Well, when I say "a fair amount", it might be considered "not much" by
> others, since I try to control my calorie intake.
>
> A teaspoon (or so) of butter on my oatmeal in the morning
> A pint of 2% milk
> An ounce or two of cheese at lunch
> A tablespoon or two of olive oil at dinner
> Whatever fat comes along with chicken breast, farmed salmon or flank steak
> Some cocoa butter in an ounce of semi-sweet chocolate
>
> Of course, I eat fruits, vegetables and grains (whole and refined), too.
>
> That's kind of a typical day. If I want to have a BLT with
> mayonnaise, I have it. A couple times a year, fried fish
> and French fries.

Sounds like a reasonably balanced diet.
>
> It seems like everybody around me is on Lipitor or something.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>
Not this little black duck!

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Xeno