Just how Fat are we going to get!

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cultureslayer:
Quote from: atadaskew on May 23, 2012, 10:15:40 AM

Want a revelation? Buy it from a farmer's market - I get all my organic veggies there.
It makes the store bought organic salads seem like trash. Especially spinach.
Plus it lasts much much longer .

No salad to be had at the farmer's market here, organic or otherwise. Organic girl brand has been pretty good, and they have coupons to make it less expensive.

Windblown:
Quote from: cultureslayer on May 23, 2012, 10:18:45 AM

No salad to be had at the farmer's market here, organic or otherwise. Organic girl brand has been pretty good, and they have coupons to make it less expensive.

They don't cell lettuce at your farmers market? It's the easiest thing to grow in the garden next to weeds. :headscratch:

zer0netgain:
Quote from: Windblown on May 24, 2012, 07:07:09 PM

They don't cell lettuce at your farmers market? It's the easiest thing to grow in the garden next to weeds. :headscratch:

Might be one of cost vs. benefit.

Many veggies keep putting out product if you stay on top of them and keep picking them.

Lettuce makes 1 head and that's it. You can pick individual leafs off and prolong how much you get from it, but that's only good for your own garden. Plucking a whole head and selling it probably has very little profit without large volumes, and lettuce doesn't keep very long.

et:
The local farmers markets near me are only open when I'm working.
Plus all the local farms seem to sell the same three crops; corn, tomatoes, and cucumbers.

Kneescrubber:
Well looky here. A study that backs up what I've been saying. What you eat is as important, if not more, than how much you eat.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304458604577490943279845790.html

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"The low-fat diet had the worst effect" on energy expenditure, Dr. Ludwig said. Participants on that diet also had increases in triglycerides, a type of fat, and lower levels of so-called good cholesterol. "We should avoid severely restricting any major nutrient and focus on the quality of the nutrient," he said.

Dr. Ludwig said those on the low-carb diet had the biggest boost in total energy expenditure, burning about 300 calories more per day than those on the low-fat diet—about the same as an hour of moderate exercise. But that bump came at a cost: increases in cortisol, a stress hormone, and a measure of inflammation called CRP, which can raise the risk of developing heart disease and diabetes.

Those on the low-glycemic-index diet burned about 150 calories a day more than those on the low-fat diet without any negative impacts on cholesterol levels or various hormones, making it the ideal diet, Dr. Ludwig said. The glycemic index measures the impact of carbohydrates on blood-sugar levels.

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