| WXwoman
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I was attending college in 1993 and I had to leave one class early because I felt ill due to hypoglocemia. I explained it to my professor and went home. I got a call later that day from his wife and she introduced herself and told me she was a dietitian and that her husband told her of what happened to me that day. We talked for quite a while and she asked me about myself and my history. She told me that I needed to eat some form of protein at breakfast, lunch, and dinner and stop eating the sugars. She told me she herself suffered from this problem and that every morning she would have a lean piece of steak for breakfast. At that time, I had a splitting headache and she recommended to me that I eat something high in protein to help it. I mentioned that the only thing I had was some frozen hamburger patties. She told me to have that then but not any bread. She said just eat the patty alone and sprinkle some lemon juice on it for flavor. She also told me that if I didn't do these things, I would probably end up with a weight problem in the future. After we ended our phone conversation, I cooked the hamburger and ate it without any bun or ketchup (which was unheard of back then) and voila, my headache went away!
This conversation took place before the low carb craze took effect. I often think back to this conversation and wish that I had followed her advice instead of eating his sugar cereals or danishes for breakfast, along with low protein, high carb lunches and dinners. Was this a lady before her time? lol, I don't know but it's very interesting that she was so right in many ways even when her ideas would have been labeled wrong by many. |
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Sat Oct 06, 2007 11:20 am |
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| RedRox
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| Would have been interesting to know what she thought about good fats vs. bad fats at that point in time. It was kind of the height of the "low fat" approaches regardless of positive heart health implications of unsaturated vs. saturated fats. So there might have been some areas of agreement with SBD, but perhaps not universal agreement on all areas of the plan. Heck there isn't that now, although it's hard to find someone to argue against things like balanced meals, frequent eating, lean proteins, whole grains and fruits and vegetables. |
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Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:27 pm |
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| WXwoman
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| I don't remember anything about the fats. I just think that, in that time of low fat, high carb diets, she was going against the grain with her recommendation. Obviously she was on to something. |
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Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:24 am |
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