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Health Conscious Moms
- Son: Age 18
- Daughters: Ages 23 & 18
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Carbohydrates aren't all good or all bad. Some carbs promote health while others may increase the risk for certain health issues. I try to stick to fresh fruits and veggies but I do also want the occasional chocolate chip cookie :x
Do I really need to cut out all the carbs? What do you do?
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- kayceecat - September 06, 2009
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What I do is to try for the most part to have my carbs be more whole grain. I have been eating bread, but it is whole grain bread and brown rice instead of white rice. If only I could get rid of my love of chocolate.
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- Son: Age 5
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- ChenoaMom - September 06, 2009
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What I do is to try for the most part to have my carbs be more whole grain. I have been eating bread, but it is whole grain bread and brown rice instead of white rice. If only I could get rid of my love of chocolate.
- By kayceecat
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I'm new here so I thought I'd dive in. My husband and I are very health conscious and try to eat healthy most of the time (yes, we indulge occasionally). We teach our children to eat well, even at their young age. The carbs we add to the diet are complex such as oatmeal, beans, whole wheat breads. My kids don't even know what white bread is - they think bread is supposed to be brown. On the weekends, we have pizza but always with a whole wheat crust, fresh vegetables and low-fat cheese. They eat the same things their friends do, just a little healthier choice. (They eat cereal too with low fat milk but I buy Kashi honey puffs that are high protein, fiber and low sugar).
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- Son: Age 18
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- FamilyHost_Pia - September 07, 2009
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What I do is to try for the most part to have my carbs be more whole grain. I have been eating bread, but it is whole grain bread and brown rice instead of white rice. If only I could get rid of my love of chocolate.
- By kayceecat
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It has been the same for me, even though for some reason I cannot get used to brown rice :(
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- Son: Age 18
- Daughters: Ages 23 & 18
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- FamilyHost_Pia - September 07, 2009
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I'm new here so I thought I'd dive in. My husband and I are very health conscious and try to eat healthy most of the time (yes, we indulge occasionally). We teach our children to eat well, even at their young age. The carbs we add to the diet are complex such as oatmeal, beans, whole wheat breads. My kids don't even know what white bread is - they think bread is supposed to be brown. On the weekends, we have pizza but always with a whole wheat crust, fresh vegetables and low-fat cheese. They eat the same things their friends do, just a little healthier choice. (They eat cereal too with low fat milk but I buy Kashi honey puffs that are high protein, fiber and low sugar).
- By ChenoaMom
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Welcome to our group, ChenoaMom! :)
Sounds like you have a great routine for your family! Thank you for sharing your healthy living with us :)
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- Son: Age 32
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- BroncosDad - September 08, 2009
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Oatmeal, beans and wheat bread are items that I include in my eating regimen. Other than those items, I don't eat many carbs. Of course, low carb is good, but trying to find food that is low carb, low fat, and low sodium is kind of difficult. There are only so many ways to prepare celery! :)
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- FamilyHost_Pia - September 08, 2009
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Oatmeal, beans and wheat bread are items that I include in my eating regimen. Other than those items, I don't eat many carbs. Of course, low carb is good, but trying to find food that is low carb, low fat, and low sodium is kind of difficult. There are only so many ways to prepare celery! :)
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Oh, I totally understand! Here I am having to watch my sodium and sugar intake and now I can add watching carbs to the list! What is left to eat?? :::sniffles:::
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- yogie_n_booboo - September 08, 2009
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Oh, I totally understand! Here I am having to watch my sodium and sugar intake and now I can add watching carbs to the list! What is left to eat?? :::sniffles:::
- By FamilyHost_Pia
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Well Hello group, Now you know my pain.... :( I have been a chef for many many years,,, could prepare everything and eat anything... Now in the last year, it all changed over night. I got really sick to almost the point of no return. I felt poisoned and extreme pain all over, doctors could not figure it out. Then I went to a Homopathic Doctor, and they new right away... I had become severly allergic to Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn, Rye, and all the carbs you love. If that was not bad enough, I was also allergic to the dairy/casin family, so I changed to Soy & Goat... and they did not agree eiather, Now I am on rice for everything.... I guess the Lord needed to expand me in my culinary skills... Now every thing is much harder yes, but with exploring with different foods I was not a customed to, it is getting easier.
So, yes even whole wheat can create problems for folks at any time in there life. I still make some things my family has always loved, but I know when I par take, I always suffer for it. So, if these carbs are making you not feel so good after you eat them, you might want to get tested for Gluten intolerence... I have not figured out why, this happened after 53 years of being able to eat anything.... Does any one know the answer to this?
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- Son: Age 18
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- FamilyHost_Pia - September 09, 2009
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Well Hello group, Now you know my pain.... :( I have been a chef for many many years,,, could prepare everything and eat anything... Now in the last year, it all changed over night. I got really sick to almost the point of no return. I felt poisoned and extreme pain all over, doctors could not figure it out. Then I went to a Homopathic Doctor, and they new right away... I had become severly allergic to Wheat, Barley, Oats, Corn, Rye, and all the carbs you love. If that was not bad enough, I was also allergic to the dairy/casin family, so I changed to Soy & Goat... and they did not agree eiather, Now I am on rice for everything.... I guess the Lord needed to expand me in my culinary skills... Now every thing is much harder yes, but with exploring with different foods I was not a customed to, it is getting easier. So, yes even whole wheat can create problems for folks at any time in there life. I still make some things my family has always loved, but I know when I par take, I always suffer for it. So, if these carbs are making you not feel so good after you eat them, you might want to get tested for Gluten intolerence... I have not figured out why, this happened after 53 years of being able to eat anything.... Does any one know the answer to this?
- By yogie_n_booboo
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Oh goodness, you have a lot to watch out for!! I wish I knew the answer to this but I don't. All I know is that I have noticed the older I get, the more my body changes :(
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- yogie_n_booboo - September 10, 2009
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Oh goodness, you have a lot to watch out for!! I wish I knew the answer to this but I don't. All I know is that I have noticed the older I get, the more my body changes :(
- By FamilyHost_Pia
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Yes, I understand that now... remember when you were small, and you went to visit your grandparents, they were so much fun when you were small, and when you grew up, you wanted be just like them.... Well,,, You did not know it came with alot of changes to the body :( And of course no one told you until you got in your 20's and even then you thought yaa..right... Well, hello... I guess it is true. Your body starts to go to pot after 45... :( lol
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- Son: Age 32
- Oklahoma
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- BroncosDad - September 11, 2009
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Yes, I understand that now... remember when you were small, and you went to visit your grandparents, they were so much fun when you were small, and when you grew up, you wanted be just like them.... Well,,, You did not know it came with alot of changes to the body :( And of course no one told you until you got in your 20's and even then you thought yaa..right... Well, hello... I guess it is true. Your body starts to go to pot after 45... :( lol
- By yogie_n_booboo
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We hate to admit it and rarely talk about it, but like everything else, the body wears out. One reason is that the body replicates every cell in the body once every 7 years. That means if you're 70 years old, you've "had" ten bodies, and as a xerox machine makes copies of a copy and it gradually becomes distorted, so do our cells. It's called aging, and its not fun. But it is universal. I used to look at people in their 50's and older and think to myself, "That won't happen to me, I'm not going to slow down." How arrogant we are in our 20's! Its not so much the lack of energy, its the pain that accumulates everywhere and grows over the years. OK, enough of my diatribe on aging. :)
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