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Originally Posted by ilovetv
My parents, grandparents and great-grandparents had this really odd meal plan all their lives and ours:
- Meat/poultry/fish (oven roasted or pan browned and steamed)
- potatoes/rice/pasta
- vegetable
- bread or dinner roll
The vegetable was either a tossed salad or cole slaw, or a cooked vegetable like corn, peas, green beans we canned/froze from the garden or bought at the store.
They lived long lives into their 80s and 90s, not being dietitians or scientists or anything that required more than an 8th grade education.
I'd venture to guess that many here in TV have the same type of supper/dinner, after having had a light lunch of soup or salad or small sandwich....and I don't think it's a life threatening plan.
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The study I mentioned by The Mayo Clinic simply stated that your risk of cognitive impairement would be 4 times greater if you load up on carbohydrates at mealtimes.
Risk means just that....risk. Like careless driving increases your risk for getting into an accident. But it doesn't mean that you will get into an accident. And sometimes careful drivers get into accidents. But if we know that the odds are in our favor of avoiding an accident if we drive carefully, prudent drivers will drive carefully.
That's all this study is saying: If you don't load up on carbs, your chances of avoiding cognitive impairement (and perhaps dementia later on) are improved.
More anecdotes: My grandparents and parents ate similar to yours. Some got dementia and some didn't.