Few little question (Coke/LC meal replacement)

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Artificial Sweeteners, Questions about low carb, Weight Loss | 0 comments

I think we can lump Coke Zero and eating other artificial sweeteners into one. Rather than go into it at length here I would suggest you head over to aspartamesafety.com and find out why for instance airline pilots have been advised not to consume anything with aspartame in it.

My next question is would you consider drinking antifreeze? Well I’m guessing the answer is probably going to be no. Well the formula for some sugar alcohols so closely resembles that of antifreeze but you can actually use some of them as an antifreeze and seeing that antifreeze is unknown to be poisonous well that just speaks for itself.

The other thing about artificial sweeteners is that they are obviously produced by quite a complex chemical process and unfortunately the chemicals used in making them are themselves poisonous.

Whilst the manufacturers do obviously endeavor to remove as much of the poisonous chemicals that are used in their production as possible this is not a process which is a hundred percent and many of them are tainted.

Now whilst for an occasional consumption this may produce no detrimental effect, continual consumption over a number of years will mean that these chemicals can build up in the body and cause a whole range of problems.

As for low carb meal replacements my question is what’s wrong with real food?

Lastly the moot question of exercise, should it be aerobics or more strength? That depends on whose advice you want to follow. Unfortunately the professionals in the health and fitness industry have tended to go down the aerobics’ partway simply because it’s a great way of making money.

We all seemed to have been pushed into the position of thinking that the more effort and time we spend doing something the better it must be and exercise is no exception to this.

However more recent studies have shown that aerobic exercise does not do the heart nor virtually any other muscle as much good as was originally thought.

I would suggest you have a look at the work of Dr. Al Sears and a quick squint at Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Body book as they not only provide a wealth of information about what exercise does. They’re also extremely well researched and referenced and you’ll find many of the reports listed which both Tim and Dr. Sears have based their work upon. 

Obviously these are all just my opinions. I’ll leave it to you to decide whether they’re right or wrong.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is the comment I made on a forum post about artificial sweeteners

Bacon during induction

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Low carb diet | 0 comments

I certainly don’t follow the 2 to 3 slices of bacon rule.  I will regularly have anything up to 10 slices of bacon for breakfast (mind you that’s streaky bacon not the large slices that you can find in many places) along with 2 eggs.

I do however have the advantage of being able to get my bacon from a local organic source that’s naturally raised and cured by hand and I appreciate not everybody is in that position.

The great thing about Atkins of course or any low carb diet come to that is that as we become more and more accustomed to the low carb way of eating then our need for quantity is drastically diminished but it appears that for me and many of the others on this forum their bacon may well be the exception to the rule here.

So anyway the bottom line is that if you can find a good quality organic bacon then most of your fears should be allayed and within reason you should be out to eat whatever quantity of bacon you feel you need each day.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of yet another comment I made on a forum post about low carb diet

Is it okay to only eat 2-3 slices for breakfast?

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Low carb diet, Questions about low carb | 0 comments

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Generally speaking 2 or 3 slices of bacon won’t do you any harm whatsoever. In fact it may not be enough as some of the others have pointed out.

flax seed

As for the flax seed well that does rather depend on what you’re having it for. If you’re having it because you think it’s a good idea then perhaps you could swap that out for something that gives more satiety through having a higher fat content such as cheese or that sort of thing. If it is because you think you need the fiber well that’s a personal decision. Only you can judge that particular need.

The truth of is it though the more you get in to the low carb way of eating the less you’ll find that you need to eat each day as the generally high quality food that we low carbers tend to eat means that we just need to eat less to be just as satisfied as we were on a non low carb diet.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of the comment I made on a forum post about bacon

New dx for boyfriend

by | Mar 4, 2013 | Diabetes, Low carb diet | 0 comments

glucose meterI have been asked by diabetics in the past what they should do and my advice has always been to start on Atkins induction and then take it from there. That does have the tendency to “normalize” blood sugar levels for virtually everybody diabetics included.

Many of those who have taken that approach have found that their problem with diabetes gets dealt with very quickly and the next visit to their doctor is a far more pleasant experience for them and quite often an eye opener for the doctor in question.

Also getting a glucose meter is a sound advice and these are inexpensive and readily available. Just watch out for the price of testing strips as it may be better to buy a slightly more expensive meter that has the cheaper consumables as these quickly mount up particularly if you’re testing more than once or twice a day.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a comment I made on a forum post about diabetes and low carb diet 

How Much Fruit in Your Low Carb Plan?

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Low carb diet, Questions about low carb | 0 comments

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Ah yes the eternal question about fruit – how much we should have. The bottom line on that is your temptation threshold and the “just one more won’t hurt” syndrome.

There are however two things that you can do to help yourself. Stay away from temptation [maybe] and still feel like you’re eating lots of fruit and that is to choose vegetables that have a similar consistency to the fruit you want to eat and chop up smaller pieces of fruit into the roughly chopped vegetables. That way you get the sweetness and taste of the fruit without consuming high levels of fructose and remember to choose as much as possible fruits that are low in carb.

Hope that helps,

Mark

Here is another copy of a comment I made on a forum post about fruits and low carb diet

Oat & Wheat Fiber Substitute for flour?

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Diet, Evolutionary Diet, Food Choices, Low carb diet, Recipe | 0 comments

wheat and oatsI take the other approach when it comes to trying to find baked goods with low carb ingredients and that is simply have very little of something that I fancy so that it doesn’t go above my carb count for the day.

For instance this morning I had a slice of toast with the emphasis being on “a” as in one and obviously the rest of the day was tailored to make sure that my carb allowance didn’t go above my daily threshold.

This isn’t something I do very often as it’s not a habit that I want to get back into but it is certainly a lot easier than faffing around with things that never really taste the same.

Cheers,

Mark

P.S.

This post comes with a temptation health warning.

This is a comment I recently did on a forum post about low carb recipe