Archive for the ‘Nutrition’ Category

I never seem to have any energy, I never had energy before I started dieting and I certainly don’t have any now.  So the question is ‘why don’t I have any energy’?  I’m guessing the answer to that question is likely that I am not eating enough of the foods that I need for energy.  So today I have just pulled out of my bookshelf a book that I’ve had for years called ‘The Natural Health Bible’ and I’m going to have a look through and see what it says about foods for energy.

Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates provide energy and other nutrients.  Unfortunately with the Dukan Diet you don’t eat carbohydrates and I guess that is one reason that some people say this diet isn’t very good, as these are foods that our body does need.  This is one reason I changed over to do more of the Every Other Day Diet, because it wasn’t quite as restricted with foods. Read the rest of this entry »

Being on the Dukan Diet has got me wondering about eggs and cholesterol.  As this is a high protein diet and for many days protein only, I have been eating more eggs than I normally would.  I have read lots of mixed reviews about eggs and cholesterol though and was starting to get a bit concerned about eating too many eggs.

So are eggs bad for your LDL cholesterol?

Well, to be honest I can’t give you a definite answer since there are a lot of conflicting views on this topic, but what I can do is show you some of the information that I found on the subject.

The Dukan Diet tells you to eat oat bran each day and I’m not a big lover of oat bran, in fact I can’t stand eating it at all, so I have been eating more eggs due to the fact that I’m not eating much oat bran.  Oat bran galettes or pancakes are big on the menu for breakfast and, well, I just prefer eggs.  I really like eggs, but could they be doing me harm?

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