On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:11 AM, gabagal <gaba.gal@gmail.com> wrote:
-- If I can chip in here... I must admit I dont think Ive read all the post in this specific thread but am sure Ive read most.
There are so many things to consider when "testing" what work and what doesnt that I just dont do it anymore, I go with my gut feeling, and eat what feels good, whether it is carbs, fat or protein - when done sit back relax and think for a moment how nice it was, then forget about it.(like Heather does)
For example: Could the combination of what you eat with the rice (carbs) make a difference?
Exactly. Rice by itself is very boring. It's generally eaten with lots of vegies (not the horrid canned ones I grew up on, but really yummy ones) and some kind of meat/fish/egg (also very yummy).
I am not a strong believer of combined eating, but do know there are certain things together that are just a no-go for me. It could be that it feels that your body doesnt react on it, but it does.
Or what about the sequence you eat it... Rice first then Salmon, or the other way around, or should you mix it before eating...?
Maybe its the Salmon, and white fish will be better?
Anything you drink while eating - or even after the meal?
Like I said, I go with what feels right. I used to always eat a salad, then protein, then starch. Which worked. But when I started "eating Asian" (my "Japanese food" experiment), it just didn't feel right. Eating fish needs rice, for some reason. So I started putting rice in a bowl, topping it with vegies, fish, and an egg.
Salmon is not my favorite fish. I like small bony fish, preferably with the skin. And often, in Asian stores, they are sold with the guts too (esp. if they are full of roe, which is wonderful). Whole baby fish are big in Asian cuisine (they are sold as a bar snack too!). They are extremely filling and loaded with nutrients.
Large deep-sea fish were not eaten so much in the past. They do tend to be high in mercury, and as a general principle, you don't want to eat animals high on the food chain (which is one reason we tend not to eat hawks and owls and cougars, for instance).
Also, in Asian cuisine, the "dipping sauce" is very important. I have found that it needs to be made fresh each meal (which is the traditional way, as it turns out). My favorite sauce right now has 2 cloves of fresh-squeezed garlic, honey, hot sauce ("Rooster sauce" aka Sriacha), vinegar, soy sauce, and pickled ginger in it. There are lots of different recipes, and people tend to mix up their own (like they do at PF Changs) but those are the basic ingredients (chili oil, mustard, seseme oil, fish sauce, chopped green onions are also common ingredients). You can start out with soy sauce/honey/vinegar though (about equal amounts of each).
Too many things - and once I start thinking like this it feels like my brain will "explode" too technical, too many uncertainties that I probably never will resolve, too many thinking about food, or should I say obsession with it - so that is the main reason I now just eat what feels good. If it feels good, I go for it, if it doesnt feel good I just try to not eat it again.
We are probably the first society in history to actually analyze food the way we do! Most cultures just have "food traditions" and recipes, which I think are mainly trial and error. A lot of Asian cuisine is based on having a variety of colors, good presentation, and balancing salt/sweet/sour tastes. You don't hear much about "grams of carbs" !
That is also the reason I love fast 5 (although I am mostly doing one meal per day) I dont have to measure, count, and think about food for most of the day except for about an hour or so when preparing and eating it.
Ditto. What I have found though is that if I eat something that isn't what I really wanted, the the meal feels "wasted". So I have put a lot more time into figuring out: what is it I really want to eat?
The other great thing about not worrying about what I eat is that I am not hungry until my next meal. If I eat anything that I feel "is suppose to be good for my body" but I were not really into eating it, I am hungry before the next meal. Which tells me this is not only physical for me, but on a psychological level too.
I agree. Your brain is *really good* at analyzing food content, and when it is happy with the food content, it sends "feel good" signals to your conscious mind. Your brain's chemistry set and what the "experts say" though, are not necessarily going to agree.
Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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