Re: [fast5] Re: Oh man, you guys HAVE to see this!!!

The kids are getting fatter and fatter too. Back in the 70's, there were maybe one or two chunky kids in my high school (who got teased a lot, unfortunately). Now there are lots. Even fat elementary school kids.

My husband though, lost about 25 lbs when we went gluten-free, and now he's at his college weight. He doesn't get all that much exercise (he's a computer geek, like me!), and he eats plenty of carbs and fats. His brothers both did the "middle age spread" thing and have various health issues, even though they are younger. 

He also has all his hair, which is still brown and thick at 57. His blood pressure is fine, as are his lipids and blood glucose etc. It was weird going to his high school reunion, because the other guys in his class were all fat, grey, and bald!  

My husband "blames" his good health on our change in eating habits, because he feels (and looks) way better than he did 15 years ago. Although he doesn't "do" fast-5, I stopped nagging him to eat 3 meals a day, and so he generally only eats in the evening. We eat loads of vegies and fruits, desserts, plenty of rice and potatoes, nuts, and various meats (we are tending more toward fish these days), lots of eggs. Plenty of coconut and olive oil. Lots of good spices: oregano, turmeric, cayenne, fresh garlic. We don't do anything with wheat or barley, dairy, anything with added iron, canola, corn or safflower oil. I don't restrict sugar or salt at all, and I think he has about 1/4 cup of honey every morning in his coffee! He dearly loves his honey.

I'm not sure what contribution each factor makes to the whole, but "getting fat when you get old" is not at all inevitable, whether or not you eat "carbs". It's way more complex than just how much of one macronutrient you eat.

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 12:22 PM, Kim Swearingen <kim@desertmeadows.com> wrote:

How true is that!?  LOL, and I think you're right, "middle age" for when that catches up with your body in most cases seems to be around 30.  It was about 33 or 34 for me when my body converted into a fat storage machine without me having changed my eating habits significantly.

 

Still, think of how many people in their teens and 20's can't eat that way even when they're young. Zillions!

 

Kim

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From: tamaratornado

To: fast5@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 12:15 PM

Subject: [fast5] Re: Oh man, you guys HAVE to see this!!!

 

"There are millions of people who eat way too much sugar and refined carbs and stay as thin as a rail and whether they work as a bicycle delivery driver or sit in front of a computer with their bag of Cheetos all day makes no difference."

I betcha 90% of that group is in their teens & 20's and once they hit middle age it doesn't work anymore....

--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, "Kim Swearingen" <kim@...> wrote:
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> I think where the big disconnect is in the lack of focus on the reality that different things work for different people.
>
> There are millions of people who eat way too much sugar and refined carbs and stay as thin as a rail and whether they work as a bicycle delivery driver or sit in front of a computer with their bag of Cheetos all day makes no difference. In that group, some drop dead early from coronary disease and some live into their 90s in good health.
>

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Heather Twist
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
 
 

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