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Okinawan
(see Innuit)
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Okinawan: (see Innuit)
Innuit (Eskimos)
and Okinawans, with diets high in unadulterated fatty acids from fish
and unprocessed meat, have very low incidence of atherosclerosis and
heart disease. Reference: Stefansson and Anderson
Study of Innuits: 1929-1930, 2002 EFA Conference.
Obesity:
“I
have spared no pains to remedy [my obesity] by low living (moderation
and light food was generally prescribed, but I had no direct bill
of fare to know what was really intended), and that, consequently, brought
the system into a low impoverished state, without decreasing
corpulence, caused many obnoxious boils to appear, and two rather
formidable carbuncles, for which I was ably operated upon and fed
into increased obesity." William Banting, Letter on
Corpulence, 1869
Highly-processed
carbs and obesity:
"It is the large group of carbohydrates, especially the denatured,
over-refined ones, that are the real troublemakers; they are the real
enemies of the millions of men and women who gain weight easily and
who are hard to reduce." Reference: Gayelord
Hauser's Treasury of Secrets, page 383.
Carbs
prevent burning of body fat:
Excess carbohydrates (more than a mere 4 ounces a day) prevent the body
from burning fat, and increase stored body fat. References:
Textbook of Medical Physiology, pgs. 869, 871, 936; Basic Medical Biochemistry—A
Clinical Approach, pgs. 24, 394.
Each twenty
calories of carbohydrate [whether complex or simple] is metabolically
equivalent to a teaspoon of sugar. There is no difference how the body
reacts to it. Reference: Textbook of Medical Physiology,
page 856.
Complex
carbs and insulin:
Complex carbohydrates cause as much Insulin (see Pancreas:) release
as simple carbohydrates. In other words, the body doesn’t discriminate
between the sugar in soda and the sugar a banana, or the sugar in candy
and the sugar in bread. Reference: Textbook of Medical
Physiology, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co., January
15, 1996, ISBN: 0721659446.
Dietary
fat does not go to excess body fat. Reference:
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Dept. of Human Studies and
Nutritional Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1996, vol.
64, pgs. 667-84.
Replacing
dietary fat with carbs increased obesity (opposite of expected result):
The replacement of dietary fat with dietary carbohydrate failed to reverse
the trend of an increasing incidence of obesity in the population. Reference:
The results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
data-collection studies in the US.
Osteoporosis:
Bone is deposited in proportion to the compression load that the bone
must carry. Therefore, continual physical stress stimulates osteoblastic
deposition and calcification of bone. Reference:
Textbook of Medical Physiology, pg 998, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall,
W B Saunders Co., January 15, 1996, ISBN: 0721659446.
An example of this is when you work out with weights and subject your
skeletal structure to intense loads above normal, your bone density
significantly increases. As we get older, bone is not replaced as quickly
and older bone stays longer which isn’t as strong as new bone.
Calcium
is NOT listed in the prime causes for osteoporosis (Textbook of Medical
Physiology) so it can't prevent fracture! This is elementary when you
understand the science. The bone matrix is made of protein and fats
and requires hormonal influence. Dumping excessive calcium on the bone
matrix does increase the density, but makes the bone more brittle; the
opposite result of what we desire. The physicians measure the wrong
thing!
The definition
of osteoporosis has been “changed” by the drug manufacturers:
Osteoporosis is the most common of all bone diseases in adults, especially
in old age. It is a different disease from osteomalacia and rickets
because it results from diminished organic bone matrix rather than from
poor bone calcification. Reference: Textbook of Medical
Physiology, pg. 998, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co.,
January 15, 1996, ISBN: 0721659446.
Causes of Osteoporosis:
1. Lack of physical stress on the bone
– from inactivity.
2. Shortage of protein – so the bone
matrix can’t be formed.
3. Lack of vitamin C.
4. Postmenopausal lack of estrogen. (estrogen
is made from EFAs)
5. Old age – decreased growth hormone
and other hormones inhibiting bone matrix. (hormones are made from protein
and EFAs)
6. Cushing’s disease (adrenal tumor).
Reference: Textbook of Medical Physiology, pg. 998,
Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co., January 15, 1996,
ISBN: 0721659446.
Note: Lack of calcium is NOT listed!
"…it
(osteoporosis) results from diminished organic bone matrix rather than
from bone calcium." Reference: Textbook of Medical
Physiology, pages 988-989
Bone needs to have a good balance of strength and flexibility in order
to stand up to stress and avoid fractures. The list above tells us what
our bones need to be strongest and avoid breakage weakness. Think of
your bones more like a very hard rubber, with just enough flexibility
to avoid fracture but strength to give you your solid frame. Bones shouldn't
be like concrete, that cracks and doesn't give. Bones are affected by
hormones, consist of protein and fats, and need to get these nutrients
to be healthy and strong.
Protein and bone health:
…women showed that those who ate the most meat
were 68% less likely to break a hip! Reference:
Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1999;69:147-152, of 32,000
Protein helps bones heal quicker (by up to
50%). Reference: Prevention, October 1998,
page 143
As referenced above, is essential for healthy, strong bone matrix. This
is also because protein transports any required calcium to the bone.
