RE: Re: was:Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon... calories, calories, or?

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I prefer the concept of all calories being equal. Otherwise what's the point

of measuring them? However I've seen enough undigested food in my waste to

know there's more to the story than that.

So calories consumed is not the full story. Calories eaten, less calories

excreted, less calories consumed by parasitic organisms, and perhaps another

factor or two I haven't mentioned.

Since increasing consumption of fiber increases transit time through our

digestive system, I can even imagine food " x " impacting the bioavailability

of food " y " . From there it's not much of a stretch for " when " and " how much "

to make a difference too.

Only the bathroom scale doesn't lie, but even it can fib a little. Hydration

level and current content of our alimentary can cause swings of a few

lbs.... I suspect the fact that I set a new personal adult low weight today

(156.8) had more than a little to do with my just running 5 miles wearing a

black T-shirt and shorts, in Mississippi, at noon, in August.

Go ahead and count calories but don't invest too much in micro management of

what you consume because YMMV (your mileage may vary).

JR

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oops... I meant to say... increasing fiber consumption increases transit

" speed " resulting in less time for the body to extract nutrients.

JR

-----Original Message-----

From: john roberts [mailto:johnhrob@...]

Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:16 PM

Subject: RE: [ ] Re: was:Nourishing Traditions by Sally

Fallon... calories, calories, or?

I prefer the concept of all calories being equal. Otherwise what's the point

of measuring them? However I've seen enough undigested food in my waste to

know there's more to the story than that.

So calories consumed is not the full story. Calories eaten, less calories

excreted, less calories consumed by parasitic organisms, and perhaps another

factor or two I haven't mentioned.

Since increasing consumption of fiber increases transit time through our

digestive system, I can even imagine food " x " impacting the bioavailability

of food " y " . From there it's not much of a stretch for " when " and " how much "

to make a difference too.

Only the bathroom scale doesn't lie, but even it can fib a little. Hydration

level and current content of our alimentary can cause swings of a few

lbs.... I suspect the fact that I set a new personal adult low weight today

(156.8) had more than a little to do with my just running 5 miles wearing a

black T-shirt and shorts, in Mississippi, at noon, in August.

Go ahead and count calories but don't invest too much in micro management of

what you consume because YMMV (your mileage may vary).

JR

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yup. consuming some fibres with fatty foods reduces the amount of fat that

is actually digested too. I think there are some popular weight-loss pills

that use this technique.

> -----Original Message-----

> From: john roberts [mailto:johnhrob@...]

> Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 6:31 AM

>

> Subject: RE: [ ] Re: was:Nourishing Traditions by Sally

> Fallon... calories, calories, or?

>

>

> oops... I meant to say... increasing fiber consumption increases transit

> " speed " resulting in less time for the body to extract nutrients.

>

> JR

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: john roberts [mailto:johnhrob@...]

> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 7:16 PM

>

> Subject: RE: [ ] Re: was:Nourishing Traditions by Sally

> Fallon... calories, calories, or?

>

>

> I prefer the concept of all calories being equal. Otherwise

> what's the point

> of measuring them? However I've seen enough undigested food in my waste to

> know there's more to the story than that.

>

> So calories consumed is not the full story. Calories eaten, less calories

> excreted, less calories consumed by parasitic organisms, and

> perhaps another

> factor or two I haven't mentioned.

>

> Since increasing consumption of fiber increases transit time through our

> digestive system, I can even imagine food " x " impacting the

> bioavailability

> of food " y " . From there it's not much of a stretch for " when " and

> " how much "

> to make a difference too.

>

> Only the bathroom scale doesn't lie, but even it can fib a

> little. Hydration

> level and current content of our alimentary can cause swings of a few

> lbs.... I suspect the fact that I set a new personal adult low

> weight today

> (156.8) had more than a little to do with my just running 5 miles

> wearing a

> black T-shirt and shorts, in Mississippi, at noon, in August.

>

> Go ahead and count calories but don't invest too much in micro

> management of

> what you consume because YMMV (your mileage may vary).

>

> JR

>

>

>

>

>

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