You On A Diet - ThinnerTimes

DAISY · 02-09-2007, 10:28 PM

I am at my moms waiting for jaw treatment right now and picked up a book called YOU ON A DIET The Owners Manual. Apparently my mom and step dad are going to start this diet. I started reading the book & in the book there is some interesting FACTOIDS that I read. I found them interesting and thought some might find them interesting on the forum so here are some.

When you lose weight without excercise you lose both muscle and fat, but when you gain weight without excercise, you gain only fat. It's much easier to gain fat weight than it is to gain muscle weight, which is one of the reasons why yo-yo dieting fails so miserably: When you continually gain and lose and gain and lose, you end up gaining proportionally even more fat, because of the muscle loss that takes place every time you lose.
In men, the supplement L-carnitine- at a dose of 3 grams a day-helps muscles use carbohydrates, but it is also good for blood vessel function in both men and women.
The difference between obese people and thin people isn't the number of fat cells, it's the size of these cells. You don't make more fat cells the fatter you get; you have the same number of fat cells you had as an adolescent. The only difference is that the fat globules within each cell increase as you store more fat. By the way, muscles work the same way; you don't make more muscle cells; the muscle cells get larger.
As you get older, you have fewer leptin receptors in your hypothalamus-meaning that you have fewer satiety signals, which makes you more prone to gaining weight.
Neuropeptide Y is a stress hormone that increases with severe or prolonged stress. This may be why some people in chronically stressful situations tend to gain weight. Testosterone, the male sex hormone, seems to stimulate NPY secretion, while the female sex hormone, estrogen, seems to have a varying effect depending on the stage of a woman's cycle.
Scientists found how ghrelin (Ghrelin is the Gremlin: The Hormone of Hunger) works accidentally: in gastric bypass surgery, doctors cut out the part of the stomach that secretes ghrelin. They soon realized that it wasn't just the smaller stomach but the reduced ghrelin production that helped surgery patients eat less food. The eat-everything signal was shut off, clearing the way for the satiety center to take care of its business.
The average person has 10,000 taste buds, which are onion-shaped structures. People regenerate new taste buds every three to ten days, but these regenerate at a slower rate as people get older. Elderly people may have only 5,000 taste buds.
Maybe the old days were right: It used to be that young docs would criticize older docs for giving B12 shots, calling them nothing more than placebos. But nearly 40 percent of Americans may suffer from a vitamin B12 deficiency.
Eating nuts does not create the calorie intake that you might expect, because 5 percent to 15 percent of the calories are not absorbed by the intestinal system. That's because the nuts' skin and how well we chew nuts influence digestion. An added bonus: The slow release of calories throughout the intestinal system leads to prolonged satiety.
While the majority of taste buds are located on your tongue, you also have taste buds on the roof of your mouth.
Fat is like an organ, but the omentum (primary storage facility of fat) is the Supercharged version. Omentum fat has more blood supply than any other kind of fat and is quickest to mobilize itself to feed the liver.
About 95 percent of your body's serotonin is found in your intestines, while your central nervous system has only 2 percent to 3 percent. Remember, serotonin is what helps control depression in your brain.
Recent research shows that coffee doesn't cause hypertension-but caffeinated sugar and diet drinks do. The reason? It may be the corn syrup or caramel coloring that's responsible for the change. It's something to keep in mind when considering caffeine as a potential waist-control drug.
One theory about metabolism says that cold temperature stimulates appetite. (ever notice you eat more during the winter, and you're not hungry after exercising, when your body's warm?) And people with low body temperature have lower metabolism and will be prone to gaining weight.
When the level of serotonin in your brain falls, your body senses starvation, and to protect itself, starts craving carbs the way twelve year olds crave Hilary Duff sightings. Serotonin levels plummet after you go too long without eating, and that prompts your bodily machien to fill itself with foods. Some have tried to keep their serotonin level up by supplementation with 5-HTP, the breakdown product of tryptophan that converts to and stimulates serotonin. In a six-week study, a group of dieters using 5-HTP lost an average of twelve pounds, while a control group lost an average of four. Although one side effet of the supplement is nausea, about 90 percent of women taking 300 milligrams of 5-HTP reported satiety while on the diet.

OUR MOODS DICATE WHAT WE EAT

Recent research shows what many of us knew all along: Our moods dictate what we eat. Researchers studied the diets of people to show how personality and foods collide-how our moods may steer us to certain foods, ont he basis of their physical characteristics. The study theorized that many moods send specific signals; If you reach for tough foods, like meat, or hard and crunchy foods you may be feeling angry. If you reach for sugars you may be feeling depressed. If you reach for soft and sweet foods, like ice cream you may be feeling anxious. If you reach for salty foods you may be feeling stressed. If your reach for bulky, fill-you-up foods, like crackers and pasta you may be feeling lonely, sexually frustrated. If you reach for anything and everything you may be feeling jealous.
EATING STRATEGIES FOR YOU

To help make eating automatic, pick at least one meal a day to alter and have the same foods every day for all other meals.
Eat throughout the day so that you're constantly satisfied.
Inspect food labels. Limited saturated fats to less than 4 grams per serving, and avoid all trans fats. Don't buy foods where high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), or another simple sugar, is more than 4 grams per serving, or one of the first five ingredients. You're avoiding simple sugars in foods not just because of the calories but because they indue highs and lows in blood sugar that put you into a cycle of craving more high-calorie foods.
Eat foods with fiber, healthy fats (monounsaturated and polyunsaturated), whole-grain carbohydrates, and protein, as well as fruits and vegetables. Eat a little healthy fat before your meal (like one handful of nuts) to allow the satiety signal to go from your brain to your stomach, so you don't overeat during your meal. Eat fiber in the morning to help control afternoon cravings. Eat anti-inflammatory foods to help counteract the effects of obesity. Anti-inflammatory foods include green tea, omega-3 fatty acids (found in fish and walnuts), coffee, vegetables, and fruit.
Keep on hand emergency foods and items that can help you kill cravings, like V8, carrot sticks, an apple, or even Listerine breath strips.
Two spices hae been shown to aid in waist management: red pepper and cinnamon.

I can keep going on and on but I won't. These are some of the interesting facts so far. I think I am going to be reading the whole book. Some of it may not apply to me but there is some useful information. So, hopefully this helps some people that don't have the book. And don't worry I didn't mind typing this out. I am a fast typer.

Princess · 02-10-2007, 02:01 AM

I saw this book at Walmart today! (or rather yesterday!)

LisaM · 02-10-2007, 04:43 AM

I may have to pick up the book. The one that hit home for me most? "To help make eating automatic, pick at least one meal a day to alter and have the same foods every day for all other meals." That's exactly what I've done for most my journey post-op. I eat the same thing for breakfast (cottage cheese and fruit) and lunch (string cheese and crackers) at least nine days out of ten. Dinner is where I vary my proteins. Huh. I was doing it right and didn't even know it!

rivercanyon · 02-10-2007, 07:48 AM

Very interesting reading thanks for posting!!!!!

LisaBoston · 02-10-2007, 08:44 AM

Daisy, I write quite often from this book. I have 2 of Oz's books...and the title is misleading....the word diet...means your food intake, not going on a diet. I am posting some of the facts from the book on our board at work for all my staff. I think its a great book for everyone to read - going through GBP or not.

Duckie · 02-10-2007, 11:11 AM

Wow. I'll have to check out that book. Great information. Thanks!