“Green smoothie cleanse” causing acute oxalate nephropathy

Post by lamontcg » Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 2:10 AM UTC

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Man, I wish that chewing and food volume would reduce my hunger. The only thing that makes me stop feeling hungry is my blood sugar going back up to a normal level. I'm truly envious if there's actually anybody out there who can eat low-calorie bulky foods and actually feel satisfied by the meal. I just feel bloated but still just as hungry as before eating.

i know exactly what you mean. I can eat like 4 LBS of cucumbers in one sitting and still feel like I could eat a pizza afterwards. when you consume super low calorie foods like cucs and tomatoes, zuchinni, the body actually keeps on counting the calories with incredible accuracy and adjusts your hunger/appetite accordingly. But, I'll say, it does help a little bit and you do get a bit of discount by going with low ca…

Post by emodendroket » Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 2:12 AM UTC

crazygringo wrote: post #60

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I used to make green smoothies all the time, even went as far to by an expensive Blentec blender. If you are following Weight Watchers you actually get penalized for blending/juicing vegetables, so I stopped. Normally these are zero point foods. Their justification makes a lot of sense to me: https://www.weightwatchers.com/au/blog/food/why-fruit-counts...

Man, I wish that chewing and food volume would reduce my hunger. The only thing that makes me stop feeling hungry is my blood sugar going back up to a normal level. I'm truly envious if there's actually anybody out there who can eat low-calorie bulky foods and actually feel satisfied by the meal. I just feel bloated but still just as hungry as before eating.

Post by selimthegrim » Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 2:14 AM UTC

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RIP Steve Jobs. It was likely his Apple-only diet that did him in. He would go to these orchards in NorCal and disappear for weeks on end, eating only apples the whole time. He tried eating apples aggressively to cure his colon cancer and it appears to have exacerbated it.

Jobs had an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor, a rare type of pancreatic cancer. He decided to delay surgical treatment in favor of dietary treatment presumably because at the time there was little evidence for the effectiveness of surgical treatment (and obviously plenty of risk connected to it). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924574/

Post by PKop » Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 2:15 AM UTC

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I'm no expert in the matter, but this seems to contradict what you're saying in terms of effects from too much of it: https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/no-need-to...

The key part of those studies is that they were comparing omega-6 fats to saturated fats like butter. They are healthier than saturated fats all else being equal, but that doesn't mean you should have that much of it.

Post by BreakfastB0b » Fri, Aug 18, 2023, 2:18 AM UTC

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This is why I tell people to go easy on the spinach when they’re making smoothies.

I offer, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, this lecture: Don't eat plants; they're trying to kill you! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1cqNDDG4aA I usually forward it to friends that rant about meat being bad for your health.