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post #16 of 30
6/18/09 at 1:16pm
I used to eat a lot of soy products and always opted for artificial sweetners. I still buy both, but not nearly as much and not because I think they're the healthier alternative.
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post #17 of 30
6/18/09 at 1:43pm
Soy is bad for men. Lowers testosterone and give ya bitch tits. I cut back on the protein bars because they tend to use soy more than real protein sources.
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post #18 of 30
6/18/09 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by JeffsWood View Post
I think allot of guys pick up healthy eating later in life. In my early 20's I used to eat like shit and still was in great shape. I honestly thought Pizza was good for you .

Now that I am in late 30's and have to much careful about what I eat lest I become a fat slug I still have eaten things way too much to only find out they weren't all the healthy. Top of my list is Trail Mix - I would by the stuff in the bulk bin (so no labels) and eat as a snack food instead of something "less healthy". One day I looke dit up and found 1 cup of trail mix has 500 -700 calories depending on the blend. Ouch!

The othe that always got me was the Banana - Great for energy, but if your an older guy trying to drop weight not a great fruit to grab for a few times per day.

Errr...bananas are bad?
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post #19 of 30
6/18/09 at 1:59pm
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Originally Posted by Macallan9 View Post
Errr...bananas are bad?

Similar to trail mix I guess. A large banana is ~60g of sugar. A few of those a day isn't really necessary for a sedentary person.
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post #20 of 30
6/18/09 at 3:27pm
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Originally Posted by rjmaiorano View Post
Similar to trail mix I guess. A large banana is ~60g of sugar. A few of those a day isn't really necessary for a sedentary person.

Bingo - it is the Chocalate bar of the fruit world.

I recall trying to lose 10 lbs and trying to eat lots of fruits and veg and eating 5 or 6 bananas a day, but having no clue that that was kind counter productive.
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post #21 of 30
6/18/09 at 5:27pm
So by "healthy" you meant "fattening."
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post #22 of 30
6/18/09 at 5:31pm
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Originally Posted by rjmaiorano View Post
Similar to trail mix I guess. A large banana is ~60g of sugar. A few of those a day isn't really necessary for a sedentary person.

1 a day is good enough for bananas. very nutritious, but it should be considered a starch rather than a fruit.
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post #23 of 30
6/18/09 at 5:57pm
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Originally Posted by dexterhaven View Post
So by "healthy" you meant "fattening."


For me at this stage of life - yes. For the question not really.
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post #24 of 30
6/18/09 at 6:25pm
My definition of 'healthy' is 'nutritious' (meaning it provides your body with a good balance of energy/vitamins/minerals/micronutrients).

Here's stuff that I thought was healthy but is not really healthy at all under that rubric:

wheat bread
pasta
tomato soup
fruit juices (almost all of them)
fruit smoothies
soy milk (in comparison to real milk)
rice
potatoes
lettuce
vegetable oil
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post #25 of 30
6/18/09 at 6:26pm
Everything other than fresh fruits, veggies, meats and nuts.
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post #26 of 30
6/18/09 at 10:24pm
Soy.
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post #27 of 30
6/18/09 at 10:55pm
oh ya I was using soy protein for like two years, gave me major tits.
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post #28 of 30
6/18/09 at 10:59pm
The only soy protein I eat is roasted edamame and thus far I'm bitch-tits free.
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post #29 of 30
6/19/09 at 11:39am
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Originally Posted by rjmaiorano View Post
Similar to trail mix I guess. A large banana is ~60g of sugar. A few of those a day isn't really necessary for a sedentary person.

This site says a large banana has 17g of sugar...where did you get 60? That would mean 50% of the banana is sugar...

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts/f...-juices/1846/2 (you have to change the size of serving in the drop-down box)
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post #30 of 30
6/19/09 at 2:10pm
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Originally Posted by rjmaiorano View Post
Similar to trail mix I guess. A large banana is ~60g of sugar. A few of those a day isn't really necessary for a sedentary person.

There are on average about 0.2g of carbs in every gram of a banana. I weigh them every time I eat one so I can calculate my insulin dose (along with everything else). A "large" banana usually runs no more than 40 grams of carbs. So unless I'm missing something, your 60g of sugar is way off.

Here we go...according to Calorie King a large 8" to 8 7/8" long banana (approx 4.8oz or 136g) banana has 31g of carbs of which 16.6g is sugar. An extra large one is 34.7g/18.6g.


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