Here's my rebel opinion of many of our diet questions......
If there is an apocalypse of artificial sweetener eaters, sugar eaters and wheat eaters, I will be happy with my decision to continue to eat all in moderation. 98% of my family, loved ones and friends eat them. I wouldn't want to be the only one left! Of course I say that because I do not have a health issue that mandates me to take them out of my diet.
I say that with the knowledge that I could be hit by a truck and die tomorrow!
The end:)
Wow Kay ... I think you're trying to poke the bear. That's the saying I detest the most :) I posted this article for Dr. Davis on FB today http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/24/defence-of-sugar-confection-scientists and you know what he said?? "Wonderful! Funny that most dietictians still argue that everything in moderation is okay!"
ReplyDeleteIs smoking in moderation ok? How about cocaine? There are some things that are not ok in moderation. We’re all going to die it’s just how soon and with how much suffering. If you develop diabetes you may die after multiple amputations or blindness. If you develop heart disease you may die after a massive heart attack (or two like my 54 year old uncle).
I’m curious if you’ve had your blood lipids tested recently? If so, I’m curious what your triglycerides were (these are a major indicator of your cardiac health). If they were over 100 you may want to rethink your position and if they were under 70 then I say … as you were :)
I was actually dreaming up a post about “conventional wisdom” and you’ve just inspired me … look out! Lol …
I’ll leave you with one of my favourite quotes from Dr. Davis, ““Everything in moderation” makes as much sense as justifying a fatality caused while driving drunk as “just a mistake.” Everything in moderation is definitely not okay. It is a silly notion that, like other outdated notions, will fall by the wayside as yet another form of nutritional roadkill.”
As of 8/2012, my triglycerides were 80. I think I'm safe. I also think equating drugs to food are quite the stretch. I don't even drink alcohol. I guess I should have put "all foods in moderation".
ReplyDeleteI agree with u Kay!! Many take this too far! Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but doesn't mean we shall all agree. Has to be a way of eating that can do forever and stay at a healthy weight. Great if u can cut out wheat and live like that forever, I think it's awesome. But I know I would never stick to it long term.
DeleteNot bad on the trigs :) That's a good indication of how many small LDL you have and how much inflammation in the arteries. That's why people drop of heart attacks with good cholesterol. Under 100 is good (under 70 is better). Dr. Davis shoots for 60. Every time you spike high blood glucose you make lots of small LDL that stay in your blood for 7-14 days. These small guys are the ones that cause the damage that create the plaque that leads to atherosclerosis. I guess I won’t worry about you “too” much ;)
ReplyDeleteThey told my FIL it was ok to have his wheat and stuff in moderation too. I'm so glad he didn't listen to them. I'm convinced it was one of the most powerful things he did to reverse his pre diabetic diagnosis so quickly. For me this is a lot more than weight. My mother has also greatly improved her trigs which were over 100 before she started cutting the wheat and sugar (and carbs). I now see this as a whole health issue (not just a weight loss one). For my FIL, wheat and sugar are probably not ok in moderation.
Just as an added comment: many have compared sugar (and wheat) to cocaine because they both attach to the opiate receptors in your brain. Sanjay Gupta showed that himself on the 60 minutes special about sugar. They were making the point that sugar is addictive. So I don’t think I was stretching there :)
DeleteAs written by Dr. Robert Lustig, professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, in The Atlantic:
"... the war on drugs has taken a back seat, but not because it has been won. Rather, because a different war has cluttered the headlines -- the war on obesity. And a substance even more insidious, I would argue, has supplanted cocaine and heroin. The object of our current affliction is sugar. Who could have imagined that something so innocent, so delicious, so irresistible -- just one glucose molecule (not so sweet) plus one fructose molecule (very sweet) -- could propel America toward economic deterioration and medical collapse?"
Dr. Lustig continues:
"The brain's pleasure center, called the nucleus accumbens, is essential for our survival as a species... Turn off pleasure, and you turn off the will to live... But long-term stimulation of the pleasure center drives the process of addiction... When you consume any substance of abuse, including sugar, the nucleus accumbens receives a dopamine signal, from which you experience pleasure. And so you consume more. The problem is that with prolonged exposure, the signal attenuates, gets weaker. So you have to consume more to get the same effect -- tolerance.
And if you pull back on the substance, you go into withdrawal. Tolerance and withdrawal constitute addiction. And make no mistake, sugar is addictive."
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/03/10/the-most-unhappy-of-pleasures-this-is-your-brain-on-sugar.aspx
I saw your post earlier today, Kay, when I was out and about, and thought kind of the same thing as Trina, that you are trying to be ornery today! ;) I am so glad that you are happy and healthy and all that jazz. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteWe all have to eat the way we can do forever!! That is all I can say. :-)
ReplyDeleteWell, I think it's because you are also pretty much where you want to be weight-wise. Some of us don't have the luxury of thinking that way yet, even if we wanted to. Eating what ever I wanted is what got me here in the first place. I do think you are pretty awesome though and have been one of the best cheerleaders for all of us on these boards!
ReplyDeleteI used to have a blog, but thanks to Trina nit picking my every word, I deleted it. If I ever do a blog again it will be MY thoughts only and no comments. Sometimes it's just too much...I would not have a friend like Trina, I would not tolerate her "know it all" atitude.
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Ouch :)
DeletePeople are free to block me from their blogs anytime they like. My words are there to help people not hinder them. I have a lot of time to do a lot of research and others do not. I'm sharing what I've learned that's all. And really, what you're saying is Dr. Lustig is a know it all ... well, maybe he his. I guarantee he knows a lot more than any of us. Everyone feel free to tell me if you'd rather not hear from me on future posts - if my comments are this bothersome I will gladly keep my thoughts to my own blog page.
DeleteDr. Lustig is against sugar due to fructose effects, correct? Frm what I've read, he isn't against wheat, much more so against sugar. That's y his arguments support BFC eating.
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