Comments on: Good Calories, Bad Calories http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/ Everything under the sun! Sat, 31 Dec 2011 10:19:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Charles http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Charles Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:16:32 +0000 http://ramblings.vitraag.com/?p=197#comment-250 @Ray Hayes: It's not about calories. It's about what those calories are composed of. If they are composed primarily of simple/processed carbohydrates, your body will tend to store those calories as fat, rather than burn them. Over time, this will lead to fat accumulation in many people. @Ray Hayes:

It’s not about calories. It’s about what those calories are composed of. If they are composed primarily of simple/processed carbohydrates, your body will tend to store those calories as fat, rather than burn them. Over time, this will lead to fat accumulation in many people.

]]> By: Good Calories, Bad Calories — Reviving The Health Revolution http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Good Calories, Bad Calories — Reviving The Health Revolution Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:27:56 +0000 http://ramblings.vitraag.com/?p=197#comment-244 [...] this might be an interesting post from my personal [...] [...] this might be an interesting post from my personal [...]

]]> By: Ray Hayes http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Ray Hayes Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:47:55 +0000 http://ramblings.vitraag.com/?p=197#comment-241 The key is to find out what a "normal" amount of calories per day is for your individual lifestyle and then work within that range. The "average" is frequently too much on days when I don't exercise but on days when I do, it's too little and I can get a headache or just feel sleepy. I've found the the recipes on the PCC web site can be quite good even if used just as a jumping off point to combining some ingredients in a new way. You have to enjoy the food that you're eating and that also often gets lost in the process of attempting to count calories or grams of protein. http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/pcc/recipes The key is to find out what a “normal” amount of calories per day is for your individual lifestyle and then work within that range. The “average” is frequently too much on days when I don’t exercise but on days when I do, it’s too little and I can get a headache or just feel sleepy. I’ve found the the recipes on the PCC web site can be quite good even if used just as a jumping off point to combining some ingredients in a new way. You have to enjoy the food that you’re eating and that also often gets lost in the process of attempting to count calories or grams of protein.

http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/pcc/recipes

]]> By: Maris http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Maris Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:25:58 +0000 http://ramblings.vitraag.com/?p=197#comment-240 There is no magic soy powder cooking, there is just plain tofu - I've been adding silken tofu to curries (and smoothies). I think the most calorie dense substitute could be more beans/lentils, along with whole milk products, I think Taubes had a good point that it is not trivial to eat then a normal amount of calories a day if one cuts out carbs on a vegetarian diet. There is no magic soy powder cooking, there is just plain tofu – I’ve been adding silken tofu to curries (and smoothies). I think the most calorie dense substitute could be more beans/lentils, along with whole milk products, I think Taubes had a good point that it is not trivial to eat then a normal amount of calories a day if one cuts out carbs on a vegetarian diet.

]]> By: Ray Hayes http://ramblings.vitraag.com/2010/04/good-calories-bad-calories/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Ray Hayes Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:15:27 +0000 http://ramblings.vitraag.com/?p=197#comment-238 I recommend "Hope's Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet". The original edition which is probably more than 25 years old was great at recommending food combinations that balanced protein and food groups. The food group I most ignored was beans. I recommend “Hope’s Edge: The Next Diet for a Small Planet”. The original edition which is probably more than 25 years old was great at recommending food combinations that balanced protein and food groups. The food group I most ignored was beans.

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