On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 3:44:21 PM UTC-10, Xeno wrote:
> On 4/10/2015 9:37 AM, dsi1 wrote:
> > On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 12:21:41 PM UTC-10, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> >> On Sat, 3 Oct 2015 15:15:06 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> >> > wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "dsi1" <> wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>> On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:12:17 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>> "Xeno" > wrote in message
> >>>> ...
> >>>>> On 3/10/2015 10:44 PM, Ophelia wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> "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
> >>>>>>
> >>>>> Didn't you look it up? I did! I had no idea what it was either.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> It is merely a brand name of a Statin, a Cholesterol lowering drug.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I knew of Statins, http://tinyurl.com/ab82ly6 just not Lipitor.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Now I know but since I don't need such things the knowledge is wasted on
> >>>>> me. Hope you find it useful. ;-)
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks but no, I wasn't particularly interested I thought it was some
> >>>> kind of slimming pill
> >>>>
> >>>> As for statins! Wouldn't ever touch those.
> >>>>
> >>>> --
> >>>> http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/
> >>>
> >>> You ought to get a load of my diabetes med, Victoza. A few minutes after I
> >>> take it, I feel kinda uneasy in my guts. It's fast acting stuff! It probably
> >>> as a secondary effect of controlling blood sugar by reducing carb intake or
> >>> any food intake for that matter. My guess is that you don't ever want to be
> >>> taking this drug. Works pretty good with the blood glucose though.
> >>>
> >>> ---
> >>>
> >>> I hope you don't get bad stuff from it. I can't remember now what it can
> >>> cause. Either pancreatitis or kidney failure. Maybe both.
> >>
> >> YOOSE PHUCK PHACES WANNA KEEP YOUR DISGUSTING DISEASES OUT OF THIS
> >> FOOD/COOKING NEWSGROUP... YOOSE RUINING FOLK'S APPETITES... YOOSE
> >> FILTHY DIRTY STINKIN' DOUCHEBAGS. . . .
> >
> > Sounds like yoouse got a really bad case of diarrhea...
> >
> He's been spreading it so it's about time he got some back!
>
> --
>
> Xeno

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