OT:Obesity / Endocrine Disruptors

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Hi guys,

I want to thank Carol for sharing her story. People think about obesity as a

problem of its own but seldom realize that it is an expression of other

things going on in our bodies and sometimes the last cry for help before we

get really sick.

Some comments on obesity:

Obesity or inability to gain or lose weight is most of the time one of the

expressions of malnutrition and toxicity, which can cause, promote or worsen

any intestinal problem, including disbiosis. People are often *obese and

malnourished*. It is another vicious cycle.

The body loses the ability to absorb nutrients well (we all know about that)

and at the same time it is working very hard to meet the metabolic demands

of the body, which is very hard to do when there is excess fat, particularly

in the presence of malnutrition. The body gets in an emergency state where,

being unable to absorb and metabolize nutrients properly, fats accumulate,

paritcularly centripetally (in the trunk) and this hinders digestion and

continues the bad cycle. The body accentuates the stress response and

hormones go crazy. The endocrine system stimulates the release of stress

hormones (mainly from adrenal glands), that are messengers for metabolic

processes in the body. These cycles promote weight gain, worsen the ability

to process nutrients and you keep gaining weight because they are not

absorbing nutrients appropriately and they develop metabolic imbalances

which worsen the problem. ...

Basically, we are all somewhat toxic, and our tea kettle pours over in

different ways depending on our genetics and particular tolerance and

excretion ability. The same as our kids. Obesity is one of the expressions

of toxicity.

There is a site that is very good about endocrine disruptors. It talks about

much more than obesity. If you are interested, take a look.

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/EDs-PWG-16jun01.htm

I reccomend this to all, particularly if you or anyone in your family

suffers from: obesity, breast cancer, inflammatory or autoimmune conditions,

like thyroid, breastfeeding moms, infertility....

mom to fiol 14mo asd

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> Hi " cmasonfan "

> > I admit I myself did not adhere to the diet extremely well, but even

> > so, within the first 6 months of my daughter being on the scd, I lost

> > 15 pounds, just not eating as much sugar and starches. I didn't even

> > realize I was losing weight until summer rolled around and I got out

> > old shorts that were inches too big around the waist!! BONUS!! The

> > cool thing was that my daughter gained and grew a lot-- about 7

> > pounds in almost a year, and she has grown about 1.5 inches. I know

> > she is absorbing a lot more nutrition than before. It works for both

> > of us.

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> The same thing happened in our family. I was extremely underweight and

> feeling better when about 3 months into the diet my husband decided to

> join me (just as support). Much to his suprise he lost about 40 lbs

> (over 6 months or so)that he had been struggling to lose. Not only did

> he lose the weight but he said that after a week on the diet he had

> more energy and could think much more clearly than when eating the

> starches etc. The really interesting things was that he was eating 3

> regular meals and snacks (his favorite was peanuts and raisins). Lots

> of nuts, butter, whole milk yogurt etc. Before SCD he ate low fat

> everything and tiny meals.

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> I told Elaine and she wrote a little poem for us - something about Jack

> Spratt and eating lean. I can't find the poem now but remember I

> laughed so hard I sprayed the keyboard with tea.

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> Sheila SCD 60 months, UC 22 yrs

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> For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

> _Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

> websites:

> http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

> and

> http://www.pecanbread.com

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