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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby Vera » Sun May 29, 2016 3:37 pm

Docscience, I eat whole-wheat pita with nothing on it. Just have it toasted. Should be pretty healthy but I guess it's a trigger food for me. Like an alcoholic can not have just one shot, I can not eat breads in moderation. I will allow myself a bit more every day... ending up eating three pitas a day (extra ~500 calories). I'm staying away from breads altogether now but it's always on my mind since my family has it daily :roll:
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby guitarplayer007 » Tue Jun 28, 2016 9:38 am

I can't find what happened with your CVD? Because thats what I have as well.
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby geo » Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:32 pm

Look at Page 3, 8th post down.
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby Rhythm » Wed Jun 29, 2016 7:53 pm

geo wrote:Yes I still eat per MWL with tweaks per Jeff's principles/guidelines/recommendations. I eat ~1700-1800 Calories a day to maintain weight. I eat a large volume of food ~5lbs/day. which generally consists of about 3 lbs of starches and 2 lbs veggies/fruit.


How many calories are in three pounds of starch?

Do potatoes, rice, corn, peas, yams, oats, barley and whole wheat
all have similar or dissimilar calories per pound?
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4/2016 I've 30 pounds to go. Went from a BMI-34 to a BMI-31.
5/1/2016 began The Starch Solution nutrition plan. Want off meds.
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby geo » Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:17 pm

Depends on what starch you eat for instance:

A pound of baked potatoes is ~415 Calories
1 cup dry oatmeal (before cooking (2 servings) is about 300 Calories
A pound of Sweet Potatoes is ~410 calories
2 cups of cooked brown rice is ~ 500 calories

These are the primary starches I eat. You can see they range in the area of 300-500 Calories for what I consider an adequate, satiating amount of food (YMMV). I may eat about 1200-1400 calories of these starch based foods a day. Some days its a mixture of the above, some days it may be like 3 pounds of potatoes. It all depends on what I'm hungry for and whats available.

I eat very simply and cook very simply. If I can't cook something in 10 mins or so I don't even bother (see Jeff's SNAP meals). You can also look at my journal link in my sig to see what I ate everyday during the year of my experiment.
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby chewy » Thu Jun 30, 2016 7:50 am

helpful post Geo!!actually all your posts are very helpful
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby geo » Thu Jun 30, 2016 8:07 pm

Thanks Chewy! Happy to help and clarify.
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby Maer » Tue Jul 26, 2016 9:50 am

Sounds good, Geo, but why not beans? I thought they were supposed to be especially good for reversing heart disease.

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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby geo » Tue Jul 26, 2016 11:01 am

All, low fat, plant based whole foods are good for reversing heart disease and every other chronic disease. Its never about one food. Beans are a great starch though tend to be higher in protein and calorie density than other plant based foods. They are limited in this program and definitely not a requirement.

But really, for me, I'm just neither a fan of beans (I dont care for their taste generally) and I also do try to restrict somewhat my protein intake as I have only a single kidney (I donated one to my sister due to her T1D) and I suffered from chronic kidney issues as well (which you can see from my numbers which showed tremendous improvements and normalization of kidney function).

Now I do eat beans on rare occasion and when I do, I prefer the most, frozen edemame lightly heated in a microwave, eaten plain. I also enjoy smashed up pinto beans as well and a good red lentil soup or chickpea hummus.

So for me, beans are a personal issue as well as one of taste.

For others, eat away as per the program :nod:
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Re: Metabolic Effects of a Starch Based Diet...

Postby Maer » Wed Jul 27, 2016 8:15 pm

Got it! thanks for the reply, and for your journal entries!

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