--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > After many years of following a primarily vegetarian diet I have > > blimped out with no end in sight. It's clear that the grains, > > startchy veggies, beans will keep packing the pounds on my already > > not small frame. > > You might want to look into the Zone diet. It's semi-low-carb (not > extreme like Atkins), big emphasis on low-glycemic carbs, balanced > amounts of fat and protein (40/30/30 percentages of > carbs/protein/fat, I think, or maybe it's protein/carbs/fat, in terms > of calories). > > The thing is that there's a vegetarian version. It's more > complicated to get the necessary high-quality protein from vegetarian > foods without using high-glycemic carbs like rice combined with > beans, but it can be done. > > I haven't tried it, just read about it. The Zone diet is a lot more > carefully thought through than most "fad" diets, and there's a lot of > good medical evidence for its benefits. > > See-- > > http://www.drsears.com > > --for the most authentic version of the Zone diet; > there are a lot of imitators (Dr. Barry Sears > invented it). >
I know this is going to sound rediculously simple, but your body does in fact know what it wants to eat, so truly eat whatever you want- sometimes steak, sometimes candy, sometimes veggies, etc, etc. The whole diet idea I find repressive and intolerable. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
