Re: Healthy Eating Plan

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

Raw sugar is not harmful to the body like refined sugar is and that is the issue with sugar and white flour and white rice, etc. You do not have to get radical to be healthy.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

White rice is healthy stuff.

A billion Chinese, for generations, can't be wrong, right?

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

I think you are in your element here @sidsmom. I agree about the white rice. I grew up on the stuff and so did my ancestors for hundreds of years.

Laura14 · ‎06-09-2014

@springers Congratulations! I can tell you that just cutting out sugar will make a vast difference in your health. I did it a year ago and got the best annual check up I've ever had this month.

What's worked for me is just eating real food and eliminating sugar.

You'll find once you detox from sugar, it really does kind of make you sick if you start up with it again (I can't even eat grapes anymore) but a small bite of it here and there once in a blue moon is fine. Nothing is bad in moderation. Just read labels or stay real meaning it came out of the ground like this because sugar is everywhere!

Fruit also works for cravings while you're stepping down. It's real sugar but you get the fiber along with it so you don't get nuts and overeat which is usually the problem for other sweet stuff.

As far as carbs, just eat the right ones. I eat bread every single day but it's Ezekiel multigrain bread which is gluten free and sweet potatoes which are another staple for me. I'm not a big fan of rice but when I do have it, it's brown or some other multigrain.

The "white" foods convert very quickly to sugar in your body which is why I tend to go color if I can. They are usually more satisfying too because they stick around in your digestive system longer. And protein mixed with a carb like peanut butter, beans, lean meats, etc are the best plates you can make.

If you like recipes, I get most of my inspiration from tumblr and instagram (search #fitfam or #foodie or lots of other healthy hashtags and they'll pop up) although I normally just buy real food that I like and will eat and throw it all together into something that works for me and my taste buds.

Also highly recommend meal prep especially if you are busy or still in the working world so you can grab and go and not ruin yourself by being caught without your healthy foods.

Someone did start a healthy meal/recipe thread at one time. Maybe we should do it again for the New Year if there is enough interest.

HiLo · ‎03-10-2010

@Laura14 wrote:
@springers Congratulations! I can tell you that just cutting out sugar will make a vast difference in your health. I did it a year ago and got the best annual check up I've ever had this month.

What's worked for me is just eating real food and eliminating sugar.

You'll find once you detox from sugar, it really does kind of make you sick if you start up with it again (I can't even eat grapes anymore) but a small bite of it here and there once in a blue moon is fine. Nothing is bad in moderation. Just read labels or stay real meaning it came out of the ground like this because sugar is everywhere!

Fruit also works for cravings while you're stepping down. It's real sugar but you get the fiber along with it so you don't get nuts and overeat which is usually the problem for other sweet stuff.

As far as carbs, just eat the right ones. I eat bread every single day but it's Ezekiel multigrain bread which is gluten free and sweet potatoes which are another staple for me. I'm not a big fan of rice but when I do have it, it's brown or some other multigrain.

The "white" foods convert very quickly to sugar in your body which is why I tend to go color if I can. They are usually more satisfying too because they stick around in your digestive system longer. And protein mixed with a carb like peanut butter, beans, lean meats, etc are the best plates you can make.

If you like recipes, I get most of my inspiration from tumblr and instagram (search #fitfam or #foodie or lots of other healthy hashtags and they'll pop up) although I normally just buy real food that I like and will eat and throw it all together into something that works for me and my taste buds.

Also highly recommend meal prep especially if you are busy or still in the working world so you can grab and go and not ruin yourself by being caught without your healthy foods.

Someone did start a healthy meal/recipe thread at one time. Maybe we should do it again for the New Year if there is enough interest.

Laura: You've made some good suggestions here. My nutritionist agrees that only brown rice, etc. is acceptable since the white kind has been processed, I'd like to see more from you on this topic.

Caligurll · ‎07-20-2014

I am vegan and try to follow a whole food, plant based diet; meaning, I try to limit my processed vegan foods intake. Not so easy around the holidays! When I follow the WFPB diet, I can eat as much as I want/need without worrying about my weight, and usually will lose weight if I don't weigh myself a couple times a week so that I can make adjustments to my diet.

My goal for 2017 is to completely eliminate processed oils and refined sugar. I am a firm believer in Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's research in preventing and reversing heart disease. He has an excellent book of the same title, and can be seen in the equally excellent documentary Forks Over Knives.

I'm not suggesting anyone go vegan; it is not an easy thing to do, but the closer you eat to whole food, plant based, the easier it is to reap the health and weight loss benefits. This has been my experience with WFPB eating.

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@SilleeMee wrote:
I think you are in your element here @sidsmom. I agree about the white rice. I grew up on the stuff and so did my ancestors for hundreds of years.

@SilleeMee

Ok...I dig it!

I've been getting into kimchi, as of late.

Did you grow up w/ fermenting produce?

I follow a gal where everything's kimchi & mukbang (Against Guidelines to link, but just Google 'mukbang cabbage mommy'. She's a hoot). I love rice wraps, blended rice soup..even sticky rice balls are in my gym bag after my workout. But I'm torn...I do love me some taters!

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

@Caligurll wrote:
I am vegan and try to follow a whole food, plant based diet; meaning, I try to limit my processed vegan foods intake. Not so easy around the holidays! When I follow the WFPB diet, I can eat as much as I want/need without worrying about my weight, and usually will lose weight if I don't weigh myself a couple times a week so that I can make adjustments to my diet.

I'm not suggesting anyone go vegan; it is not an easy thing to do, but the closer you eat to whole food, plant based, the easier it is to reap the health and weight loss benefits. This has been my experience with WFPB eating.

@Caligurll

Wonderful! But I do have to warn you....mods will delete your entire post w/ the doctor's name...just a heads up. I do have to agree w/ you...love his lectures..and his son has a new book out, though everything is free online. Just love all the beautiful testimonies by eating a WFPB diet.

Eat as much as you want.

Do you eat according to the calorie density of 800 calories or less per pound? Yeah, the oils don't fall within that guideline. As the good doctor says, 'NO OIL!"

SilleeMee · ‎05-22-2016

Yes @sidsmom. I was raised on some strange fermented foods that I couldn't begin to pronounce much less explain the ingredients! Miso soup was, in my family, a breakfast item which contained other stuff like noodles and chunks of some kind of dried/reconstituted sea thing...? I know sounds kinda of gross in a way but it was very nutritious according to the people who ate it. My mom made a pickled cabbage-type vegetable she bought at a Japanese market. Looked similar to Swiss chard. It was heavily salted though and seasoned with a blend of spices. It was delicious served over rice with a side of tempura veggies or fish/shrimp. My fave garnish is wasabi. I buy dried powder and reconstitute it so it's very potent!

Kimchi is a Korean dish not eaten in my home growing up. But I have indulged with eating it at local restaurants and I love it! I will have to google your "cabbage mommy". Sounds like fun.

Rice rolls are my weakness. They are made fresh daily at local market here. I get there in time before they all sell out. I could live on them if they were the only thing to eat on this planet!...LOL! ...with wasabi of course.