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One out of 9 woman will get it in their lifetime. That is a very scary statistic.
Did you know that as little as one ounce of alcohol per day can increase your risk of getting breast cancer? Trans-fatty acids when fried can increase your risk 1.5 times.
Lower your chances of getting it by:
avoiding alcohol
avoiding trans-fatty acids
increasing your intake of vitamin E and C
exercising
Lots of people know that diabetes is about having too much sugar in your blood, but did you know that eating MORE "sugar" may be the answer to stopping diabetes?
There are many types of sugar, but the one kind that causes the problem in diabetes is called glucose. Glucose enters the every cell in your body by using a carrier called insulin. The only exceptions to glucose needing insulin to enter a cell, are in the brain, heart and other muscle that is engaging in anaerobic exercise.
The Islet of Langerhans cells in the pancreas are the only cells in the body that produce insulin. Anything that damages these particular cells causes diabetes.
With Insulin Dependent Diabetes Myelitis (IDDM), antibodies are present years before it is diagnosed. This means that damage gets done to the Islet of Langerhans cells before it can even be conventionally detected, and the suffer must take insulin shots to supplement blood levels of insulin.
A study at the University of California in San Francisco demonstrated that the Glucose Tolerance Test is wrong 80% - 90% of the time, resulting in mistakes in treatment.
Dr. Julian Whittiker in Reversing Diabetes recommends a 70% complex carbohydrates diet, 10 - 15% fat and 10 - 15% protein. It may seem strange for diabetic to be fed more carbohydrates, but other studies correlate and even recommend up to 90% complex carbohydrate diet. In the 1930s, Dr. Hemsworth stated " as carbohydrates increase in the diet, and fats decrease in the diet, blood sugar becomes more normal."
A recommended 20mg/day of fiber also decreases the blood sugar.
Recent studies have indicated that there may be a link between food allergies and the incidence of gallbladder disease.
A group of gallbladder patients awaiting surgery were put on an "elimination diet" which told researchers which foods were most likely to cause problems.
An elimination diet is a three week diet of very basic and few types of food. Every three days after that, a new food is added to see if the gallbladder symptoms return.
Every single patient in the study had a total relief of symptoms while on the diet. The common allergenic foods associated with gallbladder disease were found to be: egg, pork, milk, and coffee.
The best use for cow's milk is to feed calves!
Why?
The American Academy of Pediatrics says human babies should have no cow's milk within the first year. Two basic reasons are cited: Iron deficiency, and dehydration.
The large protein solids in cow's milk cause gastro-intestinal bleeding, which not only loses iron from the blood, but also decreases absorption of iron, which may lead to long term behavioral problems.
The high sodium content of milk may narrow the margin of safety leading to dehydration. In other words, the baby must flush out so much sodium, that the excess water stores are used, making the infant susceptible to dehydration.
Cow's milk may actually be a POOR source of absorbable calcium! Human milk has only 340mg of Calcium per gallon but almost all of it is absorbed. Cow's milk, however, has 1250mg of Calcium per gallon, but has such a high phosphorous content, that almost none of it is absorbed! (Phosphorous competes with Calcium for absorption when in the intestines together.)
The protein Casein may be a major food allergen in large quantities! Human milk is 60% whey, 40% casein. Cow's milk is 82% Casein, and only 18% whey, the good protein.
Something to Moo about:
Cow's have big, strong bones and do not drink cow's milk after the first year of their life.LPL is an enzyme that takes fat from the bloodstream and deposits it into adipose tissue for storage.
Slender people have a defense mechanism against LPL effects. If you feed a thin person a high-fat meal, LPL is not usually increased and fat is not stored. If you feed the same meal to a heavy person, LPL levels increase and more fat is stored.
Low-fat dieting initially decreases LPL because there is little fat to be stored. The body's reaction to dieting after a few days is the same as if you were starving: LPL levels skyrocket to ensure all available fat is stored.
After the diet stops, LPL levels continue to remain high so that it is easier to store fat and "regain" weight.
LPL baseline tendencies start with genetics, but the way a heavy person can break the rebound weight-gain-cycle and lower LPL levels is exercise. Low-fat diets are still a bad idea if you are already heavy, because LPL is just one more factor working against you. A balanced diet, however, coupled with exercise, will keep LPL under control.
5 Types of PMS:
A - Anxiety
C - Craving
D - Depression
H - Hyperhydration
M - Multiple
Symptoms:
A - Insomnia, mood swings, irritability
C - Increased appetite, dizzy, headache, fatigue, heart palpitations
D - Confusion, forgetfulness
H - Bloating, water retention, weight gain, breast tenderness
M - Combination of all four (rare more common to have two at a time)
Common Management (to all types):
Increase your aerobic exercise
Increase your dietary fiber
Eliminate methyl xanthires (caffeine and chocolate)
Specific Management:
Type A:
Decrease your dairy intake
Decrease your sugar intake
Increase your Magnesium and Zinc
Increase vitamin B6
Increase vitamin E
Type C:
Decrease refined sugar
Increase Magnesium
Increase Evening Primrose Oil (Omega 6)
Increase Flaxseed Oil (Omega 3)
Type D:
Decrease sugar
Increase vitamin B6
Increase vitamin E
Increase Evening Primrose Oil (Omega 6)
Type H:
Decrease salt
Increase Evening Primrose Oil (Omega 6)
Increase Flaxseed Oil (Omega 3)
Multiple:
All of the above
After giving birth is one of the hardest time to lose weight, but it is important to do it anyway. A trim, healthy mom has more energy and is better able to deal with the stresses of motherhood.
One often overlooked factor, is to breast feed your baby. It is often easier to eat healthier when we know everything we eat goes to our little one as well.
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