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Thu, May. 19th, 2005, 12:40 am
Soo.. I was good today! As opposed to the last... five days. Good in what I ate, I mean. I'm still not that bad about how much I eat, I just like.. cheat on small little random things. Which adds up. x_X
...it helps to have food I can cook myself if I get hungry. ^^; That, and for some reason it was ten times easier today to look at things and go "I dont want that I just want it cuz its there." I think I just had to taste test all the new things in the house. :\
Whats even wierder is that I discovered cottage cheese tastes far better than natural yogurt. I didn't get Dannon this time, cuz it wasn't there.. so I got this normal looking "organic" yogurt. Bah. Gross.
Soo.. the list of foods I am allowed to eat on the Perricone diet, for anyone else who wishes to try it:
Salmon(canned and fresh)- this is the big thing you're supposed to eat because it contains all the good Omega 3 fatty acids and DHEA.
Ground flax seed
Oatmeal - big thumbs up for this supposedly
Oranges
Blueberries, strawberries, rasberries(berries basically) - highly recommended
Almonds
Kidney beans, black beans, pinto beans(not baked and preferably not canned)
Pumpkin seeds(I have yet to fathom where to buy these)
Tuna
Turkey
Chicken
Peppers(red, yellow, banana, jalapeno.. pretty much all of them)
Broccoli - again one of his big ticket foods
Eggs
Whole fat plain yogurt - (this is mostly because low and nonfat yogurts contain pectin as a fat substitute.. which is basically more sugar. For clearer skin, you have to cut out the hidden sugar factors)
Cottage cheese
Things you DO NOT EAT because it jumps your blood sugar
Candy containing sugar and or high fructose corn syrup
Anything containing high fructose corn syrup(your body thinks it pretty much a toxin)
Carbonated beverages
Coffee
Bananas
Corn, peas (I know.. wtf?)
White bread, or any bread containing bleached flour and or partially hydrogenated oils.
Rice
Potatoes
Etc.
Basically, its a pro-fish, anti white starchy foods diet. I'm taking alpha lipoic acid, centrum vitamins, fish oil capsules, biotin(yay!) and 5 htp now. Hopefully, some day I'll be able to cycle some of this out. For now, its part of my rawr 28 day program to get better skin/skinnier. I'd take clear skin over skinnyness, so hell.. if I dont get skinnier I wont be too upset. He recommends eating the foods either whole or frozen as much as possible, as canned and processed foods can have hidden ingredients. Also recommends olive oil only for cooking cuz it contains linoleic acid? which helps your body absorb omega 3 fatty acids. Which I'll be eating alot of I think.
Ok, enough ranting.
Fri, Jul. 29th, 2005 01:57 am (UTC)
Did you know about the carbs that won't raise blood sugar if eaten in moderation ie. small baby potatos, basmati rice, wholemeal pasta, bread with oats in it, wholegrains or high fibre content.
Seems like you are on the right track though!
If interested look into www.gidiet.com & www.glycemicindex.com.au
same pricipals but a bit more expansion and discovery on some things!
:)
Wed, Oct. 5th, 2005 11:43 pm (UTC)
zipywondersnail: Corn and Peas
You might not even still be on this diet by the time you get this, but just some info. Corn is a grain, not a veggi like people pretend, and the only stomach vile enough to get what little nutriants there are out of it belong to pigs. Corn is pig food. The only thing we get from it is sugar. (At least that's what I understand, but with food and science, it'll probably change tomorrow.)
I'm in denial about peas. I like them.
Thu, Oct. 6th, 2005 04:02 pm (UTC)
razzymelon: Re: Corn and Peas
Actually, I still am mostly. I dont strictly avoid those void, but try my hardest to not eat them solely.
And I eat rice. MM rice.