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Old 02-09-2003, 07:12 PM
dkat
 
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Sorry if this is long.... I have just dieted my whole life and done the yoyo
of weight gain and lost for decades. For the first time that isn't
happening with me. I was also suffering from depressing fatigue which is
now gone. I'm at the weight I should be, I feel healthy and I just want to
pass on what has worked for me.

I definitely follow a "modified" Atkins diet - it is a combination of
Perricone's and Atkins' diet. I use the calculator on the Atkins site to
pick out the high/carb low/fiber items to avoid. Remember to look at the
column that modifies how many carbohydrates are in an item by how much fiber
it has (net carbohydrates). I eat everything that falls below the 11 carb
cutoff (except meat - I don't eat mammals as I said).

I think the easiest way to do the Atkins' diet is to avoid processed food
all together since almost all of it is high in refined sugars and empty
carbs. More generally I eat lots of vegetables (minus potatoes, corn,
leeks) a great deal of fruit in the melon and berries category (no bananas,
dried fruit, fruit juice, apples or pears), cheese (not lowfat cheese which
is high in carbs - so I happily eat the rich 4% cottage cheese and avoid the
lowfat), eggs and lots of salmon.

If you can give up refined sugar, flour (bread, pasta, cakes and pies),
cereals (rice) and and a very small number of vegetables and fruits it is
by far one of the easiest ways to lose weight and feel better (also look
younger... that is the comment I most often get). Things such as cabbage,
cauliflower and soy chips have that starchy feel about them yet are fine to
eat. Like you though, once I stopped eating high carb/low fiber foods I
stopped craving them and I just eat the 'pseudo starchy' foods because they
go well with the meal. I don't worry about using olive oil freely as well
as cream so the food I eat tastes rich and statisfying and I eat as much as
I want.

I don't feel like I'm on a starvation diet that I'm just waiting to get off
of. This is really a life change. I seldom feel I "need" a special desert
treat and when I do blueberries with cream with a touch of sugar more than
satisfies me. I do buy a bar of Seattle chocolates Dark Chocoate Truffle
bar (Pike Place Expresso) when I am at Targets and keep it around when I
need my chocolate fix. When my husband has his "required" chocolate cake
desert when eating out I have one bite and that is more than enough for me.
I never thought I would say that. DK

P.S. Dr Perricone diet recommendations used to be easy to find. That is
not the case anymore unless you go to the library or buy the book. The
foods he highly recommends are

Wild salmon (canned is wild if you can't get it in the store) first then any
salmon.
Seafood/salmon of any kind
Berries
Cantaloupe
Green tea

Avoid

Sugar and empty starches (potatoes/white rice/flour).

http://www.50plushealth.com/index.cf...leAction=print

"Dr Perricone also advises people to ditch the traditional notions of lunch
and dinner in favour of "grazing" - eating four to five small, well-balanced
meals a day. Each should consist of protein (chicken or fish), a good source
of carbohydrates (fresh veg and fruit) and a small amount of unsaturated fat
(olive oil or nuts such as almonds or macadamias).
Eating smart
This style of eating keeps insulin levels balanced and avoids overloading
the body with sugars, says Dr Perricone. Sugar seemingly is another ally of
ageing. It interacts with collagen in a way that creates a phenomenon called
glycosylation, which makes skin inflexible and prone to age spots.

Other foods on the blacklist are red meat - too inflammatory - and
carbohydrates such as potatoes and peas, which kick off a chain reaction
involved in the ageing process, plus bananas, breads, carrots, cereals, rice
and pasta.

Carbs that get the thumbs up, however, are asparagus, beans, citrus fruits,
leafy greens, blueberries and melons. And antioxidant winners include
avocado, pineapple, salmon and tomatoes. Fish also helps you take advantage
of another nutrient that fights inflammation - omega 3 essential fatty
acids. Best sources include salmon, mackerel, herring, anchovies and trout.
"


http://www.substance.com/perricone/p...533693,00.html


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If you arent diabetic, then you can use a variation of the diet. Mine is

no
starches, but I eat veggies and a small amount of fruit. Interestingly,

after a
while on the diet (a couple weeks) all my cravings for carbos went. They

do pop up
once in a while of course. Also interesting is I am sure I eat much less

meat than
most people on other diets. I just eat less of everything cause I am

rarely hungry.

Yeah. get rid of anything in boxes or cans. My favorites are salad with

"things"
usually chicken cut in strips, veggies, fruit ... with a sprinkle of

shredded cheese
on top. You can eat in any restaurant and find both marinated meats and

big salads.
Just dont let em bring around the dessert cart. LOL. Ingrid

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:
Thanks for the website DKat, I looked it over just to make sure it was

the
diet I had in my head when my doctor mentioned it to me. I've sort of
followed his plan, before it was a plan. My downfall.... SUGAR... in
unlikely places, like things that say 100% fruit whatever.... read the
label my doctor says. Geeze, it's so much work, I'm thinking the caveman
diet is looking better and better, buy nothin' in a box and be suspicious
of bags, unless you're baggin' it yourself! ;o) ~ jan



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