Is My Diet Affecting My Energy Levels?

[ehrenfest]

Cut out the high fructose corn syrup - the stuff is pure poison.

That's debatable...its not clear that HFCS is markedly more damaging than other forms of sugar, as the article below points out. It argues that the American obesity epidemic is a result of eating too much of all sorts of sugars and HFCS is just one of them. Cutting HFCS out of our diet wouldn't really help unless all the other forms of sugar are reduced with it.

http://blog.nutritiondata.com/ndblog/2008/10/lets-put-this-n.html?mbid=NDNL

 

[physics girl phd]

Monique mentions stir-fry: You can try out different bottled sauces (my family is addicted to a particular cheap, readily available Szechuan sauce that we stock up on when it's "on sale"), and it doesn't take long to cook up meat or tofu and veggies (we typically steam the veggies in one pan and fry up the tofu in another pan... and even my 9yo stepson likes the tofu now!) We also have a rice cooker. Because they signal exactly when the rice is done based on temperature sensing, they're worth the cost (although my was free from a lab-mate returning to Thailand after her Ph.D. was received).

Crock-pots are also good. Just load in a cut-up chicken, a beef or park roast, so potatos, carrots and onion, a bit of water and let sit on low or high setting all day. Chances are you'll have tasty meat and veggies to fis out, or you can use it as stew. We bought a new crock-pot the week after my 10-yr old one gave out.

When I was in grad school I also ate a lot of potato dishes (mushroom in butter and garlic are great on smashed potatoes), pasta dishes (spaghetti with eggplant fried in oil and then packaged sauce added with extra spices -- especially those red-pepper flakes!) and egg dishes (like the poached eggs on toast that turbo-1 mentions). (I was even known to mix in egg scrambling it into hot pasta sauce if I was craving extra protein with my pasta. I.E. you can still eat disgustingly without eating all the sugar!) Our boys still love pasta (although my husband is picky about using homemade sauce, so it now takes a bit longer to make). Unfortunately, I'm still adjusting them to the idea of more potato-and egg based dishes... but they're getting there... we'll have quiche later this week!

 

[dyosa]

knowing you're aware of the food you take that's a good sign. now it's time you sort things out and go for a better diet.

 

[gravenewworld]

Pancakes in the morning can be healty if you make them right. Just make pancakes like you normally would and throw in 1-2 cups of pumpkin into it. Pumpkin pancakes taste really good. Pumpkin is absolutely loaded with beta carotene. Make sure you use REAL syrup from Vermont. Real syrup is packed with potassium, calcium, magnesium, and maganese. The fake stuff, like aunt jemima, is just corn syrup with artificial flavorings.


I actually drink a shotglass full of maple syrup everytime before I go running. The potassium etc. in it seems to keep me from cramping up.

 

[ehrenfest]

Make sure you use REAL syrup from Vermont.

Only from Vermont.

 

[~christina~]

I'm just perplexed as to how you can eat that much for breakfast.

I'd be happy with cereal.