Low Carb Cookbook

[lynn]

If any of you are interested in a healthy diet, please visit ShakeOffTheSugar.net (http://www.shakeoffthesugar.net). I have lots of free, original recipes, along with information and resources.

;) I also have a new low carb/low glycemic cookbook available on the site!

[pete3005]

Lynn,

I get horizontal scrollbars at 1024 x 768, either set your table width to 95% or body margins to 0px;

body {
margin:0px
}

The content looks great. The usual western diet is a big carb/insulin spike.

Personally I try to stick to 60% protein, 20% fats, 20% carbs. I reduce carbs even further on non training days. Most people have no clue about diet and are drawn into the marketing hype of so called 'low-fat' products, which is a new word for sugar!

The atkins diet would be good if they didn't advocate eating high saturated fat foods. If anyone needs to diet look what bodybuilders eat, lean protein, low carbs, low glycemic index carbs. No carbs after 6pm and you get better natural GH release and less fat storage... I could go on forever but better stop :)

PEte

[lynn]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for visiting my site and for the advice on the body margins. I didn't find that information anywhere in my html beginner's guide - at least not the body tag. I'll go in and add it as I get a chance. Do the brackets go on either side of "margin:Opx" or should it be placed on separate lines like you have on your message?

It is nice to hear from someone who understands the importance of nutrition. Not all experts agree on the details, but low glycemic carbs are the way to go for so many reasons!

Have a great day!:)

[pete3005]

the body code I posted is actually CSS, I assumed you were familiar with it, perhaps not.

Anyway, on each page add:

<style>
body {
margin:0px;
}
</style>

that goes in the head of your document.

HTH

Pete

[lynn]

Thanks,

When I started my webiste, I was with webseed, who used templates. At least I learned to use html codes with them before venturing forth on my own.

Then, when they went under, I transferred everything to insiderhosting (who were wonderful) and then re-did all my pages in dreamweaver 3.0 - couldn' t afford the newest version. It makes things go faster than doing it by hand. I have to tweek the dreamweaver documents, but tha't ok. I'm learning more every day. Nice to keep my mind active now that I am a grandmother!

I was aware of style sheets, but felt intimidated and overwhelmed with the amount of information at the time.

I'm sure you didn't want all this information, but thanks so much for your help!

[Sardtok]

Hey,
great that people make sites like these...
Not much of a health freak myself, though I should be because I am diabetic...
Anyway,
two things, I also get the horizontal scrollbars, I'm on a 1280x1024 desktop,
one thing to remove though, in all your links you have target="_blank"
which makes the page it links to pop up (at least on IE 6), meaning I have to close a window every time I click on a link... :(

Otherwise, the site looks good... :)
Maybe you could keep a list over glycemic indices...
As you said Pete, people think low-fat is good, but it isn't necessarily, of course large amounts of saturated fat isn't good for you, but fat actually slows down the digestion process meaning in effect you get a lower glycemic index.
Also, carbs aren't necessarily bad for you, but the type of carbs used in most products on the market isn't good for you,
the carbs humans are meant to eat is mostly fruitose (not sure if that's how it's written in English), which has a low glycemic index (somewhere around 25)...

Ok gonna stop now...
I have a few lists of glycemic indices if you want them, I'd have to look a bit around the house, but I have it someplace ;)

[pete3005]

Sardtok,

Its fructose, your English is excellent assuming its not your native language :)

Eating protein *and* carbs also slows carb release which prevents the 'fat storing signal' - insulin spike.

One point to note, dextrose is useful immediately after working out. There is a 90 minute 'window of opportunity' where the body can assimilate large amounts of protein and sugar (carbs), 100 grams of protein (whey protein powder) and 100 grams of dextrose is ideal for muscle/workout recovery, infact it's essential, especially if you plan on working out the next day.

Taking simple high glycemic carbs before/after workout is apparently beneficial as the act of working out doesn't create the same negative insulin spike.

Sardtok, your diabetes must be a real pain to control, my mother is diabetic so I can appreciate some of the negatives that go along with that, even more difficult if you workout or exercise, no fun for ya :(

For those new to web weaving try http://www.w3schools.com/ as they have some nice tutorials that can really help when your a newbie.

Anyway.. back to work :)

Pete

[lynn]

Thanks for the suggestion, Sigmund.

I have been meaning to take care of that little problem (target=_blank). It seemed like a good idea at the time, but as my site grew, it got out of hand. It is good to have a nudge to get me to settle down to the task!

Pete,
It is recommended to eat carbs after exercise, but I recommend to dieters to stay on the moderate to low end of the glycemic index. Athletes and body builders have different needs, because you are depleting your muscle stores. High gi carbs can work for you then.

I'll check out the site you recommended. Thanks,

[Sardtok]

Well I don't have any large problems with my diabetes,
got it last year, though I probably had it for some time.
Yeah, working out can be kind of a pain considering that the bloodsugar will drop, but it's usually not that bad.

Symptoms vary a lot,
I have not yet reacted psychologically to hypos,
only physically, and I usually detect them early on.

Of course carbos are needed when you work out, they're your main source of energy, and carbos are used to reconstruct and build cells, of all kinds not just muscles.
You also need various types of proteins to get all the needed amino acids, some of which can almost only be found in meat, which is a natural reason for humans to be carnivorous.
For some time people thought chimps were entirely herbivorous, but later they documented that once in a while they hunt monkeys, they work as a team too, setting up traps for them.
Chimps don't need to drink much water either because they live mostly off of fruit.

So it's fructose (same as Norwegian then fruktose, just here fruit is frukt, like the latin fructus - fructus)...
And what the **** is dextrorotatory glucose?
Is that pure glucose like energy tablets?

EDIT:
Ah ok,
dextrorotatory. \-'r{o-}t-*-.t{o-}r-{e-}, -.t{o.}r-\ Verbform:
dextrorotary \-'r{o-}t-*-r{e-}\ [aj] turning clockwise or toward the right; *esp* : rotating the plane of polarization of light toward the right <dextrorotatory crystals>.

So the glucose molecules polarization has been altered?
What good does this do, compared to ordinary glucose?