tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59574215875313649482024-03-05T18:35:04.518-05:00Escape the HerdEveryday herds of people or sheeple as they've been called, are unknowingly lead to an early death. They are told what to eat, what pills to take, and what lifestyle to live, and without reservation they follow that advice. Yet, society is getting sicker and sicker by the day. Hopefully the information you read here will motivate you to explore your own well being. Escape the Herd and discover how to truly be healthy.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-7028911412980108902013-03-04T10:45:00.000-05:002013-03-04T11:40:09.222-05:00"How a Caveman Saved This 21st Century Woman"<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a story I asked my cousin-in-law to share with the world via my wildly popular blog. I feel stories like these are the real reason for the success of paleo and/or primal. People are sick, people try paleo, people get drastically better, people make their success story available to the world via the internet, and doctors are dumbfounded. I have to thank Bridget for taking the time to write this and for being so open about what she has worked very hard to overcome. Anyways, here it is, feel free to pass it on:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Chuck has asked me to share my story of how eating like a
caveman has changed my life. I have put
it off because I didn’t think I could fully encapsulate my transformation into
a single post. I can’t even say it’s a
totally new me, but a return to the old me I thought was all but lost. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>About six years ago, I remember Chuck talking about some
websites he had read and how he thought thet could really make a difference in my
particular situation. He knew I was struggling with infertility due to PCOS. He
mentioned something about eating like our ancestors ate and how grains were
actually bad for our bodies. He cited research, to which I remember quickly
dismissing and throwing out the line, “Well if they’re so bad for us, why do
they make up the base of our food pyramid?”
Chuck just smiled and didn’t say another word. However, I do recall him
pulling out a glucometer and checking my blood glucose level one morning (which
happened to be over 200 <u><b>before</b></u> I ate
breakfast).<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well, the years passed and my list of anomalies grew. I had Hashimoto’s (for which half of my
thyroid was removed), I went through unsuccessful infertility treatments that
resulted in an ectopic pregnancy and the loss of one of my fallopian tubes,
severe eczema, uterine polyps (that had to be surgically removed twice) and I
was hospitalized for hemiplegic migraines.
These migraines caused me to have all the symptoms of a stroke. I was
35, I felt like I was 70 and I thought I might be going insane. I hardly had enough energy to work. I was taking multiple medications daily and
worse than anything was how different my mind felt. Due to the type of
migraines I had, I felt like I was losing myself…losing who I was. My lowest
point was the day I had taken 11 pills and 2 shots for my migraines, and still
did not feel relief. To say I was a
train wreck was putting it mildly.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I contacted Chuck and let him know that I was going to
finally give this Paleo thing a try.
But, I wasn’t giving up my multi-grain toast with peanut butter for
breakfast. I would do it my way. Again, my dear cousin-in-law smiled and sent
me <u>The Paleo Solution</u> and that Blood Glucose Monitoring System we had
played around with six years ago. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well, I devoured the book.
I couldn’t read it fast enough.
It was as though Robb Wolf had personally written it for me. I felt as though he were literally speaking
to me. (Who knows, I was on so many meds at that time, it could have been a
hallucination, but I swear he called me by name.) <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>On July 1, 2012, I dove head first into the Paleo life-style
and haven’t looked back since. Within
two weeks (yes, 14 days), I immediately felt a difference. I hadn’t had to take my reactionary migraine
medication one time. And, energy, by God I had energy again. It was almost as though I were on speed! I felt almost super-human. Also, my blood glucose level was staying
between 90-100 all day long. And, most
importantly, I felt like the true Bridget was coming back. For the first time in years, I felt like I
was finally beginning to be me again. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I used all the resources I could get and Chuck was
definitely my number one resource. I
would text him specific foods with a question mark and he would respond yes or
no. I asked about grocery shopping, recipes, ways to cut costs, anything and
everything that came to my mind and he would answer all of my questions and
more. I think having him as my support
system made all of the difference in the world.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>A few weeks ago I went to my endocrinologist for my yearly
check-up (she handles my PCOS and thyroid issues). She couldn’t get over the weight I had lost
(over 20 pounds), how amazing my thyroid numbers were and how energetic I
was. I told her I owed it all to my
Paleo life-style. She said I was doing
so well I no longer needed to see her.
My family doctor could handle my synthroid prescription and she wished
me well. I hope I didn’t offend her for
giving so much credit to this diet.
Regardless of the reason, that is one less doctor I need to see now.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Well, at the beginning of this post I said I wanted to be
succinct. And believe it or not, this is
succinct for me. Thanks to our ancestors
and the diet they started well over 10,000 years ago, I have found myself
again. Actually, I’m even better than
that woman I had longed to be again for so many years. Who would have thought
that a caveman would be the key to finding myself in the 21<sup>st</sup>
century?</i></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-39919162259897765432013-02-28T21:39:00.000-05:002013-03-01T10:39:36.501-05:00Let's Consider "Essential Nutrient Density"<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Mathieu Lalonde is a charismatic and intelligent chemist studying and teaching at Harvard. He decided to analyze almost 8,000 foods based on their <b><i>essential nutrients</i></b>. Let's go to the trusty <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_nutrient" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Wiki</span></a> for a definition: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So basically he set out to measure what foods are really important for us to be eating on a frequent basis. Our bodies are amazing and we have many mechanisms for survival. But we cannot survive let alone thrive without these nutrients only available to us via food. So this talk can get very sciencey but he has an engaging way of presenting. Enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I frequently post stories on athletes eating to optimize their performance. I wonder, why is fuel for daily performance only important for athlete's? Most of us are professional's at something. We have personal lives that also need to be considered. We all perform in different ways all day, every day. Why shouldn't everyone optimize their diet for optimal performance? Is your diet optimized? Is your health optimized? Is your performance optimized?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CP</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-26046535187578084462013-01-28T12:06:00.000-05:002013-01-28T12:06:41.740-05:00Why Do They Make It So Difficult?<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Even before I stopped eating bread, I wasn't a huge fan of Panera Bread's food. Sure, their bagels that are so popular seemed to be freshly made. Their lunch and dinner menus just seemed to be pre-made and shipped from some warehouse. They may not have been but that is how it seemed to me. I literally have not eaten at one of those places in years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Panera has added some pretty decent options to their offereings. I think one of two things have happened at the braintrust at Panera. Someone in corporate realized the bread and pasta they are selling really isn't all that healthy. Or they realized there is a growing population of consumers who have learned that bread and pasta is not the panacea of a healthy diet. I strongly suspect it is the latter. The low carb, paleo, Wheat Belly diets have cut into their bottom line and they needed to react to boost revenue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://mypanera.panerabread.com/articlestips/article/access-into-paneras-hidden-menu/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">weird part</span></a> </span>is they are keeping quite about these new offerings:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I look at the new dishes, they appear to be pretty damn good options for a place with the word "bread" in it's name. I suspect this is why they are being so secretive about it. I think their marketing gurus know this is contradictory to the core of their business. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I wonder how this conversation went. "Sure, we now have these great options but they are low margin. We cannot distract our customer's from the high margin items that they are so addicted to. Besides, we don't want people asking us questions about whether bread is healthy or not." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Oh well, baby steps I guess.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-33798382941845694032013-01-10T21:11:00.000-05:002013-01-10T21:11:06.757-05:00Just....Say....No!<div style="background-color: black; width: 520px;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is pretty funny. You know what is also funny is food manufacturers often<a href="http://www.thestreet.com/story/11012915/1/cellulose-wood-pulp-never-tasted-so-good.html" target="_blank"> <span style="color: blue;">add wood</span></a> to the food they sell.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-11417894665782068792012-12-27T14:06:00.003-05:002012-12-27T14:06:58.099-05:00How Will You Spend Your Time and Money in 2013?<div style="text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-65248820644645262542012-12-16T16:50:00.000-05:002012-12-16T18:40:41.219-05:00An Anti Cancer Diet???<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OxhNMzIzs3M?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe><br />
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CPUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-87480894221566565752012-11-30T11:46:00.004-05:002012-11-30T11:46:43.089-05:00Choose Your Exercise Carefully<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Y6U728AZnV0?feature=player_embedded" width="640"></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CP</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-6379610750075295202012-10-19T11:48:00.000-04:002012-10-19T11:55:03.356-04:00It is Happening Folks....<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Paleo/Primal, Ancestral, Evolutionary health and wellness movement is becoming extremely popular. I am going to highlight only a few recent signs of this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">First is <a href="http://branford.patch.com/articles/branford-restaurants-expanding-menus-to-include-paleo-options" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">an article </span></a>today from a Connecticut based site writing about how 5 of their local restaurants are featuring paleo friendly dishes on their menus. I wonder if they cook these dishes with butter, coconut oil, or lard? Who knows but it is encouraging that businesses are recognizing a need to offer these healthy options to their customers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The second example is from UCLA. They <a href="http://www.evmed.ucla.edu/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">recently announced</span> </a>a curriculum called "Evolutionary Medicine". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I hope this revolutionises healthcare. I am hopeful but I won't hold my breath. This will not become the standard of care any time soon. It will turn out some smart people who will hopefully rock boats and rattle cages. I am interested to see if there will be other institutions that will follow suit with similar programs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The last example I have is an interview by actress Judy Greer. She has a video series on Yahoo called "Reluctantly Healthy". It appears to be a chronicle of what is popular today in nutrition and fitness. Anyway, this little interview appears to be a chill conversation among the cool kids.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is all great stuff. The message is obviously spreading to a wider audience and for good reason. People who clean up their diet with paleo end up being advocates because of the many positive results they see. The weird thing is, the less proselytizing I have become, the more people engage me about this stuff. Maybe there is a lesson here.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-55538806621883177212012-10-10T17:00:00.001-04:002012-10-11T09:35:26.586-04:00This Is An Enlightening....and Frightening Video<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I first want to say that I am not advocating a ketogenic diet for everyone. I do believe it can be safe and effective for many ailments such as neurologic disorders, diabetes, and cancers . This video simply illustrates the problem with medical care today. Although this video is almost 20 years old, the problem seems as bad as ever. So many physicians practicing medicine today take the Hippocratic oath, written by Hippocrates, the father of western medicine. The sad thing is most doctors don't know about one of his most profound quotes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I've <a href="http://escapetheherdblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-shouldnt-be-about-weight.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">written</span></a> about this topic in the past. I think the goal of "losing weight" is stupid. It should be about getting healthy and losing body fat. There is a distinct difference between that and "losing weight". Setting a target weight goal is even more ridiculous but sometimes necessary. In the past year I have competed in 2 weight lifting competitions. I have done well for myself but have not won anything by any means. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have competed in the 83 kg (about 183 pounds) weight class. According to my home scale, my everyday walking around weight is about 172 pounds and I am relatively lean. I am competing against guys who cut their weight down from about 190 or so. They are bigger than me and stronger than me. I knew I wasn't going to be winning any championships but my competitive spirit got the better of me. Tomorrow I am competing again. A while ago, I decided for this competition I would compete in the 74 kg weight class to have a better chance of placing higher. That meant I had to lose about 9 pounds. Last November during a stressful time I dropped to the low 160s so I thought I could get there again through some careful restriction of food and water.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Last week I started dialing back my food a bit. A few days I skipped breakfast and lunch only to eat at night. I figured I would dial back my calories and carbs. Then I could sweat out a bit of water and I would get there by Saturday morning. This past Tuesday I was down about 5 pounds with only 4 to go.......until I got on a different scale. On Wednesday at my globo gym, I had just finished a very sweaty session of light exercise and some time in the hot tub. I was hoping to wring out some water weight. After I was done, I got on their scale with only shorts on. I weighed 170. WHAT?!? How could this be? Which scale was right...this one or my home scale? That night I went to a store and stood on 8 different scales and what I discovered was that my home scale is lite by about 4 pounds. I immediately stopped trying to lose weight because I knew it wasn't in the cards for me to be that lite AND also be able to be strong enough to compete.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This short weight loss mission was very stressful for me. Since I changed my diet almost 6 years ago, I have had the good fortune of being able to eat a lot of food to maintain my health and body composition. I enjoy indulging in many different types of food without calorie restriction. It was a very weird change. Starving myself to reach that number was mentally hard. I have never had to do something like this before. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I noticed some negative health issues flaring up. I had weird muscle pains despite really dialing back my training. I got some acne and dry skin blemishes. I got a cold sore on my lower lip. And I got a slight cold. While eating well and to satiety, I had been coasting along feeling pretty damn good without these problems. I attribute these recent issues to lack of nutrients, dehydration, and stress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This whole fiasco reaffirmed my hatred of "weight loss". The mirror, how you feel, and an accurate body composition test should be one's barometer for a successful body transformation. If a poundage number is your goal, you may be very disappointed when you possibly gain muscle OR when you step on a different scale. In the last year or so, I have changed the way I trained. My wife and I have noticed visually changes in my body and the scale has crept up a few pounds. But I have realized, I cannot get down to the low 160s again. I think I have put on a few pounds of muscle, which is good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This was a tremendous learning experience for me. I have sympathy for those starving themselves hoping to see a difference on the scale. I don't feel sorry for them though. They need to change their goal and change their focus. Their physical appearance may not change overnight but they need to realize their isn't a quick fix to a problem created over a lifetime.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is interesting. I am curious to see what comes out of this <a href="http://nusi.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">group</span></a>.</span><br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-88356466646852240332012-09-05T12:24:00.000-04:002012-09-07T16:11:37.979-04:00Plant Based Diets Are NOT Inherently Healthier <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is quite sad really. People often cut meat from their diet for the perceived health benefits. I am sure there are more healthy ways to do this than others but the bottom line is, meat is not the evil, human killing food it has been made out to be. It is an integral part of a healthy diet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I have to admit a morbid habit I have. Every time a celebrity passes away, I Google their name with the words "vegan" and "vegetarian". I am not sure why these diets seem to be more popular among the celebrity crowd but it doesn't seem to be saving them from chronic diseases. Although I suspect their diet could be part of the problem, I am not going to make that absolute deceleration because I don't know everything about these people. What I will say is that this way of eating does not seem to be saving their lives. The latest celebrity to pass who was also a vegetarian was <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://blisstree.com/eat/michael-clarke-duncan-dies-from-heart-attack-despite-being-healthy-vegetarian-536/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Michael Clarke Duncan</span></a>. </span>He died September 3rd of complications from a July 13th heart attack. He was 54. He was a vegetarian for the last 3 years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Chicken bores me. Compared to pork, beef, and seafood, it does nothing for me. I know it is a decent protein source that is widely available and relatively inexpensive. I just find it kinda bland and tasteless. I do eat it though because of the previously mentioned attributes and it is popular with other people I eat with. I get the less expensive but more flavorful dark meat cuts on the bone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I WILL NOT cook chicken in my house without brining it first. In my opinion, brining has a wide definition but it typically involves a salty marinade for a period of time. I have done many different brines of my chicken. Just pick some flavors you like and let the chicken soak at least overnight to impart the desired flavor. Do yourself a favor and google "brining chicken"and try it yourself. You will not be disappointed. You will however, change how you cook chicken forever.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CP</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-75098637398489111402012-08-20T10:51:00.001-04:002012-08-23T14:09:00.474-04:00All Calories are Not Equal<embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" background="#333333" flashvars="si=254&&contentValue=50126996&shareUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-57461579/study-not-all-calories-are-created-equal/" height="279" salign="lt" scale="noscale" src="http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/cbsnews_player_embed.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is a follow up to a <a href="http://escapetheherdblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/interesting-study-was-just-released.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">post </span></a>I did on this study a while back.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Fill your diet with nutrient dense, satisfying foods to get yourself on a path toward better health. The latest research says meats (especially organ meats) are the most nutrient dense, then veggies, then fruits. Most grains cannot be eaten without being processed and cooked. In the end, these grains end up being pretty nutrient deficient in comparison to many other foods. Of course using this information in a helpful way requires one to seriously question the validity that fat and cholesterol in our food is detrimental. That subject has been beaten to death on this blog and by many, much more educated experts. I do think even some of the most ardent followers of conventional wisdom are starting to question the whole cholesterol/ fat hypothesis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">CP</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-75598871910757375182012-07-26T10:23:00.000-04:002012-07-26T18:50:40.220-04:00I Don't Care.....<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I really do not care if I rarely do original thought posts anymore. I always thought my blog as more of a gateway for people to dig deeper elsewhere and find more detailed information that helps them. I will always pass on pertinent info after I find it. For me, there will be no shame in this because I feel it is working. Information like I post here is getting to the masses and it is having a great effect. Credit to <a href="http://www.dietdoctor.com/bill-oreilly-dont-eat-wheat?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bill-oreilly-dont-eat-wheat" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">DietDoctor</span></a> for sharing this:</span><br />
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CPUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-46054428552739390702012-07-25T16:22:00.000-04:002012-07-25T16:23:21.700-04:00This Should Inspire Anyone<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Credit to <a href="http://physicalliving.com/never-leave-the-playground-introducing-play-master-stephen-jepson/" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Physical Living</span></a> for sharing this gem. Hopefully this will inspire many to get off the treadmill and stop staring at the TV while they exercise. F</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">or the greatest results, e</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ngage your body and mind while challenging yourself.</span><br />
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CPUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-85747362406692762982012-07-13T08:01:00.000-04:002012-07-13T08:01:18.900-04:00Cavemen in KC<script type='text/javascript' src='http://KCTV.images.worldnow.com/interface/js/WNVideo.js?rnd=136912;hostDomain=www.kctv5.com;playerWidth=630;playerHeight=355;isShowIcon=true;clipId=7496372;flvUri=;partnerclipid=;adTag=Video%2520Player;advertisingZone=;enableAds=true;landingPage=;islandingPageoverride=false;playerType=STANDARD_EMBEDDEDscript;controlsType=overlay'></script><a href="http://www.kctv5.com" title="KCTV 5">KCTV 5</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-84350271919155047712012-06-28T15:17:00.001-04:002012-06-30T09:57:08.859-04:00Cancer Minus Glucose Equals Dead Cancer Cells<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yesterday's post discussed how maintaining weight may be easier on a very low carb diet. I have heard over and over that obese people tend to get chronic diseases more often than non obese people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is another interesting study regarding low carb. This comes from <span style="color: blue;"> <a href="http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v8/n1/full/msb201220.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Molecular Systems Biology</span></a></span>. Here is a quote from an article about the study on <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120626131854.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">Science Daily</span></a>:</span></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">In research published June 26 in the journal </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">Molecular Systems Biology</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 15px; text-align: left;">, Graeber and his colleagues demonstrate that glucose starvation -- that is, depriving cancer cells of glucose -- activates a metabolic and signaling amplification loop that leads to cancer cell death as a result of the toxic accumulation of reactive oxygen species</span></span></i></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This basically means starving cancer cells of glucose will result in the death of those cells. </span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">These are just a few foods that will provide glucose to the body (including cancer cells); fruit, whole wheat bread, table sugar, high fructose corn syrup, candy bars, and sweet potatoes. It is not just sugar that raises blood sugar (also know as blood glucose). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everyday in our body, new cells are created and cells die. It is known that cancer cells are formed when the creation of new, normal cells go wrong. It is speculated that this happens in everyone. In healthy people, the body recognizes these faulty cells and kills them. In unhealthy people with weak immune systems, the faulty cancer cells proliferate into tumors. If there is a constant supply of glucose, these tumors will continue to grow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Bottom line is that it would be wise to assure you always have a strong immune system and keep your blood sugar at a healthy but low level. The sad thing is that this is <a href="http://escapetheherdblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/cancer-post.html" target="_blank">not at all new </a>information. Yet, I rarely here of glucose deprivation as a cancer treatment or prevention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><i><span style="color: #444444;">The results of our study challenge the notion that a calorie is a calorie from a metabolic perspective. During isocaloric feeding following weight loss, REE (resting energy expenditure) was 67 kcal/d higher with the very low-carbohydrate diet compared with the low-fat diet. TEE (total energy expenditure) differed by approximately 300 kcal/d between these 2 diets, </span><span style="color: red;">an effect corresponding with the amount of energy typically expended in 1 hour of moderate-intensity physical activity</span><span style="color: #444444;">.</span></i></span>
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<i><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Although the very low-carbohydrate diet produced the greatest improvements in most metabolic syndrome components examined herein, we identified 2 potentially deleterious effects of this diet. Twenty-four hour urinary cortisol excretion, a hormonal measure of stress, was highest with the very low-carbohydrate diet.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> </span></span></i></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #444444;"><i>C-reactive protein also tended to be higher with the very low-carbohydrate diet in our study,</i></span></span> </blockquote>
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<i style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #444444;">In conclusion, our study demonstrates that commonly consumed diets can affect metabolism and components of the metabolic syndrome in markedly different ways during weight-loss maintenance, independent of energy content.</span><span style="color: red;"> The low-fat diet produced changes in energy expenditure and serum leptin</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 0px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Cambria, Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: red;">that would predict weight regain</span><span style="color: #444444;">. </span><span style="color: red;">In addition, this conventionally recommended diet had unfavorable effects on most of the metabolic syndrome components studied herein.</span></span><span style="color: red;"> </span></i></blockquote>
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So people who ate a very low carbohydrate diet with all other factors being equal burned an average of 325 calories more per day than the low fat participants. The equivalent of 1 hour of moderate exercise. WOW, that is significant! The C reactive protein was higher for the low carb group but during the test phase it dropped significantly from a 1.75 baseline to get well below the supposed safe threshold of 1 mg/L. <br />
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Cortisol, the stress hormone, definitely did go up for the low carb group. This study was done on obese individuals who have probably dieted before. In the test phase they were fed 2000 calories. Not starvation but probably lower than they are used to on their average day. My guess is the participants probably had tried to restrict fat in the past so this was probably nothing new to them. I wonder how stressful it would have been to take away nutrients they likely lived on for years, carbohydrates, while replacing them with nutrients, fat, they feel would cause them to gain the fat back that they had just lost. Could this type of diet cause an increase of stress in the short term for people not used to it....I'd say yes.<br />
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I am sure every agenda will cherry pick data from this study just as I have. Bottom line is, this is just another reason to question conventional wisdom if you haven't already. JAMA is probably the premier medical journal in the world. You can be sure medical professionals will be surprised. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957421587531364948.post-58598579264339622512012-06-26T11:46:00.003-04:002012-06-26T11:46:52.467-04:00What If Lowering Risk Factors Doesn't Work???<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">What happens when doctors focus on treating risk factors that may not be actual risk factors? You end up with a multi-billion dollar class of drugs that don't seem to be helping all that much. In fact, these drugs are probably doing more harm than they are doing good.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Statins are used to lower "high" cholesterol. "High" cholesterol is classically seen as a risk factor for heart disease. Problem is, lowering cholesterol doesn't seem to be doing much good for the people taking these medications. Here is the question, is the perceived risk factor valid?</span><br />
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