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2004-07-02 Home Front: Culture Wars

Kevin Cowherd - The worst thing since sliced bread

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Posted by Super Hose 2004-07-02 3:29:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whole wheat,here,occasionally like a pattymelt on light rye.With lottsa cheese.

Posted by Raptor 2004-07-02 7:39:41 AM|| 2004-07-02 7:39:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Haven't eaten white bread since before boot camp, back in '90. The DIs would lose their frickin' minds if they found white bread on your tray. I always wondered why they even bothered buying and placing it in the mess line.

Posted by BH 2004-07-02 11:01:12 AM|| 2004-07-02 11:01:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 The entire white bread hysteria is just that, mindless pseudo-nutrition psycho-babble.

Anyone who is really curious about the subject should read the incredible tome, "On Food and Cooking" by Harold McGee.

While white bread contains less fiber, its finer milled flour also releases more nutrition. In reality, since bread is no longer a major dietary contributor of nutrition, it's a complete wash.

As always with food, eat whatever you enjoy most in moderation. Like Jaques Pepin says; "Diet and starve yourself all your life for what, so you can die skinny?"

Posted by Zenster 2004-07-02 11:23:40 AM|| 2004-07-02 11:23:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Atkins, etc. - fuckin' fad diets, all. Try riding 200 miles in a week without carbs / on Atkins, no freakin' way. A nice 12 / 20 pack and a bowl of pasta after 40+ will replace all the carbs and the 2,000 calories burnt.

What flavor fad diet will we see next year? Nitwits...

Posted by Raj 2004-07-02 1:17:21 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-07-02 1:17:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe if Ulrich wins he'll endorse Wunder Brot.
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Posted by Shipman 2004-07-02 7:50:08 PM|| 2004-07-02 7:50:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 If you only need to drop 20 pounds and have an otherwise normal metabolism, then Atkins is probably just going to mess you up. Body For Life works better for that sort of thing.

Atkins worked for me - I was overweight, pre-Type2-diabetic, with insulin resistance forming, and elevated liver enzyme counts and high cholesterol (300+!), and almost all my excess body fat was located in my abdomen. Lookup "Syndrome X" on google - I was a classic case.

I tried "low fat" diet and exercise, it barely made a dent. (Clue: Low Fat usually means they increase sweetners to make up for the lack of fat to carry the flavor).

I then cut out processed sugars and flowers - that helped a bit with the weight loss, but the cholesterol, libver enzymes and insulin actually got a bit worse.

But when I went on atkins, the weight melted, and within 6 weeks my liver enzymes were headed toward their proper range, BP was still high but had dropped 10 and 5, and I had much higher energy than before - and I had lost a large chunk of fat right around the abdomen.

After 6 solid months, my BP is in the normal range (still a bit high), liver enzymes are normal, Cholesterol is below 200, and my waist size is back to where it was 15 years ago. Plus my energy is *UP* to where it used to be, and the Doc says I am no longer at any risk for diabetes: the tests show normal insulin performance and sugar uptake both fasting and post prandial. Its straight out of the book and studies the Atkins published.

Atkins is not a *diet* as much as it is a treatment procedure for specific types of obesity related medical conditions. People who do not see a doctor, get the bloodwork and monitoring done, adhere strickly to the limits (and eat the recommended vegetables like Cauliflower and Broccoli!) and do not get the proper the intake of water or fail to exercise are not doing the treatment right.

So Atkins in not for "nitwits" Raj - it works: you go into ketosis, which means instead of burning carbs for energy, you body metabolizes body fat - so your 200 miles is not as impossible as you think - try getting the facts instead of repeating prejudged garbage.

But most importantly, like any other medical treatment you have to be sure its the right treatment for what ails you.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-07-02 10:36:49 PM|| 2004-07-02 10:36:49 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 WAIT A SECOND!

"we proceeded to wipe out its contents like we were Michael and Mrs. Moore coming off a two-day fast"

There's a "MRS MOORE" ?!?!?! The poor creature, you'd think shed been flattened to death by now.

Posted by OldSpook 2004-07-02 11:23:59 PM|| 2004-07-02 11:23:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Relax, OS. If I recall correctly, Mr. Tubby recently revealed his alternative lifestyle.

Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-03 12:45:00 AM|| 2004-07-03 12:45:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Well, dunno about any alternative lifestyle, but he's married. She accompanied him to all the latest shindigs from Cannes to his movie opening. No strong stomach for this topic, so I'll leave it at that.

Posted by .com 2004-07-03 12:52:38 AM|| 2004-07-03 12:52:38 AM|| Front Page Top

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