Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Compare Atkins Diet with Low Fat Diet



In this video documentary from BBC will show you what is Atkins Diet and how it works.

Biography – The Story of Dr. Robert Atkins and His Theory “Atkins diet”This video is a biography of Dr. Robert Atkins and his theory “Atkins diet Revolution” that changed the way people think about food and eating that help people lose their weight.

CarolineJhingory.com

Steve's Original

      "Steve's Original is, at its core, about journeys. Our story is the result of years of searching for a healthier way to live; and eat. Our Originals are about the journey that we all take to find a better way to live our lives and fuel our bodies."

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

OPTIMAL DIET

Translated from Polish by the Czech creator of the best Optimal Diet website:
"Jan Kwasniewski was born in 1937 in Poland. He graduated from the Military Medical Academy and specialised in Physical Medicine. 
For many years he worked in the Military Sanatorium in Ciechocinek as dietician where he introduce famous in Poland and at present all over the world his nutritional method which gives the humans good and long health. This method was named "Optimal Diet" which is the cornerstone to the nutritional theory. The principles of the optimal diet at first shock people because the diet recommends eating large quantities of fats along with a radical cut of carbohydrates. The basic premise is that the dieter should keep the proper proportion among the three fundamental nutrients in food: protein, fat and carbohydrates. He found that the ideal proportion is from 1:2.5:0.5 to 1:3.5:0.5 meaning that with every gram of protein 2.5 to 3.5 grams of fat and half a gram of carbohydrates should be eaten. In another words, optimal nutrition is a high fat, low carbohydrate diet." 

PāNu: paleonutrition - emulating the evolutionary metabolic milieu

Kurt G. Harris MD defines his blog:
"PāNu means paleonutrition. The "paleo" here signifies "old" and not necessarily paleolithic. The PāNu approach to nutrition is grounded on clinical medicine and basic sciences disciplined by knowledge of evolutionary biology and paleoanthropology. The best evidence from multiple disciplines supports eating a pastoral (animal-based) diet rather than a grain-based agricultural one, while avoiding what I call the neolithic agents of disease - wheat, excess fructose and excess linoleic acid."

LINDA'S LOW CARB MENUS & RECIPES

From 'Fat Head; You've been fed a lot of bologna' the low-carb website of comedian Tom Naughton... Some recipe options Linda’s Low Carb Menus.  Jan’s Sushi Bar,  Kelly the Kitchen Kop,  Atkins RecipesHold the Toast Recipes (by Dana Carpender, who also wrote a low-carb cookbook we use all the time), and  Atkins Diet Recipe Videos from Atkins Diet Geek.

Mark’s Daily Apple


Mark Sisson is an institution in the Paleo world, a position he deserves and maintains in style.

His dietary position in a nutshell:
- fresh, organic, unprocessed food – no junk!
- daily activity – whether it’s the gym or a walk along the beach, it all counts
- plenty of quality sleep
- plenty of water, no soda or sweetened drinks
- antioxidants galore – the key to limiting stress
- a good fish-oil supplement
- lots of essential fats, reckless amounts of vegetables, and clean protein
- time for fun – don’t take anything too seriously – ethical behavior – because what goes around comes around
- taking responsibility for yourself and your life – openness to new things and ideas

Latest in Paleo, The Weekly Paleo Podcast

"This Week in Paleo is a dynamic new blog and weekly podcast. "At the intersection of scientific evidence and evolutionary clues left to us by our ancestors, the Paleo Diet and Lifestyle is a unique approach to nutrition and fitness."
Angelo Coppola, the voice and force behind this Paleolithic diet podcast, is a deep voiced and entertaining joy... each issue is well researched and well produced. In its recent recreation Angelo has three timely podcasts, but for even more see the archives which includes 22 earlier shows.

Paleolithic diet

Paleolithic diet (abbreviated paleo diet or paleodiet), also popularly referred to as the caveman dietStone Age diet and hunter-gatherer diet, is a nutritional plan based on the presumed ancient diet of wild plants and animals that various human species habitually consumed during the Paleolithic—a period of about 2.5 million years duration that ended around 10,000 years ago with the development of agriculture. In common usage, such terms as the "Paleolithic diet" also refer to the actual ancestral human diet.

Monday, February 14, 2011

A Blend of what I have learned

I believe I am finally ready to blend what I have learned and formulate my own culinary vision. I have revisited "Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days" an inspirational documentary based on the raw vegan retreat  Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center run by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. and felt the exhilarating optimism I knew when I visited the Ann Wigmore Natural Health Institute in Puerto Rico several years ago with my children.
Maximizing my exposure to raw fresh wholesome vegetables, while allowing myself the dietary joys of high quality meats and cheese in the world of a low-carb regime, I feel I can find a compromise with my real world addictions and culinary passions. I can never fully appease the dictatorial expectations of any one dietary discipline, yet never-the-less there is a blended balance consistent to my individual needs and what can work. Being trim and healthy, as well as, physically satisfied is not only possible but in pragmatic reach. I feel I am finally coming to an agreement between my inner needs and my external environment. A potential master of my own compulsive eating disorder.

Sunday, February 13, 2011

a diet completely without carbohydrates

It is worth noting that while there are Essential fatty acids (EFA) and Essential amino acids (EAA) there are no essential carbohydrates of any sort and while a diet devoid of EFA or EAA will result in eventual death, a diet completely without carbohydrates can be maintained indefinitely without health detriment.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/low-carbohydrate-diet#ixzz1DtOsaovf

Friday, February 11, 2011

Drink, Drink, Drink that w..a..t..e..r

YouTube: Basics Of Low-Carb

How To Start Low-Carb

Jimmy Moore's "Livin' La Vida low-carb" a blog, podcast, and general overall resource for low-carb living is a great kick-off place. iTune it, google it, you-tube it and all will come tumbling down.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Once Again yet New and Fresh

It was quite obvious, for a very long time, I felt defeated and acquiescent to never being thin again. Yet again I feel ready to reenter the battle field and attempt the challenge.

There is no need to fully articulate all the pain I feel in my body, and in particular my back, which has nudged me brutally into hopelessness. These are the symptoms shared with an embarrassed majority in my native America. The fact that I live in Japan only highlights the cultural, sociological, psychological, and physiological factors that have spawned an epidemic on America's biggest generation.

So crestfallen, at our image bombasted via a hundred casual cell phone photos, I and my fatty peers now must fortify with pragmatic solutions... or die too soon. What other choice if no choice leaves me as I am today, obese and in despair. Both as part of a worldwide army of the misshapen and as an individual bludgeoned by his own self-image, hard core dieting is my only realistic choice.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

A grueling somethingness


My actions are laughable though prophetic.
These words utterly inadequate.
My process a snail crawl to a promised resolution,
though my ability to keep promises questionable.
A circle dance, theoretical musical chairs...
The theories all having impact like bumper pile-ups on crowded highways.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Nothingness vs Somethingness

There comes inspiration and none at all, as all is forgotten. The intake we understand is causation compounding desire and need, all suggesting a hungry ghost's endless appetite. But fat is not a suggestion, it is a diabolical fact, a wasted energy source on an overextended societal debt... a wasted waistline.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Swirling within the Whirlpool

Massive wall of impotence and frustration. Hiding in air-conditioned tombs, watching the world through the window of the internet... Eat through the chain, not likely. Creation is the only way out. Defecate my fears and follow a muse through the skylight to the moon. Be the cow that jumps over. Be the man willing to die, to quiet forces founded on self love. Be, before non-being takes precedence. Before this prophecy of death hits the heart. Too late, always too soon, sing the chorus, preserve the tune, loosen the lyrics... let me be again, as before, an artist, free and naive, self-propelled and self-satisfied.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Buddha's warning of inevitable old age, sickness, and death

I lost three teeth in the last month or so. A problematic back molar eventually worked itself loose. More problematic, one of my two top front teeth hung loose prompting a cosmetic necessity of replacement, ... and while at the dentist I decided to eliminate a space from an earlier fall out. In the process of replacing my old bottom front teeth caps an additional tooth came out. Forgive this graphic explanation (more than you probably care to know).

My point being... the misfortune of aging pounces, and we have only so much we can do to prevent the onslaught. This belligerence of nature is terrifying, and I find myself scrimmaging for philosophical insights to shield from depression. Sure wish I had some god to offer to. Perhaps the inevitable sacrifice is our own human form, as in Christ on his cross. Nobody gets out of here alive, and seldom in good form. The bones in our necklace at death are often our own.

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Endless Reminders

The calcium deposits may be the cause or the symptom, but the diagnosis is gout ('Tsufu' as we say in Japan) and the result is painful steps and inflammation. So a day spent in the hospital clarified what I was facing... dietary 'issues'. What I love, meats and seafood, creates gout, and what I crave, creamy desserts, helps make me fat. The solution would be to enjoy sacrifice, skinnism, fasting, I sense what I really need is an adventure, a daily process, a goal fully absorbing. A challenge I believe in, love doing, want to follow through. Unfortunately too much in my life is abstracted into dry toast. I am listening to a book by Gail Blanke titled "Throw Out Fifty Things". This was a process we attempted this summer with considerable success but apparently it is far from over. I can't believe how much more I need to get rid of.

http://www.throwoutfiftythings.com/