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Skriven 2014-09-23 20:43:34 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 17273 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> i'm trying to stay fairly low carb, pushing the vegetables and
 RH> proteins (but not a lot of meat) but not totally ignoring starches and
 RH> fruits.

 ML> That sounds like a good plan; mine is similar but reverses
 ML> the roles of meat and vegetables. It is based largely on
 ML> what tastes good at the moment, which might be risky, given
 ML> that I've acquired a sweet tooth, but it seems to be more
 ML> or less working.

I'm reining in my sweet tooth, never will lose it entirely but it's
learning to adapt to smaller portions of sweets. I'll never be able to
give up meats either but overall, we eat a lot less of them than we did
when we first got married.


 ML>  Watching the total carb numbers, allowing limited simple
 RH> sugars, etc, has allowed me to drop the insulin and several sizes in
 RH> clothing. Had to get some new stuff this spring that would stay up
 RH> without major belting in.

 ML> During my high fat low carb year, this year, I've lost
 ML> an inch around the middle. Most of my pants require a
 ML> belt now, but I don't have a belt, so I've gone to
 ML> this ridiculous posture where I walk around holding my
 ML> trou up with my thumb around a belt loop. I think I
 ML> might ought to buy a belt.

Better buy a belt--you don't want to be mistaken for one of these kids
that walks around with one hand holding up his trousers all the time.
The minute he lets go, they sag and show all he's wearing (or not)
underneath. (G)

 ML> major forbidden food, oddly, was rou si (pork floss),
 ML> supposedly because it was available only from Asia and
 ML> not processed to the standards required over here.
 ML> Eventually the opportunity came up, and I tried it, but
 ML> I didn't jump up and down waiting for it, and I still
 ML> don't. It is essentially an umami bomb, and if it's in
 ML> front of me, I'll eat however much is available, as
 ML> speedily as possible, but otherwise, eh, I'll wait for
 RH> It sounds interesting--what makes it so good?

 ML> As I said, it's an umami bomb. It's got soy and sugar, the
 ML> soy providing salt and glutamate; its processing - slow
 ML> cooking and then drying and shredding - breaks down protein
 ML> even more to give more flavor; and there's the possibility
 ML> of added glutamate in the form of fish extract or even
 ML> crystal MSG. I never said it was good - just exceedingly
 ML> moreish.

Going to try making it at an upcoming picnic?


 ML> and then I forgot about it altogether. Not like me to
 ML> pass up the opportunity to compare two types of anything,
 ML> much less one I really like, but there it was.
 RH> And we missed the opportunity to try it. Oh well, there were a lot of
 RH> other interesting things to try. Never had duck confit before so that
 RH> was a first, as well as most of the chorizos.

 ML> I was talking with Ian recently, and he has recently discovered
 ML> a steaming technique that preserves the flavor of the confit
 ML> while sparing the eater most of the effect of the salt. I had
 ML> in fact overconcentrated the flavor of the confit and the salt
 ML> both, which made it less than a stellar experience. Availability
 ML> of a large quantity of (say) potatoes would have helped.

Always room for improvement, especially on something like that.


 RH> I know someone who's been very sedentary all his life, basically a
 RH> hermit since getting out on his own, and is now paying for it with
 RH> major health issues.

 ML> My point was that I know people who have been sedentary all
 ML> their lives who have done fine. It's possible that their
 ML> "good genes" might have made them healthy into their 80s and
 ML> 90s rather than their 70s and 80s, but that is unclear.

 ML> My father, for example, made it to 89 and might well have
 ML> lived past 90 but for some medical misunderstanding, and
 ML> after his 30s he never got a full night's sleep or a lick
 ML> of exercise. Or, oddly, for some decades, much medical care,
 ML> despite it being free for him. Uncontrolled heart disease
 ML> and diabetes from 50 and no consequence until past 80.

He was probably more the exception than the rule to most rules on
maintaining health.

 ML> I dread that kind of longevity.


 RH> Some do, some don't. But if you never see a doctor even semi
 RH> regularly, you're not being confronted with issues that may be
 RH> reversible---if you take action to do so.

 ML> I suppose those with health bugaboos in their family past
 ML> might well benefit from regular medical scrutiny.

It does help one keep aware of the possibility of a family health
bugaboo developing. Treatment can commence sooner, rather than later,
when it might take more time/effort to be effective.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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