http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: A Mediterranean diet en Sun, 31 May 2026 17:33:19 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248279 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:06:50 +0000 gembo 248279@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No but they have tomme de vache which is a lovely alpine cheese and green and white asparagus.</p> <p>For me special occasion only such as tomorrow because Mrs G has survived school camp though she does have a bad back from trying to lift an obese pupil who broke her foot. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248267 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 14:41:33 +0000 crowriver 248267@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No sheep's eyes or brains then? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248177 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:37:43 +0000 gembo 248177@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Le Roi Fou on forth street is doing lamb chop, lamb shoulder and lamb belly all on the one plate tomorrow lunchtime. Pricey but great. Also caters for vegetarians like moi </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248176 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 19:27:52 +0000 I were right about that saddle 248176@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I were right about that saddle. Of lamb. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248170 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 18:42:39 +0000 gembo 248170@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you go vegan which is now all the rage you will lose weight </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248143 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:45:19 +0000 paddyirish 248143@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>only one person's story, but <a href="http://julianabuhring.com/keto-baby/">this</a> is worth a read from a cyclist's POV.</p> <p>I get the impression that those who have the discipline will lose weight whichever diet they follow.</p> <p>I know that when I over-carb, I do feel awful, whereas it is harder not to do that on a low carb diet... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248098 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:29:26 +0000 amir 248098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The paper is controversial - see e.g. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/25/qa-saturated-fat-your-health-and-what-the-experts-say" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/apr/25/qa-saturated-fat-your-health-and-what-the-experts-say</a></p> <p>It seems like a tricky area. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248095 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:07:40 +0000 Arellcat 248095@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend of mine, occasionally OTP, is a doctor and has been telling everyone this for years.</p> <p>I've also seen people adopting the high fat, medium protein, low carb diet with remarkable weight loss effects. Essentially the Western world is eating way too much junk.</p> <p>I only buy peanut butter made with peanuts and a bit of salt, but it's easy to make your own in the blender. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=17667#post-248094 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 13:03:23 +0000 neddie 248094@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is the most amazing medical article I've ever read...</p> <p>(From the British Medical Journal)</p> <p>Saturated fat does not clog the arteries: coronary heart disease is a chronic inflammatory condition, the risk of which can be effectively reduced from healthy lifestyle interventions:</p> <p><img src="http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjsports/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285/F1.medium.gif"></p> <p><a href="http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285" rel="nofollow">http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2017/03/31/bjsports-2016-097285</a></p> <p>Summary:</p> <p>Saturated fats do not cause heart attacks - sugar, fructose, refined carbs, a sedentary lifestyle and stress do.</p> <p>We should all be eating Mediterranean diets (vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, oily fish*, nuts) and exercising daily.</p> <p><em>Decades of emphasis on the primacy of lowering plasma cholesterol, as if this was an end in itself and driving a market of ‘proven to lower cholesterol’ and ‘low-fat’ foods and medications, has been misguided.</em></p> <p>And the piece de resistance:</p> <p><em>Coronary artery disease is a chronic inflammatory disease and it can be reduced effectively by walking 22 min a day and eating real food. There is no business model or market to help spread this simple yet powerful intervention. </em></p> <p>*Women of child-bearing age or younger should be careful how much fish they eat due to mercury content which remains in the body forever (thanks to man-made pollution) </p>