This is a group for people with 100 pounds or more to lose, though we are inclusive and anyone can join. Most of us have tried enough diets to realize they don't work for the long-term and are embracing a lifestyle change. This is a place to come to discuss our special challenges and share stories, kindness, support, inspiration, and the wisdom we've gained in our journeys with each other. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."
Anyone
know if any of this is true? I know we have at least 1 Nurse Practitioner on the
board
EATING FRUIT We all think eating fruits
means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths.. It's not as
easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.. What is the correct way of eating fruits? IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS!
* FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH. If you eat fruit like that,
it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of
energy for weight loss and other life activities. FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD.
Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit
is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from
doing so. In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute
the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire
mass of food begins to spoil. So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or
before your meals! You have heard people
complaining - every time I eat water-melon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up,
when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not
arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other
food and produces gas and hence you will bloat! Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark
circles under the eyes all these will
not happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach. There is no such thing as some fruits,
like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body,
according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the
correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy,
happiness and normal weigh t. When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit
juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked
fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys
all the vitamins. But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you
should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix
with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your
body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be
surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look! KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium,
vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an
orange. APPLE: An apple a day keeps the
doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants
& flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the
risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke. STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total
antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood
vessel-clogging free radicals. ORANGE :
Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower
cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon
cancer. WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher.
Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which
helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer
fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA &
PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They
are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent
constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your
eyes. Drinking Cold water after a meal
= Cancer! Can u believe this?? For those who like to drink cold water, this article is
applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink after a meal. However, the cold
water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just consumed. It will slow down the
digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break down and be absorbed by
the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the intestine. Very soon, this will
turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot soup or warm water after a
meal.
No, it's not true. Please check out this link for more information
http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/fruit.asp
Much of that rant was so illogical - as if the cold water you drink stays ice cold, and the hot soup stays hot as it sits in your stomach and intestines?
Eating fruit on an empty stomach prevents balding, gray hair AND dark circles????? Seriously?????? (Time out here for raucous laughter). If anyone is buying into that I'm sorry for laughing at you, but...wait....I have this bridge I can sell you at a real cheap price and a fixed mortgage rate at 2% for 100 years. Call me.
Thanks it seemed a bit far fetched, but thought I'd make sure. You'd think somewhere along the line someone would have told us this if it were true. I didn't mean to have it post so large & meant to take off the heart attack stuff.
EDIT: I can't get the font smaller. I'm sorry.
Thanks everyone!
Edited by Trixiegrrr, on June 29th, 2009 at 11:41 am.
Well you can go back and edit it. :) There is so much money to be made selling diets and diet books, anyone can just make up something then laugh all the way to the bank. My brother totally believes the "Eat Right for your Blood Type" theories, and is is pretty intelligent about nutrition. I tend to be pretty skeptical, so blew it off but will now give it another look.
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