On 4/10/2015 2:13 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> 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
>
> Yes Virginia, there are grown men that still throw temper tantrums.

You're not wrong! ;-)
>
> Some people come here for the witty conversation, I come here for the spectacle of it all!
>
LOL



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Xeno