Re: [Biofuel] Localize Me

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:31:34 -0800 

Wish that was in my town instead of McDonalds.
  23 pounds in a month is amazing as well.
  We are obese as a nation because of the high glycemic diet we eat.
  Eating good food would be sane behaviour.
   
  Kirk

Jason& Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
          a little bizarre, but there IS a point- i guess...
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: M&K DuPree 
  To: biofuel@sustainablelists.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 12:12 AM
  Subject: [Biofuel] Localize Me
  

  Have you heard of the documentary "Super Size Me?"  This guy eats nothing but 
McDonald's for a month.  About dies.  Here's a story from our local newspaper 
about a local restaurant that specializes in local buffalo and elk burgers and 
other local, organically grown produce doing a "Localize Me" promotion.  I've 
plugged the List in my comments to this story, and I'm embarrassed, but not 
surprised, by many of the comments to this story.  What can you expect from a 
town wherein resides an institution of "higher learning," ie university. Mike 
DuPree 
   
  
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2007/mar/06/freshfood_dieter_eats_his_way_health/?city_local
   
    Fresh-food dieter eats his way to health  By Laura McHugh
  Tuesday, March 6, 2007
  Daniel Fisher enjoys one of his favorite Local Burger dishes. “I’m not really 
a salad guy, but I love that salad. I could eat it every day,” says the former 
fast-food diner. For 30 days, Fisher gave up fast food and ate only at Local 
Burger, 714 Vt.
    Mary Dooley, nurse at First Med, 2323 Ridge Court, gives Daniel Fisher some 
good news Monday. In addition to his blood pressure decreasing, Fisher’s weight 
and cholesterol levels have also dropped significantly.

  Thirty days of fresh food can do a body good.
  At least, that’s what worked for 29-year-old Daniel Fisher.
  On Jan. 25, the self-proclaimed fast-food junkie quit his habit, replacing 
chain restaurants with Lawrence’s Local Burger. The downtown restaurant 
specializes in locally grown, organic meats and produce.
  “I’ve lost 23 or 24 pounds, and I can feel it. I feel great,” Fisher said. “I 
have a lot more energy than I used to.”
  Local Burger’s owner, Hilary Brown, recruited Fisher for the project, which 
she calls “Localize Me,” a play on “Super Size Me,” a movie in which the 
filmmaker eats only McDonald’s fast food for a month.
  “He was wonderful about sticking to the program and just being committed to 
this journey,” Brown said.
  That journey was to eat only Local Burger, three meals a day, for an entire 
month. At first, Fisher worried the healthy fare would not satisfy his 
super-sized appetite.
  “I thought I was going to starve to death eating little tiny portions, but I 
had a lot of food to eat,” Fisher said.
  Brown taught him not to eat less, but better.
  “I think it’s time for people to be aware of what they’re eating,” Brown 
said. “It doesn’t have to taste bad to be healthy, and it doesn’t have to be 
fat-free to be healthy.”
  When Fisher went in for his final lab results Monday, his physician was 
surprised by the results. Not only had Fisher’s weight dropped from 295 to 272 
pounds, but his cholesterol level plummeted from 285 to 166.
  “I couldn’t imagine that someone could change their diet and in 30 days could 
drop their cholesterol that much,” Dr. David Dunlap said.
  In addition, Fisher’s blood pressure, heart rate and blood sugar levels 
decreased.
  “I guess I just want people to know you can change the quality of the food 
you’re eating, and that you can change your health dramatically in a very short 
amount of time,” Brown said.
  But Fisher isn’t ready to call it quits just yet. He hopes to get down to 200 
pounds. Because he didn’t cheat during the first 30 days, he knows he has the 
willpower to do it. To keep him on track, Brown offered him 50 percent off her 
menu prices until he reaches that goal.
  “We’ve taken the first steps. I just have to keep it going,” he said.

    
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