Low Eating & Scurvy Moods

[Guest guest]

Yep, that's what I do, I eat complex carbohydrates such as whole grains

and raw fruits rather than processed stuff like white bread, refined sugar,

or pasta. However, I still find it more difficult than you'd imagine to

stay under 200 - 250 grams of carbs per day. They are EVERYWHERE.

 

 

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 04:48 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> *****Pat wrote.....

>>> ...that lowering carbs is difficult<<

>

> If that's the only thing being changed, I can see why. It seems that our

> perception of food is not as fats/prot/carb but as a total package of

> tastes/smells/visuals. Simply removing the carbs destroys the package,

> and

> most aren't willing to do that without feeling depravation from one of the

> senses or feeling hunger.

>

> In your case, the removal is for diabetic purposes. So, simply convert to

> eating carbs that are low on the GI (glycemic index) scale. This way

> there's no glucose spike and no insulin response.

>

" We are mystics and believers and children to our dying day. "

--Rod Serling in " The Messiah on Mott Street " , a NIGHT GALLERY episode

starring Edward G. Robinson, Yaphet Kotto, and Tony Roberts.

[Guest guest]

>>...to stay under 200 - 250 grams

of carbs per day...<<

 

Okay! If my diet had 200 g of carb, I'd be getting 800 calories from them

alone. I'd add 1/3 of that for fat--let's see that about 73 g of fat for

another 657 calories. Also, I'd add 146 g of protein, which is another 584

calories. (My calculations are designed to keep me within the quidelines

for " The Soy Zone. " ) In total, I'd be eating 2,041 calories. Not bad!!

The average US diet for a woman is 2,000 calories, for a man it's roughly

3,000.

 

My diet is even lower in calories. I aim for 1,600-1,700 per day. Granted,

my diet is not for everyone. Generally, I eat about 160-180 g of carb. To

that I add 45-55 g of fat and around 90-115 g of protein. My meals are at

five different times during the day. To all of that, I drink 80-100 oz of

filtered water but minimal amounts with my food. I hope this example helps

to sort out your carbs.

 

Dave

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Stewarts [stews9]

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:15 PM

 

Low Eating & Scurvy Moods

 

 

Yep, that's what I do, I eat complex carbohydrates such as whole grains

and raw fruits rather than processed stuff like white bread, refined sugar,

or pasta. However, I still find it more difficult than you'd imagine to

stay under 200 - 250 grams of carbs per day. They are EVERYWHERE.

 

 

On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 04:48 PM, (AT) (DOT)

com wrote:

 

> *****Pat wrote.....

>>> ...that lowering carbs is difficult<<

>

> If that's the only thing being changed, I can see why. It seems that

> our perception of food is not as fats/prot/carb but as a total package

> of tastes/smells/visuals. Simply removing the carbs destroys the

> package, and most aren't willing to do that without feeling

> depravation from one of the senses or feeling hunger.

>

> In your case, the removal is for diabetic purposes. So, simply

> convert to eating carbs that are low on the GI (glycemic index) scale.

> This way there's no glucose spike and no insulin response.

>

" We are mystics and believers and children to our dying day. " --Rod Serling

in " The Messiah on Mott Street " , a NIGHT GALLERY episode

starring Edward G. Robinson, Yaphet Kotto, and Tony Roberts.