Atkins

It's a measurement of the impact a food will have on blood sugar levels.
The higher the index, the faster the sugar is absorbed and the more of
a spike you'll see, with the Insulin surge that follows.

Sugar, potatoes, bread (the enzyme Amylase in saliva breaks down starch
chains into simple sugars by the time the food even hits the stomach so
they can be considered equivalent for the purpose of digestion) are all
very high, brown rice, proteins and fats are much lower.

Or you could listen to Cane.

 

....and Oxygen kills us. Discuss.

 

True, but oxygen and whiskey makes a good cocktail.

 

I have a (female) friend who felt like this and the doctor said she
had a slight gluten intolerance. The resultant diet is not a million
miles away from Atkins' - no bread or pasta, or any other refined
wheat-based products. Carbs in the form of brown rice and potatoes
were ok though.

It doesn't appear to have been a lasting problem, though, as far as I
know she is back on wheat-based products again now.

Good luck, anyway - food intolerances can be a bugger to uncover.

 

liquid diet, sir?

 

Not much to discuss:
http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/diving/technical/technical.html

See the bit about nitrox.

 

It must be true, my Tescos healthy lifestyle magazine tells me it is.

 

2 Stroke fumes

 

Did she follow the instructions?

OTOH my father got gallstones and he'd never been on a diet in his
life.....

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Ho easily the carbohydrate in a food is abosred into the blood stream,
and thus raises blood sugar (I think)

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Same thing, innit. Regular lungfuls of two-stroke have the same
effect as a couple of spoons of castor oil every day - keep you well
reg'lar.

 

Catman said:

To the letter. Prhaps that's where it all went wrong?

C'est la vie...

 

Simon Atkinson wrote

Yebbut think of the fun we could have had doing it.

 

Catman wrote

Older than that.

My elder sister started he first diet at the tender age of 1957 and she
gave up bread and spuds[1].

Mind you, 45 years on and she is still a fat mouthy cow so I don't think
that giving up the carbs helped her any.




[1] Remember kiddies, we was only just out of rationing and we didn't
have exotic food like pasta and rice in those far off days.

 

My missus' parents split up when she just started uni and she took it
badly and got depressed and balooned upto a size 16. She went on the
weight watchers diet and now a year later she's a size 10 and much
much happier.

The thing about the weight watchers is that you can still eat stuff
you want to but you balance out the fatty stuff with healthy stuff,
its interesting reading the boooklet as food you think is healthy
quite often isnt as good as you think.

She tried the atkins when she was around size 12, but went back to
weight watchers as she didnt drop any further weight.

If you think that you are over eating (ie stomach feels tight after
eating) as opposed to just eating the wrong foods then a handfull of
almonds and a glass of water 30 minutes before you eat dinner will
actually reduce your appetite.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

 

Gyp wrote

I weigh about the same as I always did.

Mine has halved.

I dunno about mine, we have sort of agreed that it is not really so much
of an issue until the BP is back within readable limits.

My perfect diet, oddly, allows me all the carbs I like but no dairy
fats. And of course no sodium.

If I did any exercise then I reckon I could get slimmer but no lighter.
I am not sure I would want to either. Then again I am one of those who
think that aesthetics is better than physics.

I am encouraged by my doctor to drink.

I haven't got a bike.[1]

[1] I hate that when that happens, I was feeling all happy and superior
up until then.

 

Lozzo wrote

When I were 22 and living the single man's life in the London of the
Swinging Seventies I fell asleep one day while sitting waiting for the
lights to change.[1]

I went to the quack and she mentioned something about malnutrition and
empty calories and excessive alcohol and recommended a steak and
Guinness diet. I put on a stone in practically no time.



[1] The bike soft landed on me so there was no damage.

 

Indeed. Well my symapthies. I know my father did not enjoy the
experience.....

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Simian wrote

This is the diabetic thing rearing its ugly head again innit. Summat
about your blood sugar level going up if the only place your body has to
get it from is stored fat. Is that right?

A good start to any improved lifestyle, even if you are a fat ****.

 

But did she start eating them again?


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