the wonder (bread) years

[lorenzodamarith]

hello,

coach gostnell, your article in the magazine is an eye opener. hadn't thought about the 7 key components of good diet. rmax powered eating! hahahahaha! yep. personal diet is pretty frightening right now. will try incremental reducing... the crap.

hadn't really thought about sugar until reading the article. haven't purchased sugar in a decade, but the sugar intake is more than ever. one can feel it. hard to stop too.

no more soda. first incremental step. we'll see how that works.

thanks

[Atl]

I quit eating processed food for the most part. I don't eat bread...it is just junk. Any ground up grain turns to sugar quicker in the blood than whole foods...so bread is just as much garbage as sugar...even whole wheat bread. Same goes for "healthy breakfast" cereals. Beans of all sorts and types are my main staple along with quinoa and avocados.

[lorenzodamarith]

hello,

atl? quinoa? what is this?

thanks

[Atl]

Quinoa (KEEN-wah) is a central American grain type seed. It is very low glycemic, has a lot of fiber, has a lot of protein, and it is one of the very few plant sources of complete protein. It can used like rice and it tastes very good. I highly advise getting some to try. It is listed as a super food. Check a health food store.

Quinoa was of great nutritional importance in pre-Columbian Andean civilizations, being secondary only to the potato, and was followed in importance by maize. In contemporary times, this crop has become highly appreciated for its nutritional value, as its protein content is very high (12%–18%), making it a healthful choice for vegetarians and vegans. Unlike wheat or rice (which are low in lysine), quinoa contains a balanced set of essential amino acids for humans, making it an unusually complete protein source.[5] It is a good source of dietary fiber and phosphorus and is high in magnesium and iron. Quinoa is gluten-free and considered easy to digest. Because of all these characteristics, quinoa is being considered a possible crop in NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System for long-duration manned spaceflights.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinoa

[Joseph David]

Quinoa is also a flowering grain. Some nutrition proponents will say that we should only eat grains that flower: Quinoa, Millet and Amaranth

[lorenzodamarith]

Beans of all sorts and types are my main staple along with quinoa and avocados.

hello,

atl, not very knowledgeable in nutrition. do you have any recipes? quinoa sounds good. avacados are good.

there is a thread around here regarding recipes. maybe you have something there?

thanks

[lorenzodamarith]

Some nutrition proponents will say that we should only eat grains that flower: Quinoa, Millet and Amaranth

hello,

joseph david? eat flowering grains? why is this? any articles?

thanks

[Atl]

I don't really use recipes I just play it by ear. I usually treat it like rice. Tonight I mixed it with navy beans with some cajun seasoning for example. I eat fairly simply. If you just put a little butter and garlic on it, it would be good. I made vegetarian chili with it once and that turned out well. The quinoa was substituted in texture for meat. However, it is good with any meat you would like. It is very easy to prepare and just takes a couple minutes. Here is a rule of thumb for health: Avoid white colored carbs completely...carbs with color are healthy. Quinoa is a shining example of this (so are sweet potatoes).

[lorenzodamarith]

I don't really use recipes I just play it by ear. I usually treat it like rice. Tonight I mixed it with navy beans with some cajun seasoning for example. I eat fairly simply. If you just put a little butter and garlic on it, it would be good. I made vegetarian chili with it once and that turned out well. The quinoa was substituted in texture for meat. However, it is good with any meat you would like. It is very easy to prepare and just takes a couple minutes. Here is a rule of thumb for health: Avoid white colored carbs completely...carbs with color are healthy. Quinoa is a shining example of this (so are sweet potatoes).

hello,

mucho understando, atl. appreciate it. today, looked around some stores for quinoa, millet and amaranth. didn't find any, though.

where to look?

thanks

[Atl]

Health food stores carry it. The grocery chains do not carry much in the way of health (or healthy) food. Quinoa has not found it's way into mainstream conscoiusness yet, but then again being healthy has not found it's way into mainstream consciousness...lol. The commodity section of the health food store will carry it for about $5 a pound dry. A pound makes a lot. I have been exploring healthy foods for about 2 years now and gradually weaning myself off junk. I have only managed to do it mostly this year. It has paid off for me. At 44 I have a very high level of fitness and I am still enjoying the results of 150lbs lost weight, and I NEVER get sick anymore. Nutrition is every bit as crucial to the fitness/performance equation as exercise in my opinion...maybe more crucial.

[lorenzodamarith]

hello,

atl, it sounds like a visit to the health food store is in order!

wouldn't mind a better diet. kinda getting tired of eating the same old things anyway.

ah, the winds of gastronomical change...

thanks