Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 4:07pm:
Im pretty sure the main thrust of the article is correct, its a good find, articial sweeteners do ring our bells, I just think blaming them for obesity is incorrect, I think they may be helping to perpetuate it though. If you are like me, you really need something sweet in your life.

Don't eat big slabs of meat day in day out. If you do make sure you burn it through exercise. That's why people are getting fat.

Redmond Neck wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 4:33pm:

I only smoke after sex. It comes out of my ears.

ian wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 5:48pm:


Now you know why I don't smoke. 

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Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 5:41am:


Myself included in the group of people who believe in fasting. I read an online book about salubrious living. One thing that needs to be *cut down* in terms of consumption is sugar. Get the sugar consumption to be only a minor part of your diet, and you will lose weight easily. Cutting out alcohol (like I have done recently) will make weight loss easy, because it helps the intestines and liver, and kidneys to process the food more efficiently.

Getting back to fasting topics, it is okay to have a day of fasting (no eating for 12 hours) per week. I wouldn't go beyond one day of a week to doing that because it might incite your subconscious to start to combat starvation. But you shouldn't do that unless you are a few weeks into cutting out alcohol, sugar, and excess fat from your diet.

Last night, I started grapefruit juice (watered down) as part of the weight loss diet. Grapefruit seems to cut down the fat in the body, making it easy to lose weight.  have also bought cinnamon tablets, to get the sugar levels under control.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WjvR9cKhu8

ian wrote on Dec 30^th, 2014 at 10:07am:


I'm obese. And although if I was active during a fast, it would be dangerous, the fasting has done me a lot of good. As I said earlier, if I was exercising whilst starving, I can pass out. But if I was not doing much, the fasting is fine.

One year, I didn't eat a thing for almost 2 days. Nothing but water. When I was noticed as having missed meals, I was forced to eat a sandwich (that I just about inhaled), and that was my break-fast. I went back to eating normally, and I noticed that my skin was hanging loose. I must have lost a lot of weight inside one week of normal eating and the previous 2 days of starving myself for food. For the record, I did the extended fasting to protest some woman's comments about me being fat. But I was 90kgs at the time.

Funny thing I heard this year was the Biggest Loser trainer (Steve Willis/Commando) claiming that he could lose 5kg within a week. *I* couldn't lose 5kg in a week, even if I had an intensive workout. And I have plenty of weight to lose.