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10 Responses to “ Healthy Catholic #6: Food and Drink ”

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   Bob McWilliams Mar 15th, 2007 at 7:31 pm

   Hey I have the same Wok at my house. Don’t use it as much as I used to but I really enjoy making home made fried rice and chow-mien much healthier than going our and much better on the wallet as well. Thanks for the show going to the bread shop today…mmm brown whole wheat bread, on the list.

   Bob

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   WF Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:08 pm

   What if you don’t drink sugared sodas, don’t eat desserts, love bread and still struggle to lose weight (even struggle to keep from gaining weight)? I’d eat high bread all the time, but bread and other grain-based foods seem to be my problem. Did you know that hominy grits, couscous, and other grain cereals are loaded with calories?

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   Inge Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:14 pm

   I learned a lot from a website on food made by forum member ‘wateengedoe2′. She explains how you can lose weight and what to eat. Unfortunately the site is in Dutch. I put it in the ‘website’ box.

   Considering brown, whole wheat bread: Whole wheat is a good replacement for a lot of food. I eat whole wheat bread, whole wheat pasta (spaghetti and macaroni), whole wheat couscous and brown rice. They do the same thing as Fr. Roderick’s brown bread…

   I also own a baking machine, so I bake my own bread. The slices of bread I cut are thicker, so you eat more bread (fibres) and less topping on it. So your calorie-intake drops. Plus, it’s tastier. Nothing beats fresh baked bread in the morning…

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   Fr. Roderick Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:21 pm

   @WF: Well, you need a balance between exercise (to burn fat) and caloric intake. If you eat 8 sandwiches of whole wheat bread for breakfast, you still get too many calories! Portion control is another important element of the whole process, I’ll talk about that in a later episode.

   The trick is to stay within the boundaries of ‘normal’ caloric intake during the day. And to keep eating a little bit every three hours.

   So breakfast at 7 am, an apple at 10 am, lunch at 1 pm, another piece of fruit at 4 pm, dinner at 7 pm and something light at 10 pm. That rythm will keep you from getting hungry during the day, and will help prevent overeating at lunch or dinner. And use plenty of vegatables and lean meat like chicken breast.

   After a while, you get used to more moderate quantities of food, and you don’t get as hungry anymore. At least, that has been my experience until now.

   It’s all about balance and moderation, that’s why I think that crash diets or diets based on the elimination of certain food groups don’t work and can even be dangerous in the long run.

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   Inge Mar 15th, 2007 at 11:25 pm

   @WF:
   Weight loss is about burning more calories than you eat.

   So suppose you need 2000 calories each day. Supose also you don’t eat sugar, no soda etc. You can cut one source of calories, but if you eat a lot of carbonhydrates at the same time you cut fat, you don’t change the amount of calories you eat, you only change the source they come from.

   It is not so much about WHAT you eat, but HOW MUCH you eat. There is no such thing as ‘bad’ food.

   1 Cor 10:31 says: “When you eat or drink or do anything else, always do it to honor God.”

6. 
   Kenneth Mar 16th, 2007 at 12:08 pm

   Father,
   Here is some English grammar advice: when speaking don’t forget the verb. I noticed that you said, “I your host, Fr. Roderick.” That does not make any sense with out you “to be” verb or a regular verb

7. 
   Fr. Roderick Mar 16th, 2007 at 12:47 pm

   @Kenneth: I think that’s just an audio quality issue, I did use the verb of course.

8. 
   Richard Emblem Mar 16th, 2007 at 3:07 pm

   Fr Roderick I am still enjoying your Videos (via the RSS feed) but the sound of your voice is out of synch with the picture on my PC. I just tried your U-Tube Video on the website which seems much better.
   Keep up the good work.
   Mike Hayes on Busted Halocast just cited you as having the enthusiasm of a 5 year old!

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   Fr. Roderick Mar 16th, 2007 at 4:36 pm

   @Richard: perhaps your PC is too slow - the video is encoded in MP4, which is very demanding on the CPU.

10. 
    Survivor Mar 19th, 2007 at 10:36 pm

    Fr. R - that empty wok just BEGS for a cooking segment. Seriously, thank you for this healthy segment. I am a cancer survivor working on improving my strength and immune system (had undergone intensive & aggressive chemo treatments all last year). This videocast is a nice motivator. Another podcast I recently discovered also complements your healthy habits: BrainReady BrainCasts: iTunes link:

    http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=193249513

    Unfortunately chemotherapy has neurological side effects which might weaken mental processes like memory. So I’ve found these ‘casts very helpful.

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