David Gillespie - Confusion - high fat/no sugar

13 Jul 2010 11:13 PM

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Hi all

I've received my book and greatly enjoying reading it. However, I'm confused about the permission to eat butter, full fat milk, cream, cheese. For those trying to keep their cholesterol levels down - as I am - this surely can't be good. I've been on skim milk for years now and couldn't stomach full cream milk. I want/need to cut out or cut back on sugar because I have a very sweet tooth, need to lose just a few kgs, as well as treat my IBS. I'm doing very well and made the brownies again the other night - they turned out much better than the last time I made them, and they seem to satisfy my need for sweet things at night.

Interested to hear from anyone else who has cholesterol problems.

Cheers

14 Jul 2010 12:26 AM

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I know what you're saying but David does address issues with cholesterol in the book - I must admit I can't fully rememeber what it said as I don't have a cholesterol issue so didn't pay full attention.

I, personally, believe in eating whole foods though, as close to nature as possible and as untouched by processes (I buy not only full fat milk but un-homogenised). I have no problem with eating full fat but do have a problem with the concept of McDonalds and pizza being encouraged.

If skim and low-fat work for you then stick to it, so long as sugar is not a substitute for the fat they have removed. You could always water down full fat milk to the consitency of skim milk and have the same outcome as what you buy from the shop now, but cheaper as you won't need as much! ;-)

Again - I don't think I have helped at all.... LOL

14 Jul 2010 8:44 PM

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Its been 4 days since I started to remove sugar from my diet. I am also a bit confused about eating full fat products as it seems to contradict everything I have known about nutrition. I have always tried to manage my weight with diet and exercise, however, since having my second child have not been able to do enough exercise to shift the extra 10kgs.

After reading David's book I have realised that what I considered healthy is high in sugar. Eg. Stir fries with Oyster sauce, low fat yoghurt, too much sauce as long as the vegies were there.

I have been having brie and crackers for snacks to help through this withdrawal and am concerned that I will put on weight from eating these foods. I guess at this stage I just need to trust that the appetite control will kick in. Fingers crossed this works. Plan to give it 10 weeks and see.

15 Jul 2010 1:00 AM

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It is a weird concept, isn't it? But one that I believe is worth an experiment, at the very least. Certainly cutting out the fructose can only be a good thing!

My mum has high cholesterol but no weight issue so I've got her trying no fructose/normal fats to see what happens. My understanding of the fructose issue is that it bypasses the regular appetite control mechanisms in the body (eg insulin for glucose and CCK for fats) which is an issue with weight control, but pumps out circulating fatty acids into the blood stream in the form of vLDLs which is the issue for those with cholesterol. My thinking is if you cut out the fructose but eat healthy fats in the form of mono- and polyunsaturated and limit the saturated ones that should work for both weight loss and cholesterol as the brain will recognise the fat in the system and switch off the appetite but they will be predominantly the healthy fats.

Looking forward to hearing results!

Regards, Kirsty