Eating you alive

[Bluelady-sing]

Channel 79.

An interesting documentary about people who have changed their diets with really dramatic and amazing results from reducing diabetes to cholesterol to triglycerise even saving their life from surgery.

Vegan diets

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI]

Whole foods plant-based diet

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone]

Dr David Unwin has helped numerous patients to reverse type 2 diabetes, and lose weight and improve their cholesterol markers. It's a pity the documentary makers don't seek him out.

theguardian.com/society/202...

[focused1 Maintainer 13kg in reply to BridgeGirl]

Thanks for the link . Read initial paragraph of this article then you have to subscribe but a lot of eating is common sense and whether you personally have the will power to stick to this which is hard in the UK as a lot of social activity revolves around food .

[BridgeGirl Administrator 2 stone in reply to focused1]

I don't really go along with the common sense idea. I'm sure a lot of us here would say we use common sense about our diet and yet we have very different approaches.

For Dr Unwin, re type 2 diabetes, common sense was giving the standard advice plus medication, seeing it as a chronic, deteriorating condition - till one of his patients came back with a 3 stone loss, not needing medication and gave him an earful for not directing her to low carb eating.

This link shows the cardiovascular benefits he has found in his patients from this way of eating diabetes.co.uk/in-depth/wha...

I do agree with you that it's a question of persistence and not being distracted by social and other pressures

[focused1 Maintainer 13kg in reply to BridgeGirl]

The majority who post on here have read a lot , are interested so I learn so much from others on here usually clicking on their links to read all about it .We know that puddings , pies and processed isn't good for our health or the way we want to be . I once went to a weight watchers class taking an invitation from a friend that some had been going to for years which sold their own junk food . Primary school children will quickly pick up the right item in a game intro to healthy eating lesson. As you commented it is a little more than common sense but that approach works for many who don't overthink diet and exercise . My Mum and Dad were never overweight but when you saw portion sizes , cooking the basics from scratch with minimal table sauce , salt and rarely a pudding except for fruit that to me takes the common sense stripped down to daily lifestyle where they never thought about what they were eating but reflecting it was the most simple easy way .I see most type 2 - not all as going back to what they ate long term . What they were fed on by others . I never pushed anything down my 5 sons but they are all sporty and were brought up with a healthy evening meal so never got any concept that salad and veg was any different to biscuits and crisps .I feel some of this for me was the food I was given as a child .

[Sharmian350 Restart April 2024 in reply to focused1]

I agree with the common sense thing too. I cook from scratch, no added salt or table sauces. I eat small portions and, for my part I rarly eat until after midday or after 6pm as I don't like it! I do have a sweet tooth though, so curbing that is something I need to do. I put on weight when I moved from an 'on my feet' job to a desk job. It wasn't only the physical side, but the culture of desk grazing and just how much social emphasis was put on eating and eating poor quality food. Also drinking.

I have been following an interesting set of posts by CrimsonMama about food triggers. And yes I agree many folk on here are very well read in respect to nutrition and diet.

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI in reply to Sharmian350]

Of course knowledge is power!

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI in reply to BridgeGirl]

Hitt exercises later on!!;

[focused1 Maintainer 13kg in reply to Bluelady-sing]

You are getting there . Carry on !!!

[Miss-guineapig]

I have recently been diagnosed with kidney disease (also have pernicious anaemia) and I have to watch protein intake. So I have made a few changes to vegetarian and vegan, I have persevered and can say I have enjoyed it more than I thought. Small but significant changes at the moment. Some delicious currys too xx

Thanks for highlighting this topic Bluelady x

[Bluelady-sing Healthy BMI]

Yes being a vegetarian means a degree of consciousness