Myths About Gaining Body Fat
Do you think your body is like a warehouse? If you eat fat and see fat on your body, it must be the same fat. That’s impossible. The fat cells in your body can’t absorb fat. They absorb glucose from your blood and then change it into fat after insulin allows the glucose into all [...]Tags: adipose tissue, beer belly, body fat, insecticides, late dinner, sugars
Fat Blocking Drugs Have Been Dangerous
Many doctors and their patients still think that eating fat is the major cause of obesity. Orlistat has been prescribed for years as Xenocol and is now available over the counter as Alli. The watchdog organization Public Citizen is again urging the FDA to take it off the market because of dangerous side-effects. These are [...]Avoid Sugars and quick digested Starches Part 5
Food or drink with lots of sugar or starches that are easily turned into blood sugar (glucose) causes your pancreas to put out too much insulin. Insulin “opens the gates” of all cells to accept glucose. This includes muscle cells, fat cells and brain cells. You get a “sugar high” as the brain makes endorphins [...]Tags: diabetes, sugar high
Avoid Many Common Salad Oils
Corn oil, cottonseed oil and most other salad oils should be used sparingly by most people and not at all by cancer survivors. These oils, containing the omega-6 fatty acid, linoleic acid, are in many other products. Some recipes even suggest using salad oil instead of butter or lard in your baking. Even though they [...]Tags: linoleic acid, omega-6 oils