Ways to loose belly fat

[Britesea]

I have a theory that the reason so many people overeat is because so much nutrition has been stripped from the foods we eat that, even though our stomachs are full, our bodies are still clamoring for the vital nutrients we are missing... so we continue to feel hungry.

 

[NH Homesteader]

Makes sense to me!

 

[tortoise]

Has anyone in here read Against the Grain? OMG. It's looking at archaeologic and anthropologic evidence for how agriculture affected people. O. M. G. A bit heavy read, but if you make it through you'll never want to eat grain again. You also might not want to participate in civilization much anymore either.

 

[Hinotori]

I don't think I've read it, but I've read enough books on food anthropology and on hunter/gatherer vs nomadic herder vs farmer, so I have a pretty good idea. I'll have to look it up. It's the type of thing I'd like.

Basically farming and reliance on grains destroyed human health. Life expectancy at maturity dropped like a rock. All sorts of diseases showed up. Tooth decay which wasn't really much of a thing before then took hold. Archeologists can tell the nomadic herders from the farmers that would occupy the same relative areas at the same time frame by looking at the teeth and bone abnormalities. Farmers had more babies as well and the infant mortality was higher from diet and body stress.

Side note, life expectancy at birth is very different from life expectancy at maturity. The first is the life expectancy they are always touting but infant mortality skews that. If you make it to maturity you're likely to live your hereditary lifespan. So cavemen did not die in their 20s or 30s. Evidence has suggested 50s or 60s and most likely the dangers of age in the environment being cause of death.



I understand that calories isn't accurate. We're not a flame burning things up. So unless you're a bunsen burner it cannot work right. If I looked up the formula I can't remember, I could get a rough idea how many calories are in my firewood by burning a precise amount over a set time. Not everything is digestible. And unlike a flame, we don't actually digest fats that well unless we teach our body to use them. Carbs are the easiest thing and what is stored as our body fat.

Genetics has a lot to do with how much you need to eat. In high school I ran track (distance) and was around 1200 calorie intake. Mom thinks it was less. I didn't eat breakfast, or lunch half the time, dinner was small portions. I was still overweight enough that the Navy almost didn't take me. I was 2 pounds under the cutoff. Weighed 130 and was supposed to be 110. Now granted I had muscle mass from running and doing work at home, but I was still wearing size 8 jeans and the skinny girls were wearing size 4. Looking at the women in my family, they never eat more than a few bites at any meal if they want to stay thin.

 

[tortoise]

Yep, you got the main points of the book! LOL Some of it was a surprise for me! Agriculture gave us slavery, poverty, famine, plagues, overpopulation (often followed by infanticide and cannibalism ), took up to 50 years off human lifespan in some areas, deformities, dental disease.. yikes. But damn, the white bread is tasty! I'm only half-way through the book so far!

 

[Hinotori]

The things you learn when you love food history books. Though I do like history in general. Read up on the history of salt. That caused a lot of deforestation and extinctions from the habitat loss.

I just started on Why Did The Chicken Cross The World. I have one on milk waiting

 

[Chic Rustler]

I like the homestead diet. Only east what you grow. If you suck at farming, like me, you will lose ALOT QUICKLY!


But seriously, its work (exercise) and the food is healthy.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I agree! If we stuck to the basics we'd probably be healthier.... I don't grow potatoes very well or wheat - that would cut out my carbs, lol!

 

[Hinotori]

If you're eating potatoes prepared at home, they are actually pretty good for you. Make sure you have enough healthy fat with them to slow carb digestion and aid in vitamin and nutrient absorption. They actually should be eaten with some salt to help balance out the potassium. A baked potato doesn't raise my blood sugars at all. I have to be careful and eat enough protein with it or it will drop my sugars too low. Fries raise it but not in the manner rice and corn do.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

That's interesting @Hinotori. DH can't even look at a potato without his sugar skyrocketing. I actually have a big ol' tub that I planted potatoes in last spring. After the vines flowered and died back I dumped it over - no potatoes bigger than a quarter.

I noticed the other day that there are pretty potato plants growing out of the same tub...don't know if there are potatoes under there or not. If there are they'll probably crater in the freeze that we're expecting.