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Cured Meats & Nitrites - be careful!
I didn't mean to attack. I just don't want people to take that to mean that cutting carbs prevents cancer. I've met people who've taken some of the research to mean that, and it's painful to convince them otherwise once they've read about it online.
But yes, avoiding nitrates, hydrogenated oils and high-glycemic index foods is a good thing from any diet plan.
posted
03 May 2007, 17:28
Cured Meats & Nitrites - be careful!
Palm Springs wrote:
... but I LOVE that Atkins protects me from this bit
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Cancer tumors develop, in part, by feeding on sugar in the bloodstream. If you eat lots of sugary snacks loaded with simple carbs, you're loading your bloodstream with the chemical energy needed for cancer cells (and tumors) to proliferate. No biological system can live without fuel for its chemical processes, including cancer cells. Thus, one of the strategies to pursue for any anti-cancer diet is to eat low-glycemic diet. That means no refined sugars... ever! No refined grains (white flour, for example), no heavy use of sweeteners and the lifetime avoidance of sugary soda pop. Aside from starving tumors, eating foods low in sugar and avoiding simple carbs will also keep your weight in check while helping prevent blood sugar disorders such as type-2 diabetes.
What to avoid on the labels: high-fructose corn syrup, sugar, sucrose, enriched bleached flour, white rice, white pastas, white breads and other "white" foods.
I'm sorry, but Atkins does not protect you from cancer any more than making healthy choices with foods (avoiding sugars-- not carbs, avoiding trans fats, etc). Some cancers have been linked with high amounts of high-impact sugars, while others have been linked with high levels of animal fat. But neither of these links are 100%. It just increases the statistical chance.
The line "No biological system can live without fuel for its chemical processes, including cancer cells" is just hilarious. Your body is a biological system. You are living, thus there is fuel for chemical processes in your system. Your body has just adjusted to using other sources more than carbs. Cancer cells do that too. You are not starving them; you're following one of the many (often contradictory) methods that are supposed to decrease (but not eliminate) cancer risk.
Also, I have a friend who has a brain tumor. The diet that everyone recommends to combat it is one low in protein because cancer cells need protein to grow.
I'm not trying to bash Atkins here. Just dispelling a myth about it being better against cancer. And it does at the least promote some healthy changes like avoiding high-impact carbs and hydrogenated oils.
posted
03 May 2007, 11:44
Chipotle
While chipotle doesn't post nutritional information, you can find estimates online. Most of which claim that the chicken has 11g of fat.
Also, here's a good article on Chipotle:
http://www.cspinet.org/new/200309301.html
posted
01 May 2007, 15:24
Calorie counting
I've heard that women should not go below 1200 calories, and men should stay above 1500.
Personally, I don't plan ahead so much. I enter my food in as I go throughout the day when I get the chance, and I aim to eat 300-500 calorie meals. After a few weeks, you get pretty good at putting together meals that size. I also try not to eat too many frozen meals because of the sodium levels, but I do end up falling back on them a lot.
posted
01 May 2007, 09:56
Any suggestions?
Most people losing more than 1-2lbs per week are losing water weight as well as fat. If you don't drink enough water and eat a lot of healthy food, you are likely to continue to retain water, so you will not see that. Also, some people just lose in spurts. They won't see any weight loss for four weeks, and then they'll see ten pounds drop off the next week. Other people will consistently see a little loss each week.
Generally speaking, it's considered unhealthy to lose at a rate of more than 2 lbs/week on average (not counting water weight). When you lose it too quickly, you end up with saggy skin, and it can have other adverse affects on your organs.
So basically, don't worry about how fast other people are losing. You're doing well.
posted
30 Apr 2007, 23:18
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