Re: a question about meal planning

[Guest guest]

I find I need some carbs at night to help sleep and not so heavy protein.

Just don't over do the nuts. You should consider taking lots of kelp and some

tyrosine to naturally feed your thyroid. Then you don' t have to worry about

not eating good O foods.

Kathy

B Paquin <bpaquin@...> wrote:

I'm having trouble planning meals with this diet. My book says up to 9

meat/poultry and 5 fish meals. Well, that's 14 meals, but I need 21 meals per

week.

Should I eat meat or fish for breakfast & lunch, then something lighter for

supper? And if so, what's " lighter " ?

I'm 43, female, 130 lb, and hypothyroid. Also, I read that almonds, walnuts and

flax should be avoided by hypothyroid patients -- is there any basis to that or

is it maybe other blood types with the problem? Thanks for your help.

Barbara in NH

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kathy matthews wrote:

> I find I need some carbs at night to help sleep and not so heavy protein.

>

> Just don't over do the nuts.

Hi Kathy,

Why do you say this? What would you consider overdoing?

I've been increasing my nut intake steadily and it's very bveneficial it

seems. As long as there are not a lot of carbs in the way, nuts do not

cause weight gain, and they satisfy nicely.

But you might have another concern?

Namaste,

Irene

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[Guest guest]

My take on it is Irene that nuts are high in calories, and while I

always say that if you are overeating nuts instead of starches you are

much better off, but if weight is a concern, then nuts will most

definitely make you gain weight. Especially if there is a substantial

amount of carb in the diet.

ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com

Re: a question about meal planning

kathy matthews wrote:

> I find I need some carbs at night to help sleep and not so heavy

protein.

>

> Just don't over do the nuts.

Hi Kathy,

Why do you say this? What would you consider overdoing?

I've been increasing my nut intake steadily and it's very bveneficial it

seems. As long as there are not a lot of carbs in the way, nuts do not

cause weight gain, and they satisfy nicely.

But you might have another concern?

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

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THOMAS DEKANY wrote:

> My take on it is Irene that nuts are high in calories, and while I

> always say that if you are overeating nuts instead of starches you are

> much better off, but if weight is a concern, then nuts will most

> definitely make you gain weight. Especially if there is a substantial

> amount of carb in the diet.

Hi ,

I think the key is your last phrase - IF there is substantial carb in

the diet.

The stored fat is not from the nuts but from the carbs.

I am still losing 2 pounds a week despite high cortisol and insulin

resistance - and I am eating walnuts by the handful any time I please.

It's not the calories in nuts that makes a difference - it's the carbs

that make the difference.

I'm on an almost no carb diet. If you give the body as much nut oil as

it feels like eating there is no weight gain - UNLESS there are carbs to

stuff into fat cells. Oil does not get stuffed into fat cells - carbs

do. This is the new info I have been learning from both a recent

research paper showing people who eat lots of nuts do NOT gain weight

compared to no-nuts eaters in the study - and also from the diabetes

book I am finding so good at explaining metabolism when it comes to

weight, insulin and carbs.

So I'd disagree with the statement that nuts will definitely make you

gain - they don't.

Carbs make you gain.

Nuts are far too filling and satisfying to make you overeat them. The

opposite is true for carbs - they induce you to want more because they

trigger the insulin response - and that results in fat storage and

further cravings for more carbs.

with nuts you get no insulin response and no cravings - just feel

satisfied when you have eaten the *right* amount to actually use to

*burn* fat!!! (It takes fat - the right kind - to burn fat.)

So don't stint on nuts - but DO stint on carbs.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.

[Guest guest]

Irene - I know all about what makes a person gain fat. I am a

bodybuilder. However most people are not carb free. And I don't know

what your diet is like.

As far as not gaining weight? Of course you will gain weight. (eating

more calories then the body needs will store in the body) MUSCLE

TISSUE!!!

Even as an A type I have used the BODYOPUS (70% fat & 30% carbs) diet

very successfully to put on lean muscle mass.

On a bad day my body fat is around 12% or so. In very good shape it is

around 7%

ABO Specifics Inc. - http://www.foodforyourblood.com

Re: a question about meal planning

THOMAS DEKANY wrote:

> My take on it is Irene that nuts are high in calories, and while I

> always say that if you are overeating nuts instead of starches you are

> much better off, but if weight is a concern, then nuts will most

> definitely make you gain weight. Especially if there is a substantial

> amount of carb in the diet.

Hi ,

I think the key is your last phrase - IF there is substantial carb in

the diet.

The stored fat is not from the nuts but from the carbs.

I am still losing 2 pounds a week despite high cortisol and insulin

resistance - and I am eating walnuts by the handful any time I please.

It's not the calories in nuts that makes a difference - it's the carbs

that make the difference.

I'm on an almost no carb diet. If you give the body as much nut oil as

it feels like eating there is no weight gain - UNLESS there are carbs to

stuff into fat cells. Oil does not get stuffed into fat cells - carbs

do. This is the new info I have been learning from both a recent

research paper showing people who eat lots of nuts do NOT gain weight

compared to no-nuts eaters in the study - and also from the diabetes

book I am finding so good at explaining metabolism when it comes to

weight, insulin and carbs.

So I'd disagree with the statement that nuts will definitely make you

gain - they don't.

Carbs make you gain.

Nuts are far too filling and satisfying to make you overeat them. The

opposite is true for carbs - they induce you to want more because they

trigger the insulin response - and that results in fat storage and

further cravings for more carbs.

with nuts you get no insulin response and no cravings - just feel

satisfied when you have eaten the *right* amount to actually use to

*burn* fat!!! (It takes fat - the right kind - to burn fat.)

So don't stint on nuts - but DO stint on carbs.

Namaste,

Irene

--

Irene de Villiers, B.Sc; AASCA; MCSSA; D.I.Hom.

P.O.Box 4703, Spokane, WA 99220-0703.

http://www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html

Veterinary Homeopath and Feline Information Counsellor.