On 9/17/2015 9:23 AM, Muggles wrote:
On 9/17/2015 7:13 AM, Don Y wrote:
On 9/16/2015 9:31 PM, Muggles wrote:
I think potatoes and white rice are frowned upon as they are starches
(simple sugars) and *rush* sugar into the bloodstream. Instead, the
emphasis is on high glycemic index foods -- so the body has to "work"
to digest them (i.e., make their calories available).
It's not necessarily bad to eat those things if you combine other more
complex foods at the same time so there isn't a sugar rush in the
bloodstream.
Yes. Offset the simple sugars with fats and proteins. But, just
"mixing" doesn't eliminate the potential "problem"/rush. E.g., a
meat serving on a large bed of white rice is still "lots of white
rice" -- despite the protein present!
Once in a
while I'll even allow myself some bread if it's a whole grain. It just
doesn't taste good to me any more.
I find bread to be highly addictive! When I'm trying to watch my
weight, bread is the first thing I try to get out of my diet.
OTOH, it's such an "easy" way to get some calories into your body
(vs. actually making a *meal*) that there is always the temptation to
just grab a few slices with butter, or slobber some Bolognese
sauce on a run and have a 20 second meal...
I'd be more likely to grab a Boost or whole grain raisin bagel, no butter.
I like butter. Thankfully, don't appear to have any cholesterol problems
so I don't sweat eating it.
I haven't had a good bagel since leaving New England many many years back.
The stuff they sell in delis and grocers are just "air pudding". I'd
rather have a *donut* if those are the only bagel choices!
I used to use honey as sweetener for my tea but was spending a *lot*
of money on 6 lb containers of honey every month or so ("sugar" just
doesn't taste right in tea). I can stomach Stevia if I use a fair
bit of fresh lemon juice in the tea. Or, agave nectar if I want to
avoid the lemon juice.
Occasionally, I'll drop a green tea tea bag into my water and let it
flavor the water.
It's relatively common, here, to throw a lemon or lime wedge into
a glass of water.
I like tea because of the warm, soothing feeling. Honey just amplifies
that sensation.
It does have natural
sugars in it, but I don't think natural sugars are nearly as bad as the
status quo wants us to believe. The same goes for choosing real butter
over fake margarine.
I use a *lot* of butter! And whole milk. And heavy cream. And cream cheese.
And sour cream. But, mainly in my baking. The only thing that uses margarine
are pizzelles; butter just doesn't work in that Rx.
Butter is the only way to go when I make my home made scalloped potatoes.
I don't use butter *in* my cooking (notable exception being baked stuffed
shrimp). It is only used in baked goods. But, used liberally, there!
It's amusing to note how many folks will *taste* the fact that there is
butter present in a Rx: "Mmmm... real butter!" I always wonder what the
hell they normally eat that *doesn't* have that taste?!
I buy a lot of butter, sugar, flour -- esp this time of year (e.g., 50 pounds
of flour just for "holiday baking"). The consolation is that almost *all*
of this stuff gets given away -- let *other* folks suffer the ill effects
of these things, not me! : And, strangely enough, they are GLAD to
do so! ;-)
I can only allow myself the occasional nibble of such tasty tidbits! 
Aside from eating the "rejects" (e.g., a pizzelle that is burnt or badly
shaped), I don't eat sweets (not counting ice cream). I *make* but
don't *consume*.
Always amusing to bring a plate of cookies to a party and have the hostess
turn around and offer me one: "No, I don't eat that crap!" :
Lately, folks have gotten wise and now *hide* the goodies that I
bring and put out "store bought" stuff "for their guests" -- keeping
*my* goodies for themselves (after the guests leave).