Refined coconut oil is bleached, and deodorized. sometimes partially hydrogenate too. doesn't taste like anything. It's a very unhealthy oil compared to its virgin pressed cousin.

What is the ratio of salads to whiskey drinks that is recommended.

i've stuck with margarine for years due to the fact it contains no cholesterol but am thinking of switching to organic butter.

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nice post to read while eating :1orglaugh

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Water has no cholesterol in it - margarine has a great deal of water in it - try and fry potatoes in it, you get mush because of the water margarine adds to your food - and obviously it's going to have less of some things because water doesn't have all that in it. lol

We switched to real butter a year or two ago and we use way way less and our food tastes a 1000 times better..

We let a bowl of margarine sit out and a good 1/3 of the top of it was water when it melted.

Instead of canned try frozen vegetables. They are the better choice as they don't contain the amounts of preservatives and salts needed in the canning process.

Oh yeah, we've been doing a LOT of this the past little while now - we don't buy near the canned food we did at one time - it just tastes better too and isn't as nasty gel stuffs like canned is... but even at that, there are some things we just cannot get -

Just to show you, I was making stuffed chicken breasts tonight with spinach, mushrooms, and so on - I needed twine - SIMPLY THING CALLED TWINE - and we had to go to 4 stores before we found it and found it in a freaking hardware store - this area is terrible about having anything out of the box - lol

The unfortunate thing, as others has mentioned, is that there is no consensus on what exactly constitutes "healthy," beyond "don't eat cheetos for dinner".

(For loosing weight)

I didn't read through everything but didn't notice anyone mentioning portion size. that is probably more important than what you are eating. Everywhere you go portions are way way bigger than what you should be eating. lower the portion size and eat more often 6-7 times a day. Drink a lot of water. and most important be active!

I like broccoli mixed with peppers and onions topped with mozzarella cheese.

Have you tried ordering online?
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Oranges........ as much as possible.

Portion size really has nothing to do with it nor do small meals "speed up metabolism". Look up intermittent fasting.

Tam my best suggestion to you is teach yourself nutrition and learn the healthy protein/carb/fat ratios that work best with your body type. While there are some healthy suggestions in this thread I think you'd have much better luck speaking with a nutritionist about you and your daughters dietary needs directly. Thats how I learned most if not all my nutrition and it was the best money ive ever spent.

It's for her and her kids though, don't think intermittent fasting is ideal for young kids who are growing up, going to school, etc.

:1orglaugh ok... :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

I wasnt suggesting it to her, my apologies if thats what i implied. What i meant was that eating 2500 calories in one sitting vs 2500 via 6 meals throughout the day will have no impact whatsoever on weight or body composition. If working out then yes. For the average person....certainly not.

Before you laugh, post some proof of this. its a very very very common misconception. Heres a small study of 1000's online http://www.plosone.org/article/info%...l.pone.0038632

An appointment with a nutritionist should be covered by health insurance. At least that was the case for me earlier this year. The appointment was pretty much a waste of time as I already knew everything she covered. That being said, it's definitely worth a shot.

I really don't think people can even buy the stuff with transfats in them anymore.. I'm pretty sure that has zero to do with whether it is virgin pressed or not.

He's right, he's leaner than anyone here and he eats more than all of us. You really think he's doing 6 hours in the gym to maintain that?

I actually have a standing desk and run on a treadmill all day :1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

They keep making her fast - 3 days and then eating normal for 4 days is part of what put her in the hospital - am not sure at all why, but she put her on a 3 day clear liquid diet and then said eat normal for 4 days and back into the Dr to see her and they ran labs again and her labs, whatever that is that says she had Pancreatitis shot from 310 to over 1500 and put her right into the hospital that day - and it's been one stupid thing after another - each time she put her on that fasting thing, she seemed to only get more sick.

This Dr she is seeing now is an Upper G.I. Specialist and he is even questioning that method and said it wasn't making sense - and so FAR, he isn't finding the shit the other chick was finding - she has more tests tomorrow, x-rays of her upper G.I. area -

We SHOULD know what is going on this week, with any luck, it's been 4 solid weeks of this and she is getting better NOT having to deal with that first Fr, so far there has been nothing causing the specialist to see what she seen and no signs of alarm - not to say nothing is wrong, but whatever it is, it's not what she was saying at all!!

I am not above a Nutritionist at all - we had to see one for my oldest daughter when she was little because she had some digestive issues as well, but seemed to grow out of it -

Regardless - we are on low fats, not NO fats, low fats and she seems to do better - without much dairy - that we've been cutting or going lower fat on and she's improving... this is just plain deductive reasoning based n what's making her hurt and what isn't here at home.

It is looking like her Gallbladder - we will know in the next day or two - more tests today are pointing there - which is a HUGE plus compared to what we were expecting or being told before - but if that's all, it can be removed easy and quickly while she is young. ;)

I was going to say if its fats related it sounded like gallbladder since its responsible for bile storage and production... had assumed that would have been one of the first things the dr checked out to be honest, thats why I didnt mention it -__- . This is very similar to an issue I had when i was excessively eating natural peanut butter. Hope you have much better luck with your new doctor

She was going batshit crazy on ice cream - dairy - wheat cereal (but wasn't doing much good when the dairy was what messed with her).

I am just really pissed at that first Dr - she jumped right to worst case and she actually did more damage than good - her putting he ron the yo-yo diet thing - that just made matters escalate much faster than they should have - so in other words, she jumped right to worst case instead of going the obvious route as well - and I TOLD her there was a gallbladder thing in her paternal side of the family right up front at the very first so to check that first. Damn stupid woman!

Kerrygold unsalted grass fed butter(Most other butters are shit.). I've been using it to get good fats in my diet, along with coconut/mct oil.

I've basically cut way down on carbs and replaced with good fats and protein to keep my system in a state of ketosis (fat burning mode). I carb load once a week.

nevermind...

In a nutshell... this. :2 cents::thumbsup

Yup, never seen a pussy with a lebel ...

I am really starting to think the same damn thing - it's extremely rare t see a label that has less than 2000000 things you can't say - lol

yeah, we can't get that kerrygold in canada...some stupid import laws and since its so cold here its impossible to get 100% grass-fed but there are a few companies that say they are mostly grass-fed. i have only switched to butter for the past week or so but one thing i notice is how much less butter i use in comparison to margarine. i guess like tam said, butter actually tastes like something so you use less of it.

Healthy eating is a tricky thing because everybody is so different. I'd recommend really digging into healthy eating and trying to learn as much as possible about it all. Different strokes for different folks. Have a look at Healthful Pursuit (www.healthfulpursuit.com), she really knows the science behind healthy eating with lots of resources and stuff.

150 tuna sandwiches

That's why I posted here - to get a lot of various ideas and perspectives - this is yet another major change in our lifestyle - last one was in 2007 for my Diabetes - and now this... but this one concerns my kid, so I am a little more jumpy and wanting to make very sure I don't do her any harm.

Believe it or not, there are quite a lot of people out there who wouldn't care much. Or pretend to care and not actually work on change. Food is very important, there is so much garbage out there and misleading marketing.