Article about Low Carb Diets

[MANTUS]

By Ron Rosedale, M.D.

Insulin sensitivity starts to be determined the moment the sperm combines with the egg. If a pregnant woman eats a high-carbohydrate diet, which turns into sugar, animal studies have shown that the fetus will become more insulin resistant.

Worse yet, researchers have used sophisticated measurements and found that if that fetus happens to be a female, the eggs of that fetus are more insulin resistant. Does that mean it is genetic? No, you can be born with something and it doesn't mean that it is genetic. Diabetes is not a genetic disease as such. You can have a genetic predisposition, but it should be an extremely rare disease....................................We mentioned high blood pressure; if your magnesium levels go down or your blood vessels constrict you get high blood pressure. Insulin also causes the retention of sodium, which causes the retention of fluid, which causes high blood pressure and fluid retention: congestive heart failure.

One of the strongest stimulants of the sympathetic nervous system is a high level of insulin. What does all of this do to the heart? Not very good things.

There was a solid study done a couple of years ago that showed that heart attacks are two to three times more likely to happen after a high-carbohydrate meal and are specifically NOT likely after a high-fat meal.

Why is that?

Because the immediate effects of raising your blood sugar from a high-carbohydrate meal is a raise in insulin. This immediately triggers the sympathetic nervous system, which will cause arterial spasm, or constriction of the arteries. If you anyone is prone to a heart attack, this is when they are going to get it................
Cells become insulin resistant because they are trying to protect themselves from the toxic effects of high insulin. They down regulate their receptor activity and number of receptors so that they don't have to listen to that noxious stimuli all the time. It is like having this loud, disgusting music played and you want to turn the volume down.

You might think of insulin resistance as similar to sitting in a smelly room and pretty soon you don't smell it anymore because you get desensitized.

You can think about it, it’s not that you are not thinking about it anymore. But if you walk out of the room and then come back in, the smell is back, which means you get resensitized.

If your cells are exposed to insulin at all, they get a little bit more resistant to it. So the pancreas just puts out more insulin........................................... Insulin is a so-called mytogenic hormone. It stimulates cell proliferation and cell division. If all of the cells were to become resistant to insulin we wouldn't have that much of a problem, but all of the cells don't become resistant.

Some cells are incapable of becoming very resistant. The liver becomes resistant first, then the muscle tissue, then the fat. When the liver becomes resistant it suppresses the production of sugar.

The sugar floating around in your body at any one time is the result of two things, the sugar that you have eaten and how much sugar your liver has made. When you wake up in the morning it is more of a reflection of how much sugar your liver has made. If your liver is listening to insulin properly it won't make much sugar in the middle of the night. If your liver is resistant, those brakes are lifted and your liver starts making a bunch of sugar, so you wake up with a bunch of sugar.

The next tissue to become resistant is the muscle tissue. What is the action of insulin in muscles? It allows your muscles to burn sugar for one thing. So if your muscles become resistant to insulin it can't burn that sugar that was just manufactured by the liver. So the liver is producing too much, the muscles can't burn it, and this raises your blood sugar.

Well the fat cells become resistant, but not for a while as it takes them longer. So for a while your fat cells retain their sensitivity.

What is the action of insulin on your fat cells? To store that fat. It takes sugar and it stores it as fat. So until your fat cells become resistant you get fat. As people become more and more insulin resistant, their weight goes up and up.

But eventually they plateau. They might plateau at 300 pounds, 220 pounds, 150 pounds, but they will eventually plateau as the fat cells protect themselves and become insulin resistant.

As all these major tissues, your liver, muscles and fat, become resistant your pancreas is putting out more insulin to compensate, so you are hyperinsulinemic and you've got insulin floating around all the time, 90 units or more.

But there are certain tissues that aren't becoming resistant such as your endothelium; the lining of the arteries doesn’t become resistant very readily, so all that insulin is affecting the lining of your arteries.

If you drip insulin into the femoral artery of a dog, there was a Dr. Cruz who did this in the early 70s by accident, the artery will become almost totally occluded with plaque after about three months.

The contra lateral side was totally clear, just contact of insulin in the artery caused it to fill up with plaque. That has been known since the 70s and has been repeated in chickens and in dogs; it is really a well-known fact that insulin floating around in the blood causes a plaque build-up. They didn't know why, but we know that insulin causes endothelial proliferation. This is the first step as it causes a tumor, an endothelial tumor.

Insulin also causes the blood to clot too readily and causes the conversion of macrophages into foam cells, which are the cells that accumulate the fatty deposits. Every step of the way, insulin is causing cardiovascular disease. It fills the body with plaque, it constricts the arteries, it stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, it increases platelet adhesiveness and coaguability of the blood.

Insulin is a part of any known cause of cardiovascular disease. It influences nitric oxide synthase; you produce less nitric oxide in the endothelium. We know that helps mediate vasodilatation and constriction, i.e. angina.

I mentioned that insulin increases cellular proliferation, what does that
do to cancer? It increases it. And there are some pretty strong studies that show that one of the strongest correlations to breast and colon cancers are levels of insulin.

Hyperinsulinemia causes the excretion of magnesium in the urine. What other big mineral does it cause the excretion of? Calcium. People walking around with hyperinsulinemia can take all the calcium they want by mouth and it's all going to go out in their urine.

 

[MANTUS]

By Ron Rosedale, M.D.

Insulin-like Growth Factors (IgFs)

Insulin is one of the first hormones that any organism ever developed, and as I mentioned in genetics, things are built upon what was there before. So all the other hormones we have in our body were actually built upon insulin. In other words, insulin controls growth hormone.

The pituitary produces growth hormone, and then it goes to the liver and the liver produces what are called IgF 1 thru 4, there are probably more. What does IgF stand for? Insulin-like growth factor. They are the active ingredients. Growth hormone has some small effects on its own, but the major growth factors are the IgFs that then circulate throughout the body.

Why are they called IgF's or insulin-like growth factors? Because they have an almost identical molecular structure to insulin. When I said that insulin promotes cellular proliferation, it is because it cross-reacts with IgF receptors. So somewhere in the evolutionary tree, IgFs diverged from insulin. Insulin can work very well by itself; it doesn't need growth hormone, but growth hormone can't do anything without insulin.
Thyroid

The thyroid produces mostly T4. T4 goes to mostly to the liver and is converted to T3. We are getting the idea that insulin controls a lot of what goes on in the liver, and the liver is the primary organ that becomes insulin resistant.

When the liver can no longer listen to insulin, you can't convert T4 to T3 very well. In people who are hyperinsulinemic with a thyroid hormone that comes back totally normal, it is important to measure their T3. Just as often as not, their free T3 will be low, but get their insulin down and it comes back up.

Insulin helps control sex hormones estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone as well. Insulin helps control the manufacture of cholesterol and where do all the sex hormones come from? All the stearic hormones are originally derived from cholesterol, so that's one way. Dr Nestler from the University of Virginia who has spent the last eight years doing multiple studies to show that DHEA levels are directly correlated with insulin levels, or I should say insulin resistance.

The more insulin resistant you are, the lower your DHEA levels. He firmly believes, and has a lot of studies to back it up, that the decline in DHEA is strictly due to the increase in insulin resistance with age. If you reduce the insulin resistance, the DHEA rises.

And how are these sex hormones carried around the body? Something called sex hormone binding globulins. The more that is bound, the less free, active hormone you have. Sex hormone binding globulin is controlled by what? Insulin. There is not a hormone in the body that insulin doesn't affect, if not directly control
Osteoporosis

You take a bunch of calcium. The medical profession just assumes that it has a homing device and it knows to go into your bone. What happens if you have high levels of insulin and you take a bunch of calcium? Number one, most of it is just going to go out in your urine. You would be lucky if that were the case because that part that doesn't does not have the instructions to go to your bone because the anabolic hormones aren't working.

This is first of all because of insulin, then because of the IGFs from growth hormone, also testosterone and progesterone. They are all controlled by insulin and when they are insulin resistant they can't listen to any of the anabolic hormones. Your body doesn't know how to build tissue anymore so while some of the calcium may end up in your bone, a good deal of it will end up everywhere else--leading to metastatic calcifications, including in your arteries.

Diseases are a result of a lack of communication. There are certain things that your cells need to be healthy. If you learn nothing else today, you should know that everything is at the cellular and molecular level and we are nothing but a community of cells. We are a commune of cells; a metropolis of cells that have been given instructions to cooperate.

When you have a large number of cells, like we have ten trillion or so, there must be proper communication so that there will be proper division of labor. You can take most any cell in your body, put it in a petrie dish and under the right conditions it can live all on its own. They each have a life of their own.

You can manipulate the genetics of a cell, and we've now made a blood cell into a nerve cell. Pretty soon we are going to be able to take any cell we want and make it into any other cell, because every cell in your body has the identical genetics, all derived from that egg and that sperm that came together. Why is one cell different from another? Because they are reading different parts of the same library.

You can influence which part of that genetic library that every cell reads by the environment of that cell. The environment of that cell is going to be very much dictated by hormones and what you eat. Eating is just internalizing the external environment. That is what you have circulation for, to bring that external environment to each and every one of those cells that is inside of you.

I hope that by now you have gotten the idea that high insulin resistance is not very good for you. So now let's talk about what causes insulin resistance..............

 

[MANTUS]

Ron Rosedale, M.D.

What Causes Insulin Resistance?

Any time your cell is exposed to insulin it is going to become more insulin resistant. That is inevitable; we cannot stop that, but the rate we can control. An inevitable sign of aging is an increase in insulin resistance.

That rate is the variable. If you can slow down that rate, you can become a centenarian, a healthy one. You can slow the rate of aging. Not even just the rate of disease, but the actual rate of aging itself can be modulated by insulin. We talked about some of the lower animals and there is some pretty good evidence that even in humans we still retain the capacity to control lifespan at least partially. We should be living to be 130 to 140 years old routinely.

Let's talk about carbohydrates. We talk about simple and complex carbohydrates, this is totally irrelevant, it means absolutely nothing. Carbohydrates are fiber or non-fiber. Few things in life are as clear-cut as this. Fiber is good for you, and a non-fiber carb is bad for you. You can bank on that.

There is not a whole lot of middle ground. If you have a carbohydrate that is not a fiber it is going to be turned into a sugar, whether it be glucose or not. It may be fructose and won't necessarily raise your blood glucose. Fructose is worse for you then glucose so if you just go by blood sugar, which is just glucose, it doesn't mean that you are not raising your blood fructose, or your blood galactose which is the other half of lactose.

All of those sugars are as bad or worse for you than glucose. You can't just go by so-called blood sugar because we just don't measure blood fructose or blood galactose, but they are all bad for you.

Why are they bad? Well number one we know that it provokes insulin and every time you provoke insulin it exposes your body to more insulin and just like walking in a smelly room your body is going to become more resistant to insulin.

So every time you have a surge of sugar and you have a surge of insulin, you get more and more insulin resistant and risk all of the problems we've talked about............................There's more but why bother Still want that fruit salad?

 

[PRAETORIAN]

Re: Ron Rosedale, M.D.

What Causes Insulin Resistance?

Any time your cell is exposed to insulin it is going to become more insulin resistant. That is inevitable; we cannot stop that, but the rate we can control. An inevitable sign of aging is an increase in insulin resistance.

That rate is the variable. If you can slow down that rate, you can become a centenarian, a healthy one. You can slow the rate of aging. Not even just the rate of disease, but the actual rate of aging itself can be modulated by insulin. We talked about some of the lower animals and there is some pretty good evidence that even in humans we still retain the capacity to control lifespan at least partially. We should be living to be 130 to 140 years old routinely.

Let's talk about carbohydrates. We talk about simple and complex carbohydrates, this is totally irrelevant, it means absolutely nothing. Carbohydrates are fiber or non-fiber. Few things in life are as clear-cut as this. Fiber is good for you, and a non-fiber carb is bad for you. You can bank on that.

There is not a whole lot of middle ground. If you have a carbohydrate that is not a fiber it is going to be turned into a sugar, whether it be glucose or not. It may be fructose and won't necessarily raise your blood glucose. Fructose is worse for you then glucose so if you just go by blood sugar, which is just glucose, it doesn't mean that you are not raising your blood fructose, or your blood galactose which is the other half of lactose.

All of those sugars are as bad or worse for you than glucose. You can't just go by so-called blood sugar because we just don't measure blood fructose or blood galactose, but they are all bad for you.

Why are they bad? Well number one we know that it provokes insulin and every time you provoke insulin it exposes your body to more insulin and just like walking in a smelly room your body is going to become more resistant to insulin.

So every time you have a surge of sugar and you have a surge of insulin, you get more and more insulin resistant and risk all of the problems we've talked about............................There's more but why bother Still want that fruit salad?

What is the glycemic load of fructose as opposed to glucose? Is there a correlation between insulin production and the type of sugar ingested? And, is there a reason to avoid low GI high firbe fruits and veggies? ie. carrots are high glycemic...but when eaten in average portions illicit very little insulin response...therefore little insulin is created by the pancreas..this cn be applied to the aboove foods i suggested...if getting technical ..then all food ..even fat and protein illicit and insulin response...otherwise you would have difficulty getting nutrients into the cell.
Peace,
P
P

 

[MANTUS]

How would fat and Pro cause an insulin increase? Not directly.Maybe by stimulating Glucagon which would increase glucose in the blood and then a raise in insulin.It's not only how much insulin is produced at any one time,it's also how much insulin is produced,alltogether.I have a few articles on grains,too.Not GOOD stuff.This is all from a health point of veiw,since this would not be a very productive diet,for a bodybuilder going for max muscle, to follow

 

[PRAETORIAN]

How would fat and Pro cause an insulin increase? Not directly.Maybe by stimulating Glucagon which would increase glucose in the blood and then a raise in insulin.It's not only how much insulin is produced at any one time,it's also how much insulin is produced,alltogether.I have a few articles on grains,too.Not GOOD stuff.This is all from a health point of veiw,since this would not be a very productive diet,for a bodybuilder going for max muscle, to follow

All macro nutrients cause an insulin response...fat, protein , or carbs...as we all know the insulin response from high gi high Gload carbs is much greater. The body requires insulin to be anabolic and grow. Yes grains can be a problem as we have already discussed above, but there are good carbs a BB can use to put on excess muscle if he/she chooses. This is the reason when running GH insulin is required over extended periods of time..the body becomes insulin resistant and is no longer in a high anabolic state so BB's use exogenous insulin to counteract this.
Peace,
p

 

[MANTUS]

And all this is not good for health at all,but i understand that Pro BBing is not much about health.

 

[Sachet]

Re: re: Sachet

Hey there, nice to hear back from you!
You make some great arguments..and although we may not see eye to eye on everything i think we have come to agreeable differences. ;o)

Are you kidding me?! I could talk to you all day!

The author does make some good points yes...as an example..i am O type and i have been dealing with IBS for a few years. The diet precribed does mimic my own in that i tend to avoid starches as much as possible especially wheat products as they irritate the colon tremendously. I have read so much on diet , nutrition and bodybuilding , health etc that sometimes things start to overlap...but my fave books would be "Fatwars" by Brad King, "Fats that heal Fats that kill" by Udo Erasmus, and the "Metabolic Diet" by Dr Mauro Dipasquale. I am a great proponent of low carb diets but i always include high fibre and low GI low Gload carbs..instead of no carbs. I am not a proponent of keto type diets even though they do work to some extent...i feel a diet more in tune with overall health and one that we all can stick to is a better choice!
Peace,
P

You mark my words Praetorian~
Some day, when researchers put proof out regarding how food and nutrition relate to cancer & heart disease.. you're gonna think back to that lil firecracker named Sachet who used to come to MC and chitty chat with you
I just started on your chapter.. O type.
It's really quite interesting what the Doc knew seven years ago..

 

[Sachet]

How would fat and Pro cause an insulin increase? Not directly.Maybe by stimulating Glucagon which would increase glucose in the blood and then a raise in insulin.It's not only how much insulin is produced at any one time,it's also how much insulin is produced,alltogether.I have a few articles on grains,too.Not GOOD stuff.This is all from a health point of veiw,since this would not be a very productive diet,for a bodybuilder going for max muscle, to follow

I really liked reading the articles you posted.
Especially the one regarding the centenarians.
Evidently, these people were eating a variety of foods & had a proper nutritional balance occuring in their bodies as a result.
It just goes to show ya that their bodies had the remarkable ability to compensate & adjust to what it was being fed. Bad nutrients in a way play a vital roll too.
It's all about trying to get enough of one nutrient & not overdosing on another. The trick is to keep from throwing that balance off.. they found that balance.

Could you post those articles on grains that you mentioned?

Don't worry, I don't think any bodybuilders are reading this

 

[MANTUS]

Dr.Mercola

For several million years, humans existed on a diet of animals and vegetation. It was only with the advent of agriculture a mere 10,000 years ago - a fraction of a second in evolutionary time - that humans began ingesting large amounts of sugar and starch in the form of grains (and potatoes) into their diets. Indeed, 99.99% of our genes were formed before the advent of agriculture; in biological terms, our bodies are still those of hunter-gatherers.
While the human shift to agriculture produced indisputable gains for man - modern civilization is based on this epoch - societies where the transition from a primarily meat/vegetation diet to one high in cereals show a reduced lifespan and stature, increases in infant mortality and infectious disease, and higher nutritional deficiencies.

Contemporary humans have not suddenly evolved mechanisms to incorporate the high carbohydrates from starch- and sugar-rich foods into their diet. In short, we are consuming far too much bread, cereal, pasta, corn (a grain, not a vegetable), rice, potatoes and Little Debbie snack cakes, with very grave consequences to our health. Making matters worse, most of these carbohydrates we consume come in the form of processed food.

That 65% of Americans are overweight, and 27% clinically obese, in a nation addicted to sesame seed buns for that hamburger, with a side of French fries and a Coke, is no coincidence. It is not the fat in the foods we eat but, far more, the excess carbohydrates from our starch- and sugar-loaded diet that is making people fat and unhealthy, and leading to epidemic levels of a host of diseases such as diabetes.

If you are experiencing any of the following symptoms, chances are very good that the excess carbohydrates in your body are, in part or whole, to blame:

Excess weight
Fatigue and frequent sleepiness
Depression
Brain fogginess
Bloating
Low blood sugar
High blood pressure
High triglycerides
We all need a certain amount of carbohydrates, of course, but, through our addiction to grains, potatoes, sweets and other starchy and sugary foods, we are consuming far too many. The body's storage capacity for carbohydrates is quite limited, though, so here's what happens to all the excess: they are converted, via insulin, into fat and stored in the adipose, or fatty, tissue.

Any meal or snack high in carbohydrates generates a rapid rise in blood glucose. To adjust for this rise, the pancreas secretes the hormone insulin into the bloodstream, which lowers the glucose. Insulin is, though, essentially a storage hormone, evolved over those millions of years of humans prior to the agricultural age, to store the excess calories from carbohydrates in the form of fat in case of famine.

Insulin, stimulated by the excess carbohydrates in our overabundant consumption of grains, starches and sweets, is responsible for all those bulging stomachs and fat rolls in thighs and chins.

Even worse, high insulin levels suppress two other important hormones - glucagons and growth hormones - that are responsible for burning fat and sugar and promoting muscle development, respectively. So insulin from excess carbohydrates promotes fat, and then wards off the body's ability to lose that fat.

Excess weight and obesity lead to heart disease and a wide variety of other diseases. But the ill effect of grains and sugars does not end there. They suppress the immune system, contributing to allergies, and they are responsible for a host of digestive disorders. They contribute to depression, and their excess consumption is, in fact, associated with many of the chronic diseases in our nation, such as cancer and diabetes............................It all pretty much comes down to INSULIN or rather too much of it(insulin resistance)

 

[MANTUS]

Low Carb

This whole post has been about low carbs which is good for health.Loading up on all the cal during bulking cycle may be bad,but cutting down carbs during cutting cycle is good,so maybe BBers are healthier after all.Some BBers like to limit fat gain even if it means less muscle,which is probably better for health.We all know that doing that will not pack on the muscle most of us are looking for,so high insulin is the key.Who the hell wants to live to be 120 anyway?

 

[MANTUS]

Living fuel

I bought this stuff from Mercola's site about 5 months ago.I took 1 scoop(believe dose required is 2 scoops)because i wanted to test it.I went house hunting with my wife(girlfriend at the time)and about 2 hrs after taking it,i got EXTREMELY sick.I never get sick at all,so i knew something was up when i felt it.1st i got a headache(never get those)then my stomach felt like it was burning,and i broke out in a bad sweat.My wife had to drive because i had to keep pulling over to puke(white sticky mucus).The directions said that it may cause flu-like symtoms,and they were right.They said it was the toxins flushing from the body.I like Mercola's site and i trust him,but i just couldn't handle it.I swear to god i felt like i was possessed by a demon. I was thinking of buying more(threw the other bottle away the next day)and trying very very little until i get used to it.O yeah lol another thing.When i got home i had the worst case of diarrhea i ever had.No lie,it was comeing out like water from a garden hose.That was the best laxative i ever took. I still have nightmares lol

 

[MANTUS]

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FOOD/NUTRIENT FOOD/NUTRIENT
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Organic Slippery Elm Bark Powder

Organic Ginger Powder

Standardized Milk Thistle Extract

Organic Turmeric Root Powder

L-Glutamine and L-Taurine

N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC)

Glutathione (reduced)

Coenzyme Q10

Complete Multivitamin Formula

Includes Coenzyme B-Vitamins

Stevia Leaf Extract (debittered)

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Grape Seed Extract (>85% OPC)

Quercetin

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FOODS AMOUNT
Protein from Organic/Non-GMO Brown Rice and Non-GMO Yellow Pea Proprietary Complex
20,000 mg
Organic Barley Grass Leaf Powder (gluten-free) 6,000 mg
Organic Chia Seeds (excellent source of essential fatty acids)
5,000 mg
Stabilized Brown Rice Bran (GMO- and Pesticide-Free)
5,000 mg
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3,800mg
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2,000 mg
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2,000 mg
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300 mg

Organic Turmeric Powder
100 mg

Organic Ginger Root Powder
100 mg

Organic Dandelion Root Powder
100 mg

Organic Astragalus Leaf Powder
100 mg

Milk Thistle Extract Powder (standardized to 80% Silymarin)
100 mg

Ginkgo Biloba (standardized Greenwave 24/6 Extract)
60 mg

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N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine (NAC)
300 mg
Quercetin
100 mg
Green Tea Catechins (90% Polyphenols)
100 mg
Grape Seed Extract (>85% OPC)
50 mg
Alpha Lipoic Acid
25 mg
Glutathione (reduced)
25 mg
Coenzyme Q10 25 mg

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Choline (from bitartrate)
500 mg 100
Vitamin C (from buffered Ca/Mg/Zn ascorbates)
500 mg 833
Inositol (pure crystalline)
500 mg *
Vitamin E (as d-alpha tocopheryl succinate)
100 iu 333
Vitamin B3 (as niacinamide)
25 mg 125
Vitamin B6 (from coenzyme pyridoxal 5'phosphate)
10 mg 500
Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid)
10 mg 100
Vitamin B2 (from coenzyme riboflavin 5'phosphate
5 mg 294
Vitamin B1 (from coenzyme thiamin diphosphate)
5 mg 334
Beta Carotene (from Dunaliella salinas)
5 mg 167
Lycopene (from tomatoes)
3 mg *
Lutein (from Marigold flowers)
1 mg *
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0.8 mg 200
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0.5 mg 8,325
Biotin (pure crystalline)
0.5 mg 170
Vitamin K (as phylloquinone)
0.5 mg 625
Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) 200 iu 50

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396 mg 12
Calcium (from Krebs Cycle Bionutrients)
350 mg 35
Magnesium (from Krebs Cycle Bionutrients)
300 mg 75
Trace Minerals powder (from Inland Sea Water)
100 mg *
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5 mg 33
Silica (from horsetail stems)
5 mg *
Manganese (from Krebs Cycle Bionutrients)
5 mg 250
Boron (from citrate/aspartate/glycinate)
2 mg *
Copper (from sebacate)
0.5 mg 25
Chromium (from polynicotinate and arginate)
100 mcg 85
Selenium (from l-selenomethionine)
70 mcg 100
Vanadium (from Krebs Cycle Bionutrients)
50 mcg *
Molybdenum (from Krebs Cycle Bionutrients) 50 mcg 65

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[Sachet]

Re: Living fuel

I bought this stuff from Mercola's site about 5 months ago.I took 1 scoop(believe dose required is 2 scoops)because i wanted to test it.I went house hunting with my wife(girlfriend at the time)and about 2 hrs after taking it,i got EXTREMELY sick.I never get sick at all,so i knew something was up when i felt it.1st i got a headache(never get those)then my stomach felt like it was burning,and i broke out in a bad sweat.My wife had to drive because i had to keep pulling over to puke(white sticky mucus).The directions said that it may cause flu-like symtoms,and they were right.They said it was the toxins flushing from the body.I like Mercola's site and i trust him,but i just couldn't handle it.I swear to god i felt like i was possessed by a demon. I was thinking of buying more(threw the other bottle away the next day)and trying very very little until i get used to it.O yeah lol another thing.When i got home i had the worst case of diarrhea i ever had.No lie,it was comeing out like water from a garden hose.That was the best laxative i ever took. I still have nightmares lol

OoOo you poor thing! *lol*
It just sounds so funny the way you described it *lmao*
That's horrid!


That's another really good article
Thanks for taking the time to post it!

I like that the Doc explains things in such a simplified fashion that everyone can understand & I especially like the fact that he pointed out 'We all need a certain amount of carbohydrates, of course, but, through our addiction to grains, potatoes, sweets and other starchy and sugary foods, we are consuming far too many.'

The 'gatherer' part of us ate fruites & veggies with our meat.
If everyone could just go back to eating very low on the food chain!

 

[Sachet]

Praetorian~

What is your defination of a food allergy?

 

[MANTUS]

It's when your allergic to a specific food

 

[Sachet]

Mantus! *lol*

Well, what I meant was.. where does the allergic reaction begin in the body & what transpires before there's any symptoms noticed?

 

[MANTUS]

OK now that i can't answer.

 

[Sachet]

*lmao* Mantus!

5. Rising Blood Pressure with Age
Blood pressure will likely increase with age on a typical low-carb diet. In part, this is because a high-carb, high-fiber diet includes more fruits, vegetables, whole grains and nonfat dairy products. This diet was shown to lower blood pressure most likely due to its higher content of key minerals such as potassium, calcium and magnesium. Also low-carb diets do not restrict salt intake, the main reason blood pressure rises with age.

I agree that there could be a number of factors involved in attributing to a rise in blood pressure with age such as becoming less active, etc.
However, it's no secret that high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries, kidney disease & too much salt in the diet plays a major roll.
If an elderly person consumes a protein rich diet low on carbs, chances are they will not be consuming enough potassium, which helps the body excrete sodium.
What are potassium rich foods? You guessed it.. potatoes, oj, cantaloupe, bananas, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, raisens.
Although, much can be obtained by eating salmon, lobster, yogurt
& milk as well..
Fiber is essential as well and the most effective way to lower your blood pressure is by eating more than 12g daily {apples, pears & oranges are the ultimate fiber}

6. Gout
An excess of uric acid in the body causes gout. This excess can be caused by an increased intake of foods high in purines, which are broken down into uric acid in the body. Meat, poultry, nuts, seeds, eggs and seafood are all fairly high in purines. Elevated levels of uric acid in the blood may lead to needle-like uric acid crystals in joints.

Can't argue with that.

7. Kidney Stones
Both uric acid and calcium oxalate stones are more likely to form on a high protein, ketogenic diet than on a higher carbohydrate diet with more fruits and vegetables.

This is very true as well.
Most people are under the impression that kidney stones {calcium stones} are pure calcium are caused by their calcium intake.
Actually, they're calcium & oxalate and a limited calcium diet promotes stone formation.
The reason I'm pointing this out is because if you're eating a diet high in protein without supplimenting it with calcium, not only are your bones getting ripped off, but you are setting yourself up for kidney stones.
When there's limited calcium consumption, oxalate absorption increases and so does oxalate filtration into the urine.. which is what encourages the stone formation.
How to prevent it? Reduce oxalate foods which are; meat, nuts, beets, chocolate & strawberries and I think spinache too.

Citrus fruites inhibit stone formation.
B6 {which is found in carbs} also helps reduce the risk of kidney stones.

 

[winnie]

bump for one hell of a thread maker...