We're unique individuals with diverse health, weight and fitness issues. Nutrition needs vary and a "one size doesn't fit all" approach dosen't work. Just because “expert A” swears by low carb, “expert B” extols low fat, and “expert C” insists you must eat your fruits and vegetables at every meal, does not make their advice right for you.
Standard “healthy diet” advice can be downright harmful if you have a disease or condition for which it is counter intuitive. Examples are colitis, Crohn’s disease, celiacs, and irritable bowel syndrome, which are conditions in which dietary practices considered healthy, or foods and beverages other people eat and don’t give a second thought to, can cause painful and damaging symptoms.
Okay, let’s look at some standard nutrition and diet advice and why “one size fits all” recommendations like these may be detrimental for some. Read more and watch the videos.
No matter what your dieting style - low carb, low fat, low calorie, special dietary needs - dining out can present problems that make staying on program difficult. If you have several dietary issues like I do and must avoid multiple foods the logistics are a nightmare. Asking questions helps ("Does the cook add milk to the eggs?" "Is there corn in the Mexican rice?" "Do they use wheat flour in the breading?")
Personally, I've chosen to rarely eat out and when I do order steak and potatoes. Those two items are usually safe and chef proof. They can't screw them up colitis-wise.
Below are some links to help you make the best dining out choices for your unique situation:
By Amber J. Tresca, About.com About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Kate Grossman, MD Eating out at restaurants or at social functions can be a tricky situation for people with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis [IBD]). It is especially difficult when you are dining with people you have a professional or casual relationship with, since they are not likely to know about your health problems. (Nor would you necessarily want them to know.) How can you handle a high-powered business lunch or romantic dinner without bringing attention to your problem? Read more.
How do you stay on your diet when someone else is doing the cooking? Here you'll find handy tips to use when dining out, what to eat at specific types of eateries, and links to low-carb menus at popular chain restaurants. Low Carb Eating Out
Mark McManus, McDonald's, Food Porn, Crohn's & Tom Venuto
How To Make Your Low Carb Diet Easy (Substitutions) href="http://www.musclehack.com/10-easy-low-carb-high-protein-diet-food-substitutions-video/">(Visit Mark's Site
Muscle Hack)
McDonald's Double Pounder - Talk About Food Porn
Food Porn - I can't eat most of this because they irritate the colitis.
Crohn's Comedy
Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle: Tom Venuto & Adam Waters Live
At risk of receiving low carb hate mail, (AND BOY DID I!) I had to post this. It's NOT anti-low carb, it merely
looks upon the latest low fat versus low carb study without a jaded and preconceived viewpoint.
I've said this before, I tend to listen to and follow the advice and lifestyles of "experts" who look fit. Not other
dieters - mostly the non-resistance training folks - don't reach goal or they look unfit.
Tom Venuto rocks (he's also rock hard) and he makes some valid points in his latest post href="http://www.burnthefat.com">at Burn The Fat. And if you're serious about being fit subscribe to his free
newsletter and buy his books. I highly recommend them.
Fat Burning Tips "Live" Weekly e-zine Friday, July 18th, 2008 In This issue:
* What the new "low carb study REALLY says"
A news media feeding frenzy erupted earlier this week when a new dietstudy broke in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on Thursday, July 17th.
Almost all the reporters got it wrong, wrong WRONG! So did most of the gloating low carb forumites and bloggers. Come to think of, almost everyone interpreted this study wrong.
Some valuable insights came out of this study, but almost everyone missed them because they were too busy believing what the news said or defending their own cherished belief systems ...
