<p>Lustig talks sugar on NPR:</p>
<p>[The</a> Fallacies Of Fat : NPR](<a href=“The Fallacies Of Fat : NPR”>The Fallacies Of Fat : NPR)</p>
<p>Probably his best interview yet.</p>
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<p>And, a lengthy excerpt from Chapter 1:</p>
<p><a href=“An excerpt from Dr. Robert Lustig's "Fat Chance"”>An excerpt from Dr. Robert Lustig's "Fat Chance";
<p>It’s morning and I am going to go back to my point because it is actually an important one. A large percentage of the world’s population is lactose intolerant, including a significant number of people in the US. Our youth population is increasingly diverse in this country. The recommendation of whole milk made above may unfortunately be inapplicable, irrelevant, and even somewhat insensitive (even though I don’t believe that was the intention). I know I appreciate all the helpful information that is shared and presented in a very digestible format on this thread. This is just a little bit of a sticking point.</p>
<p>Idad thanks for the suggestion of using butter on the vegetables. I think that will help me.</p>
1,864 calories, 35% carbs, 17 grams sugars.
I went to bed early last night and woke up a bit late this morning. The coughing is worse and my throat was sore this morning but it’s getting a bit better now. Given the other experiences here, I think that this will run for at least another week. Hopefully symptoms will decline linearly.
<p>The worst has happened. Fly out this afternoon and may God help me to where I need to go.</p>
<p>Lots of snack sales at the grocery store today - Superbowl sales no doubt. The store wasn’t that crowded so the Patriots losing looks like it has dampened local Superbowl interest.</p>
<p>I’m wondering if being sick depressed my appetite last week - at least the phase where I was feeling a lot more tired. I’m probably increasing my sleep hours by one or two hours a day until this thing clears up significantly.</p>
<p>Dad II, so sorry to hear. Wishing you strength during this difficult time.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, Dad II. I hope everything can be worked out. </p>
<p>BCE, I hope you feel better soon. H and I went to Costco this morning, thinking we would beat the church rush, but it was packed with Ravens fans. In any event, we are now stocked for another week of healthy eating.</p>
<p>DadII- So sorry and safe travels. We’re all here for you.</p>
<p>11.5 miles. 43-46 degrees with sun and then some clouds. Nice morning but more wind than I like and I should have worn an ear band. I had to pull the hood up on my LuLu top and I looked pretty dorky with it flapping around. Very tired by the end.</p>
<p>Equipment report (of interest to women only)- LuLu has a HR monitor bra that your transmitter clips onto. The sensors are built into the bra, so no need for an extra strap. Reviews were not great, but mainly Polar users had trouble. Garmin seemed OK, so I bought one. (not cheap). Worked great after the first mile (some spikes due to me not getting the sensors wet enough to start, I suspect). VERY comfortable.</p>
<p>Good luck, DadII.</p>
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<p>The heart rate monitor straps worked a lot better for me when I was fat and had a belly to keep it from sliding down. 
Now, half the time, I wiggle into the backpack and the HRM strap goes sliding down to my waist.</p>
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<p>The issue is not forcing whole milk on kids. My concern is that the USDA is proposing to make it illegal to serve or sell whole milk in schools. Seems to me that is hardly the way to respect “diversity”. Frankly, it strikes me as crazy. And, I don’t even drink milk.</p>
<p>From what I read, lactose intolerance is the inability to properly digest lactose, the sugar in milk that gets converted to glucose. At least from the nutritional labels, there isn’t any signficant difference in lactose content between whole milk and low-fat milk, so lactose intolerance doesn’t even seem like it enters this particular equation, unless you think the USDA should go further and ban all milk from schools.</p>
<p>I wasn’t commenting on government policies, iDad. Rather I was commenting on the “wholesale” (pardon the weak pun 
) recommendation of drinking glasses of milk as being what kids should do, without seeming to take into consideration that for many kids that’s probably not a great option.</p>
<p>Sorry to hear Dad II. </p>
<p>Back on track today, with one huge glitch. We (H and fit S) went to the gym and were met by a sign saying gym closed for renovation for unspecified months ahead. Boo hiss. We tried a different place, but it was only a fraction of the size of our regular fitness center with a fraction of the aerobic and weight equipment. What to do, what to do?</p>
<p>That said, I used the treadmill for day 3, week 2 C25K, for a total of 2.5 miles, 177 cals, 33 minutes, mixed walking/jogging intervals at 4.3 to 6 mph, no incline. I did probably 25 minutes of mixed weights. The treadmill is definitely easier to run on than the real road.</p>
<p>Oh, speaking of healthy food on superbowl Sunday…one of the perks of the big game day is having a week-long sale on avocados. People have to have their guacamole for the game, or, just to have! We’re stocking up on limes and cilantro for the week ahead. And H will cook a bean heavy turkey chile. Yum.</p>
<p>My wife has done a lot of avocado stuff the last week - but I was scratching my head on eating it in a low-carb way.</p>
<p>Walked 5.1 miles w/ DH this morning. Avg. pace 17:14 mph. Saw others running and felt guilty but DH’s only exercise is long weekend walks so I have to support that.
Have not run since last Tues. The cold wind has been ferocious. I feel like a lump. Have been doing some indoor workouts. Hope to get back on the road this week.</p>
<p>Made some yummy crunchy topping for yogurt that adds protein.
1 cup quinoa,1 tblsp. Agave nectar,1 tblsp. sunflower oil.
Mix it up, spread it out on a baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 375.</p>
<p>40 minutes on elliptical, 3.2 miles. Upper body weights.
Happy to be increasing time…hope to get to 60 min by end of the month.</p>
<p>I grew up on nonfat (powdered) milk back in the dark ages, ca 1960s.
Father was diabetic so it was the only milk in the house.</p>
<p>I drink store bought nonfat milk now, anything else tastes like slimy cream to me.
Rarely drink a cup of milk, just add to cereal and coffee.</p>
<p>BCEagle, some persons here have been known to eat their avocados and guacamole directly from their containers with a spoon–very low carb :-)</p>
<p>I love avocado. Just plain. Wrap a piece of turkey around a slice of it…it is delish! </p>
<p>Dragged H to the gym; 2.7 miles on the treadmill for a change of pace, then 20 minutes of weights. Feel pretty good, but also feel like I push myself harder on the elliptical. This was the first time I’d done treadmill though, so now I know I can push myself harder.</p>
<p>Skipped the gym today in lieu of emptying all my kitchen cabinets and carrying half the things upstairs and the other half downstairs. Demolition on my existing kitchen starts tomorrow.</p>
<p>We are open to any and all dinner invitations. ;)</p>