Diets & Weight Maintenance Support Group
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Just wondering if anyone else has ever tried eliminating processed meats, food products and by-products, simple sugars and others, from your diets? For those of you who have , have you noticed the difference in ....say.....two months in your metal arability, memory, concentration, ability to eliminate stress, and clarity and peace in your life?
I had the surprise of a lifetime when my son of 32 showed me a "calorie counting" diet for Mobile apps. that seemed to inadvertently control many of these foodstuffs....When I was about 3 months into the diet , (actually it's not fair to call it a diet since we should really be eating this way from the start), I began to notice a crispness in my thought processing, a peace and overall wholesomeness came over me. Not to mention the fact that I lost an easy 22 lbs while doing so. Of course , I had to monitor my eating habits; like eating 3 hrs. prior to bed...in particular junk eating and binge eating ( going from salty to sweets all night long)...I never realized I was so bad with my diet as I thought eating soups and fruit and nuts and you know all those healthy things during the day and evening, seemed to be the right thing to do, so I thought I was in the clear.
Well my vital signs, improved tremendously, my cholesterol, and blood pressure came waaaaay down not to mention my concentration seemed to be so focused and null of distractions ....Almost in a zen state...Whatever that means...Just seemed to be the perfect term for it...lol
Oh, did I mention that my nighttime treks to the bathroom stopped and my "constitution" was better than normal.
One final things, I'm almost 60 now and I workout faithfully and do cardio . For me , there's just no substitute for the high I get when everything's functioning even keel and I'm much much happier and almost no depression...
Any takers????
I had the surprise of a lifetime when my son of 32 showed me a "calorie counting" diet for Mobile apps. that seemed to inadvertently control many of these foodstuffs....When I was about 3 months into the diet , (actually it's not fair to call it a diet since we should really be eating this way from the start), I began to notice a crispness in my thought processing, a peace and overall wholesomeness came over me. Not to mention the fact that I lost an easy 22 lbs while doing so. Of course , I had to monitor my eating habits; like eating 3 hrs. prior to bed...in particular junk eating and binge eating ( going from salty to sweets all night long)...I never realized I was so bad with my diet as I thought eating soups and fruit and nuts and you know all those healthy things during the day and evening, seemed to be the right thing to do, so I thought I was in the clear.
Well my vital signs, improved tremendously, my cholesterol, and blood pressure came waaaaay down not to mention my concentration seemed to be so focused and null of distractions ....Almost in a zen state...Whatever that means...Just seemed to be the perfect term for it...lol
Oh, did I mention that my nighttime treks to the bathroom stopped and my "constitution" was better than normal.
One final things, I'm almost 60 now and I workout faithfully and do cardio . For me , there's just no substitute for the high I get when everything's functioning even keel and I'm much much happier and almost no depression...
Any takers????
The difference in how I feel mentally based on died is TREMENDOUS. Any baking or sweets I consume are homemade, if I eat too many of those, I do end up feeling crazy, depressed & wanting more of them.
Hormonal balance is greatly affected by what we eat, that affects our physical health, how we feel emotionally & even affects our drive, ambition, & energy.
One of my favourite books is Michael Pollan's "In Defense of Food"...I think everyone should read it...it is *not* a diet book, it is a book about food.
Ravediet.com is a great little site. They have a book and video called Healing Cancer from Inside Out, that explains what makes cancer grow in the body, and it's the rotten American Western Diet.
He recommends that people switch from eating that, which is 42% protein, 51% refined and processed foods, and 7% plants - to a diet that is 95% plant and 5% animal. or less animal.
He recommends no refined food, no animal products, no vegetable oil as it is refined, and exercise. I'm living that 95% of the time.
http://www.dailystrength.org/groups/alternative-treatments-for-hep-c/discussions This is my group, where we discuss diet as a control of disease. You are what you eat.
I've also cut out all the man made oils lately. Just coconut and butter, and feeling less hungry. I'd been craving coconut for a year, and now I feel very satisfied. I think that eating stuff with a list of chemicals on the side of the package, means you are eating differently than the way God created us to eat. We are supposed to eat real foods - from the earth.