Guest guest Posted January 13, 2002 Report Share Posted January 13, 2002 In a message dated 1/13/02 5:45:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, lakshmi writes: > (this is pretty amazing ME being an advocate for animal foods- I am a former > vegan...but found it was not in fact making me healthy at all...) > > I too became a vegetarian in the hopes of doing the best for my body - not so much for being healthier as I am extremely healthy - but for " doing the right thing " . I stayed on the diet for a year and although I liked the food (as being a vegetarian forces you to cook more and varied recipes) I found that I was not feeling good and constipated all of the time and GAINING WEIGHT! I was dumbfounded as I was eating fruits, vegetables - all organic - the finest of wheat breads and grains and juicing also. On a particularly dark day of frustration for me, feeling sorry for myself as I was gaining weight instead of losing it after maintaining a low fat, vegetarian diet for a year, I happened upon the review of the book " Eat Right for Your Type " . In just reading the synopsis of the blood types given in the review, I was given enough info to feel I needed to check out the book. So, I did and was amazed to be able to pinpoint my blood type - type O - from the book WITHOUT prior knowledge of what my blood type was. Sure enough, I found out through testing that I am a type O. So, the purpose of this post is to pass along a must-read book if you're trying to figure out what is right for you. This book explains why a so-called " healthy " diet may not be working for you. If you're eating the " wrong " foods for your type, they are working against you instead of for you - not matter how " right " they are according to " common sense " . Just another piece of information to expand our minds, make informed decisions, and more importantly, to hopefully find what fits for each of us. And yes, since I've been on the diet, I feel much better, am maintaining my weight and my body " functions " the way it should (holidays excluded - I'm not that good!!). Happy New Year and Happy Trails.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2002 Report Share Posted January 14, 2002 OK folks- here is the original post in which I stated my source... Sorry if I am a pain in the derriere- but hopfully not as bad as a roid... chris wrote; Cholesterol ONLY comes from animal products .. so if ya don't over do the meat and animal fats cholesterol shouldn't be a big problem ..... Since we are animals- we also make our own cholesterol- her are some other tidbits- from " nourishing traditions " by sally fallon (this is pretty amazing ME being an advocate for animal foods- I am a former vegan...but found it was not in fact making me healthy at all...) Today heart disease causes at least 40% of all US deaths....If, as we have been told, heart disease is caused by the consumption of animal fats, one would expect to see an increase in animal fat in diets. Actually the reverse is trueThe proportion of traditional animal fat in diets decreased from 83% to 62%, and the butter consumption dropped from 18 lbs per person a year to 4. During the same period the percantage of dietary vegetable oils has increasedabout 400% (margarine, shortening and refined oils), and the consumption of sugar and processed foods increased about 60%... I would add to this that animals that make the milk and meat are increasingly fed corn and other grains instead of grass, to add nmore bulk, and also things like cottonseed meal and other by products of other industries. " mothers milk contains a higher proportion of cholesterol than almost any other food. It also contains over 50% of its calories as fat, much of it saturated. Both cholesterol and saturated fat are necessary for the growth in babies and children, especially the development of the brain. Yet the american heart assoc is now recommending a lowfat diet for children! Commercial formulas are low in saturated fats and soy formulas are devoid of cholesterol. A recent study linked lowfat diets with failure to thrive in children' (so let your kid eat the stick of butter hes after...at least a little- I call my little guy " krishna " ) " A medical research council survey showed that men eating butter ran half the risk of developing heart disease as those eating margarine " OK....this is really a great book- loads of info on traditional diets and the modern " diet " and tons of great recipes... Michelle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2002 Report Share Posted January 14, 2002 ROFL Okay Michelle the Freak Thanks! That makes my life a bit easier now as far as knowing what the HECK we are talking about here! *Grinz* Chris (list mom - freakydeaky extrodinairre *LOL*) http://www.alittleolfactory.com Michelle Morton-niyama wrote: > OK folks- here is the original post in which I stated my source... > Sorry if I am a pain in the derriere- but hopfully not as bad as a roid... > > chris wrote; > Cholesterol ONLY comes from animal products .. so if ya don't over do > the meat and animal fats cholesterol shouldn't be a big problem ..... > > Since we are animals- we also make our own cholesterol- > > her are some other tidbits- from " nourishing traditions " by sally fallon > (this is pretty amazing ME being an advocate for animal foods- I am a > former > vegan...but found it was not in fact making me healthy at all...) > > Today heart disease causes at least 40% of all US deaths....If, as we have > been told, heart disease is caused by the consumption of animal fats, one > would expect to see an increase in animal fat in diets. Actually the > reverse > is trueThe proportion of traditional animal fat in diets decreased > from 83% > to 62%, and the butter consumption dropped from 18 lbs per person a > year to > 4. During the same period the percantage of dietary vegetable oils has > increasedabout 400% (margarine, shortening and refined oils), and the > consumption of sugar and processed foods increased about 60%... > > I would add to this that animals that make the milk and meat are > increasingly fed corn and other grains instead of grass, to add nmore > bulk, > and also things like cottonseed meal and other by products of other > industries. > > " mothers milk contains a higher proportion of cholesterol than almost any > other food. It also contains over 50% of its calories as fat, much of it > saturated. Both cholesterol and saturated fat are necessary for the growth > in babies and children, especially the development of the brain. Yet the > american heart assoc is now recommending a lowfat diet for children! > Commercial formulas are low in saturated fats and soy formulas are > devoid of > cholesterol. A recent study linked lowfat diets with failure to thrive in > children' > (so let your kid eat the stick of butter hes after...at least a little- I > call my little guy " krishna " ) > > " A medical research council survey showed that men eating butter ran half > the risk of developing heart disease as those eating margarine " > > > OK....this is really a great book- loads of info on traditional diets and > the modern " diet " and tons of great recipes... > > Michelle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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