"dsi1" > wrote in message
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> On Saturday, October 3, 2015 at 7:12:17 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>> "Xeno" > wrote in message
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>> > 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.
>>
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> 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.

Too true I wouldn't! I take enough drugs for asthma and allergies (only
because I don't have any choice!) and I fight against any others offered.




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