Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Good advice, but...
Looking through this review of the Flavor Point Diet, I must admit I find it intriguing: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12041745/site/newsweek/ Have you ever tried to eat two apples? Not very likely. Once you've had one, you're done. Not only does the satisfaction decrease with each bite, the fiber starts to fill up your stomach, and while humans need more fiber in their diets, our relatively small stomachs (compared to, say, a gorillas) strictly limit the amount of fiber we want to ingest.
I would be interested to know if there is evidence that our satisfaction for high-fiber foods goes down faster than it does for low-fiber foods given the stomach capacity issue. Just on the face of it, I would imagine that's the case, as we could eat potato chips all day. You can't stop at one, right?
My one worry about the diet is that the calories seem to low to be sustainable. When our bodies take in fewer calories over an extended period, our metabolism starts to slow down, which is almost always a negative in the long-run. I really hate that diet and exercise are almost always separate sections in the bookstore, as all programs should integrate both to be truly effective and life-sustaining.
Still, it seems like the recipes in here are healthy enough. If you can comfortably use the HRH Program in conjunction with the recipes in the book, hey, give it a shot! The link to the original MSNBC/Newsweek story is below: Digg This!
I would be interested to know if there is evidence that our satisfaction for high-fiber foods goes down faster than it does for low-fiber foods given the stomach capacity issue. Just on the face of it, I would imagine that's the case, as we could eat potato chips all day. You can't stop at one, right?
My one worry about the diet is that the calories seem to low to be sustainable. When our bodies take in fewer calories over an extended period, our metabolism starts to slow down, which is almost always a negative in the long-run. I really hate that diet and exercise are almost always separate sections in the bookstore, as all programs should integrate both to be truly effective and life-sustaining.
Still, it seems like the recipes in here are healthy enough. If you can comfortably use the HRH Program in conjunction with the recipes in the book, hey, give it a shot! The link to the original MSNBC/Newsweek story is below: Digg This!
