…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.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.“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:
1. Textbook of Medical Physiology, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co., pgs. 869, 871, 936.
2. Basic Medical Biochemistry—A Clinical Approach, Dawn B. Marks, Allan D. Marks, Colleen M. Smith, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, pgs. 24, 394.20 Carbohydrate Calories = 1 Tsp of Sugar:
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, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co.,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.
In other words, physical activity that puts sufficient stress on the bone helps build bone density and strength. 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 and physical stress. Dumping excessive calcium on the bone matrix does increase the density, but makes the bone more brittle; the opposite result of what we desire. Popular advice is based on measuring the wrong factors!
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. Osteoporosis 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.
Again, lack of calcium is NOT listed!"…it (osteoporosis) results from diminished organic bone matrix rather than from bone calcium."
Reference: Textbook of Medical Physiology, Arthur C. Guyton, John E. Hall, W B Saunders Co., pages 988-989.
Bone needs to have a good balance of strength and flexibility in order to stand up to stress and avoid fractures. 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.
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.
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