Vegeterian lifestyle

[Morning Star]

Originally Posted by BengalRugby

You do know why organic cost more right? it going main stream wouldnt reduce cost it would raise it on most food.

Its organic because its not grow with any chemicals to keep insects and things off which means a lower yeild of crops in most cases. Which is why the price is so high.


I have heard it argued that organic is not so much better, fruit and veggie-wise, as the plants themselves produce more toxins and repellants to keep the bugs away. The difference being you can wash off a good about of the toxins from sprayed plants, but you cannot do the same with the organic products.


Not saying I agree with it 100%, but just tossing out some food for thought...

I used to buy Horizon products but a friend told me that they go under the same goverment standards as regular..So it is really best to go to a farm..

[OneManBand]

FYI I have fully relapsed already from my healthy lifestyle.

[browns town bengal]

Originally Posted by Bengalzona

You ever wonder why you feel that ravenous? The food industry in the U.S. learned decades ago to manipulate tastes using sugar, salt and gluten. There are only five general taste categories that the human body recognizes: sweet, bitter, sour, salty and umami. These tastes occur in natural foods. But food businesses realized early on that sweet and salty tasting foods could be used to create additional hunger cravings, even when the body was full. There is a reason why everything they sell in a convenient store tastes either sweet or salty. And much of the stuff sold that is sweet or salty has little real nutritional value. When you aren't taking in nutritious food, this produces a double whammy: your body craves sweet and salty foods while it is also craving foods with certain nutrients. But most people only realize that they are hungry. So they buy the foods they crave like chips, sodas, ice cream, etc. The body keeps sending the signal that it is starving for certain nutrients, but that signal is only perceived as "I'm still hungry". So people buy more chips, sodas, and ice cream etc. Our portions in this society are beyond excessive, they are obscene.

What you find out on a juice diet is, you don't actually need as much as you think you need. When your body receives the specific nutrients it needs, it is no longer hungry. While you still have cravings for certain tastes, there is no actual hunger supporting those cravings. Hence, you don't overeat or replace nutritious foods with bad foods.

Im sure there is something to that zona but Im not much of a sweets nor do I eat alot of chips, etc.. Never have. Its just that when I do consistently eat well and have lots of veggies and fruits, I rarely feel satisfied. Youd think that eventually Id get used to it and start to feel some satisfaction, hunger wise, when eating veggies.

Another time i feel ravenous is after a long bike ride. I know of some people that cant eat for hours after exercising but it makes me uber hungry. I have a hard time controlling it and then I sometime over eat which pretty much negated the exercise, from a calorie standpoint.

[XenoMorph]

Originally Posted by browns town bengal

Im sure there is something to that zona but Im not much of a sweets nor do I eat alot of chips, etc.. Never have. Its just that when I do consistently eat well and have lots of veggies and fruits, I rarely feel satisfied. Youd think that eventually Id get used to it and start to feel some satisfaction, hunger wise, when eating veggies.

Another time i feel ravenous is after a long bike ride. I know of some people that cant eat for hours after exercising but it makes me uber hungry. I have a hard time controlling it and then I sometime over eat which pretty much negated the exercise, from a calorie standpoint.

Carbs is what fills you up. But i know they make a pill to help you feel full after eating so you eat less...

But i can tell you the more i work out the more hungry i get. I usually cant eat much directly after a workout because of being sweaty or hot. (i also lose my appatite in the summer months) But i think thats natural as your body needs food to replace the energy you spent (your body wants carbs)

[Bengalzona]

Originally Posted by browns town bengal

Im sure there is something to that zona but Im not much of a sweets nor do I eat alot of chips, etc.. Never have. Its just that when I do consistently eat well and have lots of veggies and fruits, I rarely feel satisfied. Youd think that eventually Id get used to it and start to feel some satisfaction, hunger wise, when eating veggies.

Another time i feel ravenous is after a long bike ride. I know of some people that cant eat for hours after exercising but it makes me uber hungry. I have a hard time controlling it and then I sometime over eat which pretty much negated the exercise, from a calorie standpoint.

If you are eating well and you are hungry, it's generally because you are missing some nutrients in the diet that the body wants. In that case, it is just a matter of finding the missing piece or two of the nearly complete jigsaw puzzle. If you aren't eating well, then it's generally a combination of the missing nutrients and the cravings that I mentioned earlier.

Getting hungry after exercise is not unnatural. You used the nutrients you had in your body and your body wants more. Have you tried eating more before you exercise, like a big breakfast?

[Bengalzona]