What are your professional thoughts on the "nothing white" eating regimen?

Question

My best friend is a medical doctor and she recommended this phrase as a catch-all of things to avoid- "nothing white" - bread, cream, milk, ice cream, white flour, white rice, pasta, etc.

I think it is fantastic!

I am allergic to dairy products, anyway, so the cheese / ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese thing is not an issue for me.

I do do soya "milk", though! That is one white thing that I won't be giving up.

Answer 1

thats sooooooo wrong, inorfer to be health about the whole no white thing, you can have things like milk, and cottage cheese, you can have things in moderation, but as fare as white bread, rice, and pasta, that i understand teehee

Answer 2

This is an interesting situation. The government policy is that the flight plans of those planes (whether the President is on board or not) is 'need to know' only. The local aviation authorities and the Mayor were informed (at least at the bureaucratic level). The public was not. Is that the fault of the Administration for following written policy or the fault of the Mayor's office for honoring written policy? Well clearly in this case an empowered decision maker should have either canceled the flight or made the plans known. Much has been made about getting a 'photo-op' but that was only a secondary reason for the flight (and the primary reason for the flight path). But the flight was for training. But can you imagine the mock outrage that would be heaped upon the Administration if they had just photo-shopped the plane over NYC?

Answer 3

I think all foods have a place in a health diet with a lot of variety in it.

Individually, brown rice ior whole wheat bread s healthier than white rice or white bread (vitamins, fiber), but there is no reason to stter ppl away from milk and dairy products! (ok, you're allergic, avoid them or take a lactaid pill) Dairy products are an incredibly high source of calcium and riboflavin, and other B vitamins, and the vitamins/minerals are easily absorbed by the human body!

Ask your doctor friend if that means folks should consume brown sugar, honey, molasses, oils (usually yellow), or bacon w/ unabandon. Or if we should avoid navy beans, cornstarch, oatmeal,, sourdough bread, or potatoes w/ the skin b/c they are white.

IMO, your doctor friend is pushing her weight (MD) around w/o having had any nutritional education whatsoever in med school. (ask her; betcha a coke she's never had a single one, and never had time to study it on her own.) Off the cuff, "nothing white" sounds good. But color is not an indicator of a healthy or unhealthy food.

Answer 4

I've been (off and on) doing just that for the last 4 months and I've lost 30 lbs and KEPT them off. When I'm off the diet, I limit myself to no more than 1 whole weat pita bread a day. I don't eat french loaf breads or any sliced breads (white breads) at all. I also limit servings of rice and pasta to ONE cup. And then I fill up on the protein or vegetable and have fruit for dessert! My back feels better, my knees don't hurt, and I'm not panting for air by the time I reach the second floor anymore. MOST beneficial thing about this diet: I dropped from a size 18 to a size 12! Whoohoo.

Answer 5

I think it's extreme. Rice is a grain - grains are nutritious. Carbohydrates are not all bad, we all need carbs to maintain energy throughout the day, but what matters is how much carbs you consume and what you add to them when you prepare them. Yogurt is white, made of milk but it's a probiotic and very healthy and is listed by nutritionists as one of the top healthiest foods. However, eliminating white flour and sugar is wise but it's not always possible, so it's better to cut back than to eliminate.

I think that Oprah is an example of someone who follows this diet and can't quite cope with it (she is always yo-yoing in weight!). One can not continue eating in such a restricted way forever - hence it backfires in the end.

Answer 6

There are some exceptions, but basically no white breads and pasties or starches like white potatoes that quickly convert over to sugar in the blood stream. Your right I like vanilla soy milk too! Good source of protein w/ no cholesterol + antioxidants.

Answer 7

It is good in moderation. You need a few carbs every day. Try some of the whole grain breads once a day and a glass of fat free milk along with nothing white, also if it's spreadable, it's uneatable.

Answer 8

I think is crazy. My great grandparents where from the south. They eat all of the typical southern food. Including white. One big difference is they did not eat processed foods. Like all these frozen dinners and pre prepared meals. She made everything from scratch. Oh by the way. They both lived into there 90's.

Answer 9

I gotta have the milk, But I've heard of people loosing the wieght though!My friends cousin lost 124 lbs over 2 years!

Answer 10

My father is a coleo rectal cancer survivor and he was a patient with the Cancer Treatment Centers of America and that was the first thing they did was no white. Doctors in my hometown had told him he would be dead in a year - that was three years ago, by the grace of God, so I guess they know what they were talking about.