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Low carb is a very satisfying, effective method for losing weight. People who eat low carb get far, far fewer cravings and snack a lot less, simply because they are not as hungry.
With that said, OP, he's a grown man. An adult. You can't "make" him do what he does not want to do.
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Remember, he had a heart attack and put on a strict diet. He is not supposed to use butter or too much salt either. This morning he made a bagel for breakfast using my butter (he has a substitute) and was grinding salt on it. This is not a matter of just slimming down, but to prevent ANOTHER heart attack.
This is a scary thought. It's almost like he needs a Scared Straight sort of intervention. Can you go to the cardiologist with him and really try to drive it home that if he keeps doing what he's doing, it could kill him? You're not trying to be a buzzkill, you're trying to have many more healthy years together.
It's not my Dinners. I make Cooking Light recipes that I make which are 350 calories, or less. Maybe once week I cook something not dietetic.
The problem is everything else he eats all day, especially now that he is retired. I do not buy these snacks because they are not what I would eat anyway. I hate nuts. He bought a 2 lb. container of dry roasted cashews, which he said are "healthy". I said to him that doesn't mean they are dietetic. He finished the container in a little over a week. I looked it all up. 754 calories in just one cup, not counting all the high fat content. 754 calories snack when I am making 350 calories for DINNER? Yesterday, HE bought a box of raisins to mix with the cashews. BTW, I don't eat raisins myself either.
Remember, he had a heart attack and put on a strict diet. He is not supposed to use butter or too much salt either. This morning he made a bagel for breakfast using my butter (he has a substitute) and was grinding salt on it. This is not a matter of just slimming down, but to prevent ANOTHER heart attack.
He is just going back to his old ways, and worse since he is home all day. I think his next Cardiologist appointment is in a few weeks. Maybe HE will tell him. Me nagging will just make it worse. Psychological perhaps?
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
I'd buy him a case of diet meal replacement drinks. But it's on him. I hope he has life insurance.
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Agree to disagree.. The US has major health problems in its populace so start looking at how food supply has changed over time, it certainly has not stayed stable at all.
You are right. Food consumption in the US has changed. People eat more processed and fast foods, are more sedentary, cook at home less, eat much more sugar, and consume LESS whole grain. If anything, this decrease in wheat and other whole grain consumption is one of the major factors for people's chronic health problems.
Can we stop with the low-carb tangents? It's not what the OP was asking about.
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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
I'd buy him a case of diet meal replacement drinks. But it's on him. I hope he has life insurance.
That might be the wake up call the husband needs--sit down with him and say, "okay, we need to go over our wills and insurance and finances, since you're not acting like someone who's going to be around much longer."
There is TOO much grain consumption in the USA. Lots of fat, corn fed people!
There is too much processed grain consumption (as well as other processed foods) in the US and very little whole grain consumption.
Stop eating processed grains and eat whole grains and there would be no problem.
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