I am wondering about this narrow-look towards protein, carbohydrate and fat ratio.

Have you guys ever re-read those articles from another perspective i.e. what influences the absorption rate of the 3 food nutrients mentioned as above or what factors influences the muscle build-up/decrease and stuff like that? Or do some estimates of your current body burn rate to check against your food calorie intake? (There are calculators out there that can give you a rough gauge).

You know the funny thing about ketones is that it is very high in Muslims during the fasting month (a doctor told me this) as well as ppl who are following the Atkins diet. Although, I don't think it went up so high that it does smell like drunks.

I have one question : how do you look up the information online? Do you check if they are creditable sources?

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Added on March 22, 2009, 8:45 pmXmT : do you have a journel post in the Members Journal forum? Maybe it may be cleaner if I post my long answers there.

This post has been edited by myremi: Mar 22 2009, 08:45 PM

Actually, if checking the calorie value, it's maybe not too bad in calories. But the fat is really really high.

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Added on April 4, 2009, 9:23 pmThe other thing that nutritionist worldwide are agreeing to is that foods eaten in a certain ingredient combination will be digested differently than when it was eaten alone.

How this works is not clearly not and research is being done on it, trying to understand it better. One nation that is under scrutiny is Japan, especially men in their 40s and 50s who are under a lot of stress, have hypertension. are heavy smokers, less physically active, eat a lot of eggs and have one of the highest cholesterol intakes in the world. And yet, there is no sharp increase in heart diseases. So they're looking at the Japanese diet and suspecting that it's coming from the high intake of fish and the omega-3 fat from those fish.

I got this little tidbit from another book that I'm starting to read. "The Japan Diet" by Naomi Moriyama. Makes interesting reading. They have a website http://www.thejapandiet.com .

Mind you, my thoughts and approach to dieting changes a lot based on new material read or whatever I'm researching at the moment.

This post has been edited by myremi: Apr 4 2009, 09:23 PM

Nah, I'm not a dietician or nutritionist. I'm just an overweight gal who is finally getting serious about weight loss although I've tried different fad diets over the years.

Atm, I've been researching about proper eating, nutrition, supplements, balance dieting since Feb 09. Well, a bit more seriously than I ever did before. Plus, I'm checking out diets for ppl who have problems e.g. high blood pressure (which I'm suffering from now), diabetes, etc.

The hardest bit was doing all the cross-referencing and even accepting certain viewpoints even from people here. ATM, it's very hard to tell truth from fiction because of the different viewpoints and approaches around the world. So it takes awhile to understand it and even know whether what is written is correct or not. Helps with critical thinking though http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_thinking).

And trying to stay sane and rational and calm and reasonable through this entire process is extremely taxing.

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Added on April 5, 2009, 12:12 amDifferent ways.

Stir-fry with veggies. I like them with cucumber. Very nice.

Steam with prawn + spring onions. Yummy.

Steam with mince pork. (non-halal).

Stir fry with strips of chicken and pounded lankuas root. My favourite.

You could try making chawan mushi : the Japanese steam egg.

Just google "Egg White Recipe" and there should be a lot more than what I've just posted.

Although, if you were exercising regularly and rigorously, you could eat the yolk and not have your cholesterol shoot up. The yolk has vitamins + minerals that are useful. iamyuan may have more info about that than I do.

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Added on April 5, 2009, 12:19 am



Although, a really nice salad dressing is with the cooked egg yolk mashed with a bit of Dijon mustard (1/4 teaspoon or to taste), low-fat mayo (like 1/2 teaspoon) and some pepper. Mix it all up and voila, you have a very nice dressing for salads.

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Added on April 5, 2009, 12:19 amngah, how to get the youtube videos up? - Postnote : FIXT.

This post has been edited by myremi: Apr 5 2009, 12:24 AM