Cravings...

[malkin]

So now we have the "Peanut Butter and Missionaries" Thread!

...I just point to the mezuzzah and say,"If you see one of these, you probably are not going to make a sale."

A naked toddler splashing around in the homebrew pot works pretty well too.

[Owlie]

I had a teacher in high school who got the knock on the door when he first moved to Ohio. He invited them in, asked if they wanted anything to drink, etc, then proceeded to tell them his views on life. They never bothered him again!

My dad just told them "We're Catholic."

[OakLeaf]

My dad did similar, Owlie. He spent two years in divinity school and has maintained a lifelong interest in theology and church history. He'd invite them in and debate Scripture until their heads exploded.

[Catrin]

So now we have the "Peanut Butter and Missionaries" Thread!.....

Speaking of cravings, on the BF women's forum we have the following threads:

"The Food Thread"
"The Chocolate Thread"
"The S*x thread" (not really about what it sounds like, but the title is great)

That just about covers it

[Crankin]

Marni, your son is about 5 years older than my oldest and 7 years older than the one who went to the door half naked... but we probably have some mutual acquaintences.
Of course the people in Concord think I am weird becaue I lived in Boxborough. Gee, when my neighbors ask me why I don't get involved in town activities, I just say, "I only moved 9 miles... didn't have to change anything in my life."
But our kids both graduated from the best high school around!

[OakLeaf]

back to the original topic ...

A recent conference of "nutrition scientists, dietitians, doctors, chefs and food service titans" was asked to pledge never again to use the term "low-fat,"

by Dr. Ronald Krauss, a senior scientist and the director of atherosclerosis research at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute. Krauss was echoed by another eminent cardiologist and epidemiologist, Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, who co-directs the program in cardiovascular epidemiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School and is an assistant professor at the Harvard School of Public Health. Both of these doctors have been involved in numerous studies measuring the effects of dietary habits on cardiovascular health and disease. They and many of their colleagues have found little evidence that low-fat diets are any better for health than moderate or high-fat diets.

"No randomized trial looking at weight change has shown that people did better on a low-fat diet," Mozaffarian told us, and there have been dozens of them. "For many people, low-fat diets are even worse than moderate or high-fat diets because they're often high in carbohydrates from rapidly digested foods such as white flour, white rice, potatoes, refined snacks and sugary drinks." They are also often dangerously high in sodium, as salt is often added to processed foods (along with sugar and starch) to compensate for the lack of flavor from fats.

"The only time I use the term 'low-fat' is when I'm telling people not to use the term 'low-fat,' " Krauss proclaimed. "The term should be banned from our vocabulary, along with 'fatty.' " In stigmatizing the concept of fat, we are giving many healthy foods a bad reputation, foods like avocados, nuts, plant oils (olive, canola, soybean, walnut and other nut oils) and many types of fish.

http://zesterdaily.com/health/801-sa...bye-to-low-fat

[Crankin]

I would have to agree with everything quoted above. For years (at least 20) I ate a very low fat diet and hardly any protein. That was fine when I taught 6-7 aerobics classes a week and I was 33. It caught up to me. It took a long time to figure out I needed less carbs and more protein and good fats.

[Catrin]

I would have to agree with everything quoted above. For years (at least 20) I ate a very low fat diet and hardly any protein. That was fine when I taught 6-7 aerobics classes a week and I was 33. It caught up to me. It took a long time to figure out I needed less carbs and more protein and good fats.

That is what did it for me and how I've managed to loose 55 pounds in a little over a year. Low fat, high protein and moderate carbs. I try to use as little processed food as possible and no white rice/flour/bread at all. 'course, all of that riding last year helped a lot too