Category: Metabolic Syndrome

Follow a Low Carb Diet to manage Diabetes

3/2/2020

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.

https://www.dietdoctor.com/breaking-news-american-diabetes-association-ceo-manages-her-diabetes-with-a-low-carb-diet

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Effects of Intermittent Fasting

3/1/2020

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The prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has published a very interesting and informative article about the benefits of Intermittent Fasting. https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1905136

It lists the conditions that intermittent fasting is good for, what happens when you intermittent fast and 3 different ways to intermittent fast and how you go about intermittent fasting.

Fasting is one of the greatest ways to heal your body, The medical world is now starting to understand the importance of fasting in the healing process.

The article highlighted some significant findings:

Metabolic switching
Production of Ketones, which is the preferred fuel source of the brain.
Improves mental clarity
Improves memory

Some benefits of metabolic switching::
Repairing DNA
Repairing proteins
Raising anti-oxidants
Lower inflammation
Repairing mitochondria
Stimulating autophagy

Who should Intermittent Fast?
People who want to increase their lifespan.
People who want to lose weight.
People who want to heal their bodies, ie reverse metabolic disorders.

You can watch Dr Mindy explain in more detail in her video:

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Can Keto Fight Off Cancer?

9/12/2019

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The evidence is slowly coming out about how sugar adversely affects metabolic health, which includes cancer.

Here are the links to Dr Christy Kesslering's talk on cancer and sugar:
Part 1: https://youtu.be/GD10WiMc2L4
Part 2: https://youtu.be/rDuqqPrhfc4

I've often wondered, and I'm sure most people do as well, why the incidence of cancer has skyrocketed over the past couple of decades. I can't help linking it to the governments' recommended dietary guidelines of eating a low fat, high carb diet. I think most of us know that low-fat diets contain sugar to improve the taste. This way of eating for the past 30-40 years seems to have made more people sick than healthy. It's time to have a serious look at reducing carbohydrates (sugars & starches) including fruits as fruits contain fructose, which is processed differently and increasing healthy fat intake, which does NOT include processed oils like vegetable oils, rapeseed oil, soya oil, margarine, etc.

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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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Follow a Low Carb Diet to manage Diabetes

Effects of Intermittent Fasting

Can Keto Fight Off Cancer?

How sugar ruins your health by Dr Sten Ekberg

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