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Interesting but just preparing food would be a full time job. But that's what it used to be back when anyway!
I am a carb watcher because that's what worked for me. I pay no attention to fat at all and I have low cholesterol. Again, that's what worked for me.
It's true, though they do have a section on how to cut down some of the cooking and work it into a busy lifestyle. What I'd like to say though is that what I like about this book is that they don't cave into commercial interests or the realities of a busy lifestyle. They present the info and you can do with it what you'd like. Some of their recommendations are quite difficult, like using raw dairy instead of pasteurized, but they still give you the info. I don't know about the present book about healthy fats, but the old cookbook doesn't give the feeling that there is any commercial interest behind it at all. Nowadays it would tie in quite well with the slow food and locavore eating movements.
An interesting aside too after reading all the low carb vs low fat infighting here, is that there wasn't much consistency in the healthy cultures that Weston Price studied, except that the people didn't use "foods of commerce" as he called them. Some people in the far north ate nothing but meat--no veggies at all--the original low carb diet, and they did quite well on it. Some groups ate a lot of fish and some ate a lot of dairy products. Some ate rather high carb, though no simple ones of course, and very little meat or fish. Apparently we are all adaptable enough to eat high carb or low carb and the point with this book I suspect is that no matter which way you choose, get the high quality fats (and foods in general) in rather than the low quality. I avoid generic type vegetable oils these days--you know, the canola or soy oils made with GMO grain, or cottonseed Crisco type products. Nowadays I'm cooking with coconut oil, grapeseed oil, olive oil, or butter.
Honestly, no matter which way you choose to eat, just go for quality foods and even if you don't lose weight you'll be healthier and have more energy. I think we can all agree on that.
I tried this way, but did't reach my expected goal
Tried which way? They've all been arguing about low carb vs low fat. Which way? Did you get almost there and then stop or did you not lose weight at all? Elaborate please.
The main thing is to eat correctly for your metabolic type/genetics, which can be determined through your blood type. Some people don't do well on animal fats. I have a friend who just genotyped as a blood type A Teacher. He hasnt used butter in years, is really wary of it. It's an avoid on his genotyped diet. I personallt couldn't live without it, feel good with butter in my diet & should go have some blood tests done--- I bet my lipids are just fine.
The main thing is to eat correctly for your metabolic type/genetics, which can be determined through your blood type. Some people don't do well on animal fats. I have a friend who just genotyped as a blood type A Teacher. He hasnt used butter in years, is really wary of it. It's an avoid on his genotyped diet. I personallt couldn't live without it, feel good with butter in my diet & should go have some blood tests done--- I bet my lipids are just fine.
I am blood type A and do very well on the high protein low carb diets that are supposed to be reserved for blood type O.
I am blood type A and do very well on the high protein low carb diets that are supposed to be reserved for blood type O.
Explain.
I'm a blood type O and feel really ill if I eat as much protein as it prescribes. Carbs make me feel great. Anyone with any knowledge of what blood types actually mean would not take this diet seriously at all.
This diet has been destroyed by real doctors with respect for the scientific process.
The premise seems sound. Eat based on where your ancestors originated, and what branch of the evolutionary tree you're on. But considering the spread of blood types throughout the world, it doesn't hold water. A single immunoglobulin tells you very very little about your genotype. I'm type O, my parents are type A (common with heterozygosity). I would think that since I'm their direct decendent, we should probably have the same diet.
And with no double-blinded scientific studies, it's impossible to support.
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