Thu, May-11-06, 21:28
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Plan: low carb paleo/nt
Stats: 125/114/108
BF:
Progress: 65%
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Originally Posted by Jaeger
Anchell puts himself on the couch and blames his weight gain on female family members using food to tranquilize him.
He touts his diet as superior to other carb restricted diets for psychological reasons. Those diets lead the dieter into temptation by allowing "too great a variety of carbohydrates" and "are not specific enough." "Dieters need to be told exactly what and what not to eat. Providing pages upon pages from which to select carbohydrate foods causes confusion and opportunities for misinterpretation, raionalization, subsitution, and extra portions." He points out that the dieters will need to carry little booklets around and "the grams allowed may range from five to 150 and a scale measuring in grams or some other measuring device is needed." He states that the "key to success with the meat diet is its very simplicity."
It's not clear to me from the book that he has personally verified the unique properties of his ten carbohydrates with thousands of his own patients. He may just be referring to Pennington. He does state that "any food not listed on the meat diet is in some degree detrimental to health."
Just one spot of gravy, a sugar-coated pill, a stick of gum and the diet fails. A tablespoon of paprika is okay, however. How does that work? Well it works to make many people fail on the diet. And as he points out, most of them will be women.
If I had discovered that there are only 10 plant substances that are safe for humans to eat to avoid adding fat over their normal healthful weight and that they must eat like this for their entire lives, I would be very curious to know why. Think about it. Ten items. The whole planet. White potatoes, not red potatoes. Watermelon, not cantelope. Raspberries, not boysenberries. What about Yukon gold potatoes? For the rest of your life. It it had just been a minor part of my medical practice, I would make it my life's focus. Instead, Dr Anchell found other priorities.
Dr Anchell likes meat and pototoes and an occasional drink and massive amounts of salt and half a grapefruit for breakfast. He also likes cheese and eggs, since they are the only items he allows on the modified meat diet. No female is going to control this man with food. Not only will she be unnessary for the prep and clean up, she won't even want to eat what your eating.
The other day I was watching Tabu: A Story of the South Seas (1931) and marveling at the beauty and body-fat percentages of the Polynesians seen in the film. Maybe we are supposed to eat tubers after all. That may be part of the reason of ubizmo's limited success with this diet.
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Why do you keep referreing to the 10 foods as "Anchell's"?? He repeatedly states that the diet is Pennington's -- the Pennington paper uses those exact foods. Why do you say Anchell likes massive amounts of salt? He specifically states that it tends to hold water in the body but if one uses missing salt as an excuse to quit the diet, he or she should immediately add salt back. And why do you say "he likes" cheese and eggs -- the book clearly states that those foods are unnecessary and used only for maintenance for people who refuse to stick to the basic program. He says adding these maintenance foods will add 5 pounds of fat (approx.) to one's body.
I found Anchell's book to be most informative -- especially the section on the the history of the American Heart Association Prudent Diet. I also found his writing style extremely engaging and witty and found the description of him struggling to deliver a baby from an obese woman very funny. I don't necessarily agree with what's been posted on his views about sexuality -- but I think he's done the world a service by resurrecting PENNINGTON's diet -- it obviously helps some people. I myself cannot see a life restricted to only those particular carb items -- but those who are meat and potato types will likely love the fact they can eat potatos. When I tried Anchell for a week, I didn't lose anything and found eating potatos and fruit with every meal was simply too many carbs for me.
As for Anchell blaming the females in his family ie mother, grandmother for stuffing him and his siblings with sweets -- HE'S RIGHT. Most people eat the way they were taught at home. My mother was obese, died needlessly very prematurely because of her obesity, and she passed on her horrid eating habits to me and my brother. We grew up with NO idea about nutrition or portion control. And I cringe when I see my obese brother "reward" his little kids with sugary treats. Bring on the obesity wagon and type 2 diabetes etc etc. If I sound bitter, I am. I loved my mother dearly and she died far too young. PS: She ate the way her mother taught her and her obese twin who incidentally also died far too young.
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