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Day 22 Press Up Challenge | Carbohydrates & Sugar Equivalent

10/12/2020

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How do you know how much carbohydrate to consume safely if you want to follow a low-carbohydrate lifestyle?
 
Dr David Unwin in the UK has successfully helped a large proportion of his patients reverse Type 2 Diabetes and lose fat by following a low-carb lifestyle. Many GPs in the UK are also recommending this lifestyle approach to deal with weight loss and diabetes.
 
To make it easier to identify which starchy carbs to limit or avoid, Dr Unwin produced a chart with sugar equivalents for these foods. This link will take you to a variety of downloadable charts, which are available in other languages as well. https://phcuk.org/sugar/
 
This article reported on Dr Unwin’s success and contains testimonies of several people who have followed the low carb lifestyle. http://dailym.ai/3gASBEq
 
What we often think is healthy is not. Take skimmed milk for instance, it has a higher sugar content compared to full fat milk. A breakfast of a 200 ml serving of apple juice has 8 teaspoons of sugar. A serving of 30g of Special K cereal has 4 teaspoons of sugar. That is why when you have cereals and juice for breakfast, you will find that you’re usually hungry before lunch and have to reach for a snack to tide you over until lunchtime, like for example, a 120g banana, which has the equivalent of nearly 6 teaspoons of sugar.
 
How can we change the metabolic process and improve our health?
 
Essentially, we eat less often, which means we extend the time between each meal, and using something good in your body (fat) instead of putting something bad (sugar) into the body.
 
If you can work towards a fasting window of 17-18 hours, ie an eating window of between 6-7 hours, after 2-3 weeks you will find that your body will start to find the fat stores and use fat for fuel instead of sugar, and this is how fat loss starts and other metabolic issues begin to reverse.
 
Eat Real Food to get and Stay Healthy.

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Day 19 Press Up Challenge | Metabolic Health & Immunity

4/12/2020

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The Importance of Good Metabolic Health

Evidence shows that medications and/or vaccinations do not ‘cure’ the illness. They may improve or temporarily remove the symptoms of the illness. However, most of the time, medications and vaccinations produce side effects, some of which may be short-term, and some are long-term, including death in some cases.

Your immune system is the first line of defence against disease and viruses. Starchy carbohydrates and processed foods, which convert to sugar, plays a big part in suppressing and weakening the immune system.

Metabolic health issues such as excess weight/fat, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, inflammation, allergies can be improved and/or reversed by a lifestyle change that includes the reduction of the consumption of starchy carbohydrates. Keep the total daily consumption of carbs to between 20g and 50g, increase the intake of fatty cuts of meat and saturated fat. This way, you’ll feel more satisfied for a longer period of time reducing the frequency of having to eat.

Here are the links of evidence that show the effect of poor metabolic health on vaccinations.

Impact of obesity and metabolic syndrome on immunity
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26773015/
 
Obesity is associated with impaired immune response to influenza vaccination in humans
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22024641/
 
Marked improvement in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in diabetic Australian aborigines after temporary reversion to traditional lifestyle
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6373464/


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Day 18 Press Up Challenge | Why is Cholesterol Demonised?

2/12/2020

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​Why is cholesterol made out to be the bad guy in heart health?

There is now a lot of research that show that it is not cholesterol that causes heart disease and blocked arteries. It is sugar that's the culprit. Sugar from Carbohydrates.

Cholesterol is a naturally occurring substance manufactured in the liver that is essential to bodily functions, especially the brain and protects the cells, amongst other functions. I have often wondered about the connection between the increased use of statins and the increased incidence of Alzheimer's disease/dementia.

Cholesterol is our friend. Saturated fat is good for health. Sugar is the enemy.

Do your own research. 
Take responsibility for your health.
We should look at a healthy lifestyle first before looking at medication to solve a health problem.
Medication may solve the problem temporarily, but in most cases, it will eventually cause other problems.

Resources:
David Feldman: https://cholesterolcode.com/
Carbs Cholesterol Link: https://bit.ly/37mWngi
Dr David Diamond: https://youtu.be/_cOc0iuWx7U
Dr Sten Ekberg:  https://youtu.be/cHIzSS9ZBVY
Dr William Davis: https://youtu.be/0qbWCemj6f4



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Day 13 Press Up Challenge | 72-Hour Fast

26/11/2020

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Why I’m doing a 72-hour Fast

A 72-hour fast sounds excessive. I’m doing it to keep my immune system strong and healthy. It’s a way to increase my growth hormones. It also helps to stimulate the brain by increasing the neuro-endocrine hormone called Norepinephrine. Find out more in this video: https://youtu.be/PRcTrRrcupg

Fasting is a way that allows your body to burn the stored fat. When the body is fat adapted, meaning that it is not using sugar as the prime source of energy, fasting can be quite easily achieved without experiencing hardship.

People fast for a variety of reasons:
Weight loss
  • To reverse Insulin resistance/Type 2 Diabetes
  • To get into a state of Ketosis (fat burning mode) – (16-24 hours)
  • To get into a state of Autophagy – (17 – 72 hours)
 
High sugar diets deplete the body of
  • Magnesium
  • Potassium
  • Copper
  • Calcium
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin D
  • B-vitamins
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The Egg is Good Food

19/11/2020

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Day 6 Press Up Challenge & The Egg is Good Food

Nearly beat my previous record, but not quite there! I'll keep trying.

A couple of days ago, the media produced the headlines that egg consumption is associated with an increased risk of diabetes. That does not make sense to me because there are hardly any carbohydrates (sugar) in an egg and we know that it is starchy carbs that push up insulin causing diabetes in the long run.

The study that was conducted was an observational research and not a controlled study. Here is the link: https://bit.ly/3fcpNBc

I believe it is what that is consumed with the eggs that potentially cause diabetes, like toast, bread, potatoes, fruit juice.

Eat your eggs - they are real food and good for you. They are reasonably cheap, filling, nutritious. They are a whole food.

So, eat real food to get & stay healthy and build a strong immune system to fight off disease.



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48-hour Autophagy Fast

15/11/2020

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So I’ve done a 48-hr fast.

I took a rest from the Press-up challenge. (See my post yesterday and the day before or watch the videos below).

I broke my fast with some fried bacon fat (taken mostly from Bill’s bacon), 2 rashers of bacon, 1 Duck Egg and a Smoked Kippered Mackerel and finished off with my usual cream + Cream cheese pudding. This will keep me going for a good 24 hours or so.

I took my blood readings before eating and am pleased with them. Blood glucose: 4.4 mmol/l and blood ketones 1.2 mmol/l. I was expecting better, but it’s good enough to effect autophagy, the body’s way of cleaning out dead and damaged cells in order to generate newer, healthier cells.

I’ll resume my press-up challenge tomorrow and hope to beat my record of 36 or 37 I did yesterday in 1 stretch.
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Follow a Low Carb Diet to manage Diabetes

3/2/2020

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The cat is out of the bag - follow a low carb diet to manage Diabetes.

It's about time - the news about the health benefits of following a low carb diet is spreading fast. It's going to hurt Big Pharma & Big Food Giants. Let's see if the government health authorities will be able to change their guidelines about eating more healthy fats, natural whole foods and eliminate processed foods and reduce intake of unhealthy carbs.
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https://www.dietdoctor.com/breaking-news-american-diabetes-association-ceo-manages-her-diabetes-with-a-low-carb-diet

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How sugar ruins your health by Dr Sten Ekberg

18/11/2019

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How sugar ruins your health by Dr Sten Ekberg

1. Empty calories: causes malnutrition & deficiencies
2. Mineral depletion: decrease absorption, increases excretion, increases the need for minerals
3. Lowers immunity: blood glucose raised, white blood cell activity decreases
4. Unstable blood sugar
5. Can cause cancer - Glycolytic
6. Dysregulation of Hormone, & neurotransmitters - causes PCOS (polycystic ovary syndrome), Male boobs, Erectile dysfunction, decreased libido, depression, anxiety, ADD, ADHD
7. Increases low-grade chronic inflammation, degeneration (cardiovascular disease, stroke, Alzheimer's, premature ageing)
8. NAFLD - Non-alcoholic liver disease - Fructose  strains the Liver - abdominal weight gain, belly fat
9. Feeds Pathogens - Biome, unbalanced gut flora, leaky gut syndrome, autoimmune disease, caries (cavities)
10. Increase Insulin Resistance - Weight gain, T2 Diabetes, Low HDL/High LDL balance, High Trig, T3 Diabetes (Alzheimer's), Hypertension, Syndrome X (metabolic syndrome)

11. Advanced Glycation End product - linked to degeneration & inflammation, damages collagen & elastin, causes saggy skin & wrinkles
12. Addictive - sugar gives you cravings
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    I've been teaching yoga since 2009 and always had an interest in healthy living.

    Having recently been diagnosed with elevated cholesterol, I went in search for ways to lower it. In my search, I came across the Ketogenic diet.

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