Please consider this info in buying food to store for dark days to come.
http://www.theomnivore.com/low-carb-diets-bad-for-heart-hoo-ha.html
http://www.theomnivore.com/low-carb-diets-bad-for-heart-hoo-ha.html
low carb diet bad for heart???
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Conrad Nimikos
Who is Henry Bowman
I can tell someone did not read the entire article. Please read this exert from the article:
"Perhaps the only useful thing to come from this study, if only it were to be interpreted properly by our (mis)information providers, is that most people switching to a low-carbohydrate diet after years of carbohydrate-dominant eating should do so in a gradual, incremental fashion. Suddenly cutting carbs to very low levels overnight can be a very rude metabolic shock to the body, one that folks already in a sub-optimal state of health may be best served avoiding."
"Perhaps the only useful thing to come from this study, if only it were to be interpreted properly by our (mis)information providers, is that most people switching to a low-carbohydrate diet after years of carbohydrate-dominant eating should do so in a gradual, incremental fashion. Suddenly cutting carbs to very low levels overnight can be a very rude metabolic shock to the body, one that folks already in a sub-optimal state of health may be best served avoiding."
duchess47
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My husband and I went on a low carb diet at Christmas. We aren't real strict about it, but have lost weight and inches. The best thing though, is that my husband who is a diabetic has cut his medicine in half (yes, he's being monitored by our doctor) and may eventually be able to go off of it completely. My blood pressure is the lowest it's been in 10 years, I may also be able to stop medication.
Just kidding with vlad, there, Conrad.
Actually, I've given this a lot of thought re the dark days ahead... whether to plan on eating dried venison, or a bowl of ground oats, or some combination of both. The Eskimos lived very well on a 100% animal diet.
Heres a good article on the subject, re grain or meat based diets, ketosis, Atkins vs the traditional meat diet, etc.
http://www.mercola.com/article/carbohydrates/scientific_evidence_low_grains.htm
Actually, I've given this a lot of thought re the dark days ahead... whether to plan on eating dried venison, or a bowl of ground oats, or some combination of both. The Eskimos lived very well on a 100% animal diet.
Heres a good article on the subject, re grain or meat based diets, ketosis, Atkins vs the traditional meat diet, etc.
http://www.mercola.com/article/carbohydrates/scientific_evidence_low_grains.htm
I couldn't make it without the fruit. Note to self: Make sure you have lots of stored dried and canned fruit.
Loon
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Diabetics' Hearts Fueled by Fats
on 02/08/2006
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The heart muscle of people with diabetes relies on fat as an energy source, researchers report. The finding could explain why 65 percent of people with diabetes die from heart attack or stroke, they add.
A team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis compared the heart function of 11 type 1 diabetics and 11 non-diabetics. They found that the cardiac muscle of people with diabetes is heavily dependent on fat for energy and relies very little on the usual energy source, glucose (sugar).
In comparison, the heart muscle of people without diabetes does not have a strong preference for fat and can use either glucose or fat as a fuel source, depending on the person's blood composition, hormone levels or how hard their heart is working.
"The diabetic heart's overdependence on fat could partly explain why diabetic patients suffer more pronounced manifestations of coronary artery disease," study senior author Dr. Robert J. Gropler, a professor of radiology, medicine and biomedical engineering, said in a prepared statement.
"The heart needs to use much more oxygen to metabolize fats than glucose, making the diabetic heart more sensitive to drops in oxygen levels that occur with coronary artery blockage," said Gropler, who is also director of the cardiovascular imaging laboratory at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the School of Medicine.
"We believe it's not enough to control blood glucose in diabetes. You also have to target fat delivery to the heart. If you decrease fat delivery through a combination of diet, exercise and drugs, you'll improve the heart's ability to use other energy sources, which will improve health," he said.
The findings are currently online and appear in the February 7 print issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
And the same researchers are now involved in a larger study of heart muscle metabolism in type 2 diabetics. Patients in the study will be divided into two groups with one group receiving standard therapies to normalize blood glucose levels and the other group receiving additional therapies designed to decrease the amount of fat in the blood.
The study is still recruiting patients, and people with type 2 diabetes who would like to participate can call 314-362-8608.
More information
The U.S. National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse has more about diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/stroke/
on 02/08/2006
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The heart muscle of people with diabetes relies on fat as an energy source, researchers report. The finding could explain why 65 percent of people with diabetes die from heart attack or stroke, they add.
A team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis compared the heart function of 11 type 1 diabetics and 11 non-diabetics. They found that the cardiac muscle of people with diabetes is heavily dependent on fat for energy and relies very little on the usual energy source, glucose (sugar).
In comparison, the heart muscle of people without diabetes does not have a strong preference for fat and can use either glucose or fat as a fuel source, depending on the person's blood composition, hormone levels or how hard their heart is working.
"The diabetic heart's overdependence on fat could partly explain why diabetic patients suffer more pronounced manifestations of coronary artery disease," study senior author Dr. Robert J. Gropler, a professor of radiology, medicine and biomedical engineering, said in a prepared statement.
"The heart needs to use much more oxygen to metabolize fats than glucose, making the diabetic heart more sensitive to drops in oxygen levels that occur with coronary artery blockage," said Gropler, who is also director of the cardiovascular imaging laboratory at the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at the School of Medicine.
"We believe it's not enough to control blood glucose in diabetes. You also have to target fat delivery to the heart. If you decrease fat delivery through a combination of diet, exercise and drugs, you'll improve the heart's ability to use other energy sources, which will improve health," he said.
The findings are currently online and appear in the February 7 print issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
And the same researchers are now involved in a larger study of heart muscle metabolism in type 2 diabetics. Patients in the study will be divided into two groups with one group receiving standard therapies to normalize blood glucose levels and the other group receiving additional therapies designed to decrease the amount of fat in the blood.
The study is still recruiting patients, and people with type 2 diabetes who would like to participate can call 314-362-8608.
More information
The U.S. National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse has more about diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/stroke/