Low-Carb Lifestyle for the O blood type
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Ultimate Nutrition for Healing and Health Protein, Fat, Carbohydrate & Cholesterol Science
Body Chemistry 101
Food can be identified as having three major components; protein, fat and carbohydrate. Protein in the diet is broken down into the basic twenty amino acids in the digestive tract and taken into the body. The amino acids are then recombined into thousands of different protein structures to make up our bodies. These structures are everything from the hair on our heads to thin clear membranes of the eye, muscles and lattice structure in bones. Vitamins and minerals are needed by the body as co-factors in the chemical process of combining the amino acids into proteins. A deficiency of any vitamin, mineral, fatty acid or amino acid will prevent the body from making the required protein or cell and will display the condition as a disease.
Why Low Carbohydrate Diets Promote Ultimate Health.
High Protein Diets: Separating Fact From Fiction.
Atkins Glossary of Health Terms.
Atkins Research Summaries.
Atkins Science Research Update.
Low-Carbohydrate Diet Confirmed by Duke University Study, July, 2002.
Low-Carb Diets by Stephen Byrnes, Ph.D, RNCP, in Power Health Magazine.
Fats in the diet are needed by the body to create prostaglandins and hormones and to provide many other functions. Fats are essential for life. Studies have shown high-fat diets will improve health without weight gain when carbohydrates are kept low. Vitamins and minerals are also used as co-factors in fat metabolism.
Low-Fat Diets Endanger Bones.
Eating Meat Does Not Cause Osteoporosis.
Fruit seems so natural and wholesome. How could it be anything but perfectly healthy? The problem arises in our ability to have fruit every day of the year, which is totally unnatural. Fruit is basically all carbohydrate (fruit sugar) with no protein and no fats. Some people think the body needs carbohydrates but that is not the case. The body is made, healed and maintained entirely by the protein and fat in the diet. The daily requirement for carbohydrate is ZERO. You will not die without carbohydrate. In fact, you will achieve optimum health without it. You will die without protein and fats which are essential to build and maintain the body.
Low-Carb Pavilion - Nutritional Chemistry.
Lower Your Grains & Lower Your Insulin Levels!
All carbohydrates in the diet are converted by the body to glucose or blood sugar. Table sugar is converted at a fast rate and grains at a slower rate. The level of blood glucose is very critical to the brain which cannot have a level to high or low. Tests show the low-carbohydrate diet actually produces a better glucose balance in the brain than a high-carbohydrate diet. The body can make any needed glucose from either protein or fat, and the hormone, insulin, pushes excessive glucose into the cells to be used as fuel. It is not that the body needs the glucose but rather the brain cannot stand the high glucose level. After a few years the cells become resistant to this excess glucose. We then become "insulin resistant." The body must still get rid of the glucose that is consumed so it turns the glucose into body fat. Actually, orange juice becomes fat in our arteries and saturated fat on our tummy. The result is high bad LDL cholesterol and heart disease. High insulin has also been linked to breast cancer. After an accumulation of body fat the body becomes resistant to more fat. It then refuses to turn the glucose into fat and BOOM - we become diabetic.
Dr. Mercola - Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects by Dr. Ron Rosedale.
Biochemistry of Nutrition - Learn How the Body Really Works.
The Role Insulin Play in Obesity.
Atkins Nutritionals: Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors for Pre-Diabetics.
Atkins Nutritionals: Insulin Resistance as a Predictor of Age-Related Disease.
Reversal of Heart Disease & Other Complications by Dr. Ron Rosedale.
Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diets Cause Breast and Colon Cancer by Dr. Jan Kwasniewski.
Low-Fat, High-Carbohydrate Diets Cause Cardiovascular Heart Disease by Dr. Jan Kwasniewski.
Carbohydrates Suppress the Immune System by Barry Groves, Ph. D.
Carbohydrate Attack May Be Arthritis Culprit.
Carbohydrates and Bread Are Linked to Teenage Acne.
The liver produces cholesterol which is necessary in the transport and storage of body fat. Eating a low-cholesterol diet does not reduce blood cholesterol since the liver just produces more. Eating carbohydrates produces bad LDL cholesterol that causes heart disease. Protein and fats reduce bad LDL and increase the good HDL cholesterol. Saturated fats are very healthy and the Omega-3 and Omega-6 fats are essential to good health. The best source for Omega-3 fat is from fish oils which have been proven to prevent heart disease. Yes, fats prevent heart disease. Omega-6 fats from vegetable oils should be avoided to keep the Omega-6/Omega-3 ratio in balance.
Essential Fatty Acids Are Essential.
How Do You Know If You Are Taking Too Much Fish Oil or Omega-3 Fats?
Fish 'lowers dementia risk'
Partially hydrogenated vegetable oils can contain 60% trans fats. These vegetable oils are chemically modified in the food factories under high temperature and pressure to force hydrogen atoms to attach to the oil molecules. Unnatural trans fats are created when one of the two hydrogen atoms at the double carbon bond (cis) moves to the opposite (trans) side. The result is a more solid fatty acid used in many foods as a substitute for the more expensive natural fats. Hydrogenated oils are not natural food. They are factory produced fatty acid chemicals. The resultant trans fatty acids enter the body and attach to cells where real healthy fats are intended to be. Many doctors and researchers believe trans fats are one of the major factors causing adverse effects in heart disease, diabetes, cancer, immunity, reproduction, lactation, and obesity. The following page has a table listing dozens of common grocery store foods that contain the unhealthy trans fats. The Diet Cure.
The bottom line in the prevention of heart disease, diabetes and cancer is a diet low in carbohydrates and low in hydrogenated vegetable oils. The research carried out at Stockholm University in cooperation with experts at Sweden's National Food Administration, a government food safety agency, showed that heating of carbohydrate-rich foods, such as potatoes, rice or cereals formed acrylamide, a much studied substance classified as a probable human carcinogen. Carbohydrates cause cancer. The healthy diet is high in protein and high in fats. Meat from any source is best including beef, lamb, pork, wild game, poultry, fish, seafood, etc. Other good sources for protein and fats are eggs, cheeses, sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, whipping cream and real butter. Nuts are a wonderful source of protein and fats which have an acceptable level of carbohydrate. Peanuts are a legume which contain a toxic oil and should be avoided. Any and all natural fats are good but the diet must include both Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids.
High-Fat, Low-Carbohydrate Diet Improves Symptoms of Postprandial Hypoglycemia.
Low-Grain and Low-Carbohydrate Diets Treat Hypoglycemia, Heart Disease, Diabetes Cancer and Nearly ALL Chronic Illness.
Eggs Are the Perfect Food by Dr. Jan Kwasniewski.
Myths, Distortions and Lies About BEEF
Studies Prove Beef Is A Safe And Healthy Food
Vegetables are an important part of this diet because they contain vitamin C, antioxidants and many vitanutrients. All vegetables are acceptable, except the starchy ones such as potatoes, turnips, beets and yams. About the only acceptable fruits are the berries such as strawberries, blueberries, boysenberries, etc. Soy products such as beans, oil and protein are not to be included in this diet. Soy is not a healthy food.
Truths & Myths About Soy.
Newest Research On Why You Should Avoid Soy.
Concerns Regarding Soybeans.
More On Soy.
Environmental estrogens affect sperm. More bad news about soy.
Low-Fat, Low-Protein and Low-Calorie Diets Cause Cancer
Nathan Pritikin developed a low-fat, low-protein and high-complex carbohydrate diet in the 1970s due to his obesity and clogged arteries. His program required a very low-calorie diet and was strictly against the use of any vitamin, minerals or other supplements. He reversed both of these conditions but died of suicide at the age of 60 years after battling leukemia, cancer of the bone marrow. Studies have now shown that his low-fat, low-protein diet causes cancer. He was warned by others that his diet had less vitamin E than minimum standards. It was also deficient in essential amino acids and essential fatty acids. His book was titled, Permanent Weight-Loss Manual and indeed he had a permanent weight loss, 100%. Patients at his Centre for Longevity who followed the diet and didn't cheat also suffered a multitude of other medical problems. This failed diet plan is described in the book Beyond Pritikin by Ann Louise Gittleman, former Pritikin Institute nutritionist. She now proposes a diet just the opposite with high-protein, high-fat and low-carbohydrates in her book, Eat Fat, Lose Weight. Nathan Pritikin's diet program did result in low-cholesterol, but new studies have shown that a person with low-cholesterol has an increased risk of committing suicide. Perhaps his low-cholesterol as well as his leukemia contributed to his death by suicide.
Low-Cholesterol and Suicide Risk.
Cholesterol is Needed to Help Your Brain Cells Communicate.
Cholesterol - Dr. Jan Kwasniewski's Optimal Diet.
Feeding The Irrational Fear of Cholesterol by Owen Richard Fonorow.
Low-Fat, Low-Protein and Low-Calorie Diets Cause Heart Disease
James F. Fixx wrote two books on the health benefits of exercise and running, but he died in 1984 from a heart attack at a young age of 52 in his running shoes on a daily run. Many try to cover the facts by blaming it on his heredity or smoking which he quit nine years earlier, but Fixx developed severe coronary artery disease during his running years. He had near total occlusion by atherosclerosis of one coronary artery and 80% occlusion of another. There was also evidence of a recent heart attack. In addition, the heart was somewhat large suggesting the possibility of concurrent hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Exercise and low-weight certainly helped him, but that could not overcome the disastrous effects of his diet. Fixx bought into the myth that fat in the diet is unhealthy when in fact it is essential to life.
He also became a vegetarian and refrained from eating meat. Fixx bought into the new philosophy that runners needed high levels of carbohydrates in their diets. He ate very low-calories in order to keep from gaining weight on the high-carbohydrate diet. He failed to take any vitamins, minerals or other supplements on the false premise that his vegetarian diet could provide them. He undoubtedly suffered from an amino acid deficiency compounded by an essential fatty acid deficiency and further compounded by a refusal to supplement with vitamins and minerals. Amino acids from protein are the building blocks of life, and it is difficult to obtain all of the amino acids required by one's diet without eating meat, fish and fowl. The effects of these deficiencies take many years to manifest themselves, and the resultant disease can be just about anything in the book. This makes it extremely difficult to pinpoint the cause and effect of a low-fat, low-protein diet on one's health. People fail to understand that the minimum requirement for carbohydrates in the diet is zero - none.
The Myths of Vegetarianism by Dr. Stephen Byrnes, ND, RNCP.
Omega-3 Fats are Essential to the Human Body.
New Test for Heart Disease Diagnosis.
The Naive Vegetarian.
Vegan vs High-Protein Diet Debate.
Why I Am Not a Vegetarian by Dr. William T. Jarvis.
As a society we are clearly in a state of nutritional crisis and in need of radical remedies. The statistics are sobering. After 30 years of seemingly solid advice aimed at lowering dietary fat, Americans have grown collectively fatter than ever. Today more than 60% of adults in the U.S. are classified as overweight or obese. So many children have become so heavy that pediatricians are now facing an epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and hypertension - diseases that are closely associated with overweight and that were unheard of among youngsters just a generation ago.
The big lie has been exposed. Red-meat and saturated fats are healthy.
Big Fat Lies & the Truth about Saturated Fat.
Are Saturated Fats Really Dangerous For You? No, read about the myth!
What if It's All Been a Big Fat Lie? by Gary Taubes in NY Times Magazine.
Dr. Robert C. Atkins - Puncturing the Low-Fat Myth
Twenty-Seven (27) Studies Show That Saturated Fat Raised the Good HDL.
The More Fat You Eat the Lower Your Bad Triglycerides.
Studies Show Meat, Dairy and Eggs Do Not Increase Breast Cancer.
Study Shows Saturated Fat is Not Linked to Diabetes.
Proof Saturated Fats Are Healthy.
Weston A. Price Foundation - Facts About Fats
The Truth About Saturated Fat by Mary Enig, PhD, and Sally Fallon
Study Proves Eating Saturated Fat Increase Good HDL Cholesterol
Proper Diet Summary
The information contain on this web page and the references will show the proper diet for healing and health preservation. What is Wrong with Politically Correct Nutrition.?
Calculate your dietary intake at the FitDay - Online Diet and Fitness Manager.
Foods we should eat:
Foods we should avoid:
- Do not eat sugar in any form. Sugar raises the level of free-radicals which causes heart disease and diabetes. Do not eat corn syrup, fructose, honey, sucrose, maltodextrin, dextrose, molasses, rice milk, soy milk, grape juice, fruit juice, brown rice syrup, maple syrup, date sugar, cane sugar, corn sugar, beet sugar, succanat or lactose. Do not eat candy, cookies, ice cream, cakes, dates, crackers, soft drinks or yogurt which are all high in carbohydrates. Diabetes, heart disease and cancer could best be described as CARBOHYDRATE ADDICTS SYNDROME. Sugar accelerates aging.
Atkins' Carbohydrate Gram Counter.
78 Ways Sugar Can Ruin Your Health.
- Avoid processed meats like sausage and sugar-cured ham. Avoid chicken and turkeys that have been injected with a solution of salt, sugar and preservatives. Butterball chickens and turkeys are an example of those to avoid. Read every label. Study Links Processed Meat to Cancer - Viewable by AOL members only.
- Limit carbohydrates in all forms, except low-starch vegetables. Avoid those starchy vegetables that grow below the ground such as potatoes, turnips, beets, carrots and yams.
Reduced carbohydrates cuts the incidence of heart disease.
Carbohydrate Increases Risk of Colorectal Cancer 7/9/00.
- Limit fruits because of the fruit sugar and do not drink fruit juices. Do not drink vegetable juices because the fiber has been removed. Berries are the exception because they have a relatively low-fruit sugar content and very high in healthy antioxidants. Try berries with real cream or chilled coconut milk as a healthy dessert. Fruits can be increased for those people who want to gain weight. Eat absolutely no fruit while on the Atkins Nutritional: Weight Control - A Four Phase Strategy.
- Do not eat margarine, mayonnaise or any product that contains hydrogenated oils, trans fats.
Yahoo! News - US Panel Says No Amount of Trans Fat Is Safe.
- Avoid polyunsaturated vegetable and seed oils such as corn, soybean, flax, canola, safflower, sunflower, peanut, sesame and cottonseed oil. The Omega-6 oils cancel the benefits of the good Omega-3 fat. See Secrets of the Edible Oil Industry Part 1 and Part 2.
- Do not drink cow's milk. Lactose in cow's milk is one of the most allergenic foods, and the symptoms are commonly described as lactose intolerance. Milk is not need in the diet to prevent osteoporosis. Do not drink rice milk, soy milk, Lactaid or acidophilus milk.
- Do not eat any soy products unless fermented or sprouted. Miso, tempeh, and natto are acceptable. Do not use soy protein powders but whey protein powders are acceptable. Soy protein is missing several of the amino acids and one that is classified as an essential. Do not eat soy protein chips or cereals. Tofu made from soybeans has been shown to shrink the brain and cause cognitive impairment. See the soy index of studies.
Dr. Mercola - Soybeans Can Damage Your Health - Part 1 of 3.
Soy Online Service Home Page.
The Weston A. Price Foundation - Soy Alert!
The Third International Soy Symposium - Tragedy and Hype.
- Do not eat yogurt or frozen yogurt desserts, except home made high-fat yogurt made from whole milk and extra cream that has used the 24-hour cycle time to reduce the lactose content. You can learn more about this special yogurt at: Lucy's Kitchen Shop.
- Do not eat pre-whipped cream or low-fat, non-dairy whipped cream because they contain sugar and/or trans fats. See the list of typical store foods containing heart clogging trans fats.
- Do not eat any wheat products or any other grains such as: corn, oats, rye, rice, barley, millet, kamut or spelt. Corn is missing three of the essential amino acids necessary for good health. Grains are a poor source of protein. Do not eat any breads or other flour products. Grains are the most allergenic of all foods. Multiple sclerosis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis are rare in populations where no grain products are consumed such as the Paleolithic (hunter-gatherer) diet.
Yahoo! News - UN Wants More Study on Fried Food-Cancer Link.
BBC News | HEALTH | Bread and crisps in cancer risk scare.
Health.Telegraph.co.uk - Chips Bread & Cereals Cause Cancer.
Reuters | U.N. Wants More Study on Cancer Link to Fried Food.
Grain gluten can cause osteoporosis, Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
Dangerous Grains book by James Braly and Ron Hoggan.
- Do not eat breakfast cereals, pancakes, waffles, bread, biscuits, tortillas, taco shells, bagels, pasta, noodles, pop corn, croutons or rice snacks because they usually contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oil and are all very high in carbohydrates.
- Do not eat any potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, French fries or potato chips. French fries are not only very high in unhealthy carbohydrates but are generally cooked in hydrogenated soybean oil or other rancid oils.
- Do not eat bananas, oranges or grapefruits as they are very high in carbohydrates.
- Limit beans and legumes because of their high carbohydrate levels. Limit peanuts as they are a legume and contain a very unhealthy fat.
- Do not eat dark yellow cheeses such as Velveta or American cheese because they are made from partially hydrogenated oils, trans fats.
- Stop smoking, but stop eating sugar first which is more unhealthy than smoking.
Finally Proof for My Assertion That Sugar is More Dangerous Than Cigarettes
- Do not eat any product labeled "low-fat."
- Do not eat anything containing hydrogenated oils, called trans fats. Read every label.
- Do not eat any product labeled "low-cholesterol."
- Avoid carbohydrates from all sources, except low-starch vegetables.
- Avoid monosodium glutamate (MSG) and the dozens of flavors and seasonings which have deceptively hidden the MSG glutamic acid ingredient. MSG Dangers and Deceptions.
- Avoid carrageenan which is a gum extracted from red seaweed and used as a fat substitute to thicken many food products. Unfortunately, carrageenan is used in many otherwise acceptable low-carbohydrate foods such as processed meats and heavy whipping cream. Carrageenan may be associated with the promotion of malignancy and inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract and may cause cancer.
- Avoid fast food hamburgers because many are "bulked-up" with 25% soy protein and/or cooked in trans fats or polyunsaturated fats. Avoid French fries as well because the frying oils are either trans fats, polyunsaturated fats or rancid from over use. Grilled chicken breast is an acceptable choice. Don't eat the bun. Don't eat anything coated and deep fried.
- Avoid the use of microwave ovens, except for heating plain water. Microwave energy destroys enzymes and vitamins. It also breaks weak molecules into undesirable elements. The energy can cause the unhealthy cross linking between molecules. Microwaving starches such as potatoes and other carbohydrates such as bread creates high levels of acrylamide, a chemical proven to cause cancer in laboratory animal tests. Cancer Risk In Microwaved Food.
- Cheat a little, if necessary, once every third month in moderation and without guilt from the above list of forbidden foods. It takes many years of eating the improper foods before diseases begin to reveal themselves. Don't be concerned about a harmful effects from one rare meal or dessert.
Reversing High Cholesterol on the Low-Carbohydrate Diet
Many question the cancer risk from eating lots of red-meat and saturated fats, and we are constantly being warned to avoid the "artery clogging saturated fat." These scare tactics are not confirmed in the study of ancient cultures and more recent studies. It just isn't so. The body grows, heals and functions by utilizing the proteins (amino acids) and fats (fatty acids) in the diet. Both are essential for life, and deficiencies lead to a myriad of diseases which appear to have no cause. The trend away from the consumption of protein and fat is making all who listen a statistic in record-setting illnesses like cancer, heart disease and diabetes. The current medical community has begun to blame everything on "genetics" and wring their hands because "the message just isn't getting through."
Unfortunately, the low-fat, no red-meat message is getting through. People are eating the USDA food pyramid diet, and their bodies are struggling to rid themselves of the excess glucose from carbohydrates while fighting desperately with shortages of essential amino acids and fatty acids. Vegetarians develop high cholesterol and can't correct it. They blame it on heredity because they don't understand body chemistry. Don't believe the advice given on Dr. Andrew Weil's web site above because bad cholesterol readings are caused by high-carbohydrate diets and not by animal products. Dr. Weil's diet recommendations should never be followed because they closely parallel the unhealthy USDA Food Pyramid and also discourage eating healthy meat and natural animal fats. Get the truth from ex-vegetarians at the link below who returned to eating meat and animal fat in order to recover from their health problems caused by their failed vegetarian diet.
Beyond Vegetarianism - Raw Food, Vegan, Fruitarian and Paleo Diets.
The bad press about ketones in the blood on a low-carbohydrate diet are distorted lies. According to Dr. Atkins, "Ketosis is really a shortening of the term lipolysis/ketosis. Lipolysis simply means that you're burning your fat stores and using them as the source of fuel they were meant to be. The by-products of burning fat are ketones, so ketosis is a secondary process of lipolysis. When your body releases ketones in your urine, it is chemical proof that you are consuming your own stored fat. And the more ketones you release, the more fat you have dissolved." Tests have proven that this normal ketosis is healthy and does not produce ketoacidosis as experienced by diabetics.
Changes in Body Composition During Weight Reduction in Obesity: Balance Studies Comparing Effects of Fasting and a Ketogenic Diet.
The Human Metabolic Response to Chronic Ketosis Without Caloric Restriction: Physical and Biochemical Adaptation.
The graph below shows my reversal in high cholesterol measurements as a result of the low-carbohydrate diet described above. The total cholesterol remained steady at about 206, which is considered good in a desirable range of 180 to 200. The best result was the huge drop in the bad Triglycerides (TG) from 214 to 120 to 92 and the very good rise in the good HDL cholesterol from 35 to 51 to 55. HDL is very difficult to raise on any other diet. The heart disease risk is measured by the ratio TG/HDL. My ratio was bad at 6.1 for ten years preceding the start of the Atkins' diet in June 1999. The ratio dropped to a respectable 2.4 during the first four months and is presently at a very good ratio of 1.7. The most desirable ratio is 1.0 or less, but are cholesterol readings really all that important? Some facts suggest otherwise: The Cholesterol Myths - some astonishing facts.
High-Fat, High-Protein Diet Results
Eating lots of red-meat and saturated fat has given me awesome health.
The daily nutrition program which eliminates and reduces health problems has been proven to be a high-fat, high-protein and low-carbohydrate diet. Blood pressure will drop on the diet so significantly that those on blood pressure medication should monitor their pressure carefully and be prepared to reduce the dosage. Naturally, those with special health problems should find a doctor who understands this diet and adjusts medication accordingly. Many claims and criticisms are being fired from every direction among the opponents in the current "diet wars." The best way to resolve the issue is to test the results yourself. I have been on the Atkins' low-carbohydrate diet since June 1999 and lost 35 pounds in the first four months. I am currently down 50 pounds to the "ideal" weight range.
The Atkins' diet is better described as a high-protein, high-fat diet because Dr. Atkins encourages the consumption of fats, even saturated fats. I have eaten lots of red-meat with high-fat content during the past two years. Cuts were specifically selected which had the most fat, such as 27% fat ground beef, ribs, rib-eye steaks, bacon, pork roasts and chicken with the skin. Salmon is especially good because it contains a high level of essential Omega-3 fatty acid. My favorite cooking method is on the gas grill with low-heat. The low-heat does not melt all the fat, and prevents damage to the fat caused by high heat and oxidation. Eggs and bacon are fried on low-heat and eaten when the bacon is floppy and still has white fat. Vegetables are highly recommended but not the starchy ones. Berries in whipping cream are a nice dessert, but other fruits are avoided. Try refrigerated coconut milk on berries. The flavor is great the the cold coconut milk has the consistency of thick cream. Coconut oil is the most preferred for frying and stir-fry. Real butter is the second best choice.
Medscape Today - Two Studies Validate the Effectiveness of the Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diet.
Duke University Study - Effect of 6 Month Adherence to a Very Low Carbohydrate Diet Program.
Most people do not believe diet can cure their illnesses, and they resort to prescription drugs. They do this because they "already eat a balanced diet," yet remain sick. In truth, their diet is what made them sick and continues to prevent their healing. The acceptable foods above in combination with vitamins and minerals can heal the body where prescription drugs only cover and mask the undesirable symptoms.
The Truth About Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs (Statins), Cholesterol, and Health.
Note! Those who have been on the above diet for several months are over-joyed at their sudden health improvements. They are also shocked at the harsh negative reactions in their body to eating sugar and carbohydrate which can cause the heart pulse rate can jump and blood pressure rise suddenly. However, once you feel the awesome health benefits from eating low-carbohydrate you will never go back.
Comparison of Low-Carb Plans.
How To Lose Weight by James South, MA
Dr. Dean Ornish's Low-Fat Diet and Dr. Robert C. Atkins' Low-Carbohydrate Diet Compared
The following quote and table is from Adipos 101. "We need large scale randomized studies comparing low fat and low carbohydrate diets. Until such studies is published, we must compare results reported by Ornish and Atkins themselves. The Ornish figures are the average of the Ornish Experimental group (n=22) carefully selected from hundreds of applicants. The Atkins' data (n=1) is from page 150 of his 1992 book. Neither of these samples is necessarily representative of the overweight population. However, the starting age, weight, and body mass index of Atkins' sample resembles those of Ornish's experimental group much more closely than Ornish's own control group, lending credence to the comparison."
Ornish and Atkins Diets Compared
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|HDL (good) Cholesterol||- 3%||+60%|
"Further confirmation of Atkins' data comes from Dr. Ronald Krauss, chairman of the American Heart Association's Nutrition Committee. In some men with normal-sized LDL cholesterol particles, a very low-fat diet can cause changes in the cholesterol profile that indicate an increased heart disease risk. In one study, 36 out of 87 men with normal-sized LDL particles switched to the small-particle abnormalities when their dietary fat was lowered from 46 percent of calories from fat to 24 percent. One sign of the switch was a rise in their ratio of total cholesterol to "good" HDL cholesterol, which implies a higher heart disease risk. (API 7/16/96)"
Poll Results: Atkins Beats Out Low-Fat Diets.
Scientific studies as reported in the European Heart Journal (1997) 18, 18-22 show the low-fat, low-cholesterol diet is ineffective in reducing coronary heart disease and in one study showed an increase in deaths. The diet also causes an increase in deaths from other causes as in the case of Mr. Pritikin above. Increasing triglycerides and decreasing HDL implies a higher heart disease risk. Therefore, the low-fat, low-cholesterol diet proposed by Dr. Dean Ornish causes the cholesterol risk ratios to move in the wrong direction toward increasing heart disease risk. The Dr. Robert C. Atkins' low-carbohydrate diet greatly improves cholesterol risk ratios as shown in the table above and my own results sited above.
Effects of a Very-Low-Carbohydrate Diet Program Compared With a Low-Fat, Low-Cholesterol, Reduced Calorie Diet.
Read 18 Personal Atkins' Low-Carb Testimonies
Pregnancy and Feeding Babies
Women who are planning to get pregnant or already have babies should read this information. Autism is increasing in the USA and UK at the rate of 20% per year. This is caused by low-cholesterol and low-fat diets of the mother. The baby's brain needs cholesterol and fats for proper development. Vaccines may also be involved in the autism epidemic.
Mommy Goes Shopping for Baby Food!
Bible Life Ministries - Pregnancy Counseling.
Weston A. Price Foundation: Nutrition Guidelines - Feeding Babies.
The Vital Role of Essential Fatty Acids For Pregnant and Nursing Women.
We Are In the Midst of An Autism Epidemic?
Autism by Dr. Viera Scheibner and Bronwyn Hancock BSc.
Other Sites and Books
The following sites have excellent information on a good diet for healing and health preservation.
The links below are book reviews on Amazon.com or other sites. They all deal with scientific and medical findings that prove the current low-fat, low-protein, high-carbohydrate American diet causes hardening of the arteries, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease, cancer, weight gain, malnutrition, osteoporosis, asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, gluten sensitivity, infertility and diabetes.
Letter On Corpulence by William Banting - 1869
Letter on Corpulence by William Banting is the first book about the benefits to health of a low-carbohydrate diet. It can be read online. Mr. Banting was advised to follow the diet by his Doctor, William Harvey, who had heard about the diet as a cure for diabetes in a lecture given in Paris by Mons. Bernard. The diet was known and applied to athletes to achieve better performance but was not generally given to unhealthy or obese people to cure their ailments. Mr. Banting showed that it did. His book was highly criticized by the established medical community just as the low-carbohydrate diet is today. Mr. Banting proved all of the criticisms to be false. You can also read a brief summary of The Harvey-Banting Diet, Letter on Corpulence.
Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution - Revised and Improved
The Atkins' New Diet Revolution is the best book for an initial dietary change and quick weight loss, reduced blood pressure and reduced cholesterol. Also, look for the companion book for recipes. It has some very interesting case studies from the doctor's patients. It includes data from past civilizations proving the low-carbohydrate diet is the most healthy. Robert C. Atkins, M.D. ISBN: 006001203X.
Dr. Atkins' Age-Defying Diet Revolution - Amazon Book Review
This is Dr. Atkins newest book. The main topics are the cause, prevention and cure for diabetes and heart disease which have become major health concerns in the United States and many other developed countries. Robert C. Atkins, M.D. with Sheila Buff ISBN: 0312251890.
Life Without Bread: How a Low-Carbohydrate Diet Can Save Your Life
Life Without Bread is an important addition to the growing body of literature on the benefits and importance of low-carb diet. Written by Christian Allan, Ph.D., and Wolfgang Lutz, M.D., the book is based on Dr. Lutz's experience using carbohydrate restricted diets with thousands of patients for over 40 years. It is also based on extensive research in the medical and scientific literature, and provides ample references. The book presents a more or less unified theory of how high (and even "moderate") levels of dietary carbohydrate cause or exacerbate various health problems, and how carbohydrate restriction can help people to recover from those problems.
New Clinical Studies Confirm Atkins' Low-Carb Nutritional Theories
Two new scientific studies lend substantial support to the Atkins diet as an effective, safe and healthful approach to weight loss.
Nourishing Traditions, The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats
"I have to recommend . . . Nourishing Traditions by Sally Fallon. The first chapter of her book is so right on target that I feel a little guilty for taking her ideas. But what she pointed out is that independent producers of food-such as people who present us with meat, poultry, eggs and butter-provide the lowest profit margin in the industry. People who put out junk food ... have an incredible return on invested capital because they are putting out low-cost items and making a very high profit." Robert C. Atkins, MD. Author of The Atkins' New Diet Revolution. Read the book review at the Dr. Weston A. Price Foundation.
Know Your Fats
The Complete Primer for Understanding the Nutrition of Fats, Oils and Cholesterol
"This book, written by one of the world's leading lipid biochemists, is a much needed title in today's "fat-phobic" world. Discarding politically correct notions that saturated fats are unhealthy, Dr. Mary Enig presents a thorough, in-depth and understandable look at the world of lipids." Dr. Weston A. Price Foundation.
Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Diet
Protein Power has one of the best chapters about the truth and facts surrounding cholesterol. It explains the good and bad cholesterols and what ratios give an indication of good health. Protein Power is a must-read and should be kept for detailed study. WARNING! Protein Power contains statements against flax seed oils and saturated fats that have since be reversed and corrected in their newest book, The Protein Power Lifeplan. Michael R. Eades, M.D. and Mary Dan Eades, M.D. ISBN: 0553574752.
The Protein Power Lifeplan
This book is described as a new comprehensive blueprint for optimal health. Dr. Michael R. Eades and Dr. Mary Dan Eades, ISBN: 0446525766.
Neanderthin: Eat Like a Caveman to Achieve a Lean, Strong, Healthy Body
At the age of 33, Ray Audette was diagnosed with diabetes. This was devastating - he'd already been suffering from rheumatoid arthritis for over 12 years and was forced to walk with a cane. Tired of being sick all the time, and unhappy with what his doctors said couldn't be cured, he decided to school himself on these disorders. As a result of his research, he developed an interest in Paleolithic nutrition (the science of what our Stone Age ancestors ate before the development of agrarian societies). Ray Audette, Troy Gilchrist, ISBN: 0312975910.
Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price, DDS
Dr. Price and his wife traveled the world in the 1930's to study the diets, health and teeth of primitive societies. Such people were characterized by "splendid physical development" and an almost complete absence of disease, even those living in physical environments that were extremely harsh. The fact that "primitives" often exhibited a high degree of physical perfection and beautiful straight white teeth was not unknown to other investigators of the era.
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This site holds dozens of articles about general health and nutrition, with a definite slant toward low-carb/paleo eating. The links will take you to the articles. All information on this site came by way of the [email protected] mailing list, which is now defunct.
Thin So Fast: Now, you can safely lose up to 5 pounds per week!
Based on a clinically tested program utilizing a supplemented liquid diet you prepare and follow at home that allows one meal of solid food per day. The book by Dr. Michael R. Eades is out of print. Click the title above to see additional information and a personal testimony. This program is especially suited for breaking the weight loss plateau that is not uncommon on the low-carbohydrate diet. If your weight loss stagnates as you approach your ideal weight on the low-carbohydrate diet, try this method. Suggestions are also made for locating a used copy of the book.
The Schwarzbein Principle: The Truth About Losing Weight
The best book for overall lifestyle dietary changes and detailed scientific analysis is "The Schwarzbein Principle." Also, look for the two companion cookbooks. Diana Schwarzbein, M.D. ISBN: 1558746803.
The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet: The Lifelong Solution to Yo-Yo Dieting
Carbohydrate Addict's Diet is another great book. Rachael F. and Richard F. Heller, M.D. ISBN: 0451173392.
The Diet Cure - the 8-Step Program to Rebalance your Body Chemistry
This book has one of the best explanations for proper fat in the diet and a chapter on fatty acid deficiency. It also presents amino acid therapy.
Julia Ross, M.A., ISBN: 0670885932 (hardcover) and 0140286527 (paperback).
Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution
Achieving normal blood sugars for diabetics with the aid of a low carbohydrate diet and exercise is the focus of Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution, a book by Richard K. Bernstein, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.N., C.W.S. You can read excerpts online.
The Amino Revolution
This is perhaps the best book for a full explanation of body chemistry, metabolism and amino acids. It identifies many ailments which can be attributed to amino acid deficiency. Robert Erdmann, Meirion Jones, ISBN: 0671673599.
The 20 Amino Acids
The listed above provides very valuable information on the importance of amino acids in the diet, what they are and how they keep you alive and vibrant. The list of amino acids, their descriptions and the diseases caused by their deficiencies is listed.
Solved: The Riddle of Illness
Low-thyroid causes a myriad of health problems such as overweight, low-sex drive, depression, coldness, low-energy and much more. Low-thyroid is much more common than believed, and the commonly used blood tests do not accurately diagnose the problem. Depression is very common with low-thyroid. The following book describes a quick and easy self administered temperature test which is much more accurate than the blood tests. Book by Stephen E. Langer, M.D.
Syndrome X: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent Reverse Insulin Resistance
If you're aging prematurely, getting fatter, feeling sluggish, and watching your blood pressure and cholesterol sneak upward, you may have "Syndrome X," claim the authors, who say that up to 60 million North Americans have it. "Syndrome X is primarily a nutritional disease caused by eating the wrong foods," they write. The mysterious-sounding "Syndrome X" refers to a group of health problems including insulin resistance ("the inability to properly deal with dietary carbohydrates such as sugars"), plus at least one additional problem, such as abnormal blood fats (elevated cholesterol or triglycerides), overweight, and/or high blood pressure. Book by Jack Challem, Melissa Diane Smith and Burt Berkson.
Over Dose: The Case Against the Drug Companies: Prescription Drugs, Side Effects, and Your Health
Asserting that different ages and conditions can affect how a drug is metabolized, and thus its effectiveness, Cohen advises to "Start Low, Go Slow." Lower doses often prove just as effective, and higher doses in the wrong person can be deadly. The chapters proceed logically, divided by families of drugs and, later, by FDA regulations, kickbacks to doctors from pharmaceutical companies, ghostwritten articles commissioned by pharmaceutical companies and attributed to independent doctors in trusted medical journals. Most importantly, Cohen discusses at length deadly and other irreversible side effects of new drugs, suggesting that warnings on drug packages are incomplete. Book by Jay S. Cohen.
Inexpensive Low-Carbohydrate Lunch Example: Both of the above 7-bone lamb steaks were purchased today, December 8, 2001 for a total cost only $1.03 including tax. I have actually purchased them for less. The lamb was grilled on low heat to medium doneness so as not to melt away or damage the healthy natural fats. The salad vegetables cost less than $1.00 for everything. The salad dressing not shown is almond oil and red-wine vinegar. The almond oil is among the most healthy because it is high in monounsaturated fatty acids and has 30 percent Omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid. Also taken was two tablespoons of Carlson's Lemon Flavored Cod Liver Oil which is Omega-3 fatty acids. This provides the correct balance of essential fatty acids (EFA's) for the day.
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Cholesterol Risk Factor Information
Total Cholesterol, Ct = HDL + LDL + VLDL
VLDL = Triglycerides (TG) / 5
LDL = Ct - HDL - VLDL
Total cholesterol, Ct, is best between 180 and 200.
Increase the 200 number limit when HDL is above 50.
Example: When HDL = 60 the best cholesterol range is 180 to 210.
Ct / HDL > 3.0 and < 5.0 Above 5.0 increase coronary risk factor.
HDL > 40 for men. Less than 40 increases coronary risk and above 60 gives protection.
HDL > 50 for women. Less then 50 increases coronary risk and above 60 gives protection.
LDL < 160 Above increases risk.
TG < 150 Above increases risk.
LDL / HDL < 3.0 Above 3.0 increases coronary risk factor. Readings near 1.0 or less is best.
TG / HDL < 3.0 Above 3.0 increases coronary risk factor. Readings near 1.0 or less is best.
Dr. Robert C. Atkins - Meaningful Tests: Blood Lipids
Low-cholesterol increases risk of cerebral hemorrhage (stroke), gallbladder disease and many types of cancers. High cholesterol increases risk of coronary heart disease.
Two other major factors in the cause of heart disease are lipoprotein, Lp(a) and homocysteine, neither of which are normally checked by doctors. A lipoprotein reading of 20 mg/dl is normal and above 30 mg/dl is elevated. Homocysteine readings below 13 micromole/L are normal. Given all this we should ask. Is the cholesterol theory true or is it being used by prescription drug companies to push drug sales? The following book is very interesting in exposing the cholesterol myth.
The Cholesterol Myths - some astonishing facts.
Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP)
Body Mass Index
The body mass index is a mathematical formula used to accurately gauge weight health. A result under 25 is generally considered OK. The ideal for women is 22 to 23.4 and for men 23.5 to 24.9. A BMI above 25 is considered to be overweight, above 27 is seriously overweight and above 30 is obese. The formula is: (Weight, lb.) x 705 / (Height, inches) / (Height, inches) = BMI or (Weight, kg.) / (Height, meters) / (Height, meters) = BMI
Reversing High Blood Pressure with Potassium Chloride Salt
A high-potassium, low-sodium diet can protect against cancer and cardiovascular disease. Getting too much sodium chloride (table salt) in the diet coupled with diminished dietary potassium is a common cause of high blood pressure. Salt restriction is not enough. One must increase their consumption of potassium chloride which is readily available as Morton's Salt Substitute for low-salt diets. Supplementing with amino acids L-taurine and L-arginine are also very helpful. In the author's case my blood pressure was high-normal at 155/95 for 15 years. A slight reduction of sodium from table salt combined with an increase of potassium from Morton's Salt Substitute resulted in my blood pressure dropping to 140/80 in only one month. Use equal amounts of both table salt and potassium chloride after blood pressure return to normal. The sodium chloride salt added to food in the manufacturing and preparation causes an imbalance in the sodium/potassium ratio. Foods high in potassium and low in sodium are vegetables, fruits, unprocessed meats and fish, although a restriction in fruit is strongly suggested. Processes foods have a 10 to 1 sodium to potassium ratio while natural foods have a ratio of only 1 to 10. Use the potassium salt substitute instead of table salt. The body process is called the sodium-potassium pump.
WARNING! Reduce the intake of potassium if any signs of irregular heart beat occurs. Potassium can slow the heart rate and block cardiac impulses from the atria to the ventricles. The reason for this is that high extra cellular concentrations of potassium reduce the resting membrane potential of cardiac muscle fibers. This causes a reduction in the intensity of the action potential and weaker heart contractions. If the the extra cellular concentration of potassium is great enough, the resting membrane potential will be eliminated and cardiac muscle cells will not generate impulses. Therefore, the heart will stop.
Potassium is an extremely important electrolyte that functions in the maintenance of:
- Water balance and distribution
- Acid-base balance
- Muscle and nerve cell function
- Heart function
- Kidney and adrenal function
Prostate, Breast Cancer and Bone Loss Prevention
The use of natural progesterone cream by men has been shown to prevent prostate cancer, strengthen bones and prevent male hair loss. Cancer and bone loss prevention has also been shown in women by using natural progesterone cream. Osteoporosis (bone loss) is crippling disease that is preventable and reversible. Natural progesterone cream has been proven by Dr. John R. Lee to restore and build bone in both men and women. The newer studies show that estrogen, specifically estradiol, does not increase the risk for breast cancer but it actually CAUSES breast cancer AND prostate cancer. There is not any debate left about this issue. All major researchers have found this to be true. The information on the prostate is new. This is MAJOR news and will provide a radical shift in my recommendations for hormonal replacement. I know believe that nearly all men should seriously consider natural progesterone replacement sometime in their 40s, or even earlier if they have a family history of prostate cancer. There is also a reasonable likelihood that this will decrease male balding. So, all the men who wish to retain what is left of their hair, I would start this immediately." Prostate health is a very complicated topic and there is much disagreement by physicians in the field about PSA testing, cancer detection and treatment.
Prostate Health - News You Can Use.
Estrogen Hormone Replacement Therapy Linked to Breast Cancer.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment for Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Diarrhea and Candidiasis.
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), developed by Dr. Haas for Elaine Gottschall's daughter, has been used successfully by many people to treat the following: Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Diarrhea, and Candidiis. The premise of the diet is that damaged intestinal walls and bacterial overgrowth are a part of a vicious cycle that wrecks havoc with the body's health and immunity. The diet restricts the type of carbohydrates that feed these bacteria, thereby restoring the body's inner ecology. We recommend that you read Elaine Gottschall's book, Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Intestinal Health through Diet, for more in depth coverage, tips, and recipes about successfully using SCD to treat illnesses. Read a Summary of The Specific Carbohydrate Diet. The book Life Without Bread by Christian Allan, Ph.D. and Wolfgang Lutz, M.D. has a chapter on gastro-intestinal diseases. Don't be mislead by the title to believe the cure is the simple elimination of bread. Mr. Lutz's older book is out of print but has essential the same information. It may even contain more detail than his new book above. Fortunately, Chapter VII: Gastro-Intestinal Tract of the older book can be read online.