Sandy- thanks much for the info and the links. always good to learn something.
question: how's your cholesterol? (used to work with a serious vegetarian who ate dairy, his physician told him his cholesterol was dangerously high) -Ben -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Clark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 9:22 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: UDF parameters and Scope and muffins! Sorry to disturb your thinking Ben, I also did some diet research over the last few years after finding out that I am on a fast track to diabetes. In my research I did discover that the low carb way of life (not diet) is actually the best one for me. I've been on it for 2 years now. Lost 40 pounds, my blood sugars are on the low to mid side of normal (other than on the high side) and my cholesterol level is consistently on the low to normal side. The ketosis you are talking about is called Benign Dietary Ketosis and is not the type of Ketosis associated with high levels of blood glucose in Diabetes. All it means is that your body is burning fat. Carbohydrates (which all turn into glucose, which is a sugar) are much easier for your body to burn than fat. So given the choice, your body will burn carbs (if you put carbs in, your body will burn them as energy and store any excess away as fat.) When you don't give your body carbs, it is forced to go to your fat to burn after burning whatever you have eaten, hence the ketones. (also bad breath, but that is a known side effect). I tried the diet the hospital gave me. Which was high in Carbohydrates and low in fat. Not only was I starving and miserable, but my blood sugars never went down. I tried another diet which claimed to be healthful for diabetes, which was high in carbohydrates, and low in fat. (Julian Whitakers Reversing diabetes). After 2 days on this diet, my blood sugars shot up more than 40 points! I was exercising regularly at this point as well, hiking 1 to 2 days a week and going to the gym regularly. I then turned to trying Low Carb. I read Atkins, I read Protein Power (Eades), I read Dr. Bernstein's books. I decided to go on the Atkins plan since it was easier to work with. Within 2 days, my blood sugars had dropped 10-15 points from where they normally were. Within 2 months, I was losing 5 pounds a month. Within 2 weeks, I was more alert. I am now on a maintenance diet. Occassionally I will have some grains or alcohol. I have kept the weight off for a year now. I am still in a size 10. This is a lifetime commitment for me and I will never give it up. If I can manage to stave off diabetes and live a normal life style, why screw with success??? What's my average daily diet? Well this morning I had plain whole milk yogurt (brown cow cream on top - yummy) sprinkled with Splenda and cinnammon. Good earth herbal tea and my vitamins (which includes potassium, magnesium and psyllium husks for fiber). For lunch I will probably have a salad with tuna and cheese. For dinner, I am going out with a friend, so I will probably splurge on a drink along with chicken or steak (hold the potatoes, bring on the extra veggies!) I don't feel deprived, I don't want the potatoes anymore. Note, no processed foods (unless you count yogurt as a processed food), no sugars. The fat in my diet fills me up, satisfies me so that I dont feel deprived (well depraved, but that's another story and has NOTHING to do with the way I eat <grin>) and keeps me looking and more importantly feeling good. A few things that helped me for anyone contemplating doing this. First READ, read as much as you can. I found a usenet newsgroup that really helped. alt.diets.locarb.support (I believe). I also found a ton of web sites that have sugar free and low carb food that helped me out entirely. Some of the sites I still frequent, and order from are: Low Carb Luxury (www.lowcarbluxury.com) - Reviews of new food products and links to lots of great low carb stores. Synergy Diet (www.synergydiet.com) - Tons of foods, baked goods that are truly low carb. Low Carb Connoisseur (http://store.yahoo.com/low-carb/index.html) More low carb foods. Sandy -----Original Message----- From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 11:41 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: UDF parameters and Scope and muffins! Stephenie- not to start a controversial new thread (diet), but this is *NOT* a "healthy living choice". any nutrition program which entirely cuts out a "something" from our diet is not "healthy". My wife and I did some research on the Atkins no-carb diet the last time it became a fad. It throws your body into ketosis, not good. Something people (including me) just don't like to hear, is there's no "magic formula" for painless dieting, just lower calorie intake, and higher calorie expenditure (i.e., exercise). Before cutting complex carbs, I would investigate cutting back on fat in the diet, substituting more servings of fruits and vegetables - which also benefits from more fiber, and may reduce the risk of cancers. Re: bread - substituting whole grain breads for processed breads is a good alternative. Just my 2 cents worth... -Ben -----Original Message----- From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 8:07 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: UDF parameters and Scope and muffins! patrick, please post, I am starting a new (it is not a diet, it is a healthy living choice) next week, and i have been warned that any type of bread is a no-no..... ~~ Stephenie Hamilton Macromedia Certified ColdFusion Professional -----Original Message----- From: Patrick Harkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 10:30 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: UDF parameters and Scope and muffins! believe it or not Raymond I have a complex-carb-free muffin recipe that is the only one i ever use and it is very good! I will post it to the list if you want. Be warned though, they contain plenty of calories.....! Patrick At 09:14 AM 30/01/2002 -0500, you wrote: >And, um, of course, if you want to see some examples, you may want to >stroll over to www.cflib.org. Not that I have anything to do with the >site, of course. > >Mmmm - muffins - I'm on a no-carb diet, so muffins sound about as good >as crack about now. ;) > >-rc > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 9:06 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: UDF parameters and Scope > > > > > > > In this example, x and y refer to arguments passed to the > > UDF and will > > > NOT overwrite any existing x or y var. Z is also local. > > > > OK, now I get it... They have their "own" scope, but they are > > scope-less > > when coding... > > > > Thanks for this Ray, I'll buy you a muffin at the 2k2 DevCon, since I > > should be there with the wife <g> > > > > Philip Arnold > > Technical Director > > Certified ColdFusion Developer > > ASP Multimedia Limited > > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > F: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > > > ***************************************************************** ***** > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > > the system manager. > > ***************************************************************** ***** > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ _____ Your ad could be here. 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