Re: Re: Carbs and Cancer

[Guest guest]

I personally think some carbs are ok but most people have more carbs than they

need for their personal lifestyles.  If you're playing sports you need more. 

Otherwise you only need about 110g a day.  You should have more fat than

anything else.  Protein intake can stay fairly low at about 0.34g per a pound of

body weight.  Carbs also help with ones ability to focus.  Thinking burns carbs

too.  If you are athletic you want to go 32% carbs, 18% protein, and 50% fat. 

About 20% of the carb intake would be simple carbs.  Refined or not, simple

carbs are more harmful for the immune system than starches.  Simple carbs store

as liver glycogen and your body stores 80% more carbs as muscle glycogen from

starches.  The extra conversion puts more work on the body.  If you are

sedentary you would want 62% fat, 18% protein, and 20% carbs.  Simple carbs also

take away from your body's ability to defend from bad bacteria for 5 hours upon

consuming at a

much greater level than starches.  So you leukocyte levels become weaker.

From: <ginavoce25@...>

Subject: Re: Carbs and Cancer

Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 10:24 AM

 

I disagree. I think *refined* carbs are the problem, not

necessarily properly-prepared whole grains. Insulin is not evil. In fact, it

saves your life when you eat too much protein or a very low-carb diet. When you

eat too much protein or protein by itself, it causes an adrenaline rush, which

feeds glucose into your brain. Insulin comes in to stop too much glucose from

entering your brain (which would cause cell death) by putting the glucose into

your body tissues.

After reading The Schwarzbein Principle II: The Transition, I'm really starting

to feel that our high-stress lifestyles are the current key difference between

us now and native peoples then, regarding health. Our hormones are all out of

whack, and we have to balance them (insulin, adrenaline, cortisol) by eating

balanced meals.

Here's Matt Stone's recent post, " The Low-Carb Oops. "

http://180degreehea lth.blogspot. com/2009/ 07/low-carb- oops.html

[Guest guest]

This sounds plausible but where do you get such exact percentages?

There is no metabolic need to ingest carbohydrates at all, since

glucose for brain fuel can be synthesized from fat and protein and

ketones can also feed the brain, is my understanding. There are no

essential carbohydrates, akin to essential fatty acids and essential

amino acids. Eating carbs is pleasurable and convenient, but I've not

seen any evidence they're rock-bottom necessary to life. (That doesn't

mean I advocate eating plant-free!). Some carb sources provide lots of

micronutrients (vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, enzymes) that

enhance health, certainly.

Jeanmarie

On Jul 27, 2009, at 6:17 PM, Holt wrote:

> I personally think some carbs are ok but most people have more carbs

> than they need for their personal lifestyles. If you're playing

> sports you need more. Otherwise you only need about 110g a day.

> You should have more fat than anything else. Protein intake can

> stay fairly low at about 0.34g per a pound of body weight. Carbs

> also help with ones ability to focus. Thinking burns carbs too. If

> you are athletic you want to go 32% carbs, 18% protein, and 50%

> fat. About 20% of the carb intake would be simple carbs. Refined

> or not, simple carbs are more harmful for the immune system than

> starches. Simple carbs store as liver glycogen and your body stores

> 80% more carbs as muscle glycogen from starches. The extra

> conversion puts more work on the body. If you are sedentary you

> would want 62% fat, 18% protein, and 20% carbs. Simple carbs also

> take away from your body's ability to defend from bad bacteria for 5

> hours upon consuming at a

> much greater level than starches. So you leukocyte levels become

> weaker.

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