I've spoke about this a little before but I guess it continues to bother me so
I continue to post about it. It still bugs me how the YOU docs have said that
all saturated fat is bad in their book. The YOAD book is filled with such
awesome information and for them to have something wrong really just eats
away at me.
I contiue to read about this daily. From what I can tell, MOST of the scientific
community agrees that saturated fat from animals are bad while saturated
fats from plants are good.
One thing that got my attention recently is dark chocolate. After 2 weeks of reading, I uncovered some amazing facts. Dark chocolate is composed of between 35-45% FAT!
And of that fat, 2/3 is SATURATED! But, all these studies show that dark chocolate
lowers blood pressure and lowers LDL.
Hmmm, there is controversey over one of the saturated fats in dark chocolate,
Palmitic acid, shown to lower LDL levels. And the other primary saturated fat
in dark chocolate, Stearic acid, gets converted by the body to heart healthy Oleic acid.
With so much saturated fat in dark chocolate, you would think these people in
these studies would be dropping like flies if saturated fat was as bad as we are told it is.
I'm so glad I never listen to just one source. Even many of the ideas introduced in
the YOAD book I have reseached to be sure they got it right.
Anyway, I'll try not to rant about this anymore. LOL.
What's a Youatarian? It's my own phrase I have used when people ask me how I have lost my excess weight. I'm a Youatarian and live the youatarian lifestyle. Simply put, a Youatarian is someone that follows YOU On a Diet. For any YOAD followers out there that would like to adopt the phrase
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
for themselves, please feel free.
- Marshall (aka Orlando Tek)
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My Story
In July 2006, I visited the doctor for a multitude of
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
ongoing medical problems and when I weighed
in I remember being 305lbs. That was the heaviest
I could ever remember weighing on any scale in my life.
My wife, also overweight, started some small changes
in her diet at that time and those changes made its way
through into my diet as well.
In September 2006, I watched my mother undergo
triple bypass surgey. And I always believed her
to be of modest health although she had passed
on a few of her problems to me including high blood
pressure and acid reflux issues. In her early 20's,
unaware of her high blood pressure problem, she
actually had a stroke, although not very severe.
My dad is a bit healthier even though being
12 years older than my mom, but he has borderline
adult onset diabetes and he had a stint put into an
artery a few years back.
Taking in all this information, It was then I decided
I needed to make some serious changes in my life
or I will be the next one on the heart ward not too
long from now.
It was Novemeber, 2006 and I was already following
the few changes my wife had made to her diet and we had
both lost about 15lbs in the last few months. Any
change at this point was a good change. We watched
a Discovery Health special called YOU: On A Diet featuring
the YOU docs and a few families incorporating YOAD
into their daily lives and showing their amazing progress.
The very next day, November 7th, 2006, my wife and
I went through every cabinet and cupboard in our
house and got rid of ALL the bad foods. We then
went to the grocery store and bought foods that
met YOAD and from that day we have not looked back!
We could not find the book at any local store so we
ordered it off Amazon. It took a few weeks to arrive
but we started cooking with only YOAD approved foods
using YOAD approved methods and we WERE seeing
results even before the book arrived.
From there it has been all downhilll. I have lost 110lbs
since starting on YOAD in November but about 125lbs
over the last 18 months total. Wahoo!
And most of my medical problems related to my weight
have now vanished including high bood pressure, acid
reflux and sleep apnea. I have much more energy and
I feel better than I can ever remember!
And its all thanks to YOAD!
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4 comments:
I agree totally Marshall!
I posted a bunch of brand name foods in the new sticky. Had to delete Nature's Path Organic Flax Multibran Cereal and That bread you like, Natures own? Also I had to delete South Beach Diet Crackers 100 calorie packs. The moderator made a post saying if it had sugar in the first five ingredients it wasn't YOAd approved. I believe those products to be healthy with less than 4 grams of sugar per serving.
Makes you not wanna post in there or try and help any one else for fear of being wrong.
Oh well Happy Anniversary you two!
Chari
also the organic apple butter.
Even though it's in the book!
So the links in my blog now say may not be 100% YOAD approved.
Chari
Okay. But, does the BOOK say in the first 5 ingredients? I had questioned that before. I remember them saying that on one of their talk shows...but what does the BOOK say? I need to find the book and re-read that section.
I loaned my book to my sister :(
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