RE: Obese Epidemic: Political, Economic and Scientific
May 3, 2014 at 1:42 am
(This post was last modified: May 3, 2014 at 2:18 am by KichigaiNeko.)
Thanks for finding the international link to the Catalyst programme.
(Apologies now for any typos as I'm on the iPad and autocorrect is a bitch!)
As for cholesterol... I did a small experiment on myself. I reduced my dietary intake to 1000 calories a day for a month. Essentially I only ate the evening meal that had little or no cholesterol, had about 4 cups of coffee and of course water to keep hydrated. The result? I managed to drop my serum cholesterol by only 0.1. So, from this I deduce that for my metabolism only a serum cholesterol level of around 6.0 is normal. Also, from the programme I took in that humans are so ready to "make things black and white and succum to dogma" hence my references to "religious" beliefs if it is perpetrated by someone "perceived" as an authority. Need I tell you that I will resist the use of statins UNLESS in the event of a heart attack or TIAs where they are of some benefit to the patient. I do find it disconcerting that once you reach your 50s suddenly your 6.0 cholesterol is an issue. (Yes my cholesterol has been at this level all my life) and YOU MUST GO ON STATINS, so as to avoid insurance issues for your doctor. This is not in the patients interest but in the insurance companies interest.
Overall, I would say that people have no understanding of their own bodies and really should get friendly with their General Medical Practioner at an early age.
I doubt that impressing you was the main objective of "The People who make us thin" but more an expose on just what us humans will do to "be thin" at the behest of the Medical/ Insurance fraternity. At least that was my take home message that I got.
This "pre-determined weight" is a new concept for me though IF you think about it, it is not outside the realms of probability.
What has to be looked at is, what is happening to the environment. Face the facts that we are surrounded by fast food and urged to eat said food. Marketing is a wonderful psychological tool and is employed mercilessly. Next I would say, get to know your additives. Many of these actually assist in the blocking of nutrient uptake but are essential for the distribution of said product. Least of all are cheap and inexpensive to the manufacturers.
Currently we have issues here at Ishi to Hikari no Ie of sleep deprivation or quality of sleep. I am finding from our experiments, that this is another (although maybe minor) player in the efforts to maintain a reasonable weight and blood pathology.
Further, all calories are not the same to say calories derived from fruit or fruit juice are not the same as those derived from say a glass of soft-drink (soda) they may be in equal amounts but one has other nutrients and the other has none. I am thinking that we have so little understanding of just what constitutes nutrition, it is abysmal!
In the end Daniel, I think it comes down to just what you LIKE to eat (be it omnivorous, vegetarian or what ever) a rudimentary understanding of nutrition, followed by an understanding of your genetic history (via familial history) of ailments.
Get the above understood and your "pre-determined weight and other metrics" can be managed.
(Apologies now for any typos as I'm on the iPad and autocorrect is a bitch!)
As for cholesterol... I did a small experiment on myself. I reduced my dietary intake to 1000 calories a day for a month. Essentially I only ate the evening meal that had little or no cholesterol, had about 4 cups of coffee and of course water to keep hydrated. The result? I managed to drop my serum cholesterol by only 0.1. So, from this I deduce that for my metabolism only a serum cholesterol level of around 6.0 is normal. Also, from the programme I took in that humans are so ready to "make things black and white and succum to dogma" hence my references to "religious" beliefs if it is perpetrated by someone "perceived" as an authority. Need I tell you that I will resist the use of statins UNLESS in the event of a heart attack or TIAs where they are of some benefit to the patient. I do find it disconcerting that once you reach your 50s suddenly your 6.0 cholesterol is an issue. (Yes my cholesterol has been at this level all my life) and YOU MUST GO ON STATINS, so as to avoid insurance issues for your doctor. This is not in the patients interest but in the insurance companies interest.
Overall, I would say that people have no understanding of their own bodies and really should get friendly with their General Medical Practioner at an early age.
I doubt that impressing you was the main objective of "The People who make us thin" but more an expose on just what us humans will do to "be thin" at the behest of the Medical/ Insurance fraternity. At least that was my take home message that I got.
This "pre-determined weight" is a new concept for me though IF you think about it, it is not outside the realms of probability.
What has to be looked at is, what is happening to the environment. Face the facts that we are surrounded by fast food and urged to eat said food. Marketing is a wonderful psychological tool and is employed mercilessly. Next I would say, get to know your additives. Many of these actually assist in the blocking of nutrient uptake but are essential for the distribution of said product. Least of all are cheap and inexpensive to the manufacturers.
Currently we have issues here at Ishi to Hikari no Ie of sleep deprivation or quality of sleep. I am finding from our experiments, that this is another (although maybe minor) player in the efforts to maintain a reasonable weight and blood pathology.
Further, all calories are not the same to say calories derived from fruit or fruit juice are not the same as those derived from say a glass of soft-drink (soda) they may be in equal amounts but one has other nutrients and the other has none. I am thinking that we have so little understanding of just what constitutes nutrition, it is abysmal!
In the end Daniel, I think it comes down to just what you LIKE to eat (be it omnivorous, vegetarian or what ever) a rudimentary understanding of nutrition, followed by an understanding of your genetic history (via familial history) of ailments.
Get the above understood and your "pre-determined weight and other metrics" can be managed.
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
