Please don't try to insult me. It changes the way I think when that happens. I did read your post, buddy, and I realize your diet has carbs in it. I still think rice and bread are meant to be eaten. No potatoes no vodka. Either way, brown rice lowers your stupid glucose level anyways http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17127465. There are hundreds of other benefits for the foods you're cutting, so I say everything in moderation. If you had a proposal that a moderate amount of these should be low, I'd consider listening to you while I read your posts.
I didn't insult you. I merely questioned your reading comprehension skills.
Regarding the link you posted, brown rice does not lower your glucose level. It increases it. All the link proves is that brown rice increases your sugar level at a lower rate than milled rice. Okay, I agree with that but would argue that neither of them are necessarily healthy.
As for moderation, I presume you mean moderation as limiting the number of meals that you eat a particular food vs moderation as in not eating 5 lbs. of something in one sitting. Fine. If you need to eat whole wheat bread and brown rice then by all means have it in moderation. But ask yourself this. If whole wheat bread and brown rice are such necessary and healthy foods, why do you need to moderate your intake of them? The USDA food pyramid says you need to eat 6-11 servings of grains a day. The high number is for a higher calorie diet so, according to your previous posts on what you eat, you should be getting 11 servings of grains daily. Go ahead and have 11 slices of bread, or 5.5 cups of rice, or 5.5 cups of pasta, or 11 ounces of cereal a day.
Here's an excerpt from a newsletter I get. This particular article discusses the Paleo diet and under the "major disadvantages" section they write this.
"Whole Grains. Intact whole grains are an important part of an individual’s diet as they contain many nutrients including carbohydrates, protein, fiber, B vitamins, antioxidants, vitamin E and minerals. "
This would be a laughable statement if it weren't printed in a newsletter from a medical association. What does it even mean? That fruits and vegetable don't contain as many nutrients as whole grains? That you can't get all these nutrients if you don't eat whole grains?
Another quote.
"Beans and peas are some of the best sources of dietary fiber and protein, and also provide important nutrients such as iron, zinc, potassium and folate."
Really? Beans and peas are some of the best sources of protein? Better than chicken, fish and beef? As for the nutrients, aren't they present in many vegetables as well?
They go on to tout the benefits of fat-free and low-fat dairy foods, another bunch of crap. Go ahead and have some fat-free american cheese slices, which even have an American Heart Association stamp on them so they HAVE to be good for you. How can they not with such ingredients as corn syrup, modified food starch, artificial flavor, sorbic acid, artificial color, mmm, just thinking about it makes my mouth water. This is what passes for conventional medical wisdom on healthy eating today.
Lastly, I'm sure you're familiar with the scientific method. Well. this is what I basically used to come up with my current view.
1. Ask a Question
Can your diet adversely affect your health?
2. Do Background Research
Read three books, a number of articles, and spoke to three medical professionals.
3. Construct a Hypothesis
Eating the recommended amounts of grains and dairy products may be adversely affecting my health.
4. Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
Eliminated grains, dairy, and legumes from my diet for one month. Ate lean meat, healthy fats, vegetables, fruit, nuts without reducing the amount of food eaten or counting calories. Did not increase my activity level.
5. Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
Dropped 15 lbs. Reduced my waist size by about 3 inches. Chronic aches and pains were either eliminated or greatly reduced.
6. Communicate Your Results
Well, I'm communicating them.
So please, kindly answer two questions for me.
What caused the results I got above?
Out of the hundreds of benefits for the foods I'm cutting, can you please list 10?