Low Carb Diet (atkins)

Ted_Hutchinson

tinkerbell84 wrote: »

I take one 1200mg capsule a day.

I hope that 1200mg is the sum of the EPA + DHA and not just the amount of fish oil. Sometimes the 1000mg fish oil contains only 300mg of EPA+ DHA
Simply supplements concentrated contains 330mg of EPA & 220mg of DHA! = 550mg Omega 3 so you would need just 3 of these daily to reach 1.5g OMEGA 3.

Ted_Hutchinson

I popped in to share this post from a comment on The Fat Fight Goes On By John Tierney
It really made me laugh out loud.

To all the portion control commenters

What if refined carbohydrates short circuit the ability to portion control in some people?

What if carbohydrates directly or indirectly cause the body to tell the brain to consume more calories than it really needs?

I know people love to talk about free will and self-discipline, but biological impulses trump free will at the end of the day, especially when talking about general populations of people.

If you don’t believe me, try not breathing until you’re dead, and then tell me you have complete free will. (intentional joke)

Another point for the portion control advocates:

Not surpisingly, according to this study eating low-carb with no portion control led to the most weight loss.

Does this not suggest that we have a subconcious portion control mechanism that would best be leveraged by intentionally avoiding foods that upset that mechanism?

In a similar vein, should we tell heroin addicts to have portion control, or should we tell them to avoid heroin altogether?

— Posted by Hugh

jinny

Thanks Ted I understand now. I eat a tin of sardines every week, but mostly half a tin of tuna most days, how could I find out how much EPA + DHA in tinned John West Tuna?

jinny

Just looked on the John West website and there are no epa or dha in their tinned tuna.

Ted_Hutchinson

jinny wrote: »

Just looked on the John West website and there are no epa or dha in their tinned tuna.

But they do lots of other tinned fish that have good omega 3 content Providing your total Omega 3 averages 1.5g over the day you can adjust your input via capsules to supplement the input from fish to achieve a minimum daily total at or above 1.5g.

elona

Yesterday DH drove me and two DDs to Newcastle as we are giving DD our old huge and very heavy T.V. for the new student house.

Had omelette for brekkie before we went and then had fish and chips for lunch !:eek:

I did take the batter off the fish and then had approved food and water for the rest of the day.

At least I did not think "What's the use" and then shovel all kinds of rubbish into my mouth.

Might try to talk DH into giving us a lift to Ikea to look for curtains and rugs for DD.

Have not had breakfast yet so might scramble an egg.

gillette147

So should I sell my fruit bowl on eBay? :A

Hiya folks,
I'm 2lb down for the week. I was up 1lb for most of the week. I tend to lose my weight during the weekend when I eat more and do less. Official weigh day in the morning.

It's not helped that I have been coughing up my guts since Thursday with a possible throat infection.

I hope you are all well....I wish I was.
xxx

Ted_Hutchinson

gillette147 wrote: »

So should I sell my fruit bowl on eBay? :A

NO NO NO.
Fruit is certainly nutritious, but due to its high carbohydrate content it raises bloodsugar levels. (Especially bananas and grapes)
The risk is that the fructose will be converted to fat, and stored up in the fat issue.
If weight loss is slow you should remove fruits, and nuts completely from your diet.

I've eaten fruit every day (apart from dried fruit because that has too high a sugar content).

If you feel you are getting stuck consider Fasting
If you follow the links you will find plenty of information. It's easy to do if you are following a low carb plan because that reduces your cravings and therefore you can skip meals without suffering.
Fast way to better health

tinkerbell84

I don't eat any fruit at all on this phase of my diet. I will in future phases though.

Which plan are you doing gillette?

gillette147

I'm sort of trying Atkins induction. I haven't had any fruit since I started 13 days ago. I take a multivitamin supp.

Funny Ted put up a Fasting link.....I haven't eaten today. I don't feel I need to at moment and it's my weigh day tomorrow and I'd like a good number.

Don't worry I will be eating later tho.