Worthless Person said:Dr. Dean Edell promotes HIGH Carb Diet.
I realize you're just a troll, but hey, I'm bored and don't feel like
starting work yet this morning.
Quoted message said:Dr. Dean Edell says on his radio show that he regularly eats, and
has his entire life, a high carb diet. He also says he weighs about
5 pounds within his college weigh. He says he is able to do this by
exercising and also portion control and calories control.
Ok, so regular exercise, and he controls his portions and calories.
Remember that; it'll come up again later.
Quoted message said:He says people who eat cardboard low card diets are doomed to fail
because it is ALMOST as boring as a low fat diet. You do get a quick
benefit at first but that levels off, plus the bad breath and
constipation. You also have to take loads of supplements that his
diet doesn't require.
If you're eating cardboard, you're doing it wrong.
I love the way they always have to admit the "quick benefit at first"
from low-carb, because everyone's *seen* that for themselves. By now,
everyone has a relative, friend, or co-worker who lost a lot of weight
quickly on low-carb. If he just said low-carb doesn't work at all,
people would know that was a lie and turn off the radio, so he has to
turn it into the usual backhanded compliment.
Low-carb doesn't cause constipation, unless you're also being too
low-fat and just eating a lot of dense, high-protein foods. At the
risk of being too graphic, fat greases the works, so to speak. I've
gone for weeks of very low-carb without getting any fiber worth
counting, and had no trouble at all.
If you do think fiber has anything to do with it, many formerly
high-carb products are made lower-carb by replacing some of the carbs
with fiber, and low-carbers who eat vegetables and fruits gravitate
toward the high-fiber ones, so many low-carbers probably get more
fiber than the average person.
The only supplement I take is potassium, and I get that from the salt
I'd be putting on my food regardless of diet. Low-carbers eat
nutrient-rich foods; there's no reason they'd need "loads of
supplements" compared to anyone else.
The bad breath thing doesn't exist, so kudos to him for not getting
*everything* wrong. That can be a slight issue when going very
low-carb, but it's easily dealt with and is usually only an issue
during the early, heavy ketosis phase. A temporary problem that can
be covered up with a few mints seems like a small price to pay for
getting your weight down and staving off diabetes, heart disease, and
death. In the long-run, eating low-carb means better dental health,
and bad breath from someone with dental problems is a *lot* worse than
ketosis breath.
Quoted message said:Dr. Dean also mentions how his HIGH CARB diet allows him to eat at
ANY restaurant at any time and not pick and choose because he knows
he has portion control and exercise to back him up.
Whoopie. There are restaurants that aren't practical in the first
phase of low-carbing (although almost every place serves a salad), but
again, that's temporary. There's no restaurant out there without
something that will fit on the maintenance diet that I'll be on a lot
longer than the temporary weight-loss phase.
Again, note how he's always having to restrict his portions, which is
big fun when you're going out and paying for a meal. Guess he doesn't
order the buffet very often. See how much he has to think about
portions and exercise, just to be able to eat the same things cows do?
Quoted message said:Also a reminder is that humans have a limited amount of time on
earth that people have very LITTLE control over especially when you
consider things well beyond your control like car wrecks, fires
etc. Why note enjoy life like that people did who lived thousands of
years be you?
Say who what now? If that last line means what I think it's supposed
to mean, I *am* enjoying "life like that people did who lived
thousands of years be" me -- including the same foods. That's kind of
the point. Only in the last century, and especially the last 30
years, have we tried to subsist almost entirely on carbs while trying
to cut out all animal fats. Who's enjoying his food more: me, eating
a steak without guilt; or Dr. Edell, eating a controlled portion of
his high-carb meal of choice and planning his next bout of exercise?
If you want to be a fatalist and figure you might as well eat whatever
you want because you might die tomorrow, that's fine, but what does
that have to do with any of this? If that's your philosophy, you sure
won't be counting portions.
Quoted message said:You MIGHT get 10-20 years more time but for that you will live a
life of tinkering and misery, almost like a factory working spending
untold hours per working preparing and preparing some more.
Yeah, whatever. The guy measuring portions for the rest of his life
sounds like he's the one doing the most tinkering.
Quoted message said:Try that parking spot at the farthest point from where you work and
walk that distance, do that same anywhere you shop. When you do get
ready to check-out, find the LONGEST line. Try time find ways to
make yourself stand longer and walk longer. Then EAT what you like
in moderation.
Wow, it's so easy! Wish I'd thought of that.
Quoted message said:ENJOY and throw down those chalk tablets and burn the books...
Yeah, especially all those books and tapes Dr. Edell puts out, I'm
sure. Chalk tablets? You lost me there.
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Aaron -- 285/254/200 -- aaron.baugher.biz
