(01-08-2026 09:32 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 06:42 PM)BigTigerMike Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 06:29 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  A person can cut out (almost out) most known sugars, like cake, candy, drinks, and bread and keep a semi active life....

not gym, but get their ass off the couch from the TV once they get home, walk around the block, outside in the yard a few hours a week. Unless you are extremely overeating, or drinking a lot of beer, or some other genetic trait. Your body is not going to be obese, or have that belly hanging down over your waist line. Maybe a little overweight, but I'm talking 5 to 10 pounds not the 25 to 100that a lot of people are today

The main theme of the dozens of different types of diets — is simply eliminating and reducing highly processed foods and sugar. Within two weeks, if one has the willpower to follow through, they will see some to significant improvement physically and mentally

Processed foods are fine. That's basically everything outside the produce aisle and meat counter. Unless you are over 90, though, a milkshake a day will NOT keep the doctor away. 6 pack a day of sugared drinks isn't good for your waistline either.
Once I got in my upper 20s, while I still do soft drinks, I don't do sugared drinks more than once a week or so.

There are 3 categories:

Whole Foods- Spinach

Processed Foods- Frozen Spinach

Ultra Processed Foods- Veggie Straws

The second one is processed but minimally so and is healthy as it’s just flash frozen to keep it fresh. Veggie straws is pretty much Empty calories and is loaded with sodium and oils and don’t really offer anything nutritional

Send ot to bertha butt cop in minnecrapolis

(01-09-2026 12:06 AM)olliebaba Wrote:  GC, I'm also lactose intolerant but it doesn't stop me from eating ice cream or any milk product like sour cream, butter, etc. What I do is take half a tsp of Arm and Hammer in 4 ounces of water afterwards and I don't have those stomach aches and diarrhea like I used to. I also take it when I eat vegetables and especially beans. I used to have horrendous acid reflux and heartburn and ever since I started taking it for that I'm free as a birdy. No problems at all. When my wife and I would go out to functions when she was a teacher I would always be nervous about gas and farts but I started taking that remedy before I left the house and no problems at all like before.

Oh, I'm good for now. I don't have lactose intolerance. But I do worry about it. My late grandmother also had irritable bowel syndrome, and I worry that might be genetic (I've been told it is) and therefore get it as I continue to get older. She happened to have both. (She was largely bedridden in her final years.)

I'm glad you're able to deal with it though, which is good. What we had to do was give her some Lactaid milk and one or two Lactaid tablets every day so she'd be able to eat a baked potato with margarine. As for acid reflux, I haven't had it in a very long time, but when I did have it, I'd take Tums, and it usually worked. What my dad did when he was alive was drink some apple cider vinegar mixed with water. (He had it bad. I mean real bad.) And surprisingly, I never heard Mom tell me about him complaining about it anymore for the rest of his life.

As I stated before in this thread, I was affected by artificial dyes and MSG as a kid. They made me hyper as hell so Mom kept me away from them as much as she could before I started high school, when I started growing out of it. I couldn't even have certain drinks or eat certain foods because of it. I guess that's why I'd eat a lot of junk food for the longest time because I felt like I had missed out. (And yes, that was a mistake on my part.) If I could go back in time, I'd tell myself to trust Mom and stick to natural, whole or lightly processed foods (like frozen spinach or asparagus) and stay very, very active. But I'm alright. I'm losing weight and getting more active. (Sorry for the long rant. lol)

(01-08-2026 01:42 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 10:40 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 05:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-07-2026 12:18 PM)TripleA Wrote:  I watched part of their presser today. My main takeaway is that bunch is impressive, especially when I compare it to the same positions in the previous admin.

They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Forget that and think for yourself. And think about what ingredients are in the foods at the top of each pyramid. Seems like the new one is a lot better for you. Natural foods rather than things like cereal, which are one of the worst things you can eat.

I'm pretty sure cave men were eating a lot of meat and no cereal.

This. When I eat natural foods, I feel great! When I eat highly processed foods with ingredients that I can't pronounced on the first go-around, I don't feel so great. Of course, proper exercise helps, too. I do exercise, but not enough. That's going to change.

Like Riboflavin???

I can pronounce Riboflavin. lol (Nice try.) I meant stuff like Butylated Hydroxytoluene and Polydimethylsiloxane.

This is great news! It validates my Atkins diet (which has led to -46 lbs).

My wife has been telling me how bad it is for me. Yesterday she told me about the new food pyramid. She said I'm supposed to be eating fruits and vegetables.

I replied that I do, along with meat and dairy.

Then I saw the new pyramid on the TV (she was watching FOX).

I said meat and dairy are right up there with fruits and veggies. You didn't mention that. :rotf:

Anyway, for dinner I had green beans and beef.

She had bread with her chicken BBQ, but just the bottom piece of the bun -- she skipped the top.

(01-09-2026 12:39 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 01:42 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 10:40 AM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 05:37 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(01-08-2026 01:08 AM)bullet Wrote:  They are all bozos.

RFK is just pushing his weird carnivore diet on everyone else. His advisers were the people from the beef, pork and dairy industry. "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss." Just different lobbyists he is listening to.

At least one obvious error in there, claiming olive oil is a certain type of fat that it is not.

Forget that and think for yourself. And think about what ingredients are in the foods at the top of each pyramid. Seems like the new one is a lot better for you. Natural foods rather than things like cereal, which are one of the worst things you can eat.

I'm pretty sure cave men were eating a lot of meat and no cereal.

This. When I eat natural foods, I feel great! When I eat highly processed foods with ingredients that I can't pronounced on the first go-around, I don't feel so great. Of course, proper exercise helps, too. I do exercise, but not enough. That's going to change.

Like Riboflavin???

I can pronounce Riboflavin. lol (Nice try.) I meant stuff like Butylated Hydroxytoluene and Polydimethylsiloxane.

RFK was ridiculing hard to pronounce things in "ultraprocessed foods," and included Riboflavin. Seemed like he didn't have a clue it was an essential nutrient.