posted on September 19, 2001 07:26:04 AM new
I've been thinking of eating where you only eating certain foods at one time.
I think it is where you can eat like protein and veggies but no carbs etc...not sure.?
Has anyone eaten this way? Lost weight?
Can you explain it better for me?
Thanks so much
Pania
posted on September 19, 2001 08:58:45 AM new
The diet you are thinking of is somersize by suzanne somers. I am on low-carb and may try her plan. She has specials on Home shopping network so you should check out their site.
posted on September 19, 2001 11:53:28 AM new
After many, many, many diets that simply did not work, my sister lost a large amount of weight following the Suzanne Somers plan. It's not easy tho', timing is very important (ex. fruit only "x" hours after a meal, etc) and finding some of the recommended foods is difficult. Check out eBay, I'm sure their are copies of her book their for auction.
posted on September 19, 2001 04:10:46 PM new
Hi Pania,
Dr. Herbert Shelton had a book called "Food Combining Made Easy" some years ago. It worked for me when I had some bad stomach problems and the doctors wanted to give me Zantac or some other nasty drug. I followed the combining and my stomach problems left.
I still find if I combine something very acidic like tomato sauce with fruit or dairy I am in trouble.
posted on September 19, 2001 05:28:38 PM new
Labrat:
Thank you for the information! I copied it.
When you were on it did you loose any weight as well?
What is an acidic food? What can you eat with it?
I was confused about fat as well...what if you are eating protein that has fat (hamburger, pork chop)...it says you don't combine protein and fat..sigh...does that mean I don't eat the above?
posted on September 19, 2001 06:14:14 PM new
No matter what plan you use, it is calories in and calories out that cause weight loss or gain. I've been casually low carbing it since March, and I've lost 24 pounds, going from 140 to 116. But, the low carb is to help me with cravings, it is the 1200-1500 calories per day limit that caused my weight loss.
I read a very good group called alt.support.diet on my Road Runner news server. You can read it via Google Groups too. The folks there are knowledgable and helpful. No fads, just good information on healthy weight loss.
posted on September 19, 2001 07:53:26 PM new
Hi, I don't remember if I lost weight when I started using it. I did a google search for "Food Combining Chart" and came up with a few websites. I don't know any of the people or newsletters mentioned. One has a list of foods and what they are considered.
I will try and get an image of a chart I have for you tomorrow.
I think foods can be considered naturally acidic or made acidic by cooking. I cannot tolerate tomato sauces after cooking, but the acid in raw tomatos doesn't bother me as much.
My chart gives acid fruits as oranges, grapfruits, pineapples, strawberries, pomegranate, lemons, limes.
Cooking oils are fats, extracted from seeds
usually, not animal flesh. A good book to look at about these, although some parts are very technical is:
"Fats That Heal, Fats That Kill" by Udo Erasmas [sp?] from Canada.
Yes, Canola Oil is a fat. It was developed from rapeseed when Canada realized they had oilseed rape fields growing that would no longer be used for WWII military engine lubricant. They gene-tinkered with it [naturally they say, not transgenically] and came up with an oil they consider safe for human consumption. The USDA pretty much took Canada's word for it and gave it a GRAS status [Generally Recommended As Safe] so it could be used as food. Canada, probably the main exporter of canola, stated on their canola website that the crop was 55% trans-genetically altered this year.
Edited to add that many health professionals are recommending going back to a little organic butter or uncooked cold pressed olive oil now.
Probably more than you wanted to know...
end of nutrition lesson...got my mind off other things for a little while though.
LabRat4
[ edited by labrat4gmos on Sep 19, 2001 08:05 PM ]
posted on September 19, 2001 11:42:17 PM new
I've lost over 30 lbs on the Suzanne Sommers plan and have kept it off now for 4 years. It's okay to eat meats and vegetables together or vegetables with breads (carbs) or beans but not the meat and carbs or meat and beans. Non-fat cheese with your carb meals. Fruit alone. 3 hours between meals if your switching from a carb meal to a protein meal. no-no's are corn, potatoes and bananas which all convert to sugar. No sugar of any kind. To combat my sweet tooth I ate sugar free puddings made with non-fat milk, Sugar Free icecream floats with diet root beer. Just get creative. The great thing about this plan is you aren't limited in your portions. Eat till you're full, just eat the right foods in the right combinations.
Your local library might have the book.
My husband at the time (ex now) lost about 50lbs on the diet. His acid reflux went away too.
If you are really interested I can rack my brain for some meal ideas if you want to e-mail me at [email protected].
