Comments about ‘BYU study recommends restraint in eating’

"When I sit down and eat, I start with a huge plate of vegetables and eat to the point I'm satisfied, then start eating other things a little."

I'd like to be the first to nominate Prof. Larry Tucker for translation! (And also point out the he is obviously not a woman with hormonal issues). I WISH I had your self control. It is amazing and most admirable.

DUH!

When the female hormones get into the equation of "less food in, more energy out", then we will see the truth.

I've actually started my days eating more raw veggies as another 'good' doctor suggested, but am waiting for some good side effects. Nothing yet, except a nasty stomach ache.

This is sheer genius. Who would have guessed that "Eating good-tasting food is enjoyable?" And who would have thought that you need to exercise restraint in eating?

Wow! The brilliant work at the Y is almost as impressive as the football program!

LOL!

He is right.
Change your diet and dramatically reduce the risk of cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity.

Filling up on Fruits and Veggies is a good idea. These should be the main course instead of a side dish. I've been eating a whole foods plant based diet for a couple years now. I also try and eat a high percentage of my food raw. I'm 41 and weigh less than I did when I graduated from High School.

I've seen lots and lots of my fellow Utahns fill up on pork chops, ice cream and sugar soda, but they're living the W or W, while being 60 pounds over weight.

When will these dietary restrictions become a mandated part of the Word of Wisdom?

Leave the Word of Wisdom out of this. Not anywhere did the article mention anything about it. I don't care if you're LDS or not, don't treat sacred things lightly. If it's not sacred to you, it's sacred to others so be respectful.

Did you not READ the article? If you had truly read it, you wouldn't be making such a comment. And What? is right. Leave things you apparently don't understand out of it.

Actually, it was our in-depth study of the Word of Wisdom that led my family and I to begin eating a mostly (90%) Vegan diet (no animal-based foods). We also studied all the scriptures other members use to justify eating meat and found that those scriptures were being used out of context. Follow the footnotes and you'll see what I mean.

In other words, the Word of Wisdom supports just this kind of research. Try living it and you'll see the difference, just like we have.

However, never doubt that food is an emotional experience, for men and women alike. Why? Just go around trying to tell people they shouldn't be eating meat and see how upset (emotional) they get!

First off--wow! Anonymous@12:24 seems to have touched a nerve. Strange question, and maybe a tad probing--but hardly deserving such hostility. Let's take a few deep breaths, maybe?

Actually, all rhetoric aside, the Word of Wisdom IS a key part of this study--which confirms that it truly IS wisdom. Eat mostly fruits and vegetables, meat sparingly, and all things in moderation--and WISDOM. If it sounds familiar, it's because it IS familiar--some parts of it seem right out of D&C 89. Not because they're religious dogma, but because they're true principles.

Because there ARE those among us who will doubtlessly point out the "irony" of BYU researchers confirming a diet that underscores several core Word of Wisdom principles--the study likewise confirms the thinking of modern nutritionists from MANY programs and universities. So it's just as much a secular finding as Word-of-Wisdom-related.

Truth is truth.

No pleasure in life is worth giving up so one can have a few extra years in a nursing home.

I like, even need, to read reminders like this. If nothing else, tonight we are going to eat healthy and I'm just going to toss the left-over Christmas chocolate - it's better in the garbage than ruining my body.

Hold on - so if you eat a lot, you will gain weight, but if you eat a little, you WON'T gain weight? This is unbelievable!! Do other people know about this?

Those that can only tolerate milk--let them sup on milk. Personally, I can handle my meat--bring it on! Chops, stews, baked, roasted, broiled--even raw! Meat is one of the best foods for human beings--and God made it tasty so we would know that we have His blessing in eating critters!

It seems so logical and yet I don't do it. I am going to eat vegetables first this year period.

Five servings a day of fruits and veggies, little meat, lots of exercise, and plenty of H2O. It's not rocket science.

Exercising regularly and eating wisely and moderate portions, I believe, will help a person live longer and have a better quality of life. Developing such good habits within a family might not be easy, and it definitely takes will power and effort, but doing so will help generations to come and assist in lowering the overall cost of health care in this nation.

Milk is liquid meat. I wouldn't touch that either. Fruits, vegetables and grains for me.