Jan
5
2010
Stay Healthy With Low Insulin Levels
Stay Health With Low Insulin Not Calorie Restriction
Low Insulin Not Calorie Restriction Lengthens Your Life
A lean body devoid of fat may be more significant in determining lifespan [and stay healthy] than a calorie-restricted diet, according to a new study of genetically altered mice.
The mice in the study were able to eat whatever they wanted and still stay slim because their fat tissue had been altered so it could not respond to the hormone insulin. Insulin helps to move sugar from the blood into the body’s cells and also helps fat cells to store fat.
Researchers altered the insulin receptor gene in the fat cells of lab mice, and since insulin is needed to help cells store fat the mice had less fat and were protected against obesity [and able to stay healthy]
The altered mice ate 55 percent more food per gram of body weight than normal mice, yet had 70 percent less body fat by the time they reached 3 months of age.
Moreover, the altered mice lived 18 percent longer than normal mice, and after three years all of the normal mice had died, but one-quarter of the altered mice were still alive. [Live longer and stay healthy]
Previous studies have shown that a calorie-restricted diet can extend the lifespan of everything from yeast to mammals.
Stay Healthy With High Fiber Low Insulin
One theory for why this occurs is that eating less produces fewer chemical by-products, known as free radicals, which can damage cells. However, the current study suggests that leanness may also play a role in promoting longevity.
The findings could open the possibility of a new drug that would fight obesity, [and stay healthy] and related illnesses like type 2 diabetes, by blocking insulin receptors in fat tissue. The drug would need to be targeted to fat only, however, as a loss of insulin sensitivity through out the body results in type 2 diabetes, researchers noted.
Science January 24, 2003;299:572-574
It appears that leanness, not food restriction, is a key contributor to [stay healthy and contribute to] a long life. The elegant study from Harvard published in a prestigious science journal, Science, confirms that insulin is the major mechanism through which this result is mediated.
Stay Healthy With High Fiber Low Insulin
Most health care practitioners are not aware of the profound influence that insulin has on health. Many basic science researchers, however, realize this and that is why you will see more and more studies like the one above. A firm appreciation of insulin’s role in health [to stay healthy] is one of the most important things you can do to normalize your health on a physical plane.
If you have clinical signs of high insulin levels, such as:
- Elevated Weight
- High Blood Pressure
- Elevated Cholesterol
- Diabetes
- High Fasting Serum Insulin Levels (above 5)
Then it would be especially wise to consider avoiding all grains and sugars until those problems normalize. If you know your body is geared toward requiring more carbs (from discovering your metabolic type), it is highly likely that grains can be re-introduced into your diet in a limited quantity at a later diet. To help in the process of understanding these principles and avoiding grains and sugars, I urge you to consider reading my new book, which also includes a basic test to help you determine your nutritional type.
If you have not read Dr. Rosedale’s insulin article below, I would strongly recommend doing so. Dr. Rosedale is the physician who helped me appreciate the importance of insulin in 1996. I have had many patients share with me how helpful his article was in understanding insulin.
Related Articles:
Insulin and Its Metabolic Effects
Lower Your Grains and Increase Your Health
Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola is the founder of the world’s most visited natural health web site, Mercola.com. You can learn the hazardous side effects of OTC Remedies by getting a FREE copy of his latest special report The Dangers of Over the Counter Remedies by going to his Report Page.
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4
2010
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Dec
30
2009
Why Check Vitamin/Supplement Labels To Stay Healthy?
Stay Healthy With Enzyme Supplements
Check your vitamin labels
Do they contain Magnesium Stearate or Stearic Acid? Studies by the University of Texas Health Science Center and the East Carolina University School of Medicine reveal that these toxic excipients cause a rapid collapse of T-cell membrane function and cell death; therefore suppressing the immune system. (Immunology, 1990, Jul.)
Stay Healthy With Enzyme Supplements
It is estimated that 90% of the vitamin and mineral products consumed today contain stearates. Stearates are used as binders in most tablets and in the processing of gelatin capsules. Consumers often take handfuls of capsules and tablets to get vitamins, minerals and other key nutrients from supplements that contain stearates, and instead, in reality, get a powerful immune suppressive treatment.
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Dec
23
2009
Calories Burned From Foods vs From Daily Activity
When you compare the amount of calories burned from the food you eat with the calories used up with various daily activities, you have an idea what it takes to maintain, reduce or increase your existing weight. It also gives you an idea of what it takes to lose one pound of fat or gain one pound of muscle.
Calories Burned
The amount of calories during a lazy day of sleeping 8 hours and just doing almost nothing the rest of the day looks like this: 528 calories burned while sleeping 8 hours plus 1440 calories doing nothing for 16 hours (15 calories every 10 minutes x 6 x 16) equals 1968 calories that day.
This is a hypothetical example, since each person will likely burn more or less calories depending entirely on their level of activities, emotion stresses, frequency of eating which influences the rate of metabolism (amount of calories your body tends to burn at a time), your proportion of fat to muscle and your nutrition.
IMPORTANT - Your body will burn fewer calories than normal when you skip a meal or allow more than 3-4 hours between meals. This is called slowing down your metabolism, which means you will gain fat much more easily even on fewer calories eaten. Eating once a day on a poorly thought out way to reduce calories will very likely result in a frustrating weight gain and reduced healthiness.
This example is just to demonstrate the relationship between activities and calories eaten and calories burned.
The calories burned to lose one pound of fat is 3500 calories. This is 175 calories each day for 20 days in a row. If you are eating about 2000 calories a day, 175 calories represents about 8.7% of your calories for the day or eaten for the day.
It is very difficult to monitor your calories eaten and your calories burned with sufficient accuracy to control this within 8.7% above or below your 2000 calories. To be 8.7% above to gain weight or below to lose weight is just not practical.
The value of knowing the amount of calories burned from various activities and from various foods is to be pointed in the right direction when striving toward achieving your health goals.
Calories Eaten vs Calories Burned
For example, the amount of calories for a few assorted foods is:
140 Regular 1 oz chocolate chip cookie
130 4 oz broiled white fish – Halibut, Sole
55 4 oz apple
110 1 ½ oz slice of 12-grain bread
105 1 oz instant dry regular oatmeal
200 1 slice medium (12 inch) pizza 1/8 of the pizza
380 4 oz lean raw ground beef – nothing to improve the taste or cook in
140 1.6 oz hot dog without the bun or extras
120 4 oz turkey breast
140 2 tablespoons of Ranch dressing
115 4 oz low fat fruit flavored yogurt
140 4 oz vanilla ice cream
25 5 oz tomato
15 3 oz zucchini
4 1 clove of garlic
90 4 oz peeled potato
15 2 ½ oz sauerkraut
80 2 ½ oz cooked yams
7 2 oz lettuce
20 2 ½ cooked mushrooms
540 Fast food hamburger
380 4.1 oz medium french fries
560 16 oz milk shake
210 21 fluid ounce medium soft drink
Calories Burned Exercising
Calories consumed every 10 minutes
11 Resting
30 House Cleaning
36 Vacuuming
37 Moderate Weight Lifting
50 Gardening
56 Rebounding
75 Brisk Walking
75 Downhill Skiing Moderate
75 Vigorous Weight Lifting
75 Bicycling 10 mph
75 Walking uphill 3.5 mph
88 Vigorous Aerobics
95 Running 12 minute mile
106 Step Aerobics 6-8 inches high
125 Step Aerobics 10-12 inches high
125 Moderate Jump Rope
From the above examples it quickly becomes apparent it is all too easy to exceed your calories from your activities – unless you eat mostly lots of fruits, vegetables, lean meats, a few nuts and drink lots of pure water, tea – and a few selected other drinks, like hemp milk, etc. You can make those vegetables loaded with nutrition and few calories taste fantastic by simply adding a lot of herbs and spices.
A tremendous additional advantage is you will be much more likely to receive the nutrients your body craves because all your calories will then be nutrient rich. There is no other way to promote keeping your energy high and your health on the right track.
Calories burned from exercise and your metabolic rate vs calories eaten determine your weight maintenance, gain or loss.
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Calories Burned
Dec
22
2009
Calories Burned With Various Foods
The value of knowing the amount of calories burned from various activities and from various foods is to be pointed in the right direction when striving toward achieving your health goals.
For example, the amount of calories for a few assorted foods is:
140 Regular 1 oz chocolate chip cookie
130 4 oz broiled white fish – Halibut, Sole
55 4 oz apple
110 1 ½ oz slice of 12-grain bread
105 1 oz instant dry regular oatmeal
200 1 slice medium (12 inch) pizza 1/8 of the pizza
380 4 oz lean raw ground beef – nothing to improve the taste or cook in
140 1.6 oz hot dog without the bun or extras
120 4 oz turkey breast
140 2 tablespoons of Ranch dressing
115 4 oz low fat fruit flavored yogurt
140 4 oz vanilla ice cream
25 5 oz tomato
15 3 oz zucchini
4 1 clove of garlic
90 4 oz peeled potato
15 2 ½ oz sauerkraut
80 2 ½ oz cooked yams
7 2 oz lettuce
20 2 ½ cooked mushrooms
540 Fast food hamburger
380 4.1 oz medium french fries
560 16 oz milk shake
210 21 fluid ounce medium soft drink
This gives you an idea of what foods contribute to your goal of eating about 400 calories (depending on your height, weight, activity level, metabolic rate, etc)
The next step is to compare the calories obtained from the various foods eaten with the calories burned from the daily activities to determine whether you are eating more calories than you burn. If you are, you will be gaining fat. However, a more important factor is the metabolic rate at which you burn your calories. This is established by your body based on your activity level and the frequency of your meals. When you allow more than 3-4 hours between meals your metabolism slows down (you have fewer calories burned per hour) – storing more calories into fat than normally.
For more on Calories Eaten vs Calories Burned go to: My Blog: Calories Burned From Food vs Daily Activity
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