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Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:27 am  |
On Oprah yesterday the Dr gave a three (preferably twenty-eight) day diet that he said was a face lift in your fridge. It showed some of his participants of the diet in the audience (I'm sure not everyone had these results) that looked fantastic. I believe you are what you eat & this emphasizes green tea, water, protein (mainly salmon) romaine lettuce salads & actually looks okay - except that I don't like salmon even a smidge..but maybe for 3 days... 
Anyway I wasn't sure if this was a Lounge topic or a Skincare one - I decided on this one. If you go to Oprah's website there is information or atwww.drperricone.com there's an actual sample diet. Very interesting. No bread or potatoes though or sugar or coffee  |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 5:52 am |
Yes indeed I watched Oprah yesterday too. Certainly eating well makes a big difference in how we look. I just don't think that in one month staying on the Perricone diet would take 10 years off me.  Giving up my coffee would be hard. I really should give it a try for my health and see what happens.
Mr. Winnie might really start wondering what I am up to. First I lose 20 lbs., new skin care routine, new hairstyle and now a diet to look 10 years younger. 
Winnie  |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:07 am |
| Winnie wrote: |
Mr. Winnie might really start wondering what I am up to. First I lose 20 lbs., new skin care routine, new hairstyle and now a diet to look 10 years younger.
Winnie |
Not to mention the Spanish Fly.  |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 6:14 am |
| I read his first book and would like know more of the science behind it. I know I should cut out the coffee but how much DMAE via the fish would you need to consume to have a 'lifting' effect? if indeed eating dmae has an effect? You do feel boggled by science at times. |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:10 am |
| I have the book and to be honest you have to eat salmon until its coming out of your ears. You can vary a bit and have tuna and sardines but its a heck of a lot of salmon. I really tried hard to do it,but I cant give up coffee. He also recommends loads of suppliments to be taken with the diet and of course he makes some that contain everything he recommends and they cost a fortune. I have adapted the diet to myself. Which means I am trying to eat more fish and less rubbish. |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:25 am |
Word of warning on stuffing yourself with fish..be careful because something that SHOULD be good for you may not be that way!
If you do not know the quality of the water from which the fish has been caught, you should be wary of how much fish you consume.
It is easy to elevate your mercury levels to dangerous levels if you are consuming a lot of fish (I dont mean 3 times a week here, I am talking at least once a day).
There is also something about the fish that are high in oil should not be consumed more than 3 times a week - again because their flesh retains more mercury.
This warning is ESPECIALLY important if you are pregnant, as elevated mercury can cause a miscarriage. There was actually a case in Australia where a professional sportswoman miscarried and it was found her mercury levels were dangerously high - she had been eating fish about 10 times a week because all the books told her how good it was during pregnancy! |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 8:30 am |
tiger tim, you just posted what I was gonna say...
all child bearing age and pregnant ladies should be warned about high mercury level in seafood.... |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 9:57 am |
| their is so much polluted crap in the water that eating fish 3xs a day for a long period of time may not be the best way forward. |
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Thu Nov 11, 2004 2:44 pm |
| I have two of Dr. Perricone's books and in the back of the book he states a few places where he recommends getting the salmon from. One iswww.vitalchoiceseafood.com I have ordered salmon from them and tried to eat it every day but as much as I like salmon-I couldn't So I ordered the salmon supplements from them which are supposed to be as good except you don't get the nutritional value of protein (but you do get the omega 3). |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 4:55 am |
I still can't try it. I bought a can of salmon to start & couldn't even open it! My version of the 3 day diet will be all the parts but the salmon  Dr Perricone did say that poultry was not as good as salmon but okay Which is great because here comes Thanksgiving - we're so close to the US border that alot of churches around here have turkey dinners so here I go ..... 
About the green tea - is any of it better than others? I'm a Tetley tea kind of girl & treat myself to Fortnum Mason bulk kinds. If I'm going to drink green ( & plain ) I'd like to find the best one that I can! Thanks for all of your input |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 6:10 am |
| Hi! - unfortuneately not all Green Tea is the same. A lot of companies try to rip you off selling inferior quality. I find when it comes to Green Tea the more you pay the better quality of tea. This is certainly not true of everything one buys, but when I bought a cheaper Green Tea it just did not compare to the more expenisve brands. Here, in Quebec, I buy "Lalma" Green Tea. I find Lalma teas one of the best on the market. Hope you can get it in Ontario. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 7:11 am |
| I agree that tea quality can really vary. I just googled green tea & sure saw alot of different kinds (without even checking into quality!) I wonder if you can get the same weight loss benefits from a flavoured green tea? |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:05 am |
Well, lets start by saying that all teas are basically from the same shrub family, it is how the leaves are processed (and harvested) that give the different teas.
Green tea is not fermented, Chinese Oolong tea is partly fermented, and black/English (or actually they are Indian I guess) teas are fermented.
I believe that the leaves used for Japanese green teas are steamed. Most of the tea grown in Japan is the Sencha variety. The best (and unfortunately most expensive) is the first crop of the season, called SHINCHA (new tea). There are up to 4 crops in a year, but the later ones are not as high quality.
Dont buy tea bags, buy only leaves, and look for one with a darker color (this is the shincha leaves). A little green tea goes a long way, so buying good quality is a nice investment.
I also like Kabusecha, which is also a high quality green tea.
You can buy quality green tea online from http://www.o-cha.com/xcart/customer/home.php?cat=248
and you can read more about green tea varieties at http://www.green-tea.co.uk/types-green-tea.html
Another delicious tea to boost your vitamin C intake is kakicha (persimon tea).. it is my favorite tea and also makes you pee up a storm (so perfect if you tend to puff up at certain times of the month or in hot weather)
Mm.. think I will go make a pot of ocha now! We have about 15 different varieties in our house..
green, persimon, white peony, lavender, peppermint, lychee, oolong, jasmine, raspberry leaf.. and more I know I am forgetting.. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 8:56 am |
tiger _tim,
Thanks so much for the great information. Never have I been a tea drinker. But, after reading this thread (not so much the Perricone diet) I have decided that healthy tea is a good idea as I drink too much coffee. Before several of these posts I went out and got the supermarket green tea bags. Next time I am near a health food store I will get myself a good green tea.
Winnie |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 9:42 am |
| Winnie, try and get green tea that is grown in the Shizuoka region of Japan. That is where our best teas come from. |
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Fri Nov 12, 2004 12:26 pm |
Tiger... your review on green tea is awesome. While I don't doubt that leaves rather than teabags are best, I know me and I probably wouldn't bothing with them on a consistent basis.
I have used a green tea that I found on Dr. David Williams site that he recommends very highly that comes from Australia. I know anyone can sell anything and make it sound good, but Dr. Williams has had a good reputation on the internet for several years, so I have ordered from him. The Madura tea that I ordered tasted very good and I used up the 90 bags that I ordered and just received an e-mail on a special that he has going on it now.
I'll share the link here as he explains the benefits fully and people can research and decide for themselves. It's not cheap, but as Tiger says, the better teas are not sold at supermarket tea prices.
http://www.drdavidwilliams.com/index.asp?EP=2&FilePath=index.asp&mf=/index.asp
Today even here in Texas it is overcast and cool.... the perfect day to sip green tea!
Would you believe this is the first time we've had our heat on this fall?  We had about decided that we were going straight from Summer to Winter here in the Texas Hill Country.
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:21 pm |
Oh you gals... this is such an important topic!!!!
I know a lot of people complain that over on our board we talk so much about nutrition. (I've seen us referred to as the "food police"... LOL ) But it can make a HUGE difference in your appearance.
I would imagine that the whole deal for salmon is about your Omegas. Green Tea - Antioxidants. And of course, as someone mentioned, quality is VERY important with all of your food choices.
I'm curious about Mercury in Salmon. I was only warned of Tuna (and a few others) but not salmon. I have no idea how some fish would be more contaminated than others. Perhaps do to the length of their life and size????
We have a woman on our site that in addition to her exercises really took on a change in her eating... and MY GOD, her results were truly impressive. She lost a huge amount of puffiness that she was carrying in her face. She was quite pretty when she started, but the changes were more exponential than linear with her diet change.
I would highly recommend adopting as much of a healthier lifestyle as possible. If you truly are what you eat... then we best not eat crap... eehh???
My favorite books to recommend are Eat to Live, and Green for Life...
Would love to hear other recommendations... |
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:32 pm |
According to Health Canada, salmon is a safe fish to eat, as well as shrimps, rainbow trout and tuna (except for albacore tuna).
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/chem-chim/environ/mercur/merc_fish_qa-poisson_qr-eng.php#ct2
But be careful when eating shark, swordfish, sea bass..
| ClaudiaFE wrote: |
We have a woman on our site that in addition to her exercises really took on a change in her eating... and MY GOD, her results were truly impressive. She lost a huge amount of puffiness that she was carrying in her face. She was quite pretty when she started, but the changes were more exponential than linear with her diet change.
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ClaudiaFE, do you know exactly what she changed? |
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Thu Jun 11, 2009 6:37 pm |
She basically became a vegetarian... and mostly raw. Something I think is really hard. But a person could certainly add many of these aspects and make major improvements.
It's worth looking into foods and how certain foods can cause inflammation... and then others help decrease inflammation. Decreasing inflammation helps with so many diseases... |
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 8:02 am |
| ClaudiaFE wrote: |
It's worth looking into foods and how certain foods can cause inflammation... and then others help decrease inflammation. Decreasing inflammation helps with so many diseases... |
Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory diet:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/PAG00361/anti-inflammatory-food-pyramid.html
which, by the way, also says that you can eat salmon almost every day  |
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 3:32 pm |
| RussianSunshine wrote: |
| ClaudiaFE wrote: |
It's worth looking into foods and how certain foods can cause inflammation... and then others help decrease inflammation. Decreasing inflammation helps with so many diseases... |
Dr. Weil's Anti-Inflammatory diet:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/PAG00361/anti-inflammatory-food-pyramid.html
which, by the way, also says that you can eat salmon almost every day |
I am one of those that won't go near a diet that calls for salmon. In my waitressing days a customer called me over to take a look at the salmon I had just served her. Worms were coming out of it...............that did it for me. |
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Fri Jun 12, 2009 5:10 pm |
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I am one of those that won't go near a diet that calls for salmon. In my waitressing days a customer called me over to take a look at the salmon I had just served her. Worms were coming out of it...............that did it for me. |
That tells something about your restauarant, but not salmon.
I eat wild salmon a lot. And caviar...the skin ( and the whole body) responds very nicely to this food. |
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