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My PCP says my Triglycerides are too high. I expected that and would have whacked him had he said anything else, given the evidence. I read about the two main drugs to treat it, Tricor and Lopid, and was not surprised when he prescribed Tricor, which I'm trying to set up through mail order.
We'll see how that drug works out for me. It does have some interactions with my other drugs, meaning I will have to take it in the AM and watch out for complications such as muscle pain.
He also was a bit concerned about my blood glucose at 106. All told, my vitals put me in the category of having Metabolic Syndrome, a precursor to all kinds of disease including heart disease and diabetes. I'll be getting a Hemoglobin A1C test next time around to check my long term blood glucose readings. Perhaps I'll cover Metabolic Syndrome later, as many of my contemporaries doubtless have this condition.
I'm continuing 4-5 days at the Gym in the early AM, alternating between heavy aerobics on the treadmill and weight lifting. I did get to run outside last week, which was lovely.
I'm taking care of myself to the best of my capabilities. How about you?
27 Haziran 2012 Çarşamba
6 Months After Flatline
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"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."
-- Mark Twain
It's 6 months since the amazing crew at Affinity Hospital in
Massillon Ohio put life back into me.
It seems like regular life came back pretty quickly,
and the time has just zipped by.
Have I changed my lifestyle? I can say yes:
- I take all my meds every day
- I'm eating better - no chicken wings and very little fried food.
Lots of flora.
- I see my doctors on a regular basis
- I'm getting a lot of exercise
This week marked my first week of more than 20 miles running.
I'm hitting the gym 3-4 times each week on average, and mixing
aerobic and weight training.
Tomorrow I start on Tricor, a medication designed to
reduce triglycerides. It has some interaction with the
Simvastatin (Zocor), so I have to be careful.
We'll let you know how that goes.
I can still do better. My weight is a bit high.
But I hope that I can continue to reduce my cholesterol
and improve my fitness and health.
I'm glad that I'm still around. I want to see my youngest
graduate this year, and I have a TON of photography work
lined up this summer.
If feels good to be 6 months old!
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I have been on Tricor for a week now, and am doing fine. I have not seen any of the complications of Tricor's interaction with Zocor, the Simvastatin that I'm taking.
I have to say that Tricor and Plavix, the anticoagulation drug I take, are very expensive. The new insurance where I work is marginal at best, as it requires me to pay out of pocket at pretty much list price for medications until I hit a very high deductible (thousands). My Plavix and Tricor are over $200 each month.
I suppose the alternative is worse, but I bothers me that our new medical plan is supposed to encourage good health practices. I'm paying out of pocket for my follow up PCP visits and most everything else.
On the positive side, I had a couple of milestones this week: a 29 mile week running, and a 9 miler on Friday morning. I'm getting back into that running rhythm. I've also been taking Omega 3,6,9 supplements - one of fish oil and two of flax seed oil. Still no chicken wings or fries!
I have to say that Tricor and Plavix, the anticoagulation drug I take, are very expensive. The new insurance where I work is marginal at best, as it requires me to pay out of pocket at pretty much list price for medications until I hit a very high deductible (thousands). My Plavix and Tricor are over $200 each month.
I suppose the alternative is worse, but I bothers me that our new medical plan is supposed to encourage good health practices. I'm paying out of pocket for my follow up PCP visits and most everything else.
On the positive side, I had a couple of milestones this week: a 29 mile week running, and a 9 miler on Friday morning. I'm getting back into that running rhythm. I've also been taking Omega 3,6,9 supplements - one of fish oil and two of flax seed oil. Still no chicken wings or fries!
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A very busy spring so far, with my youngest graduating from high school (with tons of honors and awards - congrats Jen!). Also I played in the pit for GMHS' production of Grease, and we had a crazy busy second quarter at work. I'm also getting into Wedding and Senior photography season in Erie.
My challenge 8 months into this, is keeping the healthy aspects of my post MCI life going strong. I'm 100% compliant with the medicine and trying to keep up with the fitness, but some fatigue still remains from my Tricor/Simvastatin inner battle. I'm hoping it works itself out.
Diet-wise, I'm still getting a lot of fiber and flora. I do occasionally have a bit of fried food or a steak, but I'm doing pretty good there. We joined a farm cooperative - Wild Winds Farm out in the Harborcreek area, and we are already starting to receive lots of organic produce, which will continue each week into the fall. They include some recipe ideas, which will help us use the new items creatively. We also put in some peas, cukes and green peppers in our tiny 32' garden.
I'm also thinking of getting a road bike and riding to work when I don't have events after work. That will be exciting, and keep my fitness going.
So no news is good news I guess. I haven't made it back to my Cardiologist but my PCP is working with me on medications and such.
A reminder to all you dads out there: Next weekend is Father's Day. Schedule a checkup so you will be around for many more of them!
My challenge 8 months into this, is keeping the healthy aspects of my post MCI life going strong. I'm 100% compliant with the medicine and trying to keep up with the fitness, but some fatigue still remains from my Tricor/Simvastatin inner battle. I'm hoping it works itself out.
Diet-wise, I'm still getting a lot of fiber and flora. I do occasionally have a bit of fried food or a steak, but I'm doing pretty good there. We joined a farm cooperative - Wild Winds Farm out in the Harborcreek area, and we are already starting to receive lots of organic produce, which will continue each week into the fall. They include some recipe ideas, which will help us use the new items creatively. We also put in some peas, cukes and green peppers in our tiny 32' garden.
I'm also thinking of getting a road bike and riding to work when I don't have events after work. That will be exciting, and keep my fitness going.
So no news is good news I guess. I haven't made it back to my Cardiologist but my PCP is working with me on medications and such.
A reminder to all you dads out there: Next weekend is Father's Day. Schedule a checkup so you will be around for many more of them!
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It's been a bit since I posted on the heart blog. I've been crazy busy at work and with my photography business.
I have been staying on my medicine and extras (Omega 3 and 6 supplements). We'll see how my September blood work turns out.
I have hit the gym 2-3 days per week all year. It's a bit lighter now, but hopefully I can keep it up. I really need to burn some more calories or cut back on the intake to lower the body weight.
So dear readers, try to eat right, get a lot of exercise, and keep taking your medicine. And if you haven't been in for a checkup in the last year, you owe it to your family to go! Yes it will be uncomfortable. Yes it will be something you don't want to face. Yes they will find something odd, and you will have to go for more tests. But it's better than the alternative!
And speaking of that, make sure you have good term life insurance if you have a family. And get a will.
And, have a nice day.
I have been staying on my medicine and extras (Omega 3 and 6 supplements). We'll see how my September blood work turns out.
I have hit the gym 2-3 days per week all year. It's a bit lighter now, but hopefully I can keep it up. I really need to burn some more calories or cut back on the intake to lower the body weight.
So dear readers, try to eat right, get a lot of exercise, and keep taking your medicine. And if you haven't been in for a checkup in the last year, you owe it to your family to go! Yes it will be uncomfortable. Yes it will be something you don't want to face. Yes they will find something odd, and you will have to go for more tests. But it's better than the alternative!
And speaking of that, make sure you have good term life insurance if you have a family. And get a will.
And, have a nice day.
25 Haziran 2012 Pazartesi
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Why donate bone marrow or blood stem cells?You might choose to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells because you know someone who needs either for a transplant. For example, some people donate because a doctor thinks that person could be a match for a family member.
When you sign up to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells, you join a national registry of people who have agreed they’re willing to donate bone marrow. Whether you receive a call to donate depends on whether you’re ever a match for a person who needs your bone marrow.
Read more: http://newsok.com/whats-it-like-to-donate-bone-marrow-or-blood-stem-cells/article/3685170#ixzz1y4YCjGMJ
Why donate bone marrow or blood stem cells?You might choose to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells because you know someone who needs either for a transplant. For example, some people donate because a doctor thinks that person could be a match for a family member.
When you sign up to donate bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells, you join a national registry of people who have agreed they’re willing to donate bone marrow. Whether you receive a call to donate depends on whether you’re ever a match for a person who needs your bone marrow.
Read more: http://newsok.com/whats-it-like-to-donate-bone-marrow-or-blood-stem-cells/article/3685170#ixzz1y4YCjGMJ
As I Have a Family History of Both Stroke and Macular Degeneration, these are of interest to me.
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http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246681.php
Human-derived stem cells can spontaneously form the tissue that develops into the part of the eye that allows us to see, according to a study published by Cell Press in the 5th anniversary issue of the journalCell Stem Cell. Transplantation of this 3D tissue in the future could help patients with visual impairments see clearly.
http://www.dailydisruption.com/2012/06/scientists-see-potential-for-restoring-vision-with-stem-cell-help/
Stroke Treatment Using Stem Cells Shows Early Promise In Controversial Trial
The hope is that the treatment, by repairing damaged brain tissue, will one day help stroke patients regain some movement and ability to speak.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/246681.php
Scientists See Potential for Restoring Vision With Stem Cell Help
Human-derived stem cells can spontaneously form the tissue that develops into the part of the eye that allows us to see, according to a study published by Cell Press in the 5th anniversary issue of the journalCell Stem Cell. Transplantation of this 3D tissue in the future could help patients with visual impairments see clearly.
http://www.dailydisruption.com/2012/06/scientists-see-potential-for-restoring-vision-with-stem-cell-help/
FDA Panel Gives Nod to Novel Myeloma Drug
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SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee voted 11-0 with one abstention to recommend approval carfilzomib (Kyprolis) for patients with treatment-refractory multiple myeloma.Members of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee decided that the drug's promised benefits -- control of progressive disease in patients who have exhausted all other treatments -- outweighed the considerable risks."We need to put this in the context of patients who are really running out of options," said one panel member prior to the vote.How Exciting! JUMP
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee voted 11-0 with one abstention to recommend approval carfilzomib (Kyprolis) for patients with treatment-refractory multiple myeloma.Members of the Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee decided that the drug's promised benefits -- control of progressive disease in patients who have exhausted all other treatments -- outweighed the considerable risks."We need to put this in the context of patients who are really running out of options," said one panel member prior to the vote.How Exciting! JUMP
Stopping and Starting Cancer Cell Cycle Weakens and Defeats Multiple Myeloma
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While this is potentially good news for patients with multiple myeloma, a cancer of blood plasma cells that is currently incurable, the study suggests that using this therapeutic strategy could also work for other tumor types, says the study's senior investigator, Dr. Selina Chen-Kiang, professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology at Weill Cornell Medical College.
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The Nutrition Debate #42: “Unsafe Fats” – probably not what you think.
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While reading on the net today, an ad for “Beyond Diet” broke the text with a banner that read, “5 Foods to NEVER Eat.” It worked. I clicked to see if they were “dead wrong.” They were not. To my surprise, they had it “right;” that is, they were espousing the same message that I advocate here and at danbrown-thenutritiondebate: Avoid sugar and most non whole-food starches, specifically processed and refined “foods” that are sold in boxes and bags; and avoid gluten grains and vegetable oils (polyunsaturated fats), especially the grain and seed oils that are hydrogenated, oxidized, overheated or used over and over in cooking.
Instead, eat “real food,” whole foods, including animal products (meats and eggs that contain saturated fat), and eat monounsaturated fats like olive oil and avocado. “Beyond Diet” did have the “right” message. That was refreshing and gave me encouragement. The “unsafe” fats are the polyunsaturated fats – the vegetable and seed oils: corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, Canola oil, and others. The “safe” fats are the monounsaturated and saturated fats.
The most common monounsaturated fat is olive oil. Avocado, which I occasionally have for lunch (for a change from my daily can of sardines in olive oil), is high in monounsaturated fats. I eat it with my homemade vinaigrette dressing in the pit cavity and real crumbled and peppered bacon pieces (Hormel) added on top for protein. And no dirty dishes!
Most animal products are combinations of protein and fat with some surprisingly high in monounsaturated fats (e.g. pork at 44%). The saturated fat gives it the flavor we like. I eat full fat meats, poultry and fish. I prefer the fatty cuts: bone-in cuts, mutton and lamb chops, and baby-back ribs rubbed and roasted. I also eat salmon and tuna and dark meat chicken - skin on. Chicken skin is mostly unsaturated fat, by the way, according to the doyenne of lipid biochemistry (dietary fats) Mary Enig, Ph.D. She fought to have trans fats acknowledged as unhealthy beginning in 1978 shortly after reading the 1977 McGovern Commission report. I credit her with the victory in the FDA’s 2003 edict requiring trans fats to be listed separately on the Nutrition Facts Panel on processed foods. It’s working. Blood levels of trans fats declined 58% between 2000 and 2009, according to a CDC research letter published in JAMA and reported in the February 8th New York Times.
You can read Dr. Enig’s story in The Oiling of America. Other articles with co-author Sally Fallon, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation, “The Skinny on Fats” and “The Truth About Saturated Fats,” are also both great reads. In addition, they wrote, “Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats.” These resources explain why polyunsaturated fats (vegetable oils) are unsafe. You should read at least one.
The Weston A. Price Foundation website itself is a major resource declaiming “industrial foods” and advocating for nutrient dense whole foods. In a video Sally Fallon points out that these foods contain the critical fat-soluble vitamins A, D and K2 which are found exclusively in seafood, organ meats and animal fats of grass fed animals. Foods such as butter, egg yolks, whole raw milk, full fat cheese and liver are the basis of good health, she says. WAPF membership, which includes a quarterly newsletter and an annual buyer’s guide, is only $40 ($25 for seniors). I highly recommend it.
The diet-heart or lipid hypothesis is lamentable, indeed a tragedy of world-wide proportions. Beginning in the 1960s, Ancel Keys and the American Heart Association, and later the Government’s public health establishment itself, beginning with the 1977 McGovern Commission and then the 1980 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have been swept up in this horribly flawed movement. The Standard American Diet (ironically the SAD) is becoming (has become) the Western Diet, with the result that as populations world-wide adopt it, they are falling prey to all the modern Diseases of Civilization.
This movement has been aided and abetted by modern agribusiness and the industrial food manufacturing sector. Look around you. The only field crops are corn and increasingly soybeans, and corn oil and soybean oil are the leading “unsafe fats.” The best oil is an imported foreign oil (olive oil, or were you thinking Saudi crude?). Whatever happened to beef tallow or lard? Butter is one of the very best foods, yet we forsook it for trans-fat laden margarine. Whole eggs are a nearly perfect food, yet, when we have eggs, we use Egg Beaters or All Whites. Why are we doing this to ourselves?
The Beyond Diet program (where we began this column) is selling a product, of course, but they have the right message. I hope they succeed, and I hope you continue reading this column. Next week: “Paula Deen, Lessons Learned.”
© Dan Brown 2/26/12
Instead, eat “real food,” whole foods, including animal products (meats and eggs that contain saturated fat), and eat monounsaturated fats like olive oil and avocado. “Beyond Diet” did have the “right” message. That was refreshing and gave me encouragement. The “unsafe” fats are the polyunsaturated fats – the vegetable and seed oils: corn oil, soybean oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil, Canola oil, and others. The “safe” fats are the monounsaturated and saturated fats.
The most common monounsaturated fat is olive oil. Avocado, which I occasionally have for lunch (for a change from my daily can of sardines in olive oil), is high in monounsaturated fats. I eat it with my homemade vinaigrette dressing in the pit cavity and real crumbled and peppered bacon pieces (Hormel) added on top for protein. And no dirty dishes!
Most animal products are combinations of protein and fat with some surprisingly high in monounsaturated fats (e.g. pork at 44%). The saturated fat gives it the flavor we like. I eat full fat meats, poultry and fish. I prefer the fatty cuts: bone-in cuts, mutton and lamb chops, and baby-back ribs rubbed and roasted. I also eat salmon and tuna and dark meat chicken - skin on. Chicken skin is mostly unsaturated fat, by the way, according to the doyenne of lipid biochemistry (dietary fats) Mary Enig, Ph.D. She fought to have trans fats acknowledged as unhealthy beginning in 1978 shortly after reading the 1977 McGovern Commission report. I credit her with the victory in the FDA’s 2003 edict requiring trans fats to be listed separately on the Nutrition Facts Panel on processed foods. It’s working. Blood levels of trans fats declined 58% between 2000 and 2009, according to a CDC research letter published in JAMA and reported in the February 8th New York Times.
You can read Dr. Enig’s story in The Oiling of America. Other articles with co-author Sally Fallon, President of the Weston A. Price Foundation, “The Skinny on Fats” and “The Truth About Saturated Fats,” are also both great reads. In addition, they wrote, “Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats.” These resources explain why polyunsaturated fats (vegetable oils) are unsafe. You should read at least one.
The Weston A. Price Foundation website itself is a major resource declaiming “industrial foods” and advocating for nutrient dense whole foods. In a video Sally Fallon points out that these foods contain the critical fat-soluble vitamins A, D and K2 which are found exclusively in seafood, organ meats and animal fats of grass fed animals. Foods such as butter, egg yolks, whole raw milk, full fat cheese and liver are the basis of good health, she says. WAPF membership, which includes a quarterly newsletter and an annual buyer’s guide, is only $40 ($25 for seniors). I highly recommend it.
The diet-heart or lipid hypothesis is lamentable, indeed a tragedy of world-wide proportions. Beginning in the 1960s, Ancel Keys and the American Heart Association, and later the Government’s public health establishment itself, beginning with the 1977 McGovern Commission and then the 1980 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, have been swept up in this horribly flawed movement. The Standard American Diet (ironically the SAD) is becoming (has become) the Western Diet, with the result that as populations world-wide adopt it, they are falling prey to all the modern Diseases of Civilization.
This movement has been aided and abetted by modern agribusiness and the industrial food manufacturing sector. Look around you. The only field crops are corn and increasingly soybeans, and corn oil and soybean oil are the leading “unsafe fats.” The best oil is an imported foreign oil (olive oil, or were you thinking Saudi crude?). Whatever happened to beef tallow or lard? Butter is one of the very best foods, yet we forsook it for trans-fat laden margarine. Whole eggs are a nearly perfect food, yet, when we have eggs, we use Egg Beaters or All Whites. Why are we doing this to ourselves?
The Beyond Diet program (where we began this column) is selling a product, of course, but they have the right message. I hope they succeed, and I hope you continue reading this column. Next week: “Paula Deen, Lessons Learned.”
© Dan Brown 2/26/12
The Nutrition Debate #43: Paula Deen, Lessons Learned?
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A few weeks ago syndicated columnist Mike Luckovich nailed Paula Deen in one of his brilliant cartoons. In the first panel the blurb says, “I got diabetes from the unhealthy recipes I peddle. Now I’m spokesperson for a diabetes drug…” In this panel she is surrounded by boxes and bags labeled ‘lard,’ ‘butter,’ ‘high fat grease,’ ‘salted sugar,’ and ‘buttered sodium.’ In the second panel the blurb says, “…plus there’s my new book….,” which she’s holding. The title is, “Have Your Cake and Eat It Too.” It’s hilarious, even if it is the completely wrong message. Luckovich probably doesn’t know it is the wrong message, but he has to find the message that resonates with the reader, or it isn’t funny in the ridiculous way it needs to be. His humor is about ridicule.
Paula Deen, on the other hand, is criticized for apparently withholding the news of her condition for a couple of years until she could get her drug company endorsement and book deal lined up. Still others, especially in my school of nutrition, criticize her for not using her celebrity status and fan base to educate the public on what caused her to develop Type 2 diabetes. She has released a video on her web site addressing her diabetes, but she is inexplicably silent about which foods were responsible. One wonders if she knows. One wonders if she has not obtained the best advice or if it is just not advantageous (and I mean financially) to advocate a Way of Eating that is not supported by the packaged food industry and big pharma. I hate to be cynical, and I dislike piling on, even if I am just about the last on top of this pile….but Paula Deen is missing a giant opportunity to really do some good and the chance to control her blood sugar without an expensive medication with some scary side effects.
First of all, fat alone didn’t make Paula fat; carbs did: simple sugars and refined carbohydrates. The body is designed to use ‘sugars’ (glucose) before fat. So, if you are burning carbohydrates for energy, any fat you eat that isn’t needed for energy gets stored. That’s the way the body saves energy for intermittent (involuntary) fasting, crop failures, and even occasional famine. We didn’t always have a year-round food supply. Berries and other fruits were seasonal and not nearly as sweet as modern hybrids. My maternal grandparents, who were farmers, kept a root cellar, canned and pickled vegetables, and ‘put up’ preserves to eat during the non-growing season.
Consumption of sugary foods and drinks, like her famous Southern ‘sweet tea,’ puts a big load on the liver (to deal with the fructose in sugar) but also causes the pancreas to work hard to produce enough insulin to deliver glucose to cells. If this glucose is not used through activity and exercise, insulin resistance slowly rises, first in the liver and then in the muscles. Her fat build-up resulted from insulin resistance in the cells to which too much glucose (from the carbs) was being transported by the insulin. Eventually the pancreas gets burned out, and the beta cells that make insulin die. At this point, 80% of all T2’s are obese. It’s good for everyone not to over work their pancreas, even if they are slender.
I’ve never seen the Paula Deen show -- only the video I mentioned – but she is getting a bad rap. Actually, it is the foods that are associated (by Luckovich and the mainstream media) with developing diabetes that are getting the bad rap. Luckovich is only playing to the popular perception that fat makes you fat and diabetic. The truth is fat makes you fat only if you eat it with lots of ‘sugars’ (both simple sugars and refined carbohydrates). And it’s the sugar and refined carbs that over work the pancreas and make you diabetic. But, the federal government (HHS/USDA) still recommends the Standard American Diet (ironically SAD): 60% carbohydrates (300 grams), 10% protein (50 grams), and 30% fat (+/-65 grams) on a 2000 calorie a day diet. That’s way too many carbs.
Cutting carbs back by half or even two-thirds would be good, to 150 or 100 grams of carbohydrate a day, or 30% or 20% of a 2,000 calorie diet, versus 60% in the SAD. Low-carb (LC) could be defined as 50 grams a day, and very low carb (VLC) as 20 or 30 grams a day. Type 2 diabetics (and pre-diabetics) should eat in the VLC range for optimum blood sugar control and easy weight loss. When you eat carbohydrates at that level, all you ‘Paulas’ out there, you can eat butter and cream for energy, feel good and look great. Plus, you will save $500 a month on meds, and avoid the ever increasing list of possible side effects. I made my own oyster stew for lunch guests yesterday (a 1 cup serving: it’s filling), with lots of butter, heavy cream and whole milk. Yum!
© Dan Brown 3/4/12
Paula Deen, on the other hand, is criticized for apparently withholding the news of her condition for a couple of years until she could get her drug company endorsement and book deal lined up. Still others, especially in my school of nutrition, criticize her for not using her celebrity status and fan base to educate the public on what caused her to develop Type 2 diabetes. She has released a video on her web site addressing her diabetes, but she is inexplicably silent about which foods were responsible. One wonders if she knows. One wonders if she has not obtained the best advice or if it is just not advantageous (and I mean financially) to advocate a Way of Eating that is not supported by the packaged food industry and big pharma. I hate to be cynical, and I dislike piling on, even if I am just about the last on top of this pile….but Paula Deen is missing a giant opportunity to really do some good and the chance to control her blood sugar without an expensive medication with some scary side effects.
First of all, fat alone didn’t make Paula fat; carbs did: simple sugars and refined carbohydrates. The body is designed to use ‘sugars’ (glucose) before fat. So, if you are burning carbohydrates for energy, any fat you eat that isn’t needed for energy gets stored. That’s the way the body saves energy for intermittent (involuntary) fasting, crop failures, and even occasional famine. We didn’t always have a year-round food supply. Berries and other fruits were seasonal and not nearly as sweet as modern hybrids. My maternal grandparents, who were farmers, kept a root cellar, canned and pickled vegetables, and ‘put up’ preserves to eat during the non-growing season.
Consumption of sugary foods and drinks, like her famous Southern ‘sweet tea,’ puts a big load on the liver (to deal with the fructose in sugar) but also causes the pancreas to work hard to produce enough insulin to deliver glucose to cells. If this glucose is not used through activity and exercise, insulin resistance slowly rises, first in the liver and then in the muscles. Her fat build-up resulted from insulin resistance in the cells to which too much glucose (from the carbs) was being transported by the insulin. Eventually the pancreas gets burned out, and the beta cells that make insulin die. At this point, 80% of all T2’s are obese. It’s good for everyone not to over work their pancreas, even if they are slender.
I’ve never seen the Paula Deen show -- only the video I mentioned – but she is getting a bad rap. Actually, it is the foods that are associated (by Luckovich and the mainstream media) with developing diabetes that are getting the bad rap. Luckovich is only playing to the popular perception that fat makes you fat and diabetic. The truth is fat makes you fat only if you eat it with lots of ‘sugars’ (both simple sugars and refined carbohydrates). And it’s the sugar and refined carbs that over work the pancreas and make you diabetic. But, the federal government (HHS/USDA) still recommends the Standard American Diet (ironically SAD): 60% carbohydrates (300 grams), 10% protein (50 grams), and 30% fat (+/-65 grams) on a 2000 calorie a day diet. That’s way too many carbs.
Cutting carbs back by half or even two-thirds would be good, to 150 or 100 grams of carbohydrate a day, or 30% or 20% of a 2,000 calorie diet, versus 60% in the SAD. Low-carb (LC) could be defined as 50 grams a day, and very low carb (VLC) as 20 or 30 grams a day. Type 2 diabetics (and pre-diabetics) should eat in the VLC range for optimum blood sugar control and easy weight loss. When you eat carbohydrates at that level, all you ‘Paulas’ out there, you can eat butter and cream for energy, feel good and look great. Plus, you will save $500 a month on meds, and avoid the ever increasing list of possible side effects. I made my own oyster stew for lunch guests yesterday (a 1 cup serving: it’s filling), with lots of butter, heavy cream and whole milk. Yum!
© Dan Brown 3/4/12
The Nutrition Debate #44: Joslin Clinic Fights Back
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The Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston is “the world’s largest diabetes research center, diabetes clinic, and provider of diabetes education,” according to Wikipedia. It came as no surprise, therefore, when on February 8th Joslin shot back at comments made by Richard Kahn, Ph.D., former Chief Scientific and Medical Officer of the American Diabetes Association. This Dr. Kahn is not to be confused (I think) with Richard Kahn, Ph.D., “anarchist educator” and core faculty member of Antioch University in Los Angeles, although their Ph.D.’s in my view are equally worthless.
Dr. Kahn the former ADA executive had said “even though weight loss can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, the failure of patients to maintain weight loss beyond an average of four years makes diabetes prevention programs a ‘waste of resources,’ and the health system should focus instead on reducing the likelihood of complications once patients have been diagnosed with diabetes.” He made these remarks at a briefing for public health advocates and diabetes researchers entitled “Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis” on February 7th by the journal Health Affairs.
Joslin’s rebuttal was that their extensive “experience with innovative weight management programs…is showing that patients can maintain healthy weight levels well past four years.” Edward S. Horton, M. D., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (with which Joslin is affiliated), and past President of the American Diabetes Association said, “There is a legacy for the initial weight loss even if people cannot maintain it. The 10-year follow up of the patients who completed the diabetes prevention program showed that people who initially lost weight continued to develop diabetes at a lower rate over 10 years than those who did not lose weight, even if they gained part of that weight back.”
This internecine battle demonstrates clearly that overweight and obesity is the problem, as well as the surest predictor of incipient Type 2 diabetes, and that losing weight is the first line of defense against it. Type 2 diabetes is also associated with a host of associated Diseases of Civilization (CVD, CHD, stroke, Alzheimer’s and some cancers). A recent NY Times story reported, “Researchers found diabetes was associated with a higher overall risk for colon, rectal and liver cancers among both men and women. In women, diabetes was most strongly associated with a higher risk of stomach, anal and endometrial cancers. In men, diabetes was most likely to raise risk for pancreatic and bladder cancers.
The battle also illustrates the difficulty of losing weight and keeping it off. Even the Harvard Medical School defenders of Joslin’s programs, in remarks posted in Public Health and Policy (issue 612) one day after Dr. Kahn’s controversial statement, appear to disagree. Enrique Caballero, M. D., said, “Not having a full answer on what to do in the long term does not mean that efforts to identify these strategies and translate them to clinical practice model should be abandoned.” On the other hand, Martin Abrahamson, M. D., Chief Medical Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said, “Since we know which weight management programs will work in the fight against obesity, the challenge is to find ways to implement them in communities, which we at Joslin are working hard to do” (emphasis added in both quotes).
The problem is that Joslin’s “innovative” weight management programs, referring to the Horton quote above, are not innovative enough. Joslin and Harvard both still cling to the Diet-Heart or Lipid Hypothesis promulgated first by Ancel Keys in the early 1960’s and later the American Heart Association: Saturated fat and dietary cholesterol are bad for you. Although increasingly recognized as unproven, this hypothesis still dominates in the medical establishment and suffuses public health policy. Government intervention began with the ill-conceived McGovern Commission in 1977; this resulted in the HHS/USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans produced in 1980 and updated every 5 years to the present day.
This misguided prescription for public health is promulgated and abetted by a corrupt consortium of big pharma, big agribusiness and big processed food manufacturers. The effects of this cartel on our health have been devastating, both in the last 50 years in the United States and increasingly worldwide as the Western Diet proliferates. My stock in McDonalds just passed 100 dollars a share, doubling in the last 5 years, in large part due to their success overseas.
Until this “corrupt bargain” is broken, our health will continue to decline as rates of obesity and diseases of civilization such as diabetes rise. The Way of Eating advocated in this column, The Nutrition Debate, is a solution. My views, although personal, reflect a growing movement of individuals including many “new age” health professionals, both Ph.D.’s and M. D.’s, from whom I take hope and glean edification. If I sound angry, it is only at leaders like Joslin, and patients like Paula Deen (see last week’s column,) who do not see the damage that high carb diets can do. Or who are fatalistic about the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes – who think there’s nothing to be done but pop a pill. Perhaps, like “the other Dr. Richard Kahn,” I too am an “anarchist educator” (sans Ph.D.).
© Dan Brown 3/11/12
Dr. Kahn the former ADA executive had said “even though weight loss can prevent or delay the onset of diabetes, the failure of patients to maintain weight loss beyond an average of four years makes diabetes prevention programs a ‘waste of resources,’ and the health system should focus instead on reducing the likelihood of complications once patients have been diagnosed with diabetes.” He made these remarks at a briefing for public health advocates and diabetes researchers entitled “Confronting the Growing Diabetes Crisis” on February 7th by the journal Health Affairs.
Joslin’s rebuttal was that their extensive “experience with innovative weight management programs…is showing that patients can maintain healthy weight levels well past four years.” Edward S. Horton, M. D., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (with which Joslin is affiliated), and past President of the American Diabetes Association said, “There is a legacy for the initial weight loss even if people cannot maintain it. The 10-year follow up of the patients who completed the diabetes prevention program showed that people who initially lost weight continued to develop diabetes at a lower rate over 10 years than those who did not lose weight, even if they gained part of that weight back.”
This internecine battle demonstrates clearly that overweight and obesity is the problem, as well as the surest predictor of incipient Type 2 diabetes, and that losing weight is the first line of defense against it. Type 2 diabetes is also associated with a host of associated Diseases of Civilization (CVD, CHD, stroke, Alzheimer’s and some cancers). A recent NY Times story reported, “Researchers found diabetes was associated with a higher overall risk for colon, rectal and liver cancers among both men and women. In women, diabetes was most strongly associated with a higher risk of stomach, anal and endometrial cancers. In men, diabetes was most likely to raise risk for pancreatic and bladder cancers.
The battle also illustrates the difficulty of losing weight and keeping it off. Even the Harvard Medical School defenders of Joslin’s programs, in remarks posted in Public Health and Policy (issue 612) one day after Dr. Kahn’s controversial statement, appear to disagree. Enrique Caballero, M. D., said, “Not having a full answer on what to do in the long term does not mean that efforts to identify these strategies and translate them to clinical practice model should be abandoned.” On the other hand, Martin Abrahamson, M. D., Chief Medical Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, said, “Since we know which weight management programs will work in the fight against obesity, the challenge is to find ways to implement them in communities, which we at Joslin are working hard to do” (emphasis added in both quotes).
The problem is that Joslin’s “innovative” weight management programs, referring to the Horton quote above, are not innovative enough. Joslin and Harvard both still cling to the Diet-Heart or Lipid Hypothesis promulgated first by Ancel Keys in the early 1960’s and later the American Heart Association: Saturated fat and dietary cholesterol are bad for you. Although increasingly recognized as unproven, this hypothesis still dominates in the medical establishment and suffuses public health policy. Government intervention began with the ill-conceived McGovern Commission in 1977; this resulted in the HHS/USDA's Dietary Guidelines for Americans produced in 1980 and updated every 5 years to the present day.
This misguided prescription for public health is promulgated and abetted by a corrupt consortium of big pharma, big agribusiness and big processed food manufacturers. The effects of this cartel on our health have been devastating, both in the last 50 years in the United States and increasingly worldwide as the Western Diet proliferates. My stock in McDonalds just passed 100 dollars a share, doubling in the last 5 years, in large part due to their success overseas.
Until this “corrupt bargain” is broken, our health will continue to decline as rates of obesity and diseases of civilization such as diabetes rise. The Way of Eating advocated in this column, The Nutrition Debate, is a solution. My views, although personal, reflect a growing movement of individuals including many “new age” health professionals, both Ph.D.’s and M. D.’s, from whom I take hope and glean edification. If I sound angry, it is only at leaders like Joslin, and patients like Paula Deen (see last week’s column,) who do not see the damage that high carb diets can do. Or who are fatalistic about the rising prevalence of obesity and diabetes – who think there’s nothing to be done but pop a pill. Perhaps, like “the other Dr. Richard Kahn,” I too am an “anarchist educator” (sans Ph.D.).
© Dan Brown 3/11/12
The Nutrition Debate #45: Do You Need to Lower Your Cholesterol?
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“We have all been led to believe that cholesterol is bad and that lowering it is good,” posted Mark Hyman, M. D. on his website in May 2010. This belief is almost universal. And the most sure-fire way to lower Total Cholesterol is to lower LDL cholesterol by prescribing one of the ubiquitous statin drugs: Crestor, Lipitor, Zocor or its generic Simvastatin.
“But on what scientific evidence is this based?” and “what does the evidence really show?” Dr. Hyman asks. Many health professional have asked similar questions, but Dr. Hyman in his blog post lists a concise yet comprehensive (and familiar to me) summary of findings in the medical literature that question the rationale and justification for prescribing statins:
• If you lower bad cholesterol (LDL) but have a low HDL (good cholesterol), there is no benefit to statins.
• If you lower bad cholesterol (LDL) but don’t reduce inflammation (marked by a test called C-Reactive Protein), there is no benefit to statins.
• If you are a healthy woman with high cholesterol, there is no proof that taking stains reduces your risk of heart attack or death.
• If you are a man or a woman over 69 years old with high cholesterol, there is no proof that taking statins reduces your risk of heart attack or death.
• Aggressive cholesterol treatment with two medications (Zocor and Zetia) lowered cholesterol much more than one drug alone but led to more plaque build-up in the arteries and no fewer heart attacks.
• 75% of people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol
• Older patients with lower cholesterol (<180) have higher risks of death than those with higher cholesterol.
• Countries with higher average cholesterol than Americans such as the Swiss or Spanish have less heart disease.
• Recent evidence shows it is likely statins’ ability to lower inflammation that accounts for the benefits of statins, not their ability to lower cholesterol.
“So for whom do the statin drugs work anyway?” he asks. His answer: “They work for people who have already had heart attacks to prevent more heart attacks or death. And they work slightly for middle-aged men who have many risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure, obesity or diabetes. And that data also shows that treatment really only works if you have heart disease already. In those who don’t have documented heart disease, there is no benefit.”
“So why did the 2004 National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines expand the previous guidelines to recommend that more people take statins (from 13 million to 40 million) and that people who don’t have heart disease should take them to prevent heart disease? Could it have been that 8 of the 9 experts on the panel who developed these guidelines had financial ties to the drug industry?,” he asks rhetorically. “Thirty-four other non-industry experts sent a petition to protest the recommendations to the National Institutes of Health saying the evidence was weak. It was like having a fox guard the chicken coop,” he answers.
Yet, at a cost of over $20 billion a year, 75% of all statin prescriptions are for exactly this type of unproven primary prevention. “If these medications were without side effects, then you may be able to justify the risk – but they cause muscle damage, sexual dysfunction, liver and nerve damage and other problems in 10-15% of patients who take them. Certainly not a free ride” says Dr. Hyman. But Dr. Hyman is just a private practitioner in Lennox, MA. How about this?
William Castelli, MD, Director of the famous Framingham Study said, “In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people’s serum cholesterol…we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active.”
And George Mann, ScD, MD, former Co-Director of The Framingham Study, said, “The diet-heart [lipid] hypothesis has been repeatedly shown to be wrong, and yet, for complicated reasons of price, profit and prejudice, the hypothesis continues to be exploited by scientists, fund-raising enterprises [AHA], food companies and even governmental agencies. The public is being deceived by the greatest health scam of the [last] century” [both brackets added by me].
Finally, the famous heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, MD, said, “An analysis of cholesterol values …in 1,700 patients with atherosclerotic disease revealed no definite correlation between serum cholesterol levels and the nature and extent of atherosclerotic disease.”
So, if lowering cholesterol is not the great panacea that we thought, how does one treat heart disease risk? Read on.
© Dan Brown 3/18/12
“But on what scientific evidence is this based?” and “what does the evidence really show?” Dr. Hyman asks. Many health professional have asked similar questions, but Dr. Hyman in his blog post lists a concise yet comprehensive (and familiar to me) summary of findings in the medical literature that question the rationale and justification for prescribing statins:
• If you lower bad cholesterol (LDL) but have a low HDL (good cholesterol), there is no benefit to statins.
• If you lower bad cholesterol (LDL) but don’t reduce inflammation (marked by a test called C-Reactive Protein), there is no benefit to statins.
• If you are a healthy woman with high cholesterol, there is no proof that taking stains reduces your risk of heart attack or death.
• If you are a man or a woman over 69 years old with high cholesterol, there is no proof that taking statins reduces your risk of heart attack or death.
• Aggressive cholesterol treatment with two medications (Zocor and Zetia) lowered cholesterol much more than one drug alone but led to more plaque build-up in the arteries and no fewer heart attacks.
• 75% of people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol
• Older patients with lower cholesterol (<180) have higher risks of death than those with higher cholesterol.
• Countries with higher average cholesterol than Americans such as the Swiss or Spanish have less heart disease.
• Recent evidence shows it is likely statins’ ability to lower inflammation that accounts for the benefits of statins, not their ability to lower cholesterol.
“So for whom do the statin drugs work anyway?” he asks. His answer: “They work for people who have already had heart attacks to prevent more heart attacks or death. And they work slightly for middle-aged men who have many risk factors for heart disease like high blood pressure, obesity or diabetes. And that data also shows that treatment really only works if you have heart disease already. In those who don’t have documented heart disease, there is no benefit.”
“So why did the 2004 National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines expand the previous guidelines to recommend that more people take statins (from 13 million to 40 million) and that people who don’t have heart disease should take them to prevent heart disease? Could it have been that 8 of the 9 experts on the panel who developed these guidelines had financial ties to the drug industry?,” he asks rhetorically. “Thirty-four other non-industry experts sent a petition to protest the recommendations to the National Institutes of Health saying the evidence was weak. It was like having a fox guard the chicken coop,” he answers.
Yet, at a cost of over $20 billion a year, 75% of all statin prescriptions are for exactly this type of unproven primary prevention. “If these medications were without side effects, then you may be able to justify the risk – but they cause muscle damage, sexual dysfunction, liver and nerve damage and other problems in 10-15% of patients who take them. Certainly not a free ride” says Dr. Hyman. But Dr. Hyman is just a private practitioner in Lennox, MA. How about this?
William Castelli, MD, Director of the famous Framingham Study said, “In Framingham, Massachusetts, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one ate, the lower people’s serum cholesterol…we found that the people who ate the most cholesterol, ate the most saturated fat, ate the most calories, weighed the least and were the most physically active.”
And George Mann, ScD, MD, former Co-Director of The Framingham Study, said, “The diet-heart [lipid] hypothesis has been repeatedly shown to be wrong, and yet, for complicated reasons of price, profit and prejudice, the hypothesis continues to be exploited by scientists, fund-raising enterprises [AHA], food companies and even governmental agencies. The public is being deceived by the greatest health scam of the [last] century” [both brackets added by me].
Finally, the famous heart surgeon Michael DeBakey, MD, said, “An analysis of cholesterol values …in 1,700 patients with atherosclerotic disease revealed no definite correlation between serum cholesterol levels and the nature and extent of atherosclerotic disease.”
So, if lowering cholesterol is not the great panacea that we thought, how does one treat heart disease risk? Read on.
© Dan Brown 3/18/12
The Nutrition Debate: Interlude, On a Personal Note
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I started this column in 2010 at the invitation of the publisher of a small weekly newspaper. Last week, the publisher notified me that “…we probably have done enuf on carbs and fats. We want to move on.” Folks, I’ve been cashiered from the print world. Well, change is good, and I’m ready to move on too.
I am grateful to The Millbrook Independent for publishing the majority of the first 40-odd columns (that became this blog), and for tolerating my low-carb message for as long as they did. It turns out my column was a place-holder for an occasional feature page on Health and Wellness, a much broader category than dietary nutrition, or at least one with a more mainstream view of it. Anyway, I am going to have to change both my Facebook and Twitter profiles, and I thought you (my cadre of blog readers) should be the first to know.
Meanwhile the list of subjects in the nutrition debate that interests me is increasing at an accelerating pace. I am currentlyeight nine columns ahead of myself in writing, and the list of subjects that I want to write about is increasing at an even more rapid rate. I may have to start editing myself with respect to subject area, as I think one column a week is right for both me and my indispensible online editor, who suggested I blog, and who has a very busy life of her own.
The blog recently crossed the 3,000 hit mark -- a very modest level by today’s standards but nevertheless quite satisfying to me. It also reminds me to be responsible in what I write – I’m talking about people’s health here – things that affect wellness and lifespan. Of course, my readers know that I am not a doctor or a scientist (biologist or other), and that the views I express in my blog are my opinions or those of the doctors and scientists to whom I attribute them.
I see my role as an intermediary – someone between the cutting edge practitioners and researchers/thinkers/bloggers out there who see the nutrition debate from the back (dark) side of the mirror. The upside for me personally is that I stay engaged and motivated 1) to follow the course of action (with respect to diet) that has immeasurably improved my own general health and my specific medical conditions (Type 2 diabetes and hypertension), both associated with my (former) morbid obesity, 2) to continue to take a very strong interest in my own health and what to do about it, and 3) to continue to educate myself, and through this blog others, among them my friends and relatives and now hundreds of total strangers from around the world. I am very grateful to have had, and to continue to have, this opportunity.
The mainstream views are on the reflecting side of the mirror. For a variety of reasons, not least of which is their credibility. (“Gee, folks, I’ve been wrong for all these years. Now, follow me while I change course 180 degrees.”)They are the well-meaning ‘old school’ practitioners who were educated under the influence of the lipid hypothesis and who receive their continuing education from the drug companies (big pharma), and agri-business and the processed food manufacturers, the AHA and the ADA, and big government agencies who fund most of the self-fulfilling ‘research.’ That’s why they get the money. They apply for funding to show the government’s politically derived/influenced position to be right and until the rules were changed in 2005, they only released the results from trials that upheld their views. And they call that science. They are the big stake holders (besides us, the consumer) and they are all vested in the perpetuation of the wrong-headed public health policies that got us into this situation in the first place.
Anyhow, among the subjects you will see in the coming weeks are “How to Treat Heart Disease Risk” (a doctor’s prescription), “Testing for Heart Disease Risk,” “Inflammation and Atherosclerosis,” “The Dietary Causes of Inflammation,” “Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress,” “Dietary Cholesterol,” and “The Thermic Effects of Food.
”After that, subjects that I am interested in writing about includes: “Supplementation,” “A Vitamin Primer,” and “Essential Minerals.” Other subject areas are “Energy Homeostasis Systems,” “Food Reward” and “Hedonistic Eating” as described by Stephan Guyenet in a recent Boing, Boing post. If you can’t wait, check out his “Whole Health Source” blog.
Other things of interest are Ageing, Low Calorie Diets and Lifespan, Small Meals, Pemmican Cupcakes, The Potato Diet, Obese Mother/Malnourished Child, Epigenetics and the 1944 Dutch Famine, and Taste: Bitter, Sweet, Sour, Salty and Savory. If my readers have any suggestions or thoughts, please offer them in the comments section provided after every post. And please also consider becoming a “follower,” or add this blog to your Google Reader or RSS feeds. Thanks.
I am grateful to The Millbrook Independent for publishing the majority of the first 40-odd columns (that became this blog), and for tolerating my low-carb message for as long as they did. It turns out my column was a place-holder for an occasional feature page on Health and Wellness, a much broader category than dietary nutrition, or at least one with a more mainstream view of it. Anyway, I am going to have to change both my Facebook and Twitter profiles, and I thought you (my cadre of blog readers) should be the first to know.
Meanwhile the list of subjects in the nutrition debate that interests me is increasing at an accelerating pace. I am currently
The blog recently crossed the 3,000 hit mark -- a very modest level by today’s standards but nevertheless quite satisfying to me. It also reminds me to be responsible in what I write – I’m talking about people’s health here – things that affect wellness and lifespan. Of course, my readers know that I am not a doctor or a scientist (biologist or other), and that the views I express in my blog are my opinions or those of the doctors and scientists to whom I attribute them.
I see my role as an intermediary – someone between the cutting edge practitioners and researchers/thinkers/bloggers out there who see the nutrition debate from the back (dark) side of the mirror. The upside for me personally is that I stay engaged and motivated 1) to follow the course of action (with respect to diet) that has immeasurably improved my own general health and my specific medical conditions (Type 2 diabetes and hypertension), both associated with my (former) morbid obesity, 2) to continue to take a very strong interest in my own health and what to do about it, and 3) to continue to educate myself, and through this blog others, among them my friends and relatives and now hundreds of total strangers from around the world. I am very grateful to have had, and to continue to have, this opportunity.
The mainstream views are on the reflecting side of the mirror. For a variety of reasons, not least of which is their credibility. (“Gee, folks, I’ve been wrong for all these years. Now, follow me while I change course 180 degrees.”)They are the well-meaning ‘old school’ practitioners who were educated under the influence of the lipid hypothesis and who receive their continuing education from the drug companies (big pharma), and agri-business and the processed food manufacturers, the AHA and the ADA, and big government agencies who fund most of the self-fulfilling ‘research.’ That’s why they get the money. They apply for funding to show the government’s politically derived/influenced position to be right and until the rules were changed in 2005, they only released the results from trials that upheld their views. And they call that science. They are the big stake holders (besides us, the consumer) and they are all vested in the perpetuation of the wrong-headed public health policies that got us into this situation in the first place.
Anyhow, among the subjects you will see in the coming weeks are “How to Treat Heart Disease Risk” (a doctor’s prescription), “Testing for Heart Disease Risk,” “Inflammation and Atherosclerosis,” “The Dietary Causes of Inflammation,” “Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress,” “Dietary Cholesterol,” and “The Thermic Effects of Food.
”After that, subjects that I am interested in writing about includes: “Supplementation,” “A Vitamin Primer,” and “Essential Minerals.” Other subject areas are “Energy Homeostasis Systems,” “Food Reward” and “Hedonistic Eating” as described by Stephan Guyenet in a recent Boing, Boing post. If you can’t wait, check out his “Whole Health Source” blog.
Other things of interest are Ageing, Low Calorie Diets and Lifespan, Small Meals, Pemmican Cupcakes, The Potato Diet, Obese Mother/Malnourished Child, Epigenetics and the 1944 Dutch Famine, and Taste: Bitter, Sweet, Sour, Salty and Savory. If my readers have any suggestions or thoughts, please offer them in the comments section provided after every post. And please also consider becoming a “follower,” or add this blog to your Google Reader or RSS feeds. Thanks.
19 Haziran 2012 Salı
Heart Surgeon Speaks Out on What Really Causes Heart Disease
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I've been doing a lot of reading lately on health. I came across this article. Dr. Dwight Lundell, a heart surgeon for over 25 years and 5,000 surgeries under his belt, makes a definitive statement that heart disease is caused by inflammation in the artery walls, not by elevated blood cholesterol. And the inflammation is caused by the low-fat, high carbohydrate diet recommended to us by the medical profession and USDA for the last decades, and the overuse of Omega-6 oils.
Read the article here. It's very digestible by the layman.
I've been low-carb for 6 months (fat is the predominant calories, followed by protein), and my body fat is much lower, my weight lower, and my cholesterol also better. I don't suffer from "low" blood sugar sensations, and my muscular recovery from hard exercise is also mild.
I'm down 40 pounds and feel 10 years younger. I can't see inside my arteries to measure the degree of inflammation though!
Read the article here. It's very digestible by the layman.
I've been low-carb for 6 months (fat is the predominant calories, followed by protein), and my body fat is much lower, my weight lower, and my cholesterol also better. I don't suffer from "low" blood sugar sensations, and my muscular recovery from hard exercise is also mild.
I'm down 40 pounds and feel 10 years younger. I can't see inside my arteries to measure the degree of inflammation though!
Endurance Mountain Biking: Things to Know
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Endurance Mountain Biking: Things to Know...
Apart from it being an option of outdoor fun and relaxation, mountain biking is a sport more and more people are turning to. In fact, many of its enthusiasts are practically from all walks of life; the young and old, men and women alike. There are actually a lot of activities and competitions that involve mountain biking and that involve endurance mountain biking.
Endurance mountain biking is a kind of competition that entails stamina and endurance as this kind of mountain biking competition takes to almost twelve hours, depending on certain categories that apply. Furthermore, because endurance mountain climbing needs a lot of energy, this is just intended for those professional mountain bikers and the likes. So how does endurance mountain biking go?
Basically, there are three known categories for an endurance mountain biking; the 12-hour race, the 6-hour race, and the 3-hour race. The 12-hour events can be of solo male, solo female, the solo singlespeed (one man or woman rider), duo (two riders either man or woman), woman team (all women, two-four riders), and an open team (a combination of both men and women, two-four riders). A solo man, a solo woman, or a duo can only join the 6-hour events while the 3-hour events are strictly for solo man and solo woman.
For the endurance mountain biking, the bikers are required to register to the proper organizers, along with some physical exams for some. More over, they are expected to provide themselves with the necessary standard equipments, i.e. helmets, gloves, and kneecaps. Proper mountain biking attire is also required in an endurance mountain biking competition, which includes a fully enclosed pair of shoes and the prescribed t-shirt. Safety is very essential with this kind of race that’s why the biker should be responsible in keeping their bikes in perfect condition including the tires, the brakes, and the handlebars. Kickstands as well as reflectors are strictly prohibited from the competition, as well as adjusted hubs, headsets, sound frames, and true wheels. Likewise, bikers are not allowed to bring personal sound devices like a Walkman and headphones.
If you need to learn more about endurance mountain biking, your local mountain biking organization and clubs are available to answer to your inquiries. There are actually a lot of things to learn about endurance mountain biking, starting from its basic rules, to its public access, schedules, and a whole lot more. Furthermore, visit Internet sites of mountain biking organizations. Who knows, you might one day be encouraged to join an endurance mountain biking team.
Apart from it being an option of outdoor fun and relaxation, mountain biking is a sport more and more people are turning to. In fact, many of its enthusiasts are practically from all walks of life; the young and old, men and women alike. There are actually a lot of activities and competitions that involve mountain biking and that involve endurance mountain biking.
Endurance mountain biking is a kind of competition that entails stamina and endurance as this kind of mountain biking competition takes to almost twelve hours, depending on certain categories that apply. Furthermore, because endurance mountain climbing needs a lot of energy, this is just intended for those professional mountain bikers and the likes. So how does endurance mountain biking go?
Basically, there are three known categories for an endurance mountain biking; the 12-hour race, the 6-hour race, and the 3-hour race. The 12-hour events can be of solo male, solo female, the solo singlespeed (one man or woman rider), duo (two riders either man or woman), woman team (all women, two-four riders), and an open team (a combination of both men and women, two-four riders). A solo man, a solo woman, or a duo can only join the 6-hour events while the 3-hour events are strictly for solo man and solo woman.
For the endurance mountain biking, the bikers are required to register to the proper organizers, along with some physical exams for some. More over, they are expected to provide themselves with the necessary standard equipments, i.e. helmets, gloves, and kneecaps. Proper mountain biking attire is also required in an endurance mountain biking competition, which includes a fully enclosed pair of shoes and the prescribed t-shirt. Safety is very essential with this kind of race that’s why the biker should be responsible in keeping their bikes in perfect condition including the tires, the brakes, and the handlebars. Kickstands as well as reflectors are strictly prohibited from the competition, as well as adjusted hubs, headsets, sound frames, and true wheels. Likewise, bikers are not allowed to bring personal sound devices like a Walkman and headphones.
If you need to learn more about endurance mountain biking, your local mountain biking organization and clubs are available to answer to your inquiries. There are actually a lot of things to learn about endurance mountain biking, starting from its basic rules, to its public access, schedules, and a whole lot more. Furthermore, visit Internet sites of mountain biking organizations. Who knows, you might one day be encouraged to join an endurance mountain biking team.
Dental Teeth Bleaching - An Effective but Expensive Teeth Whitening Solution
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Getting a professional help or asking for a professional advice is always a positive thing to do. If you don't want to go wrong or commit a mistake or misinterpret something, then be enlightened through the different experts, skilled professionals, masters, etc. of the various fields. When you want to be sure, do not assume, just ask --- but make sure that you know where to ask or from whom to seek help. Like the basic rule of thumb, when you aren't sure or you are in a dilemma, ask the higher authorities. They may not be able to completely or fully answer you but they can give you an idea to work on.
It's the same thing with your teeth, who's the best person or authority to ask about teeth problems, concerns, and issues --- the dentist. So, whatever teeth dilemma you have, consult a dentist first, and ask advice. Like one of the common and popular teeth concern today --- the discoloration and staining of teeth. If you are facing the same problem, what have you done or what did you do? Did you just decide to leave your teeth color like that or have you just bought whitening toothpastes hoping that it will somehow help? Of course, there's no huge dilemma or case in this one because teeth discoloration will not do any harm to one's body and doesn't need immediate medical or dental help. However, without beautiful white teeth, your appeal and beauty would decline a notch or two because you wouldn't have looked that beguiling anymore. It's not something that you would want to experience, right? So, face it, you want to do something about your teeth color. If you aren't comfortable yet about this treatment, try researching this via the internet or through your friends or visit your dentist. Maybe what's troubling you is the dental teeth bleaching cost that's too high, well, you don't have to worry, don't undergo that treatment yet, the first thing you want to do is just ask and gather information. Try to weigh all the pros and cons of having dental teeth bleaching or at-home whitening solutions. Get to know what this dental teeth bleaching is about --- what's it's advantages and disadvantages; the same thing with at home teeth bleaching --- what makes it popular and reasonable among other patients. You have to get details and facts before embarking on this. Once you've collected everything you need, try to compare and measure these ideas to your teeth, your budget, your time, your plans, etc. Once you decide on which is better for you --- dental teeth bleaching or at-home teeth whitening --- then, you start working on that. Do not let others decide for you, it's your teeth, it's your life, and it's your time, so you are the only one who can adjust and understand what is more important and what you need.
Know that what may be good for some people, may not really be beneficial to you. Dental teeth bleaching may score high in other people's charts, and at-home teeth whitening may do well in some people's lifestyles, but how about you? Learn to control and manage yours.
Another Question is:
Can Teeth whitening be done with toothpaste?
Watch this video to find out more:
It's the same thing with your teeth, who's the best person or authority to ask about teeth problems, concerns, and issues --- the dentist. So, whatever teeth dilemma you have, consult a dentist first, and ask advice. Like one of the common and popular teeth concern today --- the discoloration and staining of teeth. If you are facing the same problem, what have you done or what did you do? Did you just decide to leave your teeth color like that or have you just bought whitening toothpastes hoping that it will somehow help? Of course, there's no huge dilemma or case in this one because teeth discoloration will not do any harm to one's body and doesn't need immediate medical or dental help. However, without beautiful white teeth, your appeal and beauty would decline a notch or two because you wouldn't have looked that beguiling anymore. It's not something that you would want to experience, right? So, face it, you want to do something about your teeth color. If you aren't comfortable yet about this treatment, try researching this via the internet or through your friends or visit your dentist. Maybe what's troubling you is the dental teeth bleaching cost that's too high, well, you don't have to worry, don't undergo that treatment yet, the first thing you want to do is just ask and gather information. Try to weigh all the pros and cons of having dental teeth bleaching or at-home whitening solutions. Get to know what this dental teeth bleaching is about --- what's it's advantages and disadvantages; the same thing with at home teeth bleaching --- what makes it popular and reasonable among other patients. You have to get details and facts before embarking on this. Once you've collected everything you need, try to compare and measure these ideas to your teeth, your budget, your time, your plans, etc. Once you decide on which is better for you --- dental teeth bleaching or at-home teeth whitening --- then, you start working on that. Do not let others decide for you, it's your teeth, it's your life, and it's your time, so you are the only one who can adjust and understand what is more important and what you need.
Know that what may be good for some people, may not really be beneficial to you. Dental teeth bleaching may score high in other people's charts, and at-home teeth whitening may do well in some people's lifestyles, but how about you? Learn to control and manage yours.
Another Question is:
Can Teeth whitening be done with toothpaste?
Watch this video to find out more:
Laser Hair Removal: Competing for better laser hair removal costs
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Laser Hair Removal: Competing for better laser hair removal costs
With laser technology aiding laser treatments these days, more and more people have availed of such therapy. This is also, why many clinics or beauty salons have competed for these clients. Because, laser technology uses the same technique, the clinics or salons must have an edge for clients to extend or offer their patronage to them; and to do so, they have to better with their practitioners and price ranges. Of course, if clients were to choose between two clinics that have the same technology being used but the other one has a better doctor or surgeon with a lesser cost, then they'd surely go for it.
Let's take laser hair removal for an example, as this the most common laser removal done these days. You have to consider the doctor's fee, the miscellaneous cost, and other treatment charges. Indeed, before you decide to go for this therapy, make sure that you have also considered the laser hair removal cost. Right now, the average laser hair removal cost is around $430, but this is just for the doctor's fee. You still have to think of the miscellaneous expenses, the price range usually differ depending on the location --- whether it is an urban, suburban, or rural area. Also, another important thing in laser hair removal costs is the area where the hair removal is to be done. Lastly, remember that the prices are usually indicated in a per treatment basis --- the more sessions you need, the higher the laser hair removal cost.
Currently, the laser hair removal cost ranges from $250 to around $900 per treatment. If we'll break it down per area, the cheapest would be the underarm areas ranging between $250-$350, followed by the chest, arm, and bikini areas ranging between $350-$600, and then the back, legs, face, and neck ranging from $600-$900.
Truly, laser hair removal costs are not quite cheap. If you are really going for it, and you believe that it will make you feel and look good, then why not --- as long as you are willing to spend around $2,000-$5,000 for it. Just make sure that if you go for it, you have to be ready physically, mentally, and financially, or else you will not find the satisfaction and fulfillment it should have given you once it is done. Remember, it is you who will face the laser hair removal cost, therapy, treatment, and recovery, so you must be the one to decide for it.
With laser technology aiding laser treatments these days, more and more people have availed of such therapy. This is also, why many clinics or beauty salons have competed for these clients. Because, laser technology uses the same technique, the clinics or salons must have an edge for clients to extend or offer their patronage to them; and to do so, they have to better with their practitioners and price ranges. Of course, if clients were to choose between two clinics that have the same technology being used but the other one has a better doctor or surgeon with a lesser cost, then they'd surely go for it.
Let's take laser hair removal for an example, as this the most common laser removal done these days. You have to consider the doctor's fee, the miscellaneous cost, and other treatment charges. Indeed, before you decide to go for this therapy, make sure that you have also considered the laser hair removal cost. Right now, the average laser hair removal cost is around $430, but this is just for the doctor's fee. You still have to think of the miscellaneous expenses, the price range usually differ depending on the location --- whether it is an urban, suburban, or rural area. Also, another important thing in laser hair removal costs is the area where the hair removal is to be done. Lastly, remember that the prices are usually indicated in a per treatment basis --- the more sessions you need, the higher the laser hair removal cost.
Currently, the laser hair removal cost ranges from $250 to around $900 per treatment. If we'll break it down per area, the cheapest would be the underarm areas ranging between $250-$350, followed by the chest, arm, and bikini areas ranging between $350-$600, and then the back, legs, face, and neck ranging from $600-$900.
Truly, laser hair removal costs are not quite cheap. If you are really going for it, and you believe that it will make you feel and look good, then why not --- as long as you are willing to spend around $2,000-$5,000 for it. Just make sure that if you go for it, you have to be ready physically, mentally, and financially, or else you will not find the satisfaction and fulfillment it should have given you once it is done. Remember, it is you who will face the laser hair removal cost, therapy, treatment, and recovery, so you must be the one to decide for it.
Effects of Laser Hair Removal on the Skin
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We have always heard about laser hair removal treatment as an effective method in removing unwanted hair. The benefits of this hair removal procedure have been widely spread. And many people have been curious about it - and may have thought of trying it, to remove their unwanted hair found in specific parts of their body.
Learning the effects of laser hair removal on the skin is also as important as knowing the benefits of the laser hair removal process. It is necessary to find out the effects of laser hair removal on the skin before undergoing any laser hair removal procedures.
One of the effects of laser hair removal on the skin is the hyper-pigmentation. The increase of pigment deposits results in the darkening of the skin. Tanned or dark skin is usually more prone to develop hyper-pigmentation. However, this effect is just temporary and this can be immediately treated with bleaching agents.
Opposite to hyper-pigmentation, the lightening of the skin or hypo pigmentation is another result of laser hair removal on the skin. This is most common in darker skin type because of higher exposures to laser treatment. Occurrence of hypo-pigmentation is also temporary.
Continuous laser exposure would also result in the reddening of the skin wherein its duration depends on the degree and depth of the dermal wound. This complication has been reduced because of effective cooling devices and use of proper exposure time during the procedure.
Effects of laser hair removal on the skin include blistering. This is also caused by higher exposure of laser in a darker skin type. To protect and avoid blistering, tissue cooling should be done through a contact chill tip. This usual effect has already been controlled with new and efficient cooling devices that are now widely available.
A repeated over treatment with laser hair removal would result to crusting of the skin. The use of alexandrite and long-pulsed ruby lasers commonly result to this. Yet, laser hair removal is normally a safe procedure in taking out unwanted hair. It is important though that a person must be aware of the effects of this treatment on our skin - and especially on our health. These effects of laser hair removal on the skin are rare.
Having proper information and knowledge on these effects before undergoing treatment will greatly help in knowing the risks involved – and possibly reducing them. Patients must choose a well-versed physician who will use a laser machine that is best for their case - and will guide them every step of the way.
See also this Video about the Dangers of Laser hair removal...
We have always heard about laser hair removal treatment as an effective method in removing unwanted hair. The benefits of this hair removal procedure have been widely spread. And many people have been curious about it - and may have thought of trying it, to remove their unwanted hair found in specific parts of their body.
Learning the effects of laser hair removal on the skin is also as important as knowing the benefits of the laser hair removal process. It is necessary to find out the effects of laser hair removal on the skin before undergoing any laser hair removal procedures.
One of the effects of laser hair removal on the skin is the hyper-pigmentation. The increase of pigment deposits results in the darkening of the skin. Tanned or dark skin is usually more prone to develop hyper-pigmentation. However, this effect is just temporary and this can be immediately treated with bleaching agents.
Opposite to hyper-pigmentation, the lightening of the skin or hypo pigmentation is another result of laser hair removal on the skin. This is most common in darker skin type because of higher exposures to laser treatment. Occurrence of hypo-pigmentation is also temporary.
Continuous laser exposure would also result in the reddening of the skin wherein its duration depends on the degree and depth of the dermal wound. This complication has been reduced because of effective cooling devices and use of proper exposure time during the procedure.
Effects of laser hair removal on the skin include blistering. This is also caused by higher exposure of laser in a darker skin type. To protect and avoid blistering, tissue cooling should be done through a contact chill tip. This usual effect has already been controlled with new and efficient cooling devices that are now widely available.
A repeated over treatment with laser hair removal would result to crusting of the skin. The use of alexandrite and long-pulsed ruby lasers commonly result to this. Yet, laser hair removal is normally a safe procedure in taking out unwanted hair. It is important though that a person must be aware of the effects of this treatment on our skin - and especially on our health. These effects of laser hair removal on the skin are rare.
Having proper information and knowledge on these effects before undergoing treatment will greatly help in knowing the risks involved – and possibly reducing them. Patients must choose a well-versed physician who will use a laser machine that is best for their case - and will guide them every step of the way.
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