Thanks! I ordered his book. He has a lot of ideas that no one else seems
to have thought of yet, that actually tie together a lot of random ideas
from all over.
On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:38 AM, RickS <no3rdseat@gmail.com> wrote:
Great link and I read your blog too. Nice work Heather.
-Rick
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--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, Heather Twist <HeatherTwist@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W2zSN0JOa8&feature=player_embedded
>
> This video is very long, and rather loaded with ideas. I think Dr. Johnson
> must do a LOT of experimenting!
>
> Anyway, I think what he is saying is important, and it ties together a lot
> of what has been said over the years in this group. Dr. Johnson has a mixed
> take on IF -- he thinks using up the glycogen and then having a time to go
> into "fat eating mode" is important, but he's also in favor of breakfast.
> But a more important point is that he's researched how "carbs" affect
> weight, and he may have the answer to my personal questions: "If carbs make
> you fat, then why are the Japanese so slim?".
>
> What he has found, basically, is that excess *fructose* causes uric acid
> levels to rise in the blood, and the rise in uric acid causes "metabolic
> syndrome". The person becomes leptin-resistant, and starts eating more and
> more, while at the same time, ATP levels drop and the person has no energy
> to exercise. When this is reversed ... by giving gout medication for
> example ... blood pressure drops and the person gets skinnier. He's
> experimented for years on animals with this.
>
> Now as to the Japanese ... starches don't metabolize into fructose. They
> metabolize into glucose, which doesn't have the same effect for most people
> or animals. So it's not just a matter of "carbs" ... specific carbs have a
> specific effect.
>
> However, if uric acid levels are high, sometimes the body can convert
> glucose to fructose. For those people, they need to avoid glucose too. So
> Barney, you might have a very good point: some people need to just go
> low-carb for some period of time, to lose the weight.
>
> According to Dr. Johnson, human beings tend to eat less-ripe fruit, which
> has more Vitamin C and less fructose. Also eating the whole fruit doesn't
> seem to have a huge effect. However, fruit juice does have a big effect,
> and just about any sugar ... including table sugar, agave, palm sugar,
> coconut sugar, molasses. Dextrose and rice syrup and Karo though, don't
> have fructose. Dates and dried fruit has lots of fructose. And of course
> soft drinks are loaded with fructose, but it's not just the HFCS pop. The
> soda made with white sugar or apple juice as a sweetener are just as bad.
> Sports drinks too.
>
> Then I started looking at other foods that raise uric acid levels. A big
> one is *beer* ... something I did identify as problematic for me with
> weight. Another is iron, which I was having problems with, partly because
> of the high-iron levels in our water and my love of good grass-fed beef.
> Beef and organ meats also raise uric acid levels.
>
> And there are foods that lower uric acid levels. One is vinegar, which has
> been associated with weight loss for some time. Another is *eggs* ... and
> recently it's been found that adding eggs to your diet can make people lose
> weight faster.
>
> --
> Heather Twist
> http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
>
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