Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 I see similarly to you. As I understand it, most of the RDA for nutrition is based upon what a strong healthy male who weighs 150 pounds and is in his 20's needs. For instance, the RDA for vitamin D assumes that one has healthy D levels prior to supplementation. People who are having a rough time because of a flu will take the RDA of D and do not get rid of the flu, because flu hits when people are deficient in D. So, even if the RDA for D were accurate, taking the RDA when sick with flu would not help very much. I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first experimented. I first tried the experiment because I was craving the watermelon. It did not seem to be a sugar craving. I had no craving for banas, break, or cookies. I did some research and discovered citrulline, which was good to help calm frequency of urination, which I also was a problem for me. Once I figured out that citrulline might work for me (I had not tried it yet), watermelon became a problem food because high blood sugar manifested. When I stopped watermelon, I still had big cravings. But once I started taking citrulline, the cravings went away. It's like my body allowed me watermelon when I needed citrulline, but once my body discovered I could get citrulline in a sugar-free form, my body stopped allowing me to take in watermelon. And yes, I realize this is not a very scientific explanation. My own internal mythology. I find mythology helps me wrap words around concepts I have no clear words to wrap around what I am attempting to explain. If I were into organized religion, I would probably phrase my understanding in religious terms. Alobar On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Chantelle <bornfrueh@...> wrote: > I get what you are saying now, here, Alobar. > > In general, it does seem, that as human beings, we have a complex set of > factors changing things constantly at nearly all times. It does make things > tricky! I¹d love to go into full research mode on so many things if I my > life allowed that right now. And I dream of the funds to do such down the > road. But even in light of that, there would probably be unexplainable > things. > > Plus what is true for the healthy body that has not started to have as much > dysfunction in many areas, is not necessarily going to be true for the > healthier body. Our bodies are wonderfully made to compensate when they can > sometimes. In fact, if I think about that very long it totally amazes me and > blows me away. > > Chantelle > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks so much for sharing that! It was very interesting. chantelle On 12/22/08 1:31 PM, " Alobar " <Alobar@...> wrote: > > > > I see similarly to you. As I understand it, most of the RDA for > nutrition is based upon what a strong healthy male who weighs 150 > pounds and is in his 20's needs. For instance, the RDA for vitamin D > assumes that one has healthy D levels prior to supplementation. > People who are having a rough time because of a flu will take the RDA > of D and do not get rid of the flu, because flu hits when people are > deficient in D. So, even if the RDA for D were accurate, taking the > RDA when sick with flu would not help very much. > > I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily > explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not > spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon > caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first > experimented. > > I first tried the experiment because I was craving the watermelon. It > did not seem to be a sugar craving. I had no craving for banas, > break, or cookies. I did some research and discovered citrulline, > which was good to help calm frequency of urination, which I also was a > problem for me. > > Once I figured out that citrulline might work for me (I had not tried > it yet), watermelon became a problem food because high blood sugar > manifested. When I stopped watermelon, I still had big cravings. > But once I started taking citrulline, the cravings went away. > > It's like my body allowed me watermelon when I needed citrulline, but > once my body discovered I could get citrulline in a sugar-free form, > my body stopped allowing me to take in watermelon. > > And yes, I realize this is not a very scientific explanation. My own > internal mythology. I find mythology helps me wrap words around > concepts I have no clear words to wrap around what I am attempting to > explain. If I were into organized religion, I would probably phrase > my understanding in religious terms. > > Alobar > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Chantelle <bornfrueh@... > <mailto:bornfrueh%40cox.net> > wrote: >> > I get what you are saying now, here, Alobar. >> > >> > In general, it does seem, that as human beings, we have a complex set of >> > factors changing things constantly at nearly all times. It does make things >> > tricky! I¹d love to go into full research mode on so many things if I my >> > life allowed that right now. And I dream of the funds to do such down the >> > road. But even in light of that, there would probably be unexplainable >> > things. >> > >> > Plus what is true for the healthy body that has not started to have as much >> > dysfunction in many areas, is not necessarily going to be true for the >> > healthier body. Our bodies are wonderfully made to compensate when they can >> > sometimes. In fact, if I think about that very long it totally amazes me >> and >> > blows me away. >> > >> > Chantelle >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Alobar wrote: > I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily > explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not > spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon > caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first > experimented. > I know a woman who has to dose more insulin for a piece of chicken than for a bowl of oatmeal. Weird. sol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 > > I know a woman who has to dose more insulin for a piece of chicken > than for a bowl of oatmeal. Weird. > sol I betcha it's the PUFAs in the chicken that ate the soy and corn. Soy and corn are the PUFAs and cause insulin responses - more so than a bowl of oatmeal, which, if prepared properly should be relatively low on the glycemic index. Nasty thing, those PUFAs. Unless I can find a farmer who will raise chickens without corn and soy, I'm rethinking my backyard situation. -vanessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Share Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks, interesting idea. I get a hypoglycemic response to oatmeal that I don't get to chicken. And I don't eat organic, because I can't afford it. sol van essa wrote: > I betcha it's the PUFAs in the chicken that ate the soy and corn. Soy > and corn are the PUFAs and cause insulin responses - more so than a > bowl of oatmeal, which, if prepared properly should be relatively low > on the glycemic index. > > Nasty thing, those PUFAs. Unless I can find a farmer who will raise > chickens without corn and soy, I'm rethinking my backyard situation. > > -vanessa > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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