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Mmmm …

After a recent diagnosis of Diabetes 2 I've changed my diet radically, 
and no longer eat sugared foods, processed foods and non-complex carbs. 
My diet is now much higher in protein than it used to be  … lean meats, 
fish, poultry, eggs, dairy product, nuts and the like, and the only 
carbs I munch are hi-fibre, hard, green vegertables and fruits. No 
wheat, rice, or potato product at all.

My blood sugar is way down … but so is my weight. I was on the slim 
side before (6 foot 2 and weighing about 82 Kilos), but I've dropped 
another 5 Kg … and none of that is attributable to exercise as far as I 
know … cos I'm still doing what I did before. Haven't changed how much 
I eat … just what I eat.

Bottom line … dropping the sugars and carbs from our Western diets can 
result in a dramatic change in weight.

Now, if only I could lick the salt addiction, and find some way of 
nailing all that bad cholesterol that comes with the protein maybe I 
could get my blood pressure down.   :)

What you get on one hand, you lose with the other ...
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On 2012-06-03 19:15:14 +0000, DonH said:

> Obesity is prevalent in the West, due to affluence, or, at least, ready 
> availability of food.  Many African and other impoverished countries 
> don't have the same problem - anorexia is more likely.
>    H.G.Well's, in his short story, "The Truth About Pyecraft", tells of 
> the obese clubman who cajoled an ancient Hindu recipe out of a fellow 
> member, and tried it on himself - only to float up to the ceiling.  
> Yes, weight loss is not the same as mass loss, so, get it right!
>    Losing mass is not very difficult, as was demonstrated to me by a relative.
>    This person loved pasta, cakes, and similar carbohydrate-rich foods.
>    Drastically curtailing them in the diet made all the difference.
>    A diet of fruit and vegetables, lean meat, with some wholemeal 
> bread, and lo, the body burnt up its fat deposits in a matter of weeks.
>    Consistency is the key; and not eating too much, anyway.
>    Also, your stomach expands or contracts according to diet; hence the 
> less you eat the less you feel like eating.
>     A feeling of fullness in the stomach eliminates hunger pangs.
>     You could eat cotton wool, for same effect (But don't try it!)
>     Exercise?  May help, but usually all you lose is water, in perspiration.