20 Oct 21
@drewnogal saidLol she has ordered Tim Spectors book from Amazon. 😕
Ha, was my source too - Tim Spector.
Get your wife on the GF at once!
20 Oct 21
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@relentless-red saidMy understanding is it’s all about increasing our healthy gut microbes which a wider range of plant foods encourage like your roast vegetables and dried apricots which total 10.
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If you like to snack: dried apricots (the brown ones) and dates. Prefer dates to biscuits.
Not sure about this counting vegetables though. You get lots of different ones in a stir fry which is okay, but is it really better than a spinach curry with just spinach and onion in it? Do that with potato instead of lamb sometimes so that is three.
Getting in ...[text shortened]... stick some in a bowl in the fridge to have in a sandwich the next day or with rice, it's that good.
Tim says that cheese, yogurt and fish also contribute to this whereas processed meats like bacon encourage harmful unhelpful ones, unprocessed meat is neutral.
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20 Oct 21
@drewnogal saidI had my Diabeties nurse on the phone last week telling me my readings were of concern I asked how so I had recieved a letter from my consultant saying how pleased he was with my controll.then she asked me about diet I told her I did my best to eat plenty of fruit and veg....she told me to stop eating bannanas , oranges, pineapple and a host of other fruit.....she even said sparkling water had sugar in it, so later my gp called and I asked him to check my reading he said it was fine, I asked about fruit he said eat all fruit in moderation .
My understanding is it’s all about increasing our healthy gut microbes which a wider range of plant foods encourage like your roast vegetables and dried apricots which total 10.
Tim says that cheese, yogurt and fish also contribute to this whereas processed meats like bacon encourage harmful unhelpful ones, unprocessed meat is neutral.
20 Oct 21
@badradger saidDried fruit is definitely a snack with energy in it. I don't know the numbers, but I know that where I used to have a chocolate biscuit after a run apricots or dates cover it so I guess it must be true about the calories. It's got to be less cholesterol for those calories though compared to biscuits and chocolate as long as you need the snack to cover what you have burnt.
I had my Diabeties nurse on the phone last week telling me my readings were of concern I asked how so I had recieved a letter from my consultant saying how pleased he was with my controll.then she asked me about diet I told her I did my best to eat plenty of fruit and veg....she told me to stop eating bannanas , oranges, pineapple and a host of other fruit.....she even said ...[text shortened]... m to check my reading he said it was fine, I asked about fruit he said eat all fruit in moderation .
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20 Oct 21
@ponderable saidThe rest, too. After all, its basis is grain alcohol.
...at least the Juniper in it ...
20 Oct 21
@yo-its-me saidOf course mercury should never be eaten. But you can't avoid ingesting mercury, and at very low doses it has no effect during your lifetime. (About 90% of people have a blood mercury concentration below 20ng/kg, which is accepted as a no effect level. However be aware that new research can yield new insights.)
"Eat in moderation"
What dose that mean!
Is there a standard where eating mercury can be 'eaten in moderation'?
Fun fact you can ingest comparativley large amounts of metallic Mercury without apparent ill effects. One person described in literatrure did that with 204 g...
Source: Lehrbuch der Toxikologie H. Marquardt, S.G. Schäfer (editors)
20 Oct 21
@badradger saidIt’s all so confusing isn’t it? None of us metabolise food in the same way because our gut chemistry differs for a number of reasons. There’ve been a lot of studies on identical twins via a large data base that the public have volunteered and contributed to. Some have been found to differ whereby one can eat many things without gaining weight and the other will be about 20kg heavier on a similar diet.
I had my Diabeties nurse on the phone last week telling me my readings were of concern I asked how so I had recieved a letter from my consultant saying how pleased he was with my controll.then she asked me about diet I told her I did my best to eat plenty of fruit and veg....she told me to stop eating bannanas , oranges, pineapple and a host of other fruit.....she even said ...[text shortened]... m to check my reading he said it was fine, I asked about fruit he said eat all fruit in moderation .
https://twinsuk.ac.uk/
20 Oct 21
@ponderable said...so maybe it can be ingested in moderation.
Of course mercury should never be eaten. But you can't avoid ingesting mercury, and at very low doses it has no effect during your lifetime. (About 90% of people have a blood mercury concentration below 20ng/kg, which is accepted as a no effect level. However be aware that new research can yield new insights.)
Fun fact you can ingest comparativley large amounts of metal ...[text shortened]... rure did that with 204 g...
Source: Lehrbuch der Toxikologie H. Marquardt, S.G. Schäfer (editors)
Maybe all advice to eat 'in moderation' should be checked what they mean. Maybe there are a few things we're ingesting 'in moderation' that shouldn't really be eaten.
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@yo-its-me saidI think there comes a certain expected level of common sense, you can eat a poisonous mushroom in moderation but it's still a poisonous mushroom. General rule thumb should be, eat when you're hungry, don't eat until they're completely full and make sure you drink a lot of Guinness. Key to a heathly life.
...so maybe it can be ingested in moderation.
Maybe all advice to eat 'in moderation' should be checked what they mean. Maybe there are a few things we're ingesting 'in moderation' that shouldn't really be eaten.
20 Oct 21
@trev33 saidWhat do we really know about how healthy each food stuffs are though, that's my point. I mean if we don't know they we have no concept of 'moderation' for that item.
I think there comes a certain expected level of common sense, you can eat a poisonous mushroom in moderation but it's still a poisonous mushroom. General rule thumb should be, eat when you're hungry, don't eat until they're completely full and make sure you drink a lot of Guinness. Key to a heathly life.
In the 1950's some smoking was thought to be good for you for example.
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21 Oct 21
@yo-its-me saidThe comment, “common sense” is the key, I think. I ascribe to the, “in moderation” theory but I know that people’s idea of moderation differs from mine. Just, as was mentioned, use common sense.👍😉
What do we really know about how healthy each food stuffs are though, that's my point. I mean if we don't know they we have no concept of 'moderation' for that item.
In the 1950's some smoking was thought to be good for you for example.