I don't have any problems which makes me want to restrict carbohydrate. It's just that having a lot of carbs goes against the "Bible" of Taubes and Eades.
Like most questions, dietary..."Who ya gonna believe?"
Barnaby
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM, barnabywalker <barnabywalker@...>wrote:
>
> >
> > --- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Salmon is not my favorite fish.
> >
> >
> > Awfully tasty when I throw in some cashews to make a salmon version of
> > "cashew chicken" with the rice.
> >
>
> Hey, any meat is good that way! I do cook salmon a fair bit, mostly because
> my family likes boneless foods better. But I crave fish fat I think. Once I
> got several pounds of "salmon bellies" ... the part they throw away when the
> make the fillets ... and those made an even better stir-fry. $1 a lb too. I
> just wish I could get a steady supply.
>
> Salmon skin is very good. For some reason they don't scale the fish, so I
> scale it when I buy it before freezing. My family won't eat the skin, so I
> do. Really, my issue with salmon is mainly that it is so big it's usually
> cooked as "fillets", which are lacking the good parts. BTW when bears catch
> salmon ... they eat the bellies and toss away the rest of the fish. I agree
> with the bears.
>
>
>
> > We study so many things that I thank you for opening my mind that we might
> > be over-thinking things. I'm going to go back to not being afraid to eat
> > high carb white rice,with the thought that fasting is my "ace in the hole"
> > if the high carb rice really is bad.
> >
>
> Thanks for making me think it through! I think I do things intuitively, but
> when I have to write about it, then I think more about it.
>
> I am curious though about the "bad" comment above. Do you have a blood sugar
> problem? Do you measure your blood sugar after meals? Or, what exactly are
> you expecting as a problem after eating rice?
>
> I did measure my blood glucose for some time, because I was trying to figure
> out why I crashed when I didn't eat. Also I wanted to figure out the
> "glycemic curve" of my meals (as opposed to specific foods). What I found
> was weird: my glucose curve DROPPED after meals, and rose when I got hungry.
> No matter what I ate, my blood sugar never rose, unless it was like, a whole
> lot of raw cookie dough.
>
> What I came to believe, based on that, was that I had a problem digesting
> starches. So I started taking konjac with meals ... I don't do that always
> now, but I stopped having problems with sugars and starches, digestive-wise.
>
> I'm not sure what exactly fixed the problem ... my guesses would be:
>
> 1. Fast-5 makes more enzymes available for that one meal.
> 2. Eating ginger/cayenne/vinegar with meals are known digestive aides.
> 3. Eating konjac for some time fixed the bacterial imbalance.
> 4. I got "used to" eating starches again.
> 5. The long-term damage I had from gluten healed eventually (According to my
> doctor, I am probably celiac).
>
> But there ARE people who can't digest starches well, speaking as a former
> member of that community. I don't believe that makes starches evil ... there
> are also people who can't digest proteins, and others that can't digest
> fats, and some that can't handle fiber. If ALL of those are evil, then we
> need to give up food! :-) I think most people can heal though, and it's
> worth the effort. Food is good stuff, and meant to be enjoyed, not suffered
> through.
>
> >
> > --
> Heather Twist
> http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
>
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