tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2620802391983509283.post9035736774620532920..comments2023-05-06T06:21:52.550-06:00Comments on Charlotte in Zion: The Unexpected Georgian DietCharlottehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00851716829353462329noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2620802391983509283.post-60407756337835338582011-07-07T19:31:42.907-06:002011-07-07T19:31:42.907-06:00The reason you have lost so much weight is due to ...The reason you have lost so much weight is due to the fresh, whole foods you are eating and lack of refined carbohydrates and preservatives! Your body processes energy differently when you feed it REAL food! <br /><br />However, when you return to the States, you will gain weight if you continue to eat the same diet as you did before!<br />Check out the 'Weston A Price Foundation' on the internet for more information!<br /><br />I am not saying that you need to eat Georgian cuisine all your lide, but you need to know some important points:<br /><br />1.Cane Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, other processed sugars and substitutes make you gain fat! They also increase cancer risk and lower your immune system.<br /><br />Instead look for Palm Sugar or cane sugar that has been processed only 1 time. In Australia it is called Rapadura sugar. It won't make you gain fat unless you have obscene amounts.<br /><br />2. Then you want to watch your intake of refined carbs and potatos. White rice, potatoes, bread (ALL THE BREAD IN THE SUPERMARKET), are ALL bad for you and all make you fat! <br /><br />Look for the "harder" bread instead, ie: SOURDOUGH!!!! Great stuff. The gluten has been broken down more. Look for brown rice.<br /><br />3. And lastly: Avoid Canola Oil, Cottonseed Oil (deep-fried foods contain this). Avoid take-out as they are all cooked in this. <br /><br />Have instead, lard, dripping, butter, coconut oil, cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil, cream, (cheese,eggs, full-cream milk).<br />These make you lose fat. Seriously! Especially butter and Coconut Oil!<br /><br />You can adopt this diet in America still and find places that sell coconut palm oil and sugar and sourdough breads. Buy them on the internet?? <br />I am in Australia and I eat like this - it's not hard. I lost 13kg quickly on this diet. I went from a 12/14 to an 8 (American 4).<br />This is the real reason you have lost weight! They use good oils and fats in Georgia, unrefined carbs, and not so much bad sugar, right?<br />They (the dietians) lied to us when they told us that saturated fat is bad! And guess what, my cholesterol has gone down too since eating it, and I don't have Chronic Fatigue or Hypoglycemia anymore! I have energy! I can think straight!!Shabblyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902538445866240001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2620802391983509283.post-85142638448632661602010-11-07T01:07:53.395-06:002010-11-07T01:07:53.395-06:00> My weight loss has been a source of concern t...> My weight loss has been a source of concern to <br />> my host family<br /><br />On a more serious note - as you've already noticed a guest is very important to Georgian family and in society general. A guest MUST be well fed and if she/he starts to loose weigh than it means (from Georgian standpoint) that something is wrong with the food at host's family and that is shame not only for them but for the society and country in general.<br /><br />> I wanted to reply that she would be grateful <br />> for the weight loss<br /><br />You SHOULD reply this way. Tell them that once you are back in States you will be the object of envy of everyone because you are fit and in shape and this is result of healthy diet and food you've being having in Georgia - it would take their concerns a little bit away.<br /><br />One question/request - I've being asking your colleague TLGers about their experience in Georgia. Would you mind to answer three short questions?<br /><br />Thanks again for your observations and please keep writing. <br /><br />IrakliInvisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708078479685652775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2620802391983509283.post-48439053835226275722010-11-07T00:38:21.374-06:002010-11-07T00:38:21.374-06:00So... would you advice to people in States who des...So... would you advice to people in States who desperately want to lost weight to relocate to Georgia for one year? ;-)Invisiblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10708078479685652775noreply@blogger.com