Re: Re: don't seem to be healing (Bee, question on your article)

[Guest guest]

Hi Ali,

Yes, I believe there is something definitely wrong with my digestion. I have

been burping for a year now and it has nothing to do with eating uncooked

carbs/veggies. I make sure to make everything soft and mushy. I also don't

have a problem with my weight.

No, I have not tried the all meat/fat program. It's only been 4 months that

I have been on diet. I don't know if I could handle it. I am afraid that I

may lose my mind and completely go off track. If I wanted to, I could just

keep eating all day and not get full. It's pretty insane but I don't, I wait

5 hours for my next meal and fitday for ratios.

I just don't understand why my fasting BS is higher now that I don't eat any

complex carbs and only protein, veggies and fats. I cheated (at night and

not sugar) last week after not cheating in 3 months and the next morning my

BS was in the 100's. In the past I could of eaten a ton of real sugar/carbs

and the next morning my BS would not be that high. This is why I am confused

and my body apparently is confused. If I take my BS at home first thing in

the morning it is in the upper 90's the past few days If I go to the Dr's

office to get it done by the time I get there it is 65. So, the doc tells me

my BS is low. I am at a lost. I really think there is something in my body

causing this confusion. A naturopath had told me I had some type of lyme co

infection, parasites/microbes and heavy metal/aluminum toxicity. I am really

started to believe this is the culprit. I'm really confused by all of

this. I'm still going to keep trying though.

Thanks,

Jess

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:26 PM, kareneats2live <laurvick@...>wrote:

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> Bee wrote this to Colleen a while ago that i found helpful, too:

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> >>There is a period of time you will experience more hunger when

> your body is still " trying to " switch over from running on carbs/sugars to

> running on good fats. Once the switch is made, you won't have such hunger

> pangs, nor the extra weight.

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> Both the anticipation of carbohydrates and the actual eating of them cause

> our

> bodies to secrete the hormone insulin which deposits both fatty acids and

> glucose in fat tissue and it keeps those calories trapped in fat tissue

> once

> they get there.

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> As long as we respond to carbohydrates by secreting more insulin, we

> continue to

> move nutrients from our bloodstream in expectation of the arrival of more,

> so we

> remain hungry or at least not fulfilled.

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> During this transition the body is expecting to deal with glucose but there

> is

> none coming in the diet, and so there is still too much insulin in the

> circulation. The liver will not give up its glycogen (storage form of

> glucose)

> due to high insulin in circulation, which would help to stabilize blood

> sugar if

> it were released, and our blood sugar drops. Even if we eat fat and

> protein, the insulin will serve to store those nutrients rather than allow

> them to be used for fuel.

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> In other words insulin induces hunger and prevents satiety, even though

> fats easily satiate the appetite once your body switches over, but that

> takes time.

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> Once your body changes over, and doesn't secrete insulin as an automatic

> response so you won't feel so hungry, and your weight will decrease.

>

> My reference is about obesity, but the principles of changing over from

> carbs/glucose to good fats is the same:

> http://zerocarbforlife.com/Hunger.html

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> It is okay to eat more protein as long as you intake enough fats,<<

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> > Dr Wolfgang Lutz had an interesting explanation on those gut-wrenching

> hunger pangs. He maintained that eating too many carbs upsets the balance of

> the stomach acid production, and it can produce acid even when it is empty.

> The acid in the stomach likely triggers the 'hunger' pangs to demand food to

> buffer the acid in the empty stomach.

> >

> > Have you tried dumping the carbs altogether and trying the all-meat and

> fat regime?

> >

> > Ali.

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[Guest guest]

I am very confused by all of this. My fasting blood sugar has been higher

since I have been on this diet and my insulin resistance has gotten worse.

If I check my BS an hour or two after a meal it drops instead of rising. I

believe this is the cause of my feet getting cold during & after eating.

Sometimes if I move or walk around right after my meal, my feet/legs will

not get as cold like when I'm seated. Should I reduce my fat intake? I'm

thinking about what Ali said in her previous email re: too much fat in the

blood floating around. I get so hungry too. I am very confused. Apologies if

I don't make sense, my brain fog has kicked in full force this morning.

On Wed, Apr 20, 2011 at 3:57 PM, kareneats2live <laurvick@...>wrote:

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> > But in people with diabetes, the release of glucagon without insulin or

> with impaired insulin response can cause blood sugar to rise several hours

> after a meal high in protein.

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> Bee - I know a gal to whom this happens and her solution was to lower her

> protein intake, which is very low to begin with.

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> I know reducing protein is not the correct solution, but what is?

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