RE: Newbie question about weight loss - and poop and dogs

[Guest guest]

i just low-carb, and eat 100% according to nourishing traditions. - Katja

Hey Katja,

That post was really helpful to me, muchos gracias. I am eating much like

you, but less milk products. I am working out for strength a ton right now

and the weight is not moving. It could be a lean/fat ratio thing, because

my clothes are fitting nicely. I have decided to Warriorize things a bit,

because I have lost weight better in the past with on main evening meal and

a few snackies during the day. And there is no doubt the pounds must go

down, even with more muscle mass coming on.

And now, in the spirit of Katja's Law of Conservation of Posts, I will ask

you and others about what eating grains and/or starch does to you. I am

really good about the grain free starch free life, but my weakness now is

baked blue corn chips. I had some (okay, a lot) last night with dinner.

And today . . . well . . . um . . . my poop was like pudding! I feel sure

it is a reaction to the corn. What do y'all think?

Also, you were talking about keeping ducks on your farm. Do you have a dog?

I am seriously considering raising chickens and my Dalmatian is pretty old

and probably won't be with us much longer :-( I want a dog, but not one

who will eat the birds. Hmmm, any suggestions on what type of breed might

be good, or training options? My best doggie ever was a Queensland Heeler-

Aussie mix.

So, it is the two week party countdown, wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Deanna

[Guest guest]

>And now, in the spirit of Katja's Law of Conservation of Posts, I will ask

>you and others about what eating grains and/or starch does to you. I am

>really good about the grain free starch free life, but my weakness now is

>baked blue corn chips. I had some (okay, a lot) last night with dinner.

>And today . . . well . . . um . . . my poop was like pudding! I feel sure

>it is a reaction to the corn. What do y'all think?

Well, the question is WHAT about the blue corn chips does it?

I have the same issue with popcorn, sometimes ... I mean, at

times I've had a whole bucket of theater popcorn and been ok,

and sometimes not. And tortillas seem ok. So there are some

possibilities:

1. Are the chips masa or plain corn? (i.e. treated with lime or not?).

If not treated with lime, corn can be just plain hard to digest.

2. What other ingredients are in the chips? (and what else could

have contaminated them while they were made ... wheat and soy, for example).

3. How much food in general was in the meal? Just eating TOO MUCH

can throw your digestion off too.

Anyway, there are a lot of things that can cause that symptom, besides

allergy to corn. (Though corn is considered problematic allergy wise too.)

*Baked* corn chips are even higher glycemic than the fried ones,

so they might feed different yeast/bacteria than you are used to,

plus the commercial ones are baked at 700 degrees or so which creates

weird chemicals, plus the blue corn may or may not be easy to digest,

plus some of those companies use Canola oil, which causes diarrhea

for a lot of folks anyway. Or maybe you just ate too many of them --

reading the link posted, I agree ... sometimes I just eat darn

much stuff (or too often) and it doesn't digest right.

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http://kickas.org/medical/gcamp.shtml

Overeating can also feed Klebsiella pneumoniae from " dumping, " which is a

premature progression of bolus through the duodenum (food not properly processed

in the stomach).

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I'd try the experiment again after a week or so, using fried tortilla

chips at home (or soften a tortilla in the toaster oven and eat it

with oil and salt or something, or just plain).

I kind of like the reversed food pyramid ... " grains as a condiment " ...

I do like nice desserts now and then and tacos, and every so often

I go on a chip rampage also ... but meat and vegies digest a lot better.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

>I am seriously considering raising chickens and my Dalmatian is pretty old

>and probably won't be with us much longer :-( I want a dog, but not one

>who will eat the birds. Hmmm, any suggestions on what type of breed might

>be good, or training options? My best doggie ever was a Queensland Heeler-

>Aussie mix.

Most farms seem to have dogs, and the dogs seem to learn

(or maybe they just get rid of the ones that don't). Mine chased the

chickens once, and I dumped a bucket of water on his head,

and he hasn't since. I had him tied up and the chickens were

pecking right in front of him and he was studiously NOT looking

at them.

-- Heidi Jean

[Guest guest]

Deanna-

>I will ask

>you and others about what eating grains and/or starch does to you.

It makes me gain weight, it screws up my digestion, it makes me sleepy and

destroys what energy I have, it lengthens the amount of time I sleep and

reduces the quality of said sleep -- it pretty much screws up every health

metric you could think of.

-

[Guest guest]

At 10:48 AM 4/3/04 -0500, you wrote:

> Deanna-

>

>>I will ask

>>you and others about what eating grains and/or starch does to you.

>

> It makes me gain weight, it screws up my digestion, it makes me sleepy and

> destroys what energy I have, it lengthens the amount of time I sleep and

> reduces the quality of said sleep -- it pretty much screws up every health

> metric you could think of.

>

> -

I second pretty much all of those. The difference is, I didn't realize

it until AFTER I'd stopped eating them. I still occasionally do (like I

refuse to give up lasagna!), but I definitely notice a difference the day

after I've eaten them. Fortunately, the lasagna doesn't seem to have

such a large effect, but bread, even one sandwich? - I've pretty much

given up on those tuna melts, too.

MFJ

In a world where nothing is truly reasonable, nothing can be truly mad.

~Ian Holm, The Advocate