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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:01pm |
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Anyone see this in the herald the other day? Apparently it stablises your blood sugar, reduces cholestoral and makes you feel generally fabulous.
Anyone tried it?
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:06pm |
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I saw the article on stuff yesterday. Looks interesting and makes a lot of sense. I'm also keen to hear if anyone else has tried it and how they've found it.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:10pm |
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I've done it for 1 day! And, coming from someone who adores sweet things...I didn't even miss them!
I did break the rules a bit buy having porridge for breakfast.
Then had nuts for morning tea and a massive salad with some added bacon, pumpkin seeds and garlic flaxoil for lunch, an apple for afternoon tea and a big piece of fish with a large salad for tea. I had very even energy all day which is amazing as I usually have big highs and lows and tend to over-eat in the afternoon.
I'm giving it a go (not to lose weight, just because it sounds as though it makes you much healthier) but am allowing myself cereal / porridge in the morning and coffee :)
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:12pm |
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I think i've heard of it before...or similar....might have to go find the article and have a read.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:15pm |
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The one I read was in on the 14th Sept. I'm looking on their site ATM but can't find it.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:17pm |
I have had to cut most of the foods avoided on the stone age diet anyway because I can't eat wheat/rye/barley/oats due to my coeliac disease and I definitely found I had a lot more energy (and lost weight) when I cut those out. But I still eat potatos and I'm thinking that maize/corn is probably a no-no on the stone age diet, I have corn thins for breakfast every morning.
When I read the article yesterday I thought that there's very little change needed for me to follow that diet completely as I eat a lot of fruit and vege and I love meat. I definitely don't have a high intake of cereals.
Funny that you posted this today though as at lunchtime I was eating pizza and wedges thinking that it's just as well I hadn't started the diet.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:18pm |
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I am guessing kumara would be out too? I just had some for lunch and felt proud of myself...!
I find oats sustain me so well in the mornings. If I have anything else I'm starving within 30mins...even bacon and eggs!
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:23pm |
I'm trying to find the article now too so I can post a link.
The journalist said that the first 4-5 days after cutting out cereals/carbs he felt hungry and moody but then he came right and since then he's been so full of energy and happy.
I think as far as carbs go kumara are good (I may be wrong but I'm pretty sure they're low GI) as are oats. So although you may not be following the diet word for word it sounds like the change has worked for you. Plus surely our stone age ancestors found and ate root vegetables and probably even other cereals when they could - they just didn't cultivate them so they weren't a staple food as they are now.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:28pm |
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I think I crave additives & sugar. I eat a really good base diet but then crave biscuits, nut bars etc. I enjoy bread but don't eat much and suspect most of us would be better off without it.
I felt good yesterday and fine so far today but suspect tomorrow will be hard.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:29pm |
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:41pm |
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In my eating healthy for diabetes Kumara is limited as are potatoes as starchy foods have hidden sugars
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:43pm |
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I knew about potatoes but thought kumaras helped to stabilise blood sugar. Can be confusing at times!
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:45pm |
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I can go weeks without craving produced sugary sweets but then spend a day gorging on them - it's as though once I have a taste for it I need more IYKWIM. Luckily with my gluten free diet a lot of my food needs to be made from scratch so I'm in the habit of making good fresh food now.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 2:46pm |
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I'm the same. If I have a little of something I crave it like crazy! It is best to have none I find. Oh to be male...they don't crave in the same we we do
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 3:32pm |
Starch is composed of two polymers of glucose, so it basically sugar. this diet seems to cut out carbs...which actually seems pointless as Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats all end up being hydrolysised to end up with Acetyl CoA which in the end contributes to energy production, so no matter whether you cut down on carbs, and beef up on protein, the same processes are going to happen, you're just replacing one energy source with another. Of course lowering your sugar intake is going to have an affect on your moods. If you have a sweet tooth and then cut sugar out, you're going to have highs and lows..until your sugar levels even out...and in most diets weight loss is fastest in the first few weeks, as you're using up your glycogen stores. Glycogen holds a lot of water, so you're not only using burning glycogen for energy, but you're losing a lot of water as well....once those first couple of weeks are over, you're body turns to fat as it's energy source, fat holds less water then glycogen so thats why weight loss is not as drastic as initially. So though losing 9Kgs in however many weeks is great, long term those losses are not going to be so high.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 3:46pm |
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See I don't have weight to lose but am keen on stabilising the blood sugar highs and lows and so far this is working great. My energy has been much more stable and my 3pm cravings are gone (for now lol!).
The article seems to suggest that the long term health benefits are stable blood sugar, low cholesterol etc etc.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 4:10pm |
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I really like most of the advice this diet has to offer, it is pretty near to what my diet has become anyway, before I read the article.
The major difference for me now of course, is being vegetarian, so no meat - and making sure I get enough protein.
I have minimal carbs anyway, I feel too slow and sluggish when I do - so very much a treat food.
Despite current high fruit and vege prices we go through them like they are going out of fashion - and I try to balance out my blood sugars with nuts too.
Even in the last month alone I have noticed better muscle tone, energy levels, and less bloating - though I am on a weeks 'break' and having the odd wine or coffee or baked treat... and funnily enough am looking foward to going "back" to my more usual eating patterns.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 5:35pm |
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Yes I have noticed my energy levels better since being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and cutting out iccream, sugar, too much starch and smaller portions etc.
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 7:07pm |
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The weird thing I found with that article (I presume it's the one about Arthur but I haven't clicked the link) was the talk about only eating when you are hungry and not eating regularly with the clock. I thought that was kinda weird. I think eating and sleeping with the clock as a general rule is actually good discipline and routine and the body thrives on that....... thoughts?
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Posted: 16 September 2008 at 7:27pm |
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I don't think they necessarily mean to disregard scheduled eating altogether, but if you're not truly hungry when mealtime rolls around - don't push it. I think the happy (and common) medium is to eat smaller amounts more frequently.
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