Why? Because author, globe trotting, health coach/nutrition researcher Mary Ruddick went on a soup diet and healed 3 autoimmune diseases and I want to know if I can lose weight on it.
I've been eating way too much butter, cream, cheese and chocolate bulking up for this experiment. I've gained an extra 10 pounds so it should be interesting to see if I can drop it.
SW: 175
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How did a soup diet heal her autoimmune system?
It didn't aside from giving her gut microbiome a chance to heal itself by giving it the most unchallenging things to digest while providing ample nutrients.
With 80% of the immune system and 70% of the nervous system in our gut, it makes perfect sense.
Soups on the menu:
Chuck Roast Soup
Kimchi Chicken Soup
Steak Bone Broth
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After nearly 6 yrs of an animal-based diet, what happens to my blood glucose levels & immune system after I eat a half loaf of homemade French bread?
My whole life I've had issues w/ refined wheat that didn't reveal themself until I went animal based. My sinuses used to be chronically inflamed & I thought it was a coding error in my DNA.
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Gluten problems are uncommon in Europe which led me to the belief that there's something wrong w/ American wheat. I tested that theory & made bread w/ French wheat, salt, water & yeast, which are the only ingredients allowed if it's to legally be called bread in France. No sugar!
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What happened? Coupled w/ French butter the French bread turned out amazing & I didn't want to stop eating it. I took a blood glucose reading a few hours later & it was 203 which is in the diabetic zone! But I can assure you, I am not diabetic because my fasting glucose in the low 80s.
Maybe we are too focused on sugar as the cause of all our health problems? #PUFAgeddon
Thread ⬇️
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Many believe the food pyramid/the USDA dietary recommendations for a low fat diet led us to eat more low fat, ultra-processed foods & while that is true, this graph shows T2D popped onto radar abt 20 yrs before those things occurred. They are undeniable part of the problem.
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Fact: There is no tribe, population or country that has started consuming seed/vegetable oils and not seen obesity rates skyrocket. Native ppl on island nations where obesity was unheard of can testify to this.
Ya'll got your Super Bowl Sunday menu planned out yet? I'm not a snacker by any means but if snacksidents happen on SBS, I'll make sure mine are low carb! Some ideas ⬇️ and recipes in the thread.
Top to bottom, left to right:
Ground beef queso dip
Taco cheese bowl
Buffalo chicken dip
Jalapeño poppers
Buttery pork rinds w/ Old Bay
Wings
Meatloaf footballs
Maryland shrimp
Cheddaronies
I often get asked about my thoughts on cholesterol and saturated fat and whether its demonization is just. Well, I'm tired of digging through my bookmarks and photos and decided to compile a thread of what I often share. I'll pin this in my highlights.
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The country that eats the most meat (saturated fat) lives the longest and the country that eats the least lives the 2nd shortest.
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Lowering LDL with statins leads to an increased rate of death. Uh oh!
Did you know the average American eats 5-10 tablespoons of seed/veg oil per day.
For a year's worth (at 5 tbs per day), it requires:
36,135 ears of corn or
1,022,000 sunflower seeds or
228,125 grapes or
146,000 cups of brown rice
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5 tablespoons of veg oil, which is high in linoleic acid, is 613 calories. Multiply that by 330 million Americans and that's 202 billion empty calories we are consuming every single day!
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One of the biggest problems with hydrogenated oils is that they become oxidized and rancid during the refining process and have to be bleached and deodorized into tricking us that they are safe to consume.
Does this look like a place you want your food to come from?