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i meant a pentum 4 :-)

if the os the bio brain used did not kill it!:-0

also " you can't move your leg huh maybe a bad 4066."

THIS SAYS IT ALL!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4JbzPqups&feature=related!

go for it. ive always questioned the healthiness of those fads. i just read the date you posted this... so if its already been done or you have started on it or whatever, ignore this. im posting it anyways though.

Ha, I haven't been able to start it yet. But hopefully soon. :D

medicine is based off of engeerring!

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it was a joke

Hmm, there is probably some smart person answer, but; why not just eat less and exercise? That is how I would lose weight if I needed too.

It's not that simple in some cases, and especially not if you've created so many extra fat cells that you'll rebound as soon as you slip in your routine. But that is the general idea. :)

Ahhh, I knew there was some sort of obvious answer. I lost weight after I choked on some chicken, I couldn't eat for months. Then when I "learned" to eat again, I gained a bunch of weight, then I started eating less. It was easy for me, once I convince myself to loose weight and that I don't need that extra snack, it is easy to loose weight. Now I am trying to gain a little weight...... much easier than loosing weight. But, once you build up muscles, doesn't that increase your metabolism and help you burn more calories

I thought that Atkins, while not healthy in any way, was actually good at what it does, making people lose weight.

Only temporarily. And at a high cost.

I agree. How many people fell for this thing?? I know at least two people in my family that tried it.

oh they are. didnt you know they were paying off the government to keep the health care bills away? doctors arent keeping me sick. i havent been to one in about 5 years now. i do probably need that physical though. i cant afford it not having any insurance, so heres hoping i dont get sick. at least not until that health care bill comes.

I haven't gotten that one done yet - but here's one for a project I worked on at school. It's a program that helps to get inactive people out and about. :D

http://www.instructables.com/id/1000-Steps-Project---Map-your-own-walking-paths-u/

Hahaha, that's fine. Sometimes you just have a light a fire under a person's ass to get them moving. Or shock them. Same thing. :P

Eat right and exercise.

The simple concept: eat lots of vegetables, fresh fruits, and lean protein- stay away from anything processed or packaged.

If you can actually do this, you'll find yourself totally full- in the "I can't eat any more because there's no room" sense. This, coupled with exercise, is a great weight-loss program and generally healthy lifestyle.

Further explanation:
lean protein = fowl (especially white meat) with fat and skin removed, game, and fish (just avoid mercury)
Anything not in these categories (starch, refined sugar, all dairy) becomes a rare treat equivalent to dessert. I don't know about you, but I'd prefer to spend my treats on real desserts like pie instead of a bagel or cheese.
Starch = pasta, bread, potatoes (basically any tuber that requires cooking before you eat it), cereal, even whole grains (though they're still better than the refined stuff)

well im hijacking you and goodhart's conversation here... i like to cook, and i love vegetables (i would eat them over meat any day). however, my brother and my dad are picky eaters, so when we eat, we have to eat something that they like as well. throw that in with the fact that my mom is allergic to tomatoes and corn, and well... we are limited big time. its either make 3 different dinners and hope everyone is happy, or get a pre-made frozen dinner for each of us and that settles it. you know this was going somewhere... oh yeah. its kind of hard for someone to eat right when thier environment wont allow them to. im not just going to make myself something nice and let them eat whatever. i should probably expand on what my brother and my dad eat: beef, pork, potatoes, noodles, pizza, etc. any ideas on what i could do about it? im tired of eating crap. i would love to be able to eat healthier, and would love to have a good meal with vegetables in it some time. sorry, this kind of turned into a rant about my family's eating habits, but i think i had to tell someone since it aggravates me every night having to sit down to the same thing. something only tastes good the first 10,000 times you eat it (im looking at you hamburgers).

There's definitely a gradient of starches- the important part is the glycemic load, or the effect a food has on your blood sugar and insulin response. Simpler starches are processed more quickly, and produce a sharper response. Living in balmy CA, we're lucky enough to be able to eat good, cheap fresh fruits and vegetables without much effort, and high-quality lean meat is more readily available. This means I can be quite strict about sticking to my dietary theories. When in Boston, it required serious planning to get good food during the winter months- most things turn out to be imported from CA. ;) During the summer we subscribed to a CSA (or farm share), which means we got a big box of veggies and fruit each week. It was fun trying to eat it all before the next box showed up! Eric is working on a comprehensive Instructable on dietary theory, with links to lots of primary literature on the subject. I'll go give him another kick.

You should go poking through my recipes on Instructables- lots there on good, healthy, easy food. Just ignore the desserts and "party" food- they're not intended for every-day consumption. ;)

For those tomatoes, try roasting them. That's what I did with the rock-like tomatoes during New England winters- it makes them edible, and often even good.

Just link/note the source, and I'm happy!

That's the rub--I think "eating right" varies from person to person. There are guidelines, but no strict rules. For me (for instance), I cannot do that 'low carb' thing. I have low blood sugar, I guess. If I don't have some carbs to metabolize, I don't feel well...

They finally released reports stating that low carb diets are dangerous, so perhaps it's better that you can't do them. ;)

Why am I not surprised? ;-) The rational for doing it always seemed too convenient...

It's true. It's just sad that not many of them are "outed" to the public. I'm just so happy that Atkins got the boot as far as that goes. Now if only the FDA would keep better watch on the rest of the fad diets...

I work for the biggest of big pharma so I'm painfully familiar with the FDA. The FDA doesn't have that much tooth when it comes to food, and the people pushing fad diets usually aren't selling food or telling you to eat things that in and of themselves are unhealthy when part of something more balanced.

I realize that, but I feel it should be a primary responsibility of theirs. We should put more funding into the FDA so that they can do more research than they do. Or perhaps create another organization to oversee the distribution of health related materials. I just feel, quite frankly, that people are too stupid and lazy to look at the harmful side effects of what they're doing. I believe health books, commercials and supplements should have a large warning stamped on their packaging or included in the media if the claims in them have been shown to be false, or if they contain information that could be harzadous to your health. Then again, I am much more skeptical about these things. I'm just so sick of going into the health section in my bookstore and being bombarded with books telling me it's possible to spot reduce, possible to lose weight by thinking about food but not eating it, or telling me that detoxing or flushing your body is a good thing and very beneficial. I see a health scam everywhere.

wath would you do if you could re-make the human body?

Here's one I can tell you at the change this amino acid to that amino acid level. Set everyone up with the milano mutant version of apolipo-A1. Moving on the more vague suggestions: Better joints in general, particularly knees. The spine needs some work too. (These both imply improved self repair of the soft structural tissues.) Nerves that regenerate. Better cognitive plasticity in adults. An immune system that didn't periodically decide that some portion of your anatomy was the enemy. A more variable metabolism that behaved as if I could just run down to the grocery store if I needed more food rather than working on the assumption that I man not be able to kill another mammoth for weeks so if there's food available I'd better eat it. Increase production of HGH and other hormones into our old age.

I would use copper wire for nerves and a ~pentum~ um amd for the brain with lunix of corse.:-)

We should put more funding into the FDA so that they can do more research than they do.


Not sure I agree with this sentiment. You can't legislate independent thought and common sense.

I just feel, quite frankly, that people are too stupid and lazy to look at the harmful side effects of what they're doing. Yup. I mean, it was common sense to me that you're going to mess up your system if you deny it sugar a la the Atkins diet.

you ment dooing. LOLOL

Those are just uniformly awful for you- it's not food. Sounds like it's time for you to take up cooking!

lets think a human is a factory.:-0 the workers are cells, quality cont. are the kidneys control center brain eletcic panel heart.etc the liver,spleen,stomach,intestines are the supply mangers. they tell the brain (the nerd in the CR.) theirs a limited supply.(a diet) the brain says make cheaper products they do but the get more complaint,s lose money and go out. (get sick).

Me too; I've had to learn to be more efficient with time and pan usage, and less grandiose in my schemes.

I've several close relatives with diabetes--I suspect that's always been an incentive with me for keeping my weight down. More recently, friends have type II diabetes. One lesson I've learned from them is the value of complex carbs--oatmeal, veggies, whole grain bread, etc. Although that was something I was always taught, anyways (but I eat a lot of fruit, which isn't complex, but beats refined sugars.) But most people I know minimize their conditions. One diabetic friend insists that it's OK for him to drink wine and liquor; that only beer is bad...;-) His diabetes isn't severe, so I guess he gets away with it. Lesson there about a little bit of knowledge being a dangerous thing....

I simply try to avoid eating things that are the end result of an industrial process, such as artificial sweeteners (inc. HFCS). I also run this thought through my brain before I eat out of a box or a fast food place "if I prepare food x for cost y at home, what could be the actual quality of the food x they're providing for <

Damned if I know, I'm fat (dumb and happy too)