Paper Credentials Vs. The Fitness Industry
13 years ago
1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.That´s ten. 136 more at Nancy Appleton´s site: http://www.nancyappleton.com/NA144reasons.html
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high-density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9. Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
"Schweitzer estimated that he saw almost two thousand patients in the first nine months."After the first nine months he averaged 30-40 patients a day for most of the coming 40 years. 41 years later and a year after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize he encountered the first case of appendicitis. When first arriving to Gabon,
"[he] was astounded to encounter no cases of cancer."During the years more and more cancer appeared. Schweitzer attributed this to the locals living "more like the whites."
Let me tell you a story, a tale of a woman who gained 30 lbs by eating one cracker. [...]
This time, a tray of whole wheat crackers was laid on the buffet table, covered with some sort of sweetened cheese. She had just one. She savored the taste that she'd missed. "Maybe one more. I'll be extra good this weekend,'" she told herself.Enjoy the the read.
"Professor David Diamond, in the Departments of Psychology, Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, and a career scientist at the Tampa VA Hospital, investigated the effects of a typical American diet, which is high in fat and sugar, compared to an Atkins-type diet, which is high in animal and vegetable fat but low in sugar, on the physiology and behavior of rats."They found that rats which eat a typical high-fat, high carb diet are more anxious and gained more weight than the Atkins diet group of rats.
"These [the American diet] animals also demonstrated other evidence of anxiety, such as greater startle responses and fear of a novel place. The Atkins diet rats, by contrast, exhibited no signs of anxiety when they were in the novel environment. The researchers also found that the American diet group gained significantly more weight than the groups fed the Atkins and control diets."A connection was made between sugar in combination with fat, as being the primary factor to obesity. However, the low carb Atkins diet, also with a high fat intake, was found to be an effective strategy to lose weight and, findings suggest, a reduction in anxiety and better performance under stress.
"About a quarter of adults in the UK are now obese.
Obesity and problems caused by being overweight are thought to cost the NHS more than £3bn a year.
The Scottish government said 40% of Scots could be classed as obese by 2030, if things do not change."
"We have to take obesity seriously."
"A 64 year old woman had been treated for diabetes type 2 and high blood pressure and weighed 273 lbs."She was recommended, in January 2007, by her doctor do quit eating bananas, which she did twice a day. Without making any other lifestyle changes or diet changes she lost 26 lbs the first year, simply by not eating bananas. By spring 2009 she had lost a total of 60 lbs.
"A 42 year old man had a habit of drinking half a gallon of soda every day. He had been doing so for a long time."
"An office removed the bowl of fruit from the staff room by mistake."Within a few weeks, almost all employees had lost a few pounds, which surprised them in a good way. Some employees suspected the fruit, but nobody said anything.
The rise of obesity is usually blamed on too much eating and not enough exercising, but Robert Lustig, MD, a UCSF pediatric neuroendocrinologist, asks us to look beyond the obvious.
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More specifically, it is fructose that is harmful, according to Lustig. Fructose is a component of the two most popular sugars. One is table sugar — sucrose. The other is high-fructose corn syrup. High-fructose corn syrup has become ubiquitous in soft drinks and many other processed foods.Full article: "Sugar is a poison"
"Statin therapy is associated with a slightly increased risk of development of diabetes, but the risk is low both in absolute terms and when compared with the reduction in coronary events."Full article here.
"It convincingly demonstrates that there is something seriously wrong with the mainstream theory of heart disease. It destroys the diet-heart hypothesis, and makes a compelling case against the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs."Full review here.
(NaturalNews) Virtually all "protein bars" on the market today are made with soy protein. Many infant formula products are also made with soy protein, and thousands of vegetarian products (veggie burgers, veggie cheese, "natural" food bars, etc.) are made with soy protein. That soy protein is almost always described as safe and "natural" by the companies using it. But there's a dirty little secret the soy product industry doesn't want you to know: Much of the "natural" soy protein used in foods today is bathed in a toxic, explosive chemical solvent known as hexane.Hexane is a neurotoxin.
In the industry, hexanes are used in the formulation of glues for shoes, leather products, and roofing. They are also used to extract cooking oils from seeds, for cleansing and degreasing all sorts of items, and in textile manufacturing.
"There is no connection between consumption of saturated fat and cardiovascular diseases.
- Peter Nilsson.
Professor of Cardiovascular Research. January 2010
”Two generations of Swedes have been misinformed about what they should eat, and Swedes have been trying to decrease fat intake in vain. It is time to overlook today's dietary advice and base them on modern science."To quote the famous Ancel Keys who is the main reason most westerners are terrified of saturated fat:
- Göran Berglund,
Professor of Internal Medicine, Lund, Sweden. 2009.
”Scientists have been nagging us about low-fat diets for 30 years, and it turns out to be completely wrong. There is no evidence connecting saturated fat with cardiovascular disease.”
- Fredrik Nyström,
Professor of Internal Medicine. 2009.
”We have underestimated the danger of carbohydrates and overestimated the danger of fat.”
- Johan Frostegård,
Professor of Medicine at The Karolinska Institute. 2010.
"People should know the facts. Then if they want to eat themselves to death, let them."That Ancel Keys' research got such a hold of Western diet is shameful.
"A modern-day Stone Age subculture is developing in the United States, where wannabe cavemen mimic their distant ancestors. They eat lots of meat, bathe in icy water and run around barefoot. Some researchers say people led healthier lives in pre-historic times."
"Muesli? An abomination in the eyes of this modern-day Fred Flintstone. Spaghetti? "A plate full of sugar," Arthur De Vany counters."
"The generation growing up will live shorter lives than their parents."
"[]he said the study showed the Atkins diet may be more healthful than many of its critics have said. After a year their cholesterol and blood pressure readings were slightly better than those on the other three diets."
"A [US] study of more than 100 obese children and teenagers found more than half were overweight by 24 months and 90% were overweight by the age of five.
Although the reason for rapid weight gain in early life is not well understood, contributing factors are likely to be poor diet, early introduction of solid food, and not getting enough exercise, the researchers said."When I see these kind of reports I always ask myself the same question:
If Health Departments give advice on how to eat and exercise, and people still become obese, does the problem lie with the people or with the advice?Full article here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8512102.stm
Pork chop, marinated in garlic, rosemary and lemon, pan roasted in butter.
Cheese baskets with coleslaw with side of roasted tomatoes with Parmesan.
Heavy cream sauce with rosemary and red wine.
Time | Weight lbs | Waist inches | Hips inches | Weight kg | Waist cm | Hips cm | BMI |
Start | 235 | 45.3 | 45 | 106.8 | 115 | 110 | 30.2 |
Day.22 | 220 | 41 | 43 | 100.2 | 104 | 105 | 28.2 |
Total | -15 | -4.3 | -2 | -6.6 | -11 | -5 | -2 |
- The body can not withstand high levels of fat or protein at any time by either fat or protein. Carbohydrates are the body's natural energy source, "says Marlene Olivares-Dahlby.This makes me wonder what naturally occured in nature 10 000 years ago: Pasta, bread or perhaps danish?
"A human who lives a modern life can be seen as a lion in a circus cage. Much alike the lion she is confined to her cage and deprived of her natural life. The cage may be called an apartment, car, subway or office. Let us study how the lion and the human functions in its captivity.
A lot of experts say, lack of exercise leads to obesity. But if this was true the lion should grow in all directions. But the lion stays fit, as long as it is fed meat. Meat is the natural food of a lion. With meat as a nutrient the lion regulates its body weight, even in a cage. But give the lion factory made fodder and its stomach will soon touch the ground."
"The only thing which has been constant through the years are the warnings of saturated fat. It is always as dangerous. This is a worrying message since breast milk contains large amounts of saturated fat. Thus, don't breastfeed!"