tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969650989310001106.post6495427279038293372..comments2023-10-28T02:13:39.458-07:00Comments on <a href="http://mostlyvegpaleo.blogspot.com/">Paleo diet for Mostly Vegetarians</a>: Myth: Cholesterol in diet causes heart disease.Anand Srivastavahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969650989310001106.post-52919781074675413272010-11-16T14:47:08.998-08:002010-11-16T14:47:08.998-08:00One more thing. Potatoes are an increasing part of...One more thing. Potatoes are an increasing part of my wife's diet. She does not like too many green vegetables. So the selection of vegetables becomes less. Also we try to include cheese/paneer as much as possible. She also tries to eat yogurt (curd) everyday.Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969650989310001106.post-26903330923030106782010-11-16T14:45:14.863-08:002010-11-16T14:45:14.863-08:00OK now for what changes I have done specifically.
...OK now for what changes I have done specifically.<br />Remember these changes are based on my wife's acceptability.<br /><br />I don't eat breakfast. I do 16 hour fast everyday.<br /><br />I prepare some goat meat during the weekends, some of which I will have everyday during lunch.<br /><br />Lunch is mainly fruits, vegetable (that my wife makes), and the meat.<br /><br />Dinner is whatever my wife is eating. We normally eat Dosa/Appam/Uttapam, with some vegetable. Sometimes I will just eat vegetables.<br /><br />My wife will sometimes eat eggs, but she needs bread with it. I don't know why. But I understand that not everybody can eat everything.<br /><br />She is still addicted to the wheat. And will sometimes make rotis to pamper her addiction.<br /><br />We have got rid of refined oils completely and use only ghee in everything we make.<br /><br />We have reduced use of sugar drastically.<br /><br />I do weight training. And have started yoga recently. I get bored with running or any type of cardio activity. I should add something for endurance as well. I do like to walk a lot.<br /><br />Do tell me what are your impediments, and what are you doing.Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969650989310001106.post-72209196033495494502010-11-16T14:36:57.684-08:002010-11-16T14:36:57.684-08:00What data could I provide. I wasn't very sick ...What data could I provide. I wasn't very sick to begin with. I was fat, with the obligatory Fatty Liver and reduced Liver function. These got cured. Now the visceral fat is not detectable by Ultrasound. I still have a lot of subcutaneous fat, and some intra-muscular fat, but these are not life threatening.<br /><br />I will always be susceptible to metabolic imbalance. But I can say that I don't have them now. That does not mean that I can start eating junk and will not get it back again.<br /><br />I am not very strict with my diet. My wife is vegetarian, who is still not completely on board with the concept, although she is changing slowly. Living together requires that I bend somewhat.<br /><br />I do not follow a strict paleo diet, which is not possible on a mostly vegetarian diet. I do eat some meat with organs now regularly, and avoid grains/legumes (not strictly though). I do eat rice fairly regularly, as in once a week. Most days I will also have Dosa/Uttapam. <br /><br />I don't advocate a paleo way advocated by low carb paleo proponents. It is not very balanced. I believe that a lot of vegetables are required in the diet, including potatoes. We did evolve on starchy tubers for at least a million years.<br /><br />I don't believe that there is a lot of difference between humans from different parts of the world. At least not genetically. There are epigenetic differences that we should take into consideration.<br /><br />I think the major issues that we get from epigenetic differences, are related to susceptibility of different issues to a bad diet. I believe that epigenetic traits do get forwarded to children. <br /><br />This is why we see diabetes getting transferred to children. The tissues involved in diabetes, get the same susceptibility. This is the same for me. Diabetes has been there in my family from both my father and my mothers side. Even obesity is pretty common. I do need to restrict my diet carefully to remain healthy.<br /><br />Some people do not feel well on eating very low carb, that I believe is due to the health of the adrenal gland. Adrenal gland is supposed to handle low carb diet, by providing sufficient cortisol for converting protein to glucose. Many people have inherited under performing adrenals, possibly including me. I also have trouble going very low carb.Anand Srivastavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15616369007370348265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969650989310001106.post-65896414515442294902010-11-15T12:43:16.851-08:002010-11-15T12:43:16.851-08:00Anand,
In your previous post you have mentioned t...Anand, <br />In your previous post you have mentioned that you have cured (improved?) your metabolic imbalance and insulin resistance. Congratulations! However, I am really interested in finding out how you concluded that you have achieved the above? Do you have any numbers/ other data for before and after? Could you elaborate on your eating habits and your experience? <br /><br />As you know first hand, it is difficult to get people in India to eat in a paleo way..particularly the paleo way advocated here int he western hemisphere. There are religious as well as practical obstacles to eating meat for every meal. Besides I do not think that it is necessarily optimal for a person of Indian/asian heritage to eat that way. Defintion of paleo should differ according to geographical are your paleolithic ancestors thrived in. <br /><br />Long story short, I am really interested in understanding all the changes your made- what worked for you - what did not etc and share it with my family.Fitnatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941555822448529655noreply@blogger.com