In the all the various diets touted over the years which by their rate of failure is heard no more, it is always about some or other quantitative measure: calories or proteins or fats or supplements but never about Quality . if you eat good quality food, you will not put on weight and if you are heavy try to eat good quality food and then you would see the result .
A case study
Today a colleague of mine who had arrived in Miami 8 years ago fleeing the poverty of Cuba wanted to see me. He was happy just this last week because he had been granted American citizenship..
his blood tests also arrived
he is an active person, but given to eating snacks or foods which are from fast food restaurants.
The fats in the body, especially the Triglycerides had increased. and there was lots of fat in his liver. and his body measurements showed him to be obese ..The male hormone levels were very much down
Welcome to the USA where 8/10 of the population is overweight or obese. Just this past weekend i was at a national conference of Diabetes Educators, these are the people who are supposed to educate the patients to manage their diabetes with nutrition and diet and medications. the majority of the people in attendance were overweight. so it cant be that they do not know, but it is the quality of what they are eating which they do not know, and cannot know.
America along with Israel lead the world in Medical Technology and Continuous Glucose monitoring is fairly common among patients with Diabetes. I do not have diabetes but i decided to put one on for 14 days and see what makes my blood sugar goes up
if you eat things which are not genetically suited to you, there is inflammation produced in the body also, so keep it in mind
I ate at 7 pm, after coming home from the Park where I take care of native people, along with a good pour of a lovely Pinot Noir 2021 from California. The food consisted of a Buddha salad which is mainly a vegan collection of sweet potato with chili covered chick peas over cauliflower in tahini sauce. i also had a pattie that comes from Jamaica which contained beef and covered in flaked pastry.
and here is what my continuous glucose monitoring showed.
my blood glucose does not bulge at all, or shoot up. Studies from France has shown that drinking Red Wine along with your meal helps the sugar not rise high.. so please a glass of wine with your meal, and if you live in a country where it is prohibited, strive for freedom ..
the moral of the story from my sugar monitor and the illegal migrant from Cuba is
eat food to be healthy
Freedom is not choose between unhealthy and healthy food
Remember, Americans make money making you sick and make money trying to make you well, which they never do that well, compared to the other rich countries.
