Swanky, I cant tell if your first post about carbs was serious or not

It's serious.
Our bodies digest carbs easier and first (before) fats and proteins and other additives. That's what our bodies want to use as energy.

Want to make your body truly healthier? Cut the other stuff out. Not just carbs.

Want to lose weight and still lead whatever (eating) lifestyle you want? Cut out the carbs!

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Ok, so you're saying that the lo carb thing is good for losing weight but its not actually that healthy?

I'm going to give this a shot.

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It's good for losing weight pretty much no matter how you do it but it's only healthy if you do it in a logical way. That is true for most fad diets though. If you have steak and bacon dinner every day you are just trading some health problems for others.

Honestly though it's just a way to kickstart a different diet. If you eat less calories than you use in a day you will lose weight assuming you hit your minimum required calories for the day. This has always been true.

The problem is that for most people what they eat isn't the problem. It is they aren't getting enough physical activity. Limiting calories + eating more fruits and vegetables + getting more physical activity is better than anything else. However, "EAT ALL THE STEAK YOU WANT AND BE THIN AND HEALTHY!" sounds more appealing.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I dont really have questions, I was just trying to understand Spanky's statements

Well, I've got answers to everything.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Luckily, I never get tired of chicken. Salad with Chicken for 50% of my meals. The other 50 divided between Steak, Pork, and Turkey.

Im not going crazy with red meats or anything.

I think with me its more about sugar. I was a sugar junkie.

Try getting a medium coffee once in a while.

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This seems to be where a lot of the new thinking is going.

Sugar, even at low levels, is really bad for you. Unfortunately, it's really hard to avoid.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

yeah, I switched to equal and that cut my coffee intake down a lot.

Ive been on and off Coke Zero. Usually keep it to the weekends.

I may have to give the avocado thing a try. Thanks for the tip, Q.

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There are doubters about the pasta. The bread sounds good though.

http://www.dietdoctor.com/the-dreamfields-pasta-fraud

Yeah, I'm a sugar monster and desperately need to cut my consumption back. It's a struggle, though, given the number of late nights I'm either working or staying up with one of the kids.

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Agreed, especially the way its advertised (EAT ALL THE BACON IN THE CITY)

If you just try to cut carbs and eat healthy in general, that's good.

I think most of the low-carb dieters look at that as a free pass to eat all of the meat they can find.
Known around here as the "Arkansas/Milwaukee" diet.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Yup. Look it up.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

heres my low carb diet

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

I have talked with my Doctor numerous times about the Paleo diet and low carb diets and he recommends the paleo diet to his patients. I gave up soda, sugar, bread, dairy and all processed foods 16 months ago and my blood test results were the best they have been in 10 years.
White foods are all bad for you. I make an exception for rice with sushi and eggs.

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We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

the processed food part is why youre seeing results.

i have found (with chrons for a decade) that i can eat pretty much whatever i want as long as i stay away from processed foods. its weird how much of a difference it makes.

red baron pizza vs papa murphys for example- red baron (or any frozen pizza) tastes amazing but it makes me bloated and farty and overall lethargic for two days. papa murphys just digests easy and i feel great.

or if i eat a burger from a fast food joint... usually takes days to get over that too... but if i cook cow meat at home and make a burger it digests wonderfully.

i really think the preservatives they put in processed foods are whats causing the problems. that, and/or, the foods are broken down so much that they dont provide the right complex of nutrients your gut needs to properly digest stuff.

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

I hate white food in general.

I dont like milk and that spread to a lot of dairy and white food. Alfredo sauce and Ranch are both gross to me.

First the Wu-Tang, now this.

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A developing pattern...

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