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Re: Popcorn Seasonings -Kernel Seasons « Result #2 on Nov 11, 2004, 1:51pm »
I absoultely love the dill pickle spice for popcorn. I have not tried the others except for salt and vinegar which I found too strong. Popcorn is the one food I could survive on if I were on a deserted island
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page 26: Monday, 9-27-04: Weight Watchers has.... « Result #3 on Sept 27, 2004, 12:37pm »
Weight Watchers has introduced a new program called Core. I am trying it, but it is tenuous at best right now for me. I am to be "eating to my satisfaction" from a list of foods that are "healthy" and to stay away from foods that are "trigger foods." The program was introduced with a lot of fanfare, but with piss-poor support given to transition from Flex to Care for those of us who tend to compulsively overeat. In fact, we get conflicting information from the 800#, from leaders, and from our printed material about what foods are Core and about combining foods on Core to make "non-Core foods"??? And to beat it all, we are not TOLD clearly about the reasons that certain foods appear on the list and certain foods do not--for example, that the brand names appearing in the Complete Food Companion are only those companies that paid for advertising!! That just seems kinda weird and fishy to me, and that Weight Watchers is showing their "money-grubbing" petticoats on this.
My feelings at this time are feelings that I've had in other circumstances: "Well, if I ran (Weight Watchers)...." :lol: I really, really like the basis of Core, but Weight Watchers has done a very bad job of introducing such a drastic change in the way most of us look at food. I'm literally between a rock and hard place, and very shaken, now attempting to resolve this change in my relationship with food so that I can do Core and do it successfully. Here I was thinking I was doing OK with Flex---telling myself I'd be counting points & journaling for the rest of my life--when Core comes along and pulls the rug out from underneath my feet. And let's not mention all the changes/rumored changes/probably to come changes.:ugh: Of course, I know I can go back to Flex, but, I WANT to succeed with Core! I've been eating healthy all along, and this is the next step for me to take the focus off food, in a way, and onto living.
Now, these are just MY feelings about Core--I'm sure everyone is different. But I'm sure others feel like I do as well. I believe I needed much more support and guidance in making the transition instead of "here it is--try it!" The other Weight Watcher programs were mentioned---but Core is very different!! Those of us who tend to compulsively overeat are told to eat to our satisfaction--big, big step: a frightening step, and a thrust into a relationship with food that we have never had in our entire lives. Surely, Weight Watchers knew this. Where is all the information they could have provided us with re satiety and fullness? This could have been done in segments during meetings, with written material, on their website, etc.
Now, Diannelee from Bootcamp Buddies made a great statement that we have to "get a foothold on our goals" and not let something like this discourage us and get us off track. We have to decide whether to stick with Core and go back to Flex, and not let any internal problems that Weight Watchers has impact us, as we're responsible for our own future. But gee, WW--a little more support and consistency would be nice! (And, yes, I've emailed and phoned my concerns to WW about this.)
I've been an avid Weight Watchers fan for years and years now, but they're gonna have to do a tremendous amount of work in my mind to redeem themselves with this "stunt."
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SOY IS A GREAT THING! (part 2) « Result #4 on Sept 25, 2004, 12:10pm »
(cont'd from previous post)
Bean Bashing In recent years, some scientists suggested that soy's estrogenic compounds might possibly interfere with hormone levels and actually encourage the growth of some estrogen-dependent breast tumors. Critics feared that soy phytoestrogens could increase a woman's total estrogen level. Articles began cautioning that soy should be taken in moderation. The debate lacked sound scientific evidence, but many people backed away from soy.
Most of the original concerns about soy isoflavones such as daidzein and genistein focused on extracted and concentrated forms in soy supplements not necessarily on whole soy foods. These extracted compounds, which are available over the counter in pills and powders, are often advertised as supplements that help women ease menopausal symptoms.
Concerns about these supplements persist, but research presented in July 2002 proved conclusively that soy foods do not increase breast-cell proliferation. According to researchers at three institutions Cancer Research UK, based in London, the National University of Singapore and the US National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland soy reduces breast-cancer risk. Women consuming the most soy are a full 60 percent less likely to have high-risk breast tissue than women eating the least soy.
Also, an April 2000 finding at the University of Toronto concludes that soy does not increase the risk of breast cancer. Study leader David Jenkins, MD, PhD, reported, The concerns had been whether soy estrogen might lead to hormone-dependent breast cancer or abnormal sexual development in children but we found no evidence of this.
And isoflavones, by delivering phytoestrogens, give the body a hormone boost that helps lower cholesterol, build bone mass, and aid nerve and brain function. This is especially important for women whose bodies reduce production of estrogen just before and during menopause.
Asian cultures have integrated soy as a substantial part of their diets for thousands of years, and Asian women, as compared to their American counterparts, tend not to suffer the effects of menopause. In fact, hot flashes are so rare among Japanese women that their language does not include a word for the phenomenon.
Allergies Among Us It's true that some individuals are allergic to soy's but not many. Only 1 or 2 percent of all adults are allergic to foods or food additives. And the foods most likely to cause a fatal reaction are peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish. Eggs, wheat, milk and soy are the most common sources of food allergies in children. And although 2 - 8 percent of children have food allergies, many children outgrow their allergies as they age.
Many commercial foods today contain soy. If you've never had a reaction to mayonnaise, margarine, salad dressings or vegetable shortenings before, chances are you won't with soy. For example, soybean oil accounts for 79 percent of the edible fats used in the United States, according to the United Soybean Board.
Positive Conclusions Despite the overwhelming evidence of soy's benefits, some authors warn about soy's so-called anti-nutrients, a term used to describe compounds such as trypsin inhibitors and phytates that interfere with normal nutrient absorption. Both of these components are also found in numerous other common foods, but critics single out soy foods.
Phytates do bind to, and prevent the absorption of, some minerals such as zinc, magnesium and iron. Critics such as Sally Fallon and Mary Enig, authors of The Ploy of Soy, claim soy's phytates will prevent our bodies from absorbing these important minerals from any other foods eaten at the same time as soy.
However, Karl Weingartner, a soy specialist at the University of Illinois, finds that soy contains just enough phytates to bind the few minerals present in the soy itself and no more. We still absorb all the minerals present in other foods we eat, even foods eaten with soy. Besides, phytates are antioxidants and have numerous healthful effects, from cancer prevention to boosting immunity. And fermented soy foods such as tempeh contain very few phytates, which are also found in other beneficial legumes such as whole wheat, oats, barley, rye, parsnips and split peas.
Raw soybeans contain trypsin inhibitors, which do indeed interfere with trypsin, an enzyme needed for protein digestion. But soaking and cooking soybeans for a long time, a necessity for all forms of soybean preparation, inactivates trypsin inhibitors.
Soy may well be a perfect food. It's s a good source of fiber and important nutrients such as B vitamins, calcium, and omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. Soy foods lower the risk of heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, diabetes and kidney disease. With so many benefits, it's easy to forget where we started with the simple fact that soy is clearly nature's healthiest source of quality protein.
Copyright (c) 2004 Better Nutrition, LLC, an Active Interest Media, Inc. Company __________________ (thanks to Momma25 at Bootcamp Buddies for bringing this article to my attention!)
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SOY IS A GREAT THING! (part 1) « Result #5 on Sept 25, 2004, 12:09pm »
Source: Better Nutrition Magazine
THE TRUTH ABOUT SOY Terry Adams Source: Better Nutrition Magazine
Perhaps, in these distrustful times, a backlash was to be expected: Thirty years after being introduced as the miracle food in North America and 5,000 years after it's discovery in Asia as an important source of protien the once-unasuming soybean is suddenly the subject of controversy. For example, one book warns of the ploy of soy, implying sinister motives on the part of those who grow, market and defend it. Contrary to popular opinion, the naysayers assert, soy can actually be harmful.
Fortunately, this just isn't so, as any reasonably objective survey of the evidence attests. Not even the critics doubt that soy packs a wide-ranging nutritional wallop and furnishes superior protein. Reduced to its simplest terms, the case against soy such as it is, is rooted in the fact that soy is high in phytoestrogen, or plant-based estrogen, and that high estrogen levels are a risk factor for breast cancer. But the latest studies demonstrate that cautions about too much soy are groundless.
Protein Power Repeatedly lost in all this talk about soy's risks lies a basic fact: Soy is not merely a meat alternative for vegetarians. Research continues to show that soy is nature's only plant source of complete protein. A complete protein provides all eight of the essential amino acids that foods must supply because the human body can't make them itself. Like meat and dairy products, soy furnishes the full protein profile, but with a difference.
Unlike meat and dairy, soy is extremely low in cholesterol and saturated fat, an artery-clogging cause of coronary heart disease, which is North America's leading cause of death. Add in soy's high fiber and vitamin B6 content, and it's clear: Soy is the healthiest protein source. No other plant food can make that claim. In fact, no other food can make that claim.
Wouldn't any bean do? Nope. No other bean offers all eight essential amino acids. And besides offering higher-quality protein, the soybean's protein makes up 35 - 38 percent of its total calories, compared to about 20 - 30 percent for other beans.
Heart Health Other soy advantages come from its rich source of isoflavones' beneficial, estrogen-like plant hormones. Soy's isoflavones lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or "bad" cholesterol. Isoflavones also decrease thrombosis, or blood clotting. And together, these results reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. In October 1999, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officially recognized this health benefit by allowing foods containing at least 6.25 grams of soy per serving to state: "Diets low in saturated fat and cholesterol that include 25 grams of soy protein per day may reduce the risk of heart disease." And there's more.
Soy's isoflavones also reduce plaque in arteries, improve blood pressure, increase brain and nerve-cell function and lower high blood pressure. Even people with low cholesterol benefit from soy because it boosts high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the "good" cholesterol.
Blood Bean And research that the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, reported in November 2002 concluded that a handful of roasted soy nuts daily produces the same reductions in blood pressure that some medications do.
The favorable studies keep piling up. The August 2002 issue of Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association, reported that the essential fatty acid known as omega-6, an essential polyunsaturated fat that must come from the diet because the body cannot make it, protects against strokes. Another essential fat, omega-3, also protects against heart disease. And soy contains both types of omegas.
A study conducted by the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital, both located in Toronto, and published in the December 2002 issue of Metabolism, found that diets combining soy, nuts and oat-based fibers drop LDL levels by a dramatic 29 percent. That matches the reduction that some pharmaceutical drug treatments achieve. This opens up the possibility that diet can be used much more widely to lower blood cholesterol and possibly spare some individuals from having to take drugs, which may cause side effects, said lead author David Jenkins, MD, PhD.
Cancer Concepts Then there is soy's supposed cancer link. The isoflavones and protein in soy provide antioxidants, which are compounds that neutralize free radicals, the toxic, oxygen-based molecules that damage cell membranes and DNA. Antioxidants reduce free-radical damage, which includes cancer and aging. And soy's soluble fiber reduces the risk of many digestive cancers such as colon and rectal cancer. The water-absorbing fiber may dilute intestinal carcinogens and usher them out of the body, as well as spur growth of bifidobacteria, the good bacteria that help prevent colon cancer. Isoflavones are the primary ingredients in the "smart bomb," a drug that University of Minnesota scientists believe may cure childhood leukemia. And isoflavones guard the body against many hormone-related cancers such as breast, uterine and prostate cancer.
Numerous early studies showed that consumption of tofu, soybeans and soymilk lowered the incidence of dense breast tissue, which is considered a high risk for breast cancer.
Contrary to the popular soy scare, women who consume soy foods are less susceptible to breast cancer, but the exact mechanism is unknown. Here's one theory: Once digested, the soybean's phytoestrogens mimic the activity of a woman's natural estrogen hormones. Some of the body's receptors accept the phyto estrogens, which are significantly weaker than natural estrogens instead of the body's own estrogens. Thus, a woman's overall estrogen level is lower. Because high estrogen levels are linked to breast cancer, a reduced level lessens a woman's risk of cancer.
Menopause Relief Holistic health practitioners have long recommended the use of phyto estrogen-filled soy foods to help prevent hormone-related can cers and to aid women in relieving symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes. Some perimenopausal and menopausal wom en receive prescriptions from their physicians for soy-based hormone replacement therapy. These therapies are derived from soy and yam and have the same chemical structure as hormones manufactured by the human body. Because they replicate the behavior of natural estrogen, they are known as bio-identical hormone replacement therapy (BHRT).
Taking BHRT is not the same as relying on soy foods alone to aid in symptom relief because BHRT contains a higher concentration of phytoestrogens. Many wo men have had great success with BHRT. Even better, a woman may have a soy allergy but may still be able to tolerate BHRT.
Although men don't produce estrogen, the addition of soy and phytoestrogen to their diets can help improve their cardiovascular health, and soy appears to help prevent prostate cancer by inhibiting the growth of cancer cells. In fact, a key study published in the December 2002 issue of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention concludes that a supplement containing four iso-flavones, two of which are found in soy, causes pre-cancerous prostate cancer cells to die in numbers five times greater than normal. This finding likely explains why soy-consuming Asian men, who get pre-cancerous cells at rates similar to US men, develop only 3.4 percent of the number of prostate cancers that US men do.
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During the peak of my dieting and bingeing days, hunger had nothing to do with how much I consumed--I ate because I was angry, sad, bored, lonely, or tired, or because I was celebrating, grieving, or getting ready to go on another diet. It never occurred to me that eating had anything to do with hunger or fullness. That's because I didn't let my body get hungry. I ate from what I call mind hunger.
Most of us confuse mind hunger, which has nothing to do with food, with body hunger, which does. After years of off-and-on dieting, we aren't even sure we know how to feel true hunger; we no longer trust the innate wisdom of our biology. But being hungry is like being in love: If you don't know, you're probably not. Your body lets you know in no uncertain terms when it wants food.
Mind hunger, on the other hand, is endless, bottomless, erratic. You pass a bakery and suddenly you have to have an éclair, even though you ate breakfast 10 minutes ago. You're sitting in a restaurant, see a plate of mashed potatoes go by, and want some now, even though you're in the middle of a very good meal.
The way I learned to listen to true physical hunger was by rating myself on a scale of one to ten. "One" is so hungry that you're ready to eat what doesn't eat you first. "Ten" is so stuffed that when you roll over, your stomach stays on the other side of the bed. "Five" is comfortable.
If you start eating at five or above on the hunger scale, you're eating from mind, not body, hunger. But if you start at two or three, and ask your body what it wants to eat (which is different than what you think you should or shouldn't eat), you're eating from true, physical hunger.
When one of my students started using the hunger scale, she realized that she experienced different sensations during each of the phases of hunger. At two--when she was really hungry--she felt empty and hollow. When she was slightly hungry--at three or four--she felt spacey and cranky. These feelings became clues that she needed to eat. She also realized that it was best to start eating at two or three, and not wait until one, so she had time to figure out what her body actually wanted, instead of being so hungry that she would eat anything.
Years ago, a woman confessed to me that food was her main source of pleasure, the only time in the whole day she gave herself permission to have sweetness, tastes of good things, and time to herself. The hunger scale had no meaning for her--she ate when she needed to stop running around, not when she was hungry. Without treats to look forward to when she felt overwhelmed, she believed she was dooming herself to a life of drudgery. I suggested we come up with a variety of nonfood pleasures, ways to treat herself that did not involve cookies: Quiet time. Being in nature. Making contact with a friend. When food stopped being her only source of pleasure, she was able to follow the hunger scale.
Eating when you're hungry is not what causes weight gain; you put on pounds when your body has no need for food and you eat anyway. To reach your natural weight, you not only need to eat when you're physically hungry, but to stop when your body has had enough. Yet most of us have no idea what "enough" means. We keep taking more than enough of what we can get (food) because we believe it's impossible to get enough of what we really want--things such as love, joy, value, happiness, contentment, understanding, friendship.
In a recent workshop, a woman told me, "When I stop eating at seven, I feel deprived. Food still tastes good, even though my body has had enough." I reminded her that there are many kinds of deprivation. If you eat past seven, you might not be depriving yourself of food, but you will be denying yourself the sensations of feeling light, alive, and energetic.
When you start eating to satisfy your physical hunger, having enough is simply a matter of listening to your body's signals. Here are some guidelines to keep in mind as you begin to listen.
Being full and having enough are not necessarily the same thing You can have enough without being full--or stuffed. As you eat, be aware of the point at which you feel satisfied. And eat slowly enough for that feeling of satisfaction to register. (It takes about 20 minutes for your brain to get the "I'm feeling satisfied" message from your stomach.)
You can never get enough of what you don't really want If what you crave is time alone or a conversation with a friend, no food in the world will satisfy you. Or if your body wants a piece of chocolate and you eat carrot sticks instead, you can eat enough to turn your skin orange, but you'll still want, and possibly binge on, chocolate.
To be satisfied, both your mind and body have to be engaged If you miss the entire eating experience by talking or watching television, you'll finish eating and feel as if you didn't get enough.
When you stop using food to feed the hungers of your heart, you not only discover the pleasure of eating exactly what your body wants, but you also are free to attend to parts of your life you never noticed because your attention was completely taken up with what you should and shouldn't be eating, wanting, sneaking, or bingeing on. You become aware of quiet needs, unspoken desires, and the thrilling, crazy, unexpected joys of being alive.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* "You will become as small as your controlling desires...as great as your dominant aspiration." ---James Allen *******
--------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* "You will become as small as your controlling desires...as great as your dominant aspiration." ---James Allen *******
--------------------------------------------------------------------- ******* "You will become as small as your controlling desires...as great as your dominant aspiration." ---James Allen *******
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REASONS YOU GAIN WEIGHT :D « Result #10 on Sept 17, 2004, 2:18pm »
Some reasons for a gain
Overeating. Undereating. Salt. Lack of salt. TOM (time of the month) Not-TOM You are wearing green. You are not wearing green. Exercise. Lack of exercise. It's Thursday, Tuesday, Monday, Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Pre-menopause. Post-menopause. You're having a good hair day. You're having a bad hair day. You used more hairspray/gel/mousse than normal. You don't even have hair. You have tennis shoes on instead of sandals. You have sandals on instead of tennis shoes. You forgot to take your shoes off. The sun is shining. It's raining. You forgot to use your turn signal when you were turning into the parking lot at your meeting.
You don't even drive. Because the sky was blue and you ate a cookie. The sky wasn't blue and there were no cookies. Too little sleep. Too much sleep. Heavy clothes Light clothes Heavy wig Heavy dentures No teeth at all. Lint in pockets No pockets Chewing gum in your mouth A bag of M&M in your pants. You didn't take your glasses off your head. You don't even wear glasses. Because you bought a charm to celebrate your 10-lb loss the week before. And it apparently weighs 2.6 lbs.
Because you're wearing jeans. Because you had to eat dinner before you weighed in. You haven't eaten in a week. You were wearing flared pants. There were serious solar flares causing minute fluxuations in the gravitational pull of the earth.
When it's too hot, your weight gain is because your body's holding on to the water. After all, it needs to hydrate itself, doesn't it?
When it's cold, your weight gain is because your body is holding on to food to use as heat.
When the temperature is just right, your weight gain is because of...ummmmm....uhhhhh...Alien invasion!!
Remember, it's not what you did, it's what's you're going to do next. Keep plugging away.
(unknown source, but courtesy of Donna/djw on BCB--thanks Donna!)
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