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Old 07-09-2013, 08:03 PM   #61
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Actually, the China study has been thoroughly discredited so many times it is no longer even mentioned seriously in most places.

A quick web search for terms like "china study debunked" will yield a plethora of references.
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If you really want to learn about cholesterol, how it works in the body, and why the "war on cholesterol" by the traditional medical establishment is a bunch of hogwash, check out Chris Masterjohn's excellent website:

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Cutting down/out on bread and pasta is probably a good idea, but to the extent you need starches (hint: how active you are), potatoes and rice are relatively good starches, and potatoes are rich in nutrients.

Avoiding animal fat by consuming seed oils, sweetener-loaded frankenfoods, and fat-free "cereal" (really?) is patently absurd. But a reasonably healthy and active human could likely survive the occasional bowl of Cocoa Puffs.
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Cutting down/out on bread and pasta is probably a good idea, but to the extent you need starches (hint: how active you are), potatoes and rice are relatively good starches, and potatoes are rich in nutrients.
I average 500 kc/day and up in exercise activities, and I have not eaten any starches in years. I don't think they are needed at all, but if I could process them well I might eat some as they are tasty as vehicles for sauces and butter. How I used to love cod baked with potatoes and onions and butter! Now I skip the potatoes, but potatoes do a very good job of grabbing juices.

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I average 500 kc/day and up in exercise activities, and I have not eaten any starches in years. I don't think they are needed at all, but if I could process them well I might eat some as they are tasty as vehicles for sauces and butter. How I used to love cod baked with potatoes and onions and butter! Now I skip the potatoes, but potatoes do a very good job of grabbing juices.

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According to my "research", heh, some folks bonk on too low carbs, and add some back to their diets. But some of these anecdotes are from folks on crossfit, or bodybuilders.
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According to my "research", heh, some folks bonk on too low carbs, and add some back to their diets. But some of these anecdotes are from folks on crossfit, or bodybuilders.
Dammit, I just can't keep up with all the medical terminology these days. LDL, ACTH, BUN, Bonk. It's too much for me.
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I average 500 kc/day and up in exercise activities, and I have not eaten any starches in years. I don't think they are needed at all, but if I could process them well I might eat some as they are tasty as vehicles for sauces and butter. How I used to love cod baked with potatoes and onions and butter! Now I skip the potatoes, but potatoes do a very good job of grabbing juices.

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I've almost eliminated wheat bread from my diet and try to cut back on carbs in general. But so many of the veggies I love are high in carb / starch content: carrots, beets, parsnips, even peas are pretty high carb but I still eat a fair amount of these veggies, and the peas I'm picking in my garden right now are soooo good! When you say you haven't eaten any starches in years do you mean the just the big ticket items like bread, pasta, potatoes - or do you also avoid veggies like carrots, peas, etc?

Eating never used to seem this hard!
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I've always seemed to be a carb person. I used to run a lot....still exercise a fair amount.....I just eat too much crap and drink too much beer. I tried the Atkins twice about 10 years ago.....you could have just stuck a fork in me and declared me dead....I was a walking zombie after about 3 days. There was just no way I could go through the day feeling that bad. I usually just need to cut down on the junk food/beer and I lose weight. Seems like there were a few studies that came out 5+ years ago with a way to test to see which diet works better for you. I was only a little high on the cholesterol levels.....so hopefully just cutting out chips (almost every day)....extra cheese.....and cut my ice cream in half will do the trick.
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I've almost eliminated wheat bread from my diet and try to cut back on carbs in general. But so many of the veggies I love are high in carb / starch content: carrots, beets, parsnips, even peas are pretty high carb but I still eat a fair amount of these veggies, and the peas I'm picking in my garden right now are soooo good! When you say you haven't eaten any starches in years do you mean the just the big ticket items like bread, pasta, potatoes - or do you also avoid veggies like carrots, peas, etc?

Eating never used to seem this hard!
Joe, your killing me! No pasta, bread, wheat, or potatoes allowed..Even the "nutritious nasty tasting" food of carrots, beets, and peas could be heading for the chopping block. What is left to eat? I have done myself good to about eliminate french fries and potato chips from my diet, but you will have to grab my pasta and potatoes from my cold dead heads.
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Joe, your killing me! No pasta, bread, wheat, or potatoes allowed..Even the "nutritious nasty tasting" food of carrots, beets, and peas could be heading for the chopping block. What is left to eat? I have done myself good to about eliminate french fries and potato chips from my diet, but you will have to grab my pasta and potatoes from my cold dead heads.
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I've almost eliminated wheat bread from my diet and try to cut back on carbs in general. But so many of the veggies I love are high in carb / starch content: carrots, beets, parsnips, even peas are pretty high carb but I still eat a fair amount of these veggies, and the peas I'm picking in my garden right now are soooo good! When you say you haven't eaten any starches in years do you mean the just the big ticket items like bread, pasta, potatoes - or do you also avoid veggies like carrots, peas, etc?

Eating never used to seem this hard!
Joe, I would never recommend my diet-I started it because of suspiciously high blood sugars. And you are right, roots like carrots and beets are high carb-after all, they are called sugar beets, right? But things that work for me, I tend to take to the mat, and I found I had to go deeper with the axe than bread, pasta and beans. I may have fresh peas once or twice a year, usually when I buy an expensive bunch of lamb chops. A few carrots from time to time, and beets? only when I go to Whole Foods or some Russian Deli and get fermented beets which I treat like some people treat a hot fudge sundae.

It isn't easy to do this, but it is not particularly hard either. For me, once I get clear on how I rank attractive foods, activities, social feedback, health- my behaviors tend to follow accordingly. And then various forms of feedback help reinforce the habits.

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Just got back from walking the dog in the park......just caught the end of a talk on NPR in the car about something they have coming out that will reduce cholesterol better than the Lipitor type drugs and might not zap the people who react badly to statins.....just caught the end so I don't know what it was. They seemed to think it would be on the market in about 2 years.
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This study on statins and diabetes will toss a little more gasoline on the fire.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22845189

Note, that it ends with a recommendation for further study to confirm the association.
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This study on statins and diabetes will toss a little more gasoline on the fire.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22845189

Note, that it ends with a recommendation for further study to confirm the association.
Ah, come on, almost every study ends with a recommendation for further study.
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