Things we learn on the road to Good Health
twilight89
on 5/28/09 9:16 am - MI
on 5/28/09 9:16 am - MI
On Tues May 6, 2009, I was watching Oprah, and Dr. Oz was on. They had a segment, about losing weight, eating (11)lbs. of food a day, ( yeah! I know.) Well, anyway there was this study in England, where (2 or 3) couples camped out and ate what apes ate and lived like they did.
Everyday they had (11)lbs of RAW fruits, vegetables and nuts etc., no salt, no sugar and drank water, for (12) days. They exercised, lived outside camping, did what apes do. They lost weight! Now I like to eat, but even I would be hard pressed to eat (11)lbs of raw food. (maybe some meat and even steamed vegetables.) What caught my eye, and what I found interesting, that in just (10) days, they improved their cholesterol by 25% (that's 25% down.) In (10) days.
The things we learn on our way to good health.
Twilight
(deactivated member)
on 5/29/09 6:54 am
on 5/29/09 6:54 am
On May 28, 2009 at 4:16 PM Pacific Time, twilight89 wrote:
On Tues May 6, 2009, I was watching Oprah, and Dr. Oz was on. They had a segment, about losing weight, eating (11)lbs. of food a day, ( yeah! I know.) Well, anyway there was this study in England, where (2 or 3) couples camped out and ate what apes ate and lived like they did.
Everyday they had (11)lbs of RAW fruits, vegetables and nuts etc., no salt, no sugar and drank water, for (12) days. They exercised, lived outside camping, did what apes do. They lost weight! Now I like to eat, but even I would be hard pressed to eat (11)lbs of raw food. (maybe some meat and even steamed vegetables.) What caught my eye, and what I found interesting, that in just (10) days, they improved their cholesterol by 25% (that's 25% down.) In (10) days.
The things we learn on our way to good health.
Twilight
I'm also not too fond of eating only raw foods although I know some people do eat a raw vegan diet. I prefer a mix of cooked and raw because while cooking destroys some nutrients in our food it also releases others which are not bioavailable to us when raw. I wonder if I could eat 11 lbs of food like this? I rarely use salad and sugar and we only drink water and tea in our house.
I'm not surprised that their cholesterol went down so quickly - there are only two sources of cholesterol - just like the ad says - the cholesterol your body makes naturally and cholesterol from animal products like milk and chicken etc. There is a very rare genetic mutation where some people make too much cholesterol naturally but the great majority of people make what they need naturally and when you add more from animal products.......well that's when you get high cholesterol levels and need to take medications. Also losing weight helps lower cholesterol as well - at least temporarily which is why Atkins type diets work.
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