Fat is a Feminist Issue support groups, self-hypnosis, and at least a few diet-of-the-month plans out of some magazine or another. I once lost 84 pounds in 5-1/2 months by consuming nothing (and I do mean NOTHING) the whole time but predigested liquid protein, diet sodas, black coffee, and vitamin and mineral supplements. Over the years I also succeeded in wasting large amounts of money, time, and energy, trashing my self-esteem, and in the case of the liquid protein diet, losing over half my hair (it fell out in big handfuls) and possibly doing permanent damage to my liver and my heart. Long-term success?

If you mean, did I keep the weight off for any length of time…no. Even the diets where I lost a significant amount of weight (30 pounds or more), I usually gained it back within two or three years, and almost always with an extra 20 pounds more than when I started that diet. I figure that I’ve dieted myself up to a good 75-100 pounds heavier than I would have been naturally if I hadn’t messed with my metabolism. My weight only stabilized when I finally quit dieting. That seems to be a common pattern–the vast majority of medical research shows that diets don’t work for somewhere around 95% of the people who use them trying to lose weight.

Exercise seems to work a bit better for some people, but it won’t do miracles–it’s more likely to leave you healthier but still fat than it is to make you thin. If your genetics and your metabolism want you to be thicker in certain places than you’d like to be, you’re going to find it well-nigh impossible to change that permanently. The good news is, you don’t really need to change it to be healthy, or happy, or well-dressed, or sexy, or successful, or whatever it is you think being thinner will do for you. Life is too short for celery sticks and self-hatred. A waist is a terrible thing to mind.

The one diet plan that works for me is Weight Watchers. It is fairly easy to do and maintain after you reach your goal. Also walking works great for me because I enjoy it. I also got a couple of Windsor Pilates tapes….it is a great concept that works for me and I don’t hate it like aerobics .also it depends on what your regular diet has been. I’m not a big sweet food eater but I love carbs. Cutting down on carbs and eating only whole wheat breads etc. has helped me alot. Also eating much more fresh fruit and yogurt for snacks. And don’t forget WATER!!! Lots of it.

Even when the THC is administered other safer ways, its not as effective as people might wish; Do a MedLine search, you will probably find several journal articles on the efficacy of such treatment compared to other appetite stimulating drugs- THC wasn’t even the most effective of the possibilities available, and it can supress other healing factors in the attempt to provoke munchies. You might make it easy on yourself and see if they have a low carb, artificially sweetened shake mix on hand, preferably one with a bunch of vitamins added. Keep in mind that it *must* be artificially sweetened or stevia sweetened, sugar will just go straight to the cancer cells to feed them.

If you could get, say, Carbolite shake mix or Atkins shake mix, you could combine it in a blender with the MCT oil and some half and half; should work pretty good. My dad drinks the chocolate flavor Atkins shakes for breakfast every day (His daughter sent him a canister for Father’s Day after learning that he was eating powdered sugar donuts for breakfast every day, and complaining about how lousy he felt); he likes them a lot and feels considerably better. First of all, they insist on calling low carb “high protein”, when most low carb diet books recommend a protein intake in the neighborhood of 65-85 grams a day for your average dieter, hardly an excessive amount.

They make the accusation that there’s “no research” to back up low carb, which is not only untrue, but *wildly* ironic coming on the heels of Gary Taubes’ article “The Soft Science of Dietary Fat” published in Science not too long ago, detailing the utter *lack of research* behind the whole low fat mania. They apparently are blissfully unaware that low fat/high carb diets are *notorious* for provoking high triglycerides and low HDL. They’re laboring under the misapprehension that low carbers don’t eat vegetables, when most of us end up eating *more* vegetables, because that’s what is available to us in the way of side dishes.

They’re convinced we’re eating a low fiber diet, when most low carbers actually skew their diet in favor of *more* fiber — who else is eating bran crackers and oat bran tortillas? The fact that a low carb diet encourages the consumption of nuts, seeds, olives, olive oil, avocados, and other sources of healthy fats, while a low fat diet discourages this, is of course not mentioned.

I am acquainted with a fairly good-humored co-worker who is a devout Christian. He and I periodically have interesting metaphysical conversations over lunch. He is quite a trip, and our conversation is always lively and entertaining. One day, I explained to him the three basic axioms of Objectivity: Existence, Consciousness, and Identity. I explained how existence does not require a “first cause”, how existence must have primacy over consciousness, and how the law of identity refutes the concept of miracles.

He said, “Oh, I agree with all of that.” Surprised, I asked, “So what is the problem?” He replied, “Well, those things are all true except when there is Divine Intervention.” This man is really smart, yet he suffers from a seemingly intractable mystical integration blocker. Go figure. Oh, well, it *does* add spice to what would otherwise be a boring lunch break. He gets a kick out of it, too. One day, another co-worker sat down with us and revealed that he, too, was an atheist. He challenged my Christian friend with all of the usual profound theological questions, such as “Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people,” etc. I provided him with my Neo-Tech web site for his review.

I haven’t heard back from him, but he did express interest in the philosophy. I see no harm in discussing these issues over lunch. It can be a refreshing source of entertainment and brain stimulation, allowing us the opportunity to share our ideas and plant in others’ minds the seeds of doubt about mystical notions. It also allows us to share the *advantages* of the adoption of a non mystical philosophy. In short, it is a *marketing opportunity* and another way to help spread the collapse of mysticism worldwide. I don’t know if the problem is that most people are unconscious. Although, they certainly don’t make much use of their minds. I, like probably many others, used to wonder why someone could have enormous amounts of evidence of something as still do the opposite. As am example, when I first integrated NT, I told everyone, friends, family, acquaintances.

Someone was complaining that misinformation (in her estimation) had been repeated here about high fat and high protein diets. “The Atkins diet essentially eliminates several foods and food groups like fruits, cereals, breads, grains, starches, baked goods, dairy products, starchy vegetables, and sweets. This simply translates into a significant daily calorie reduction – the basis of any weight loss diet.” Absolutely wrong. The caloric intake of the typical No Carb Dieter is a good bit higher than average, not lower. Personally, I was losing 2-3 pounds per week, eating 4000 calories/day. Notice I said “was”. I kept my slim figure for over a year, until I listened to someone tell me how unhealthy I was eating all that “fatty food”. Yes, I’m fat again.

I started eating a well-balanced diet as recommended by the so-called experts. also from this article; “Because of this fat storing function, low carb plans have condemned insulin to eternal damnation. Unfortunately, it’s a very undeserved reputation based on false and twisted truths. One false theory is that only carbohydrate in the diet will stimulate insulin production. The truth is that all ingested foods stimulate insulin production.” true, but *everyone’s reaction to various food intakes will be different*. Some people eat a normal meal with a normal load of carbs, and their insulin level goes abnormally high, causing a surge in fat storage, and a *drop in blood glucose levels*. further; “…in Japan, carbohydrates compose the overwhelming majority of daily caloric intake. High carb foods like grains, rice, and vegetables are daily staples of Japanese life, and intake of high protein, high fat animal products is minimal. In contrast to the reported “evils” of carbohydrates touted by low carb plans, Japan has some of the lowest rates of obesity, heart disease, cancer and diabetes in the world. Enough said. ” As I stated earlier, metabolism is not a one-size-fits-all standard mechanism. Everyone reacts differently to various intakes.

I am not Japanese, and yes there *may* be significant differences between the average Asian and the average American. If I’m not greatly mistaken, however, the Japanese are not fanatic to the point of obsession about lowfat this and lowfat that, like so many westerners are. and still more; “The Atkins diet places no limit on the amount of saturated-fat-laden products one can have each day. Large portions of foods like butter, red meat and bacon are advocated and encouraged. The Atkins plan contradicts numerous studies which have demonstrated the significant correlation between diets high in saturated fat and increased heart disease risk. …….. Bottom line – heart disease is America’s number one killer – if you have heart disease or a family history, stay away from low carb, high saturated fat diets.”

I recall reading or hearing somewhere that the digestive system we possess today is better suited to the diet of primitive man. Roots, fruits, nuts, an occasional piece of meat, lots of fresh water, a little fish. Would we all be healthier if we ate like primitive man? Evolution, works very slowly. It would seem to me that for that reason alone the digestive system would quite likely be “designed” for the diet that was prevalent over the pat millions of years. Thus I think that strong proofs are needed to show otherwise. I have also wondered how strong is the evidence that the life span for the various hominids was so short. millions of years that the our ancestors diet was I understand that they are high in fat and protein; I know people who consider grasshoppers and certain larvae (properly roasted, of course) quite the treat, and things like crabs and lobsters utterly disgusting.

It makes me wonder why diets high in fat are bad for us today. Perhaps grubs were a small part of the primitive diet? If we had to work as hard for a meal as those guys did, we wouldn’t have to worry about a little extra fat in your diet either. It wasn’t a case of just driving down to the corner McDonald’s and ordering the big Grub.  Reuters just reported (3/6/97), from Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (1997;29:17-25) , that high fat diets improved the health of athletes by increasing the ratio of HD/LD lipids. Low fat diets increased coronary disease risk factors. Subjects were competitive runners training at least 35 miles/week. High fat was 42% of total calories from fat, low fat, 16%. “it isn’t the fat, per se, that keeps these athletes healthy; it’s eating enough food to supply the body with as many calories as they expend in training – a nearly impossible feat without including foods high in fat”. Wouldn’t apply to your average keyboard jockey.

And, since the major risks coming from a high fat diet in sedentary people don’t show up till relatively late in life, it probably wouldn’t have made much difference anyway. This was true for Australian Aborigines [1] but not quite for hunter-gatherers of most other parts of the world. On an average they have spent 2-3 hours per day for subsistence activities. A fairly low level of physical activity has been the rule among many traditional populations, particularly hunter-gatherers and tribal horticulturalists, who have spent an average of three hours or less each day on food production [2-6]. On the one extreme, a female Machiguenga of the Amazon dug up enough tubers in one hour to feed 25 adults for one day.

My neighbor called me over to our fence the other day and told me about a local racing pigeon breeder who asked if he could gather up the raw clay washed out from a very old wall which was sort of collapsing nearby his boundary to his other neighbor. I immediately asked him why the person wanted the clay, as I have been reading some Web Pages about the clay in diets of parrots. He told me that the breeder put the clay out for the pigeons to eat. The breeder also in formed him that it was easier to use this clay, so he do not have to go and collect have baked bricks and powder them by hammer or mill. So off I go to my friend the breeder of exotic birds and told him about it.

He again in turn informed me that the racing pigeon breeders have been doing this as far back as he can remember. I asked him why that would be, but he could not answer my question. probably the clay contains trace minerals the birds require. this was undoubtedly true in previous times when modern dietary supplements weren’t available’ .

Also the clay binds to and detoxifies harmful chemicals that may be in the feed especially in the peas in most diets. There must be some mineral or something in that clay that the birds crave. I had a similar situation in my own loft where I use some old dirty used bricks laid out on the floor to set the waterer on and keep it off the floor. I noticed whenever I removed the waterier, the birds would go straight for the bricks to peck at the clay that was plugged in the holes in the bricks. They have always had a commercial grit/mineral mixture available, but seemed to like the clay and dirt even more.

Now I add a bit to their grit on occasion and they seem happy. The clay is used by the birds as a grit and a mineral supplement. As you know the folks living in Tibet and upper China get their water from the glacier run off, it contains minerals such as clay and natural salts, this water with the minerals give longevity to those people, thus 100 yr old people. So the same is for the birds clay and red bricks pulverized provide the minerals to keep the birds healthy, the consumption is not that great but is very beneficial.