Struggling with weight loss? Ever since Dr. Atkins introduced his revolutionary diet, low-carb regimens have been all the rage. These diets promise that you can lose weight, while still enjoying many of the foods you love (T-Bone steak anyone?). But some have warned that the low-carb craze isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. What should we be aware of when considering a farewell to pasta?
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Are Low-Carb Diets Healthy?
What happen to moderation
There is so many questions and experiments about dieting. Although it is true that we in American and I am sure else where worry to much about fat-free, low-carb, no-carb, and so on, because technology and science has allowed to do so. We all know that we should eat more veggies, less bread and protein(from somewhere). Insteading of trying to the newest fad lets just go back how things were in the oldin' days. Eat meat, milk, white bread, ice cream, veggies, fruits, eat it all...but in moderation. Eat a good breakfast, a nice lunch and small dinner. Eat sitting down, not in the car, while walking or even while talking on the phone. If you enjoy what your eating, the constant need to find something else to munch on will fade. If we go back to taking our time, enjoying our dinning time, we will lose weight, eat "good for you" food.
Eating too many fruits is not good, eating only protein is not good, so on. Enjoy the food we have been blessed with, and life will be happy!
- Evie
August 19, 2008 9:48PM
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Moderation + Healthy Choices
I do agree with most of what you are saying. Yes, moderation is great. However, within that category, better choices can be made for optimum health. First of all, moderation can mean different things for many people. What one person may consider ‘moderate’ may be starvation or over-eating for someone else. As we get older and require fewer calories to maintain a healthy weight, we need to be realistic and give careful thought to our food choices. For example, I strongly disagree with you on the white bread. To the best of my understanding, there is little nutritional value there and a better choice would be a high quality wheat or other high fiber whole grain bread. If one loads up on calories with meat, milk, ice cream, potatoes and iceberg lettuce, in addition to probably over loading on calories, to the best of my understanding, this diet is missing in nutrients and vitamins. In order to maintain optimum health, portion control PLUS nutrient consideration should be taken into account. Enjoying nutritious foods is just as possible as eating food with less health-building value.
- mellis
September 12, 2008 2:56PM
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