Following up that earlier dietary post

[unixronin]

This news just in from Sweden:  Full fat dairy products are more likely to keep you slim than comparable low-fat products.

"The surprising conclusion was that increased consumption of cheese meant that overweight women lost weight," said Alicja Wolk, professor at Karolinska Institute, to Svenska Dagbladet.

The ten-year study found that a glass of whole milk every day reduced weight gain by 15%, while full-fat whole-milk cheese was even more effective, reducing weight gain by 30%.  The milk fat also helps boost calcium uptake.

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[motomuffin.livejournal.com]

I! AM! VINDICATED!

(And Swedish!) :D

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

*snerk* And I've got a perfect looking chocolate orange cheesecake waiting for dessert tonight after a moussaka.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

You're Swedish? That's odd, you don't TALK like a chef .... ;)

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Newsflash: stuff with fat and protein in it is filling.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

That's quite likely a factor, yes.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

The problem, of course, is processed sugars. Fat aids in absorption of vitamins and minerals and is necessary for aerobic metabolism and creating certain hormones. Simple sugars, on the other hand, are quickly dumped into the bloodstream as glucose.

Fat-free milk has all the simple sugar, and none of the fat. If you don't burn it right away, the glucose is metabolized into glycogen and then glyceride and stored fats. Because it doesn't have fat, it's not as filling to consume so one tends to consume more.

As time goes by, evidence mounts in favor of caveman-style or rustic country-style diets.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

MEAT GOOD. THAG LIKE MEAT. THAG BASH MEAT WITH ROCK. THAG EAT.


:)

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Fuck the rock. Just eat the thing while it's moving.

[lisa-marli.livejournal.com]

Hey, I've always used butter. Go for the best tasting cheese (though I go low fat if it tastes good). And we never go Non-Fat on milk, usually 1 - 2 percent. And I found 2 percent cottage cheese so much better than 1 percent (plus the local brand adds calcium to the 2 percent) that I gave up on 1 percent. So although I'm not Fat Crazy, I'm not fat deprived either.
And we all have normal cholestoral levels, too.
Now all we need to do is start losing that weight they keep promising us...

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

And I just saw on Yahoo, a headline that says eggs help you lose weight. About a decade back, there was a study that whole milk helped you lose weight, and keep it off.

I am old fashioned, I remember when meat, milk and eggs were good for you.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Same here ....

[jilara.livejournal.com]

I (and my Swedish ancestry?) am vindicated! People keep asking how I've gone back down to size 10. I tell them I'm eating healthy stuff. I have eaten butter instead of margarine from the first, I drink whole milk, I eat cheese (full fat!), I eat whole grains, I use sugar sparingly but don't substitute, and I eliminated snack foods. Oh, and I try not to eat unless I'm hungry. That's it.

I was reading the other day that there may also be a correlation to drinking artificial sweeteners and weight gain. Interesting.

[plutosonium.livejournal.com]

Lord knows I've gained a lot while drinking diet drinks.

I find that if I accidentally get a real sugar soda, I tend to drink about half of it and then run out of steam, whereas diet drinks I can drink gallons of. And probably eat while drinking.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

There's probably an advantage to the fact that, besides doing strange things to my blood sugar, aspartame makes me lose my color vision.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know ... you eat much like I do. Funny thing about that. And neither one of us has any dietary issues that I'm aware of.

(Though I have gained a little extra around my waist I'd like to get rid of ... but it's tough to get rid of when I get so little exercise because every form of physical exercise hurts... and in most cases, makes my foot break open.)

[jilara.livejournal.com]

For lower-impact exercise, you might consider checking to see if there is a therapy pool you can use. I have a friend with serious back issues who uses one to work out. You can often find them through senior/disabled services groups.