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Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 2:51 pm
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 3:14 pmPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 4:06 pmJeffN wrote:Same as me. The lower half of the healthy range. Around 18.5-22 (ish)
This doesn’t mean 18.5 is better.
In health
Jeff
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:24 pmgracezw wrote:Jeff, why isn't 18.5 better than 19, 20, 21, or 22?
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:44 pmPosted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 9:40 amI have used a chart from the Kempner Foundation for more than 20 years to help people who think they are becoming too thin to realize that their new weight may actually be an ideal weight when it comes to good health. Walter Kempner, MD, established the Rice Diet Program in the 1940s at Duke University and until very recently this program was an important part of Duke’s medical department. The Rice Diet begins with mostly rice and fruit and then expands to other foods as people become healthier and thinner.
Again, the purpose of showing these figures is to help reassure you that you are not becoming too thin on the McDougall Diet – you should not look at these as goal weights.
Even though you will not look at these figures as your goal weight, if you follow a starch centered meal plan, as I recommend, and exercise, you could easily end up at a weight close to Dr. Kempner's figures. So be reassured you are not too thin.