Technically all diets should be supervised. But 1200 (+/-) calories is usually the minimum per day needed to keep your body from moving into "starvation" mode. Below a certain calorie count your body become more adept at burning fewer calories...hence the need to stay slightly to moderately above that. I'm not a nutritionist but that is the "generally accepted guidelines".
Diets, Double-Cheeseburgers and Dragons (Warning: Fluff Alert)
by jeanniebeanz 39 Replies latest jw friends
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greendawn
Mark, I hardly ever use vegetable oils instead I use olive oil and butter for frying and other cooking and also eat tahina (crashed sesami seeds) an extremely nutritious food with a lot of omega 6.
I don't know if in the USA olive oil and tahina are widely available and reasonably priced but in Europe they are.
You are right most dieters haven't got a clue about their nutritional requirements, to their own detriment. That's why most diets can't work. -
Markfromcali
And of course burning is the other part, most of the time focus is only on intake. On that note I am going to bed so I can try to get a friend to work out in the morning.
Mark of the wondering-why-the-thinner-people-are-not-so-active class
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jeanniebeanz
And of course burning is the other part, most of the time focus is only on intake.
Very true, which I think is why I have not had this much success ever with an eating plan. Two months ago, I started walking. At first it was a real pain and my legs ached badly the next day. I started with a half mile just walking normally, and now walk three miles a day at a brisk clip. It's enjoyable now, and I'm thinking of adding another half mile at this point if I can spare the time. The three miles takes me a little more than an hour to complete as it is and I can't jog or run; blown out knees. The walking is great though.
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greendawn
Jeannie it's wise to take the vitamin pills to cover your daily needs for them, and you take double the daily protein requirement but I can't see how you can get your essential fatty acids (omega 3 and omega 6) right with such a low fat diet plan. Also need to check the mineral content unless your vitamin pills are infact good vitamin/mineral ones. Walking is a good exercise anyway.
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jeanniebeanz
I can't understand why fat is so shunned nowadays.
I think many people fear it, myself included. Cholesterol issues and blocked arteries seem to run in the family. Maybe I'm over reacting, and I'm certainly not a medical wiz, but I don't want to keel over from a massive coronary before I'm 50 because I couldn't give up the fat.
To tell you the truth, the carbs were much more difficult to cut back in the beginning. It turns out that I had a raging asymptomatic Candida issue which was resolved through a course of flucanazole (sp?). Once it was out of my system, I ceased to crave the carbs and sugar. I haven't had a regular soda or chips (crisps) in a couple months and don't miss them. This from a woman who could at one time sit with a loaf of fresh french bread and eat the entire thing! Gag... No one heard me say that, did they?
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greendawn
Fat and cholesterol are in fact two different things, and many doctors doubt the theory that they cause heart disease. It is more likely that the problem is caused by trans fats, processed food in general, and a lack of sufficient fruit and veg in the diet with smoking and lack of exercise also contributing.
20 grams of fat is too low anyway even by the orthodox doctors reckoning.
We also need every day linoleic and linolenic acids (types of fat) and I don't know if your diet provides enough of them. -
jeanniebeanz
We also need every day linoleic and linolenic acids (types of fat) and I don't know if your diet provides enough of them.
I wouldn't even know where to look in my software for those things. it tracks the minerals and vitamin content of the food, and even breaks out the saturated and unsaturated fat but is not as specific as going into different types of acids. Found the module which lists the vitamin and mineral content and have pasted it below. I'll keep looking for the acids through the help menu, but it may not be tracked by this software. btw, I see that I may need to take a vitamin K supplement too. Makes sense as I bruise very easily...
Fat-Soluble Vitamins Nutrient Units Intake RDA % RDA Vitamin A mcg_RE 15034 800 1879.3 Vitamin D mcg 14.9 5 298 Vitamin E mg_ATE 50.62 8 632.71 Vitamin K mcg 28.97 65 44.57 Water-Soluble Vitamins Nutrient Units Intake RDA % RDA Vitamin C mg 282.77 60 471.28 Thiamin mg 5.33 1.1 484.49 Riboflavin mg 5.74 1.1 521.91 Vitamin B-6 mg 6.18 1.3 475.33 Vitamin B-12 mcg 29.14 2.4 1214.3 Niacin mg 46 14 328.54 Folate mcg 855.92 400 213.98 Trace Minerals Nutrient Units Intake RDA % RDA Iron mg 31.23 15 208.18 Zinc mg 22.83 12 190.22 Selenium mcg 114.31 55 207.84 Copper mg 3.14 --- --- Major Minerals Nutrient Units Intake RDA % RDA Calcium mg 1198.3 1000 119.83 Phosphorus mg 1697 700 242.43 Magnesium mg 416.99 320 130.31 Sodium mg 2078.7 --- --- Potassium mg 4355.5 --- --- -
jeanniebeanz
looks like this is as close as I'll get to the fat break-down, but it's interesting...
Where did my Calories come from? Average Calories source grams cals %total Total: 1183 Fat: 20 179 16% Sat: 4 39 4% Poly: 8 71 6% Mono: 5 42 4% Carbs: 156 494 45% Fiber: 33 0 0% Protein: 104 416 38% Alcohol: 0 0 0% Calorie Breakdown Fat Calories -
greendawn
Those tables are showing good very values for vitamins and minerals and I suppose that's what you get from food plus supplements. Those two esssential fatty acids (linoleic/linolenic) are needed in small amounts, like vitamins. Green veg contain a lot of vitamin K.