Guest guest Posted January 27, 2000 Report Share Posted January 27, 2000 For any of you who have children on Propulsid (or if any adults here are on it), the FDA has posted a warning that over 270 adverse reactions have occurred (some severe) with 70 deaths involving the heart. I am on it and due to a valve defect have been taken off of it immediately. was on it and has been taken off it as well. He has a grade 2 heart murmur. The FDA is keeping it on the market for the time being, but warn to inquire immediately. Please contact your physician to see what to do to safeguard your child or yourself. Autumn mom to mark Cd5-Cd19 PID, GERD, ASA, A1A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 This has been the first day that I feel I can actually think again since I've been sick. One of the reasons that I didn't post when I wasn't feeling well (besides not having any energy) was my fear of making some type of mistake when my head was unclear. Sorry for that. - Stan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 > > Cutting calories most effective at keeping off weight > AHIP Solutions SmartBrief | 10/22/2007 No one disputes that cutting calories will keep the weight off. But the question is, what " weight " are we talking about? We should always distinguish between weight loss and fat loss. The two are far from being the same. For fat loss, cutting calories won't work. Oh sure, there are those who think they lost fat cutting calories, but such people were surely exercising as well. And it was actually the exercising that made them lose the fat. In my twenties I tagged along with my brother who seriously trained with weights at that time. Everyone who knew me then said that I was getting thin, and even my clothes became loose. But the weight scales showed I GAINED a solid 15 pounds! Ever since that time I agreed with the saying, " It's not the weight, but what the weight is. " I could be a solid 180 pounds, or an obese 165 pounds. I'd rather not be obese. And cutting calories is not the way to achieve this. Another thing to consider is that while cutting calories may " keep " the weight off (preventive), how effective would it be alone for losing weight (curative), particularly if the weight we want to lose is fat? Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I would much appreciate learning your own Personal views on these subjects. and about any successes you may have had from the methods you have tried. Cheers, fult. > > > > > > > > I know that you have said in the past that with the wrong diet > > we > > > > can lose muscle before fat , but what other weight can we > > lose? > > > > Is it just fluids? > > > > > > Well, just like our diets, we're just mostly protein, fat, carbs > and > > > water. So weight loss can be any of these. Protein from > > muscles > > > mainly (because it's the most dense " protein tissue " that > > affects > > > our body weight), fat from our fat cells, and carbs from our > > muscles > > > (where most of it is stored). We don't really get to " lose " carbs, > > > though, because our body will convert our proteins to carbs to > > > maintain a certain blood glucose level. So when we " lose > > carbs " as > > > in negative calorie diets, we're actually losing protein/muscle. > > > > > > Water, being in the circulation is also the fastest weight we can > > > lose. I've read in some places that if we lose more than 2 to 3 > > > pounds per WEEK, the excess is just water. > > > > > > My own experience also confirms this. I'm a heavy drinker of > > water > > > and before, I had this personal game of weighing in when I got > > to > > > the office in the morning (a clinic, which has a weighing scale) > > > and later in the afternoon. I could find myself losing more than > > > 3 pounds just in those hours! Of course, I got it all back again > > > when I get home and drink my fill. > > > > > > > Also, saw a guy on CNN the other day who has written a > > book > > > > stating that exercise is bad because it makes you hungry! > > Two > > > > other 'experts' disagreed, but they all agreed on one thing - > > cut > > > > right back on 'simple carbs' (pasta, bread, white sugar etc.). > > > > I think that if we do that, and also what you guys have said > > which > > > > is to build muscle then rest without insulin than we can't go > > far > > > > wrong... > > > > > > Yes, definitely, fat loss occurs when we don't have insulin > > around > > > to prevent our fat from being used. But diet is only one way to > > > control insulin. Physical activity after meals will negate the > > need > > > for insulin secretion because blood glucose will be able to > > enter > > > our muscles without needing insulin. > > > > > > As for exercise making us hungry, so what? I don't mind > > gaining > > > weight so long as that weight is not fat. As I mentioned, when > > > I dabbled in weights before, I got " thin " while gaining 15 > > pounds! > > > So statements like these show the harm of equating weight > > with fat. > > > They're two entirely different ball games. And unless we get > > that > > > distinction clearly, we won't start winning the war on obesity > > > because we'll be stuck with calorie counting, which is indeed > > valid > > > for mere " weight " loss without considering what that weight is. > > > (Carb counting, however, is an improvement over calorie > > counting. > > > Though the more important aspect is the glycemic load of > > foods as > > > they affect our blood glucose level and insulin secretion.) > > > > > > Just the way I see it. > > > > > > Gerry > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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