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#21 Chilidawgz

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 01:32 PM

Makes me smile to see Paleo/Primal/Fat (Ancestral Diet) getting traction and acknowledgement. I read everything I could get my hands on about five years ago on what is the correct way to eat. I looked at low fat, vegetarian, raw food and finally came round to the Ancestral Diet. It saved my life (I was obese with pre diabetes, HBP and bad lipid profile). Dropped nearly 60 pounds and normalized my health markers.

The low fat diet is promoted by the USDA and hence it is for big Ag production profits. In my thinking, it is the leading cause of our health crisis. 40 years of horrible advice.

The vegetarian/folks typically abhor eating flesh and will give you woowoo "science" to show you humans are meant to eat fruits and vegetables and perhaps grains. Some proponents aproach this lifestyle with a religious zeal IMO.

Here are a few folks aside from Sisson and Wolf you might find interesting.

GnollOrg

Dr. Kurt Harris he no longer blogs but has left his site and information up.

Art Devany was Paleo before most people had no idea what that meant.


I say eat whatever works for you. Whatever that is. (My bias is primal though :P )

Edited by Chilidawgz, 20 June 2014 - 01:35 PM.

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#22 Lee48

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 07:44 PM

I see I'm getting out gunned by the fat and meat eaters here. That's OK. And I'm not here to do battle.
I don't see much mentioned about cancer and heart disease with your fat and meat diets. It's easy to lose weight.

I should also mention I'm not a big grain eater of bread or rice. Maybe one slice of bread a day. But I eat sweet potatoes and beans about every day.

I won't go into the cancer causing agents in grilled meat or any meat cooked at a high temp.
I'll focus on egg whites. That's the new safe rage for getting "safe protein" these days. So lets take a look.

1. Egg whites are high in the amino Acid Methionine. Rice has 14 times less of this amino acid and beans 7 time less. When one consumes Methionine in a large quantity (like that found in egg whites), it is broken down into sulfuric compounds. these sulfuric compounds are buffered by the calcium of the bones. the result, over time, is osteoporosis and kidney stones.
http://www.vivalis.si/literatu...

2. Methionine is metabolized into homocysteine. This substance is a risk factor associated with heart attacks, strokes, peripheral vascular disease, venous thrombosis, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and depression.
http://www.pnas.org/content/10... (this study was done with mice, not humans.)

3. Cancer cell metabolism is dependent upon methionine being present in the diet; whereas normal cells can grow on a methionine-free diet feeding off other sulfur-containing amino acids.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...

4. Good ol' Insulin like growth factor is raised significantly by Methionine. raised levels of IGF-1 = accelerated aging/tumor promotion.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org...

5. Sulfur from Methionine is known to be toxic to the tissues of the intestine, and to have harmful effects on the human colon, even at low levels, possibly causing ulcerative colitis.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu... (this study done with rats)
http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org...

6. Restriction of methionine in the diet has been shown to prolong the life of experimental animals.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pu...
http://jn.nutrition.org/conten...

also, egg whites are pure protein without any other nutrients, like antioxidants, fiber or carbs. Just as white flour is viewed as empty calories, so should egg whites.

#23 Rogerdodger

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Posted 20 June 2014 - 09:09 PM

egg whites are pure protein without any other nutrients, like antioxidants, fiber or carbs. Just as white flour is viewed as empty calories.


Is Protein different than calories?

food calorie (symbol: Cal) is approximately the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius

Proteins perform a vast array of functions within living organisms, including catalyzing metabolic reactions, replicating DNA, responding to stimuli, and transporting molecules from one location to another.

Eggs are one of the least expensive forms of protein. The American Heart Association says normal healthy adults can safely enjoy an egg a day.

http://www.webmd.com...protein-sources

My review of Ancestry.com shows that my ancestors (who relied on chickens and gardens for a constant source of food) lived into their 90's without modern medicines or health care.

Edited by Rogerdodger, 20 June 2014 - 09:16 PM.


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Posted 21 June 2014 - 03:56 AM

Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at Rockefeller University in New York, who wrote that the “simplistic notion” obese individuals can ameliorate their condition by simply eating less and exercising more is “at odds with substantial scientific evidence illuminating a precise and powerful biological system that maintains body weight within a relatively narrow range.”

Our body shapes and sizes are, to the most significant extent, genetically determined with a surprisingly narrow range of weight under our long-term control. “The heritability of obesity is equivalent to that of height and greater than that of almost every other condition that has been studied — greater than for schizophrenia, greater than for breast cancer,” he wrote.




“Body weight is remarkably stable in humans,” explained Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D., head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at Rockefeller University in New York. “The average human consumes one million or more calories per year, yet weight changes very little in most people. These facts lead to the conclusion that energy balance is regulated with a precision of greater than 99.5%, which far exceeds what can be consciously monitored.” In fact, error ranges in food calorie labels, assessed by calorimetry, are typically greater than 10%!


In study after study, the Rockefeller University researchers found that each person has a weight range of about 10-20 pounds that their body naturally gravitates to. Within that range people can gain and lose without much effort. But go above or below that range and the body’s metabolism resists. [That ease of gaining and losing 10-20 pounds tricks genetically leaner people into wrongly believing that fat people should be able to just as easily step and repeat that weight loss ten more times to be thin. It doesn’t work that way, of course.]

The body's metabolism speeds up or slows down to keep weight within its natural range. Gain weight and metabolism can as much as double; lose weight and it can slow down to nearly half its normal rate.




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Posted 21 June 2014 - 10:16 AM

Genetics no doubt play a large part.
But I wonder about lifestyle. For example:
Kids today are very sedentary compared to my generation, as x-boxes have replaced bicycles, etc.
I keep thinking of very old photos of people of previous generations and they all seem much slimmer.
Supposedly there is an obesity crisis today.
I blame an easy, sedentary lifestyle, along with quick & easy high carb, high sugar foods.
For example, compare photos of African tribesmen with their relatives in the US. Genetics or lifestyle?

Somebody get this lady a cheeseburger, malt and fries! Quick!
(And take off that apron and buy her a dishwasher and a candy crush game.)

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Posted 21 June 2014 - 10:59 AM

"Lil" Diabeetus Snacks" Enough said! LOL!

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Posted 21 June 2014 - 04:40 PM

BTW, I consider egg whites to be a necessary evil to get the egg yolks. I often times will make an omelet with a couple extra yolks. And I try to keep 'em free range, too.

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Posted 21 June 2014 - 08:06 PM

Genes or lifestyle?
Diabetes Explodes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Paul Madden, Project Hope’s senior advisor for non-communicable diseases, explained that diabetes is rapidly spreading throughout sub-Saharan Africa, and even other developing countries around the world, largely due to lifestyle changes. People generally are not as active as previous generations, and they are in jobs that require them to sit or stand for long periods of time. Another reason for the increase in the rate of diabetes is eating processed food.

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Posted 23 June 2014 - 01:02 PM

Genes or lifestyle?
"We still eat an average of 459 more calories a day than we did 40 years ago. More than a third of adults in the U.S. are obese, a rate that has remained unchanged in the past decade. Twenty-nine million U.S. adults aged 20 or older have diabetes, up from 26 million in 2010, according to the latest government data."

Gluten-Free Craze: Is It Healthy?

Personally, I'm on the fence as far as gluten.
Bread has been called the "staff of life" for generations.
The ancient Egyptians baked bread before the 20th century B.C.
But those generations had to personally plant it, harvest it, grind it and bake it.

"Many health experts say there is no proven benefit to going gluten-free except for a small sliver of the population whose bodies can't process the protein. Indeed, according to nutritional food labels, many gluten-free foods contain fewer vitamins, less fiber and more sugar. It is a point some food makers don't dispute, saying they are simply responding to consumer demand without making health claims.
"I have no idea," said Donnie Smith, the CEO of Tyson Foods Inc., when asked if gluten-free was healthier for most people. The food giant last year rolled out gluten-free chicken nuggets, lunch meat and even bacon."



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#30 Lee48

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Posted 25 June 2014 - 11:20 AM

Too bad we don't have the digestive system of a crocodile. They get to lay around the beach all day, and go for a swim when it gets too hot or hungry. They love to eat rotten meat, bones, hooves, fur and all without even chewing. They never have to see a Dr and can live to 100 yrs. And we have to think about everything we put in our mouth, at least since the last 40 yrs or so..lol. It's just not fair.