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blade wrote:Is heart disease inevitable?
From what I understand, the body doesnt make vitC, which is needed for making the collagen, which is needed by arteries to repair them when they get damaged by stress/wear/tear
but even with a low fat diet/high fruits veggies, a person won't get 10grams vitamin C
I thought that's the foundation of your requirement for vit C?
so without vit C supplementation, why do some people not get CAD?
ofonorow wrote:blade wrote:Is heart disease inevitable?
I think Bernstein is probably right. Keep your blood sugar at 83 mg/dl and your requirement for vitamin C would be vastly reduced. There is no way to do this on a high carb diet. It must be very low carb, high protein and fat. Good fats![/color][/b]
ofonorow wrote:You realize that all the adrenal (so-called steroid) hormones are made out of cholesterol? Normal cholesterol is apparently 180 mg/dl - and I wish my levels were again that high. But that is another topic.
ofonorow wrote:What you eat contains proteins, fats or carbohydrates.
Fats are well fats, and digested to essential fatty acids. ([b]unless you arent eating omega-3s)These are used for cellular repair and maintenance.
Proteins are digested to amino acids, and according to Bernstein, a percentage will be slowly converted to sugar. This was news to me.
no, not really,
Yes, there is Gluconeogenesis but that's insignificant,http://www.namrata.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/g16.bmp
and won't cause a rise in blood glucose
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9416027
I bet he meant ketone formation(which happens all the time, just higher amounts when you lower sugar intake as the brain runs on sugar and/or ketones,(also won't increase blood sugar)
but making sugar from protein? no. doesnt happen, or you are eating protein+carb, ie glycoproteins or he means "Tag-along carbs")
Carbohdrates are sugars, or digested into sugars. Yes some are processed more slowly, leading to a slower rise in blood sugars (over time) I supposed making it easier for insulin to maintain blood sugars (if you are lucky enough to make insulin). But all those veggies are mostly carbs, meaning they are broken down to sugar.
Bernstein's diet allows no fruits.
Check out the glycemic index. Corn I believe is like pure sugar or eating a potato. Rapid rise in blood sugar.
As far as the veggies, only way to know is to monitor your blood sugars.
So basically the Grundy (Diet Evolution) is the least strict diet - that has magnificent results
The Atkins Diet is more restrictive of carbs.
The Bernstein Diet is the most restrictive diet - and based on his 40 year daily and constant monitoring of his and his patient's blood sugars.[/b]
ofonorow wrote:Too long and rambling to follow - but Bernstein isn't wrong about proteins being converted to glucose. He has been monitoring his blood sugar since the late 1940s.
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