Obesity

[Astro14]

Millions of people do Keto for no other reason than just to be healthy i know it's a tough concept, but it's just a fact. I personally don't but millions do.

That said - Paleo makes sense to me.

4 million years of human evolution, where we adapted to eat what we could get - lots of vegetables, some fruit, nuts, and meat, depending how good you were at hunting. If you can’t pull it out of the ground, off a tree, or kill it yourself, it ain’t really what we were designed to eat.

8,000 years of agriculture. We haven’t yet adapted to grains, further, since there isn’t any evolutionary pressure to adapt, we aren’t likely to adapt much.

Most folks do better on a paleo diet. It’s not quite keto, but carbs weren’t as easy for Australopithecus to procure…

I basically eat Paleo - not much bread, few grains, little sugar or processed food, almost no desserts. A lot of vegetables, fair amount of protein, lots of which is fish, some fruit and nuts.

Makes a big difference in being able to keep the weight off.

 

[RDY4WAR]

If more plates looked like that we would not have an obesity problem. I see the kiddo got a corndog though

We've been working with her on that. She's autistic, thus her palette is extremely limited, and being non-verbal doesn't help when it comes to communicating what she wants or likes. We have her eating some fish now, still a no-go on the shrimp.

 

[ATex7239]

We've been working with her on that. She's autistic, thus her palette is extremely limited, and being non-verbal doesn't help when it comes to communicating what she wants or likes. We have her eating some fish now, still a no-go on the shrimp.

Totally understand. My wife works with the community. Food selectivity common.

 

[Patman]

Thankfully, I'm not on ANY prescription drugs, and I'll be 50 next year.

Same here and I just turned 55. I have zero health issues and I attribute a lot of that to genetics (all of my grandparents made it to at least 85, and one made it to 101!) I also average 12,000 steps a day.

 

[#18FAN]

That said - Paleo makes sense to me.

4 million years of human evolution, where we adapted to eat what we could get - lots of vegetables, some fruit, nuts, and meat, depending how good you were at hunting. If you can’t pull it out of the ground, off a tree, or kill it yourself, it ain’t really what we were designed to eat.

8,000 years of agriculture. We haven’t yet adapted to grains, further, since there isn’t any evolutionary pressure to adapt, we aren’t likely to adapt much.

Most folks do better on a paleo diet. It’s not quite keto, but carbs weren’t as easy for Australopithecus to procure…

I basically eat Paleo - not much bread, few grains, little sugar or processed food, almost no desserts. A lot of vegetables, fair amount of protein, lots of which is fish, some fruit and nuts.

Makes a big difference in being able to keep the weight off.

Very much like myself and millions other on a low carb diet, now let's add in 4to 6 days of strength training mixed with cardio and were starting to get a whole new lifestyle that works for millions.

 

[Pablo]

 

[alarmguy]

Thankfully, I'm not on ANY prescription drugs, and I'll be 50 next year.

Also @Patman

I wasnt on anything until age 65. Other than a baby aspirin a day. I am now on the min dose of a 5mg Rosuvastatin which is not because of high LDL cholesterol and a drug for enlarged prostate. (that is another story though)

Horrible family history with diabetes and heart disease. Every male in my family has had heart bypass surgery at a much younger age. I have min plaque that might never need be addressed and I do not have diabetes. Seeing them suffer made me determined to an extreme to eat the right foods as I am dealing with genetic history that I seem to be winning the war against. The arterial disease is there however an angiogram (which is the gold standard) reveals only 20% blockages. To give an idea, your typical heart stress test is only effective if your blockages are around 70% or more.

I have a high LipoProtein A which is inherited and nothing can be done about it until the drugs currently in trial are released to the public/ the purpose of the min dose statin I do take is to get my LDL hopefully as close to 20 as I can. Being the Lipo Protein A can not be controlled because it is genetic my Dr says anything possible to get rid of one will at least help a little. Without the statin my LDL is still significantly below 100 because of my eating habits. But they want to see it below 40 and better if 20.

Also my heart function score is at a perfect EF score of 60. I see a cardiologist every year, helps me stay on track and keeps me motivated.

As far as prostate, I cant do anything about. I will be undergoing a PSMA Pet Scan in a couple days... but that is another thread.

To anyone your age. Go for your annual check ups and as you age, be proactive, if you think something is wrong, there is something wrong, ask for answers from your doctor and stay on top of it. Dont put it off, jump right on it and I will post about the other subject in another thread soon. You pay health insurance your whole life, take advantage of it, be treated no different than the President of the USA... You earned it.

 

[mjk1967]

I took a serious look at my daily sugar intake recently. I quit Soda about 4 years ago -- cold turkey.

But the drinks that I consume throughout the day are, frankly, gross. A 32oz Gatorade has roughly 38 g of sugar. One Gatorade per day, and your almost at what is typically recommended per day.

I'm completely sugar free now with my drinks. I try to stay at around 20 to 25 g of sugar per day.

 

[Patman]

I took a serious look at my daily sugar intake recently. I quit Soda about 4 years ago -- cold turkey.

But the drinks that I consume throughout the day are, frankly, gross. A 32oz Gatorade has roughly 38 g of sugar. One Gatorade per day, and your almost at what is typically recommended per day.

I'm completely sugar free now with my drinks. I try to stay at around 20 to 25 g of sugar per day.

For anyone who loves Gatorade but wants to cut out the sugar, their GZero has no sugar in it at all but it tastes like it does. It’s my go to drink when I’m on the run (I always keep a few in my cars)

 

[Dave Hess]

I took a serious look at my daily sugar intake recently. I quit Soda about 4 years ago -- cold turkey.

But the drinks that I consume throughout the day are, frankly, gross. A 32oz Gatorade has roughly 38 g of sugar. One Gatorade per day, and your almost at what is typically recommended per day.

I'm completely sugar free now with my drinks. I try to stay at around 20 to 25 g of sugar per day.

I like a little juice to flavor my water.

90% water and 10% JuicyJuice (any flavor).

Zero sodas for me. Coffee black with no sugar or cream.

 

[alarmguy]

I took a serious look at my daily sugar intake recently. I quit Soda about 4 years ago -- cold turkey.

But the drinks that I consume throughout the day are, frankly, gross. A 32oz Gatorade has roughly 38 g of sugar. One Gatorade per day, and your almost at what is typically recommended per day.

I'm completely sugar free now with my drinks. I try to stay at around 20 to 25 g of sugar per day.

This is awesome, I don’t have a timeline but many years ago I took a look at what we drink as Americans. It’s insane the amount of sugar in all these drinks.
I agree, it’s gross. Got to the point where you can’t even buy an iced tea that’s just a little sweetened. So true about the Gatorade.
I truly believe we would cure half the epidemic in this country by simply banning sweetened drinks. That includes natural sweeteners and artificial sweeteners.
Artificial sweeteners are a wolf in sheep’s clothing

Anyway, much the same as Dave above this is all I drink;
Water never soda
Homemade iced tea, no sweeteners just home brewed plain black tea
Heavy dose of morning coffee with the beans ground in our kitchen no sugar, dash of organic skim milk

For anyone interested organic skim milk does taste more creamy than non-organic skim milk. I dont know why but try a side-by-side test my siblings didn’t believe me until they tried to test themselves.
This isnt excuse though I always drank a little bit of skim milk since I don’t drink much of it one day I tried the more expensive, vastly more expensive organic skim milk. It’s definitely worth the money to me.

 

[mjk1967]

For anyone who loves Gatorade but wants to cut out the sugar, their GZero has no sugar in it at all but it tastes like it does. It’s my go to drink when I’m on the run (I always keep a few in my cars)

Yep, buying the 8 packs of the Orange flavor.

What should wake up America is this --- the first 2 weeks or so, diet drinks are tough. After that 2 week period, trying a 'regular' Gatorade, etc. is tough to swallow.

I bought a 12oz can of Coke earlier this year....just to see what I've 'missed'. I took 2 swallows, and threw it away.

 

[Patman]

Yep, buying the 8 packs of the Orange flavor.

What should wake up America is this --- the first 2 weeks or so, diet drinks are tough. After that 2 week period, trying a 'regular' Gatorade, etc. is tough to swallow.

I bought a 12oz can of Coke earlier this year....just to see what I've 'missed'. I took 2 swallows, and threw it away.

I am the same way with things that have too much sugar in them. Most of the time when I go to a restaurant I get water but sometimes I will get an iced tea (like on wing nights in order to get the discount for the wings) and I wait for the ice to melt a little bit before drinking it because it’s just too sweet (and I don’t usually end up finishing the drink either) I have never really been a fan of soft drinks, I much prefer water (and not the terrible tasting bottled water either)

 

[Kira]

Even though people commonly say, "Hey, you gotta live too", to cheating dieters, we must be open to categorical omissions in our behavior and food selections.
EXAMPLES (not saying these apply to you..so don't get all prissy on me):
1) Measure your food. It won't kill you to use a scale. It won't be easy.
Ever suggest to someone that they keep gas records and calculate their mileage? OY VEY!

2) No eating after X o'clock.

3) No sodas. Diet sodas are poison, plain and simple.
Nuevo seltzers? Check for sugars. But still, do water, at least until is becomes hazardous.

4) Do your own cooking. This is an acknowledged biggie in "Healthland".
We'd all eat fewer chicken fingers if we had to chop a chicken's head off to begin making dinner.

....and the beat goes on...

 

[wwillson]

We'd all eat fewer chicken fingers if we had to chop a chicken's head off to begin making dinner.

We would all walk everywhere if we had to make the vehicles we drive.

 

[4WD]

That said - Paleo makes sense to me.

4 million years of human evolution, where we adapted to eat what we could get - lots of vegetables, some fruit, nuts, and meat, depending how good you were at hunting. If you can’t pull it out of the ground, off a tree, or kill it yourself, it ain’t really what we were designed to eat.

8,000 years of agriculture. We haven’t yet adapted to grains, further, since there isn’t any evolutionary pressure to adapt, we aren’t likely to adapt much.

Most folks do better on a paleo diet. It’s not quite keto, but carbs weren’t as easy for Australopithecus to procure…

I basically eat Paleo - not much bread, few grains, little sugar or processed food, almost no desserts. A lot of vegetables, fair amount of protein, lots of which is fish, some fruit and nuts.

Makes a big difference in being able to keep the weight off.

Vegetarian is an old Indian word meaning “bad hunter”

 

[Kira]

We would all walk everywhere if we had to make the vehicles we drive.

I don't think that's an exact parallel...but it'll do.

 

[andrewg]

Keto or Carnivore has always worked wonders for me. I find it fairly easy to lose 20-40 pounds when I adhere to it. Is it limiting? Yes. It takes discipline to stay on it and avoid carbs. Physiologically we don't need carbs. They even contribute to various forms of inflammation. I've been tuned into two well known doctors that have really woke me up to the idea that low carb/no carb is the healthy way to eat. Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Sten Ekberg.

 

[#18FAN]

Keto or Carnivore has always worked wonders for me. I find it fairly easy to lose 20-40 pounds when I adhere to it. Is it limiting? Yes. It takes discipline to stay on it and avoid carbs. Physiologically we don't need carbs. They even contribute to various forms of inflammation. I've been tuned into two well known doctors that have really woke me up to the idea that low carb/no carb is the healthy way to eat. Dr. Ken Berry and Dr. Sten Ekberg.

Why are you always having to lose 20 to 40 pounds that's not healthy at all up and down up and down not good.

 

[andrewg]

Why are you always having to lose 20 to 40 pounds that's not healthy at all up and down up and down not good.

I'm not always having to. Just a couple of times in five years or so. As I stated it takes discipline to stay on a keto/carnivore way of eating. I fell off the wagon a couple of times. Besides, I don't think it's particularly harmful to lose weight after gaining it. Not doing anything about would be the harmful part.