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David.WE.Roberts wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jun 2013 09:46:05 +0100, David Hill wrote:

Came across this interesting item

We all love our steaks and our spuds but what if we could make them
healthier? Well, according to research currently being conducted all
over the world, there are certain spices, vegetables and fruits that can
actually turn an unhealthy dish into one that burns the cals!

As others have suggested, absolute bunkum!

Putting a sprinkle of black pepper on a super sized hot chilli pizza is
not going to turn it into a healthy nutritious slimming snack.

That is very true.

Using these (and other) natural foods within a strictly calorie controlled
diet may increase your metabolic effectiveness slightly, but the main
thing is just not to eat more than you need to replace energy used during
a 24 hour period.

And that.

Oh, and as far as I know steak isn't unhealthy apart from the links
between red meat and carbonised food with some forms of cancer.

Look harder. Small quantities are fine, but a lot of problems are
associated with high-meat diets - we aren't adapted to them, though
some people are a lot more adapted than others.

Spuds are far more likely to do you damage because overloading on
carbohydrates is the thing that piles the weight on.

Sorry, but you have just joined the bunkum wallahs.

Look at high protein/high fat low carbohydrate diets - there is a lot of
support for this as a healthy way of living.

And a lot of evidence that they are very risky. Few people do well
on the very high carbohydrate diet that suits me, but most people
are best advised to get most of their calories that they burn up in
exercise above and beyond ordinary moving around (note!) from
carbohydrates.

Also, potatoes are NOT a particularly high carbohydrate food, and
are a very healthy way of getting that (if you eat the skins, of
course).


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.