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Post by bbbearsmom on May 20, 2020 23:39:44 GMT
Thursday, 05/21
What is your thinking on fats in your diet? How do you manage them?
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Post by bbbearsmom on May 20, 2020 23:41:17 GMT
I use non-fat yogurt and non-fat milk. Occasionally I eat full fat cheese. I do eat pork and beef so I get some saturated fat. I have a tablespoon of olive oil on my salad every night. I worry some what that I might not be getting enough fat. I'm usually low in My Fitness Pal macro count for fat.
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Post by cathygeha on May 21, 2020 7:19:51 GMT
Fats for me come from:
* olive oil...pressed from the olives we harvest * olives - in brine (when I remember them) made in my kitchen from olives we harvest * avocados in season (not in season now) * nuts (we have walnut trees and used to have almond trees) and seeds in cereal when I have it and sometimes in salads * tsp of real mayonnaise sometimes * tsp of butter on rare occasions * tahini in salad dressings or hummus or baba ganouj * peanut butter on toast for breakfast or a snack
I eat nonfat dairy products and have not had real cheese for awhile but do have it sometimes I tend to end up with MORE fat than 2 tsps as the olive oil is tasty  |
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Post by lani on May 21, 2020 14:38:38 GMT
I try to limit sat fat as much as I can in order to keep my cholesterol numbers in line. I know there is new thinking about fat, but my doctors do not agree. My numbers came down dramatically when I started watching saturated fat like a hawk. I do eat full fat cheese but weigh it every time.
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Post by bbbearsmom on May 21, 2020 16:50:36 GMT
cathygeha, I bet your olive oil is tasty, fresh pressed from olives from your garden. Sounds wonderful.
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Post by cathygeha on May 22, 2020 7:05:38 GMT
cathygeha , I bet your olive oil is tasty, fresh pressed from olives from your garden. Sounds wonderful. When first pressed it has a bit of a bite...it mellows over time and when we have extra we make olive oil soap...or rather...take the old oil to the soap maker to be made into soap. |
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Post by bbbearsmom on May 22, 2020 16:10:17 GMT
cathygeha, Wow, you have soap makers. Is that because of all the olives grown there?
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Post by cathygeha on May 23, 2020 6:56:20 GMT
cathygeha , Wow, you have soap makers. Is that because of all the olives grown there? Perhaps...no idea. My husband mentioned that when he was little (he is now 82) men with specialized crafts would come to the home to work. I believe that soap makers may have been in that lot. One of my husband's classmates was a teacher and either before or after he retired he started making soap and attended at least one US sponsored soap making training course in the USA. We take our oil to him and come home with almost 800 bars of soap. I think we take forty or eight liters of soap. One time we did half our oil and half someone else's and split the soap when it was finished.
There are soap shops in souks on the coast and soap makers that are commercial. Each Souk or Khan that has a stall for soap is interesting to visit. I found the soap museum site in Saida (Sidon) and have copied the link here.
The soap maker we go to is in his eighties, has a helper and a cement block workshop in his backyard. He has a big tin barrel he builds a fire under then adds oil and whatever else goes into the mix and stirs till it is done enough and releases the liquid from the bottom of the barrel. He pours the soap off onto tables and waits for it to cool then cuts into squares and stamps the top of each bar with his name either in Arabic or english.
My brother is almost out of soap and so is my cousin...need to take some if/when I go to the USA again.
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Post by lani on May 23, 2020 15:31:32 GMT
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Post by bbbearsmom on May 23, 2020 17:00:14 GMT
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Post by cathygeha on May 24, 2020 5:46:43 GMT
I am glad you find it interesting  Much of this I take for granted having lived here more years than having lived elsewhere. Every time my daughter comes we visit as many historical sites as we can and I see more and more ruins of forts, churches, religious sites and whatever else she is in the mood to see. Glad you found it interesting |
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Post by lani on May 24, 2020 16:20:51 GMT
cathygeha, the U.S. is such a young country. The more I can learn about other cultures and histories, the better. After all, unless we are Native American, our ancestors came from somewhere else.
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Post by bbbearsmom on May 24, 2020 16:59:30 GMT
The more I can learn about other cultures and histories, , I agree with Lani, learning about other places is interesting. To me the US in some ways is bland compared to other countries. Something I don't know is always more exciting. |
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Much of this I take for granted having lived here more years than having lived elsewhere. Every time my daughter comes we visit as many historical sites as we can and I see more and more ruins of forts, churches, religious sites and whatever else she is in the mood to see. Glad you found it interesting