My doctor basically told me to quit eating sugar and carbs as much as possible. If I don't I will become a diabetic.
As it stands my body destroys over half of the insulin it produces, as I get older my pancreas will eventually stop working. If I cut out the sugar my pancreas will not need to create as much insulin, keeping it more healthy. Sense then I have cut out a great deal of my sugar intake and have lost 15 pounds, this has been about two months ago. > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:58 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Weight Watchers (was: RE: Adkins) > > Hi Robert, > > You are absolutely correct, I shouldn't make sweeping generalizations > :-) > > You are also correct that various people's metabolisms differ, and one > diet > might not work for another person. > > What I really meant is that "in general" a diet that focuses on particular > food types may not be as healthy for most people as a more balanced diet. > This includes the grapefruit, cabbage soup, etc. diets. > > re: Weight Watchers - I lost 35 pounds on it without feeling very deprived > (but was still depraved <g>), in combination with moderate exercise. > > It is basically a reduced calorie diet that rewards you for low fat and > high > fiber, penalizes you for high fat and low fiber. My cholesterol went down > too. Plus it may reduce the risk of colon cancer (from all the fiber and > veggies). You can really stay full depending on what you pick for snacks > (e.g. a huge nonfat tortilla with a certain kind of bean spread and > smothered in salsa counted as 1 "point", and I get 28 to 35 points a day > at > my weight). > > A bunch of the stuff I've read on diets said it is sensible and healthy. > May > not have as rapid a weight loss as some others, but then rapid weight loss > tends to rapidly come back. As compared to Jenny Craig where you eat > their > food, WW teaches you how to eat in a way that can keep weight off. > > And my loss included scheduled and unscheduled pig-outs - then I went back > on program. > > Best of luck... > > -Ben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
