Re: re: Newbie question on fats.

[Guest guest]

How about brown rice or corn?

Regards.

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From: rwalkerad1970

Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 12:36 PM

Subject: [ ] re: Newbie question on fats.

"but let me suggest you read the following full text as well:Crawford, Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids and aortic plaques. Lancet. 345(8944):256-257, January 28, 1995." Thanks, just what I am after, a quick net search shows me Crawford is covering areas of interest to me. And I am big on fish (sardines, salmon). My main problem, behind my questions, is that s slight but annoying allergy (eyes being sore and nose being congested) clears up when I remove grains from my diet (and I HATE beans, nothing can convince me to eat them I just gurgle away all day with them). So although I love oats, rye, wholergrains and bread they are just doing me harm and as I can only stomach four pounds of fruit and veg a day you see my dilema, where do the extra calories (need 1800 - 2000) come from (wheat bran and brewers yeast powder don't bother the allergy so I can use them to make up for loss of the grain B-vits). I do have sweet potatoe with the veg but that alone cannot raise the calories enough. So I have to look at fats and proteins, but very nervous about increasing fats beyond 30% due to all bad press they have had, and also wary of increasing protein above 20% due to the old kidney studies data. End result is looking like I may have to go for 30% protein, 35% fat, 30% carbs or 25% protein, 40% fat, 35% carbs. Will be trying both combinations to see which feels best energy wise etc. Whatever I decide upon, the fats will be probably 60% mono, 25% sats and 15% poly (from chicken/turkey, fish and some omega 3 eggs, olive oil, avacados, almonds and occasionally butter and coconut). Plus as I learn more will also need to see if excess fat or protein is linked with prostate cancer as that is another concern in the long run (reason for concern only being that it is common these days). .....

[Guest guest]

Rodney:

we are not mice. I would be careful about drawing such tenuous conclusions. Many starchy foods such as: Brown rice, whole grains, corn, beans etc are correlated with long life and good health. In fact we have a file on this.

on 10/10/2004 10:48 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

>

> Hi :

> There are some vague hints that starch, despite its very widespread

> use in human nutrition, may not be entirely benign, for reasons in

> addition to its caloric content. And in the mouse CR experiments the

> only material difference between the diets of the control mice and

> the subjects on CR was that the CR mice had starch very nearly

> completely eliminated from their diet. Of course the mice without

> the starch lived 40% longer. So there seems to be no risk associated

> with going without it.

>

[Guest guest]

It's possible that you have a gluten (protein found in grains)

intolerance or allergy. The symptoms are highly variable. A doctor

discovered my intolerance with a blood test. I recommend the same,

because there may be other proteins that your react to unknowingly.

Some of the reactions are not immediately obvious, & lab is the best way

to test. If true, the gluten is actually wreaking havoc, creating

unseen damage, symptoms grow (continue to vary, seemingly unrelated to

food), and eventually lead to other diseases. You are very lucky that

your present symptoms show an obvious connection.

rwalkerad1970 wrote:

>My main problem, behind my questions, is that s

>slight but annoying allergy (eyes being sore and nose being congested) clears

up when I remove grains from my diet (and I HATE beans, nothing can convince me

to eat them I just gurgle away all day with them).

>

>So although I love oats, rye, wholergrains and bread they are just doing me

harm and as I can only stomach four pounds of fruit and veg a day you see my

dilema, where do the extra calories (need 1800 -

>2000) come from (wheat bran and brewers yeast powder don't bother

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

If his reaction is to gluten, then brown rice, corn, sweet potatoes (or white),

peas, & beans would be excellent choices. These are choices that work

for me. I am not able to eat grains (wheat, oats, spelt, rye, etc).

Also, buckwheat is not actually a grain, & is not related to wheat despite

the name. Buckwheat does not contain gluten. So, I can eat that too.

jwwright wrote:

How about brown rice or corn?

Regards.