"Xeno" > wrote in message
...
> 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!
>

I don't even know what it is LOL

--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/