Quote From: twodoverswhy does phil refuse to keep it simple. weigh and measure in the kitchen... eliminate "all" sugar and flour.
For some it's not that easy, although I would change your statement to:
Eliminate all REFINED sugars and carbohydrates, and ANY refine foods period! (fruit and vegetables have some sugars in them, and healthy sugars are necessary to be healthy!)
I would challenge those who are trying to lose weight to simply stop eating ANYTHING with corn syrup, and especially high fructose corn syrup, any refined sugars at ALL, and simply eat what grows in the garden!
I'd also get rid of ALL refined fats as well! Instead of eating margarine (I know this isn't popular, but it's true), eat butter, olive oils, etc. Margarine is oils that have had hydrogen bubbled through them, and they become trans fats, which can cause a whole host of health problems, hunger being one of their nasty outcomes, and the food industry knows it... same with "low fat" ice cream, "low fat" yogert, and so many other so-called, "LOW FAT" foods!!! MOST of these have stripped ANY resemblance of naturality out of them and the fats are replaced with carbs which does guess what? Turns into fat in your body!
If it comes in a package, there is probably something not right with it!
If you don't understand exactly what one of the ingredients in the list of ingredients and what it does to your body, then for goodness sake, you are probably not eating food at all!
I will NOT eat roughly 80% of what is in the supermarket, as it is simply chemicalized junk food!
I also do NO eat modified fat foods, such as "low-fat milk", etc., as, opposed to popular belief, your body needs healthy fats and if you eat it as it was meant to be eaten, you'll have FAR less health problems!
Our schools', our health departments' *attempt* at teaching parents and children what a healthy diet is has not worked since the 1970's! The latest low-fat craze has been going on since the 1970's and our society has gotten more and more overweight as a whole!
I think teaching this ought to be a crime! Kids need to eat whole foods, raw foods, whenever possible, and our schools need to provide it for those families who cannot afford a healthy diet!
If you can't afford it, get some garden soil, a few pots, and at least grow a few of your own vegetables, tomatoes and if you have room, even some dwarf fruit trees in barrels or large pots! Go to the Farmer's markets and take the kids! I'd keep kids away from the influence of what is in our grocery stores! The food industry targets kids, as well as those trying to eat healthier with all sorts of garbage, like 100% natural (and it's a bag of bleached, processed beet sugar!?!?!) which I believe is also criminal.
The magazines with the airbrushed models aren't healthy either!
I'm glad there has been at least a VERY small attempt by a fashion show over in France a couple of years ago to ban any models who were deemed to be under a healthy weight! Thank GOD! someone is getting it, and while the movie and other industries have a LONG way to go to embrace a healthy weight, there have been a small few taking small steps to get rid of the profiles that "thin is better", which is certainly may not be if your body is not built that way!
Be happy in your own body and take care of it! NO matter what your weight, as long as you are healthy at your weight, you may not look like the anorexic, airbrushed to look even skinnier model in the magazines, and you WILL live a much healthier, more productive life because of it!
One has to wonder about the pressures of being so thin and see how many older models are battling cancer. YIKES!
At one time, heavy weight women and men were considered the ideal, as they were thought to be healthier!
It's time to embrace who we are, be happy with who we are, and as long as our body is a healthy one, we will have that to thank for a lot more healthy years!
Keeping it real!
Altmed
