5:2 diet

anika

Exactly my point richard, I have huge dinners for 500, and often feel stuffed! Thanks to the hairy bikers too:T
Regarding the grapes, I think they are packed with sugar though:(

Fast day today and with the heat, would have probably given Breakfast a miss anyway, have a good day all.

Georgiegirl256

RichardD1970, those look really yummy! Definitely NOT going short

I especially like the look of the lamb, potato and spinach curry and the 3 egg omelette....and now I have my copy if the hairy dieters cookbook, I can make them!

Georgiegirl256

anika wrote: »

Regarding the grapes, I think they are packed with sugar though:(

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Oh dear Its mainly me that eats them, I'm hooked on them at the moment! My husband only has a few every now and again to try and get past the dreaded snacking of a night.

adouglasmhor

Mr_helpful wrote: »

Looks like I read the link
You can increase sensitivity by diet, which is one of the major reasons to take omega-3 oils. We think of circulation as that which flows through arteries and veins, and that is not a minor part of our circulation, but it might not even be the major part. The major part of circulation is what goes in and out of the cell.
The cell membrane is a fluid mosaic. The major part of our circulation is determined by what goes in and out. It doesn't make any difference what gets to that cell if it can't get into the cell. We know that one of the major ways that you can affect cellular circulation is by modulating the kinds of fatty acids that you eat. So you can increase receptor sensitivity by increasing the fluidity of the cell membrane, which means increasing the omega-3 content, because most people are very deficient.
They say that you are what you eat and that mostly pertains to fat because the fatty acids that you eat are the ones that will generally get incorporated into the cell membrane. The cell membranes are going to be a reflection of your dietary fat and that will determine the fluidity of your cell membrane. You can actually make them over fluid.
If you eat too much and you incorporate too many omega-3 oils then they will become highly oxidizable (so you have to eat Vitamin E and monounsaturates as well).
There was an interesting study pertaining to this where they had a breed of rat that was genetically susceptible to cancer. Researchers fed them a high-omega-3 diet, plus iron, without any extra Vitamin E and they were able to almost shrink down the tumors to nothing because tumors are rapidly dividing. This is like a form of chemotherapy, and the membranes that were being formed in these tumor cells were very high in omega-3 oils. The iron acted as a catalyst for that oxidation, and the cells were exploding from getting oxidized so rapidly. So omega-3 oils can be a double-edged sword. In fact, most food is a double-edged sword.




And for calcium here is a better link http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/142198.php

Sensitivity might not be the only thing that increases with Omega 3 suplementation. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10172445/Omega-3-supplements-could-raise-prostate-cancer-risk.html

zmikeo

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Oh dear Its mainly me that eats them, I'm hooked on them at the moment! My husband only has a few every now and again to try and get past the dreaded snacking of a night.

Not as nice but try celery to snack on, and maybe with a little bit of low cal yoghurt

Lifes_Grand_Plan

RichardD1970 wrote: »

Was going to post these last night but didn't have time.

These are some of the meals we eat when we are "starving" ourselves.

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Wow, life must be so tough with awful meals like that, you poor starving little thing....

Can I come round to yours for tea one night please

adouglasmhor

even better than low cal yoghurt, my favourite - virtualy fat free fromage frais, you get it alongside the yoghurts in Morrisons and Tesco it a quid for a big tub and it's high protein, virtualy fat and carb free.

Fromage Frais - Tesco Light Choices Normandy Fromage Frais
Serving Size: 100 gram(s)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 46.0
Total Fat 0.2 g
Saturated Fat 0.1 g
Total Carbohydrate 3.3 g of which sugars (lactose)3.3 g
Protein 7.8 g

Obviously 100g is more than a serving 25g is more like it for me.

Mr_helpful

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

RichardD1970, those look really yummy! Definitely NOT going short

I especially like the look of the lamb, potato and spinach curry and the 3 egg omelette....and now I have my copy if the hairy dieters cookbook, I can make them!

They are yummy and I love the hairy bikers recipes however you are going short on nutruents. Pasta and white rice are little more than pure calories. Yes the lamb curry is tasy but once again there isnt really that much the body can use. Certainly not for a day.

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Sensitivity might not be the only thing that increases with Omega 3 suplementation. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10172445/Omega-3-supplements-could-raise-prostate-cancer-risk.html

Yes I did read that and it is interesting but most people are so deficient in Omega 3 and imprtantly its ratio to omega6 I would think it is probably very rare. Too much of anything even water is bad for you.

adouglasmhor wrote: »

even better than low cal yoghurt, my favourite - virtualy fat free fromage frais, you get it alongside the yoghurts in Morrisons and Tesco it a quid for a big tub and it's high protein, virtualy fat and carb free.


Obviously 100g is more than a serving 25g is more like it for me.

Does theis virtually fat free fromage frais contain sweeteners like aspartame? If so I would worry about it.
You do point out one thing that is wrong in the Uk and rest of the world which is labelling. To most people the per 100gram figures are useless unless 100g is a normal portion. Friji milk shakes have all the low fat guff on the label but conveniently forget to say that one bottle (which is what most people drink at a time) is 2/3rds of your recommended daily amount of sugar

adouglasmhor

Mr_helpful wrote: »

They are yummy and I love the hairy bikers recipes however you are going short on nutruents. Pasta and white rice are little more than pure calories. Yes the lamb curry is tasy but once again there isnt really that much the body can use. Certainly not for a day.



Yes I did read that and it is interesting but most people are so deficient in Omega 3 and imprtantly its ratio to omega6 I would think it is probably very rare. Too much of anything even water is bad for you.


Does theis virtually fat free fromage frais contain sweeteners like aspartame? If so I would worry about it.
You do point out one thing that is wrong in the Uk and rest of the world which is labelling. To most people the per 100gram figures are useless unless 100g is a normal portion. Friji milk shakes have all the low fat guff on the label but conveniently forget to say that one bottle (which is what most people drink at a time) is 2/3rds of your recommended daily amount of sugar

No it has no sweeteners at all it is just a curd cheese made from skimmed milk ( the full fat version is skimmed milk and cream or whole milk and cream). The only sweetnes is the small amount of lactose naturaly present in dairy products.
As for the weight thing, portion size can be a trap - you may need to weigh or measure till you get to a working knowledge of what you can have for the Calories.

Anyone who is dieting and doesn't know fat is not sugar and suger is not fat needs to go back to square 1, i have raised that very problem earlier in the thread - you may want to go back and read all the way thorugh it to save you repeating things again..

Though TBH a small amount of sweeteners is probably not in the least bit harmful, the people who seem to have problems with them are the ones who drink 10 litres of diet soda drinks every day. I have a can of Pepsi Max about once a month on average. I am not concerened about any realistic risk, plenty of tinfoil hat wearers disagree.

RichardD1970

Mr_helpful wrote: »

Yes the lamb curry is tasy but once again there isnt really that much the body can use. Certainly not for a day.

What? Like meat and vegetables?