Guest guest Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 Thank you all for your replies. To explain further what I have been doing in practice: I was influenced by The China Study and then Esselstyn's book to switch to completely vegan in June 2008, before that I was almost vegan. I do all my own cooking and do not buy in any ready made meals. I cook mainly by steaming. My calories hover around 1900 per day and I have found that my protein intake is 9% and fat 11% of calories. I have found that with calories at that level I can not bring down my protein to 5% and have given up on that idea, but then Campbell advises that vegan wholefood diets do not need to come down to 5%. I have also worked out my calcium balance and it is positive. I keep a register of what I eat and update a nutrition analysis program that enables me to understand my intake in nutritional terms. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2009 Report Share Posted July 1, 2009 Hi Suzann, You know...when I was pregnant and eating veg, I had a lot of negative comments....and I had a very healthy baby, too! Gwen , Suzann Hughes <slhrtsla wrote: > > I have been eatting a gluten free, low fat mostly raw vegan diet since last christmas. I have ate the amounts that I wanted and have lost weight at the rate of 1-2 lbs per week. I am almost to normal weight range I am supposed to be in. The only breads that I eat are those that I make at home from gluten free flours. My job, I do a lot of walking with and that may be the added key to my sucess. > I have not once counted a calorie but have listened to a lot of people fuss at me for not " consuming protein since I quit eatting meat " and I still stick to my diet. I initially started my diet from the imformation I read in T. Colin Campbell's book The China Study. I don't know if anything this helps you or not. Trust me I understand the fustration. > Suzann > > > > ________________________________ > " ddb5pan2 " <ddb5pan2 > > Tuesday, June 30, 2009 5:35:42 AM > Calories Counting and weight loss > > > > > > T Colin Campbell in his book the China Study advises that there is no > need to count calories to loose weight provide one is on a whole food, > plant based, no meat, low fat diet and do some exercise. He also > explains that the average calorie intake of the Chinese at the time was > substantially higher than Americans but their weight was much less. > Average calorie intake per K of body weight was 30% higher among the > least active Chinese than among average Americans, yet body weight was > 20% lower. Likewise vegetarians consume the same amount or even > significantly more calories than their meat-eating counterparts and yet > are still slimmer. > > I have looked at my maintenance level of calorie intake and it works out > at 2028 assuming light activity. Anything over this and I should start > to put on weight assuming all the calories are retained. > > It is very easy to exceed 2028. > > So who is right? Colin Campbell that I can eat is much as I like from > his basket or the Katch-McArdle formula > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal_metabolic_rate) that uses body fat > to work out BMI and from there the daily calorie requirements which in > my case I calculate to be the 2028. > > I know from past experience that if I eat loads of bread I will put on > weight. The formula implies that I will put on weight if I exceed the > 2028 cals per day, but Campbell argues that should not happen because a > low fat, low protein diet shifts conversion away from body fat to body > heat. > > So I ask those of us on a low fat, low protein, vegan, whole food diet, > do you no longer need to count calories and can you eat as much as you > like and not be over weight? > > Robin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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