On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 4:37 AM, marty398 <marty398@yahoo.com> wrote:
I was on Fast-5 for a couple of years. Dropped about 50 pounds and then gained about 8-10 back. I was stable during the last year I was on Fast-5.
But I've not been consistent for the last year or so. I'm also about 20 lbs heavier.
Getting back onto Fast-5 seems harder than it was the first time. Any hints?
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Marty
I've come to the conclusion (based on a lot of reading and experimenting)
that appetite is controlled largely by uric acid. Uric acid controls the "hibernation"
cycle. When uric acid levels go up in bears, they get more hungry and eat more
and gain fat. Uric acid also causes the fat to STAY. I think Fast-5 lowers
uric acid levels in the long run, which is one reason it works. BUT ... at the
first part of fasting, uric acid levels go UP.
So, what can you do about it? Mainly if you eat foods that control uric
acid levels (by my theory).
Some foods lower uric acid levels, by causing it to be excreted. Protein
does that, as long as the source isn't high in purines. So eggs and fish
work rather nicely. Eggs are basically magic for appetite.
Some foods tend to raise uric acid levels. The big one is fructose ... which
is half of a sugar molecule. Sugar, honey, molasses, coconut sugar,
palm sugar, HFCS etc. are ALL high in fructose. Fruit juice too.
Most Karo corn syrup though, oddly, does not have much fructose.
Or rice syrup, or dextrose. Or starches, like rice. Those are neutral foods.
Whole fruit, for some reason, does not seem to raise uric acid levels.
Some other things that raise uric acid levels:
Beer
High iron foods ("fortified" starches: most starchy foods in the US have added iron)
Saturated fat (yes, even coconut oil!)
Organ meats
Not drinking enough water
Not eating on a schedule
Anyway, when I have beer, I get "the hungries" all the next day.
I looked into this when I started getting gout symptoms ... that big
lump by the big toe and joint pain. My Dad had it too, but he managed
it with diet. And, then he got skinny, though he wasn't restricting food.
When they gave fat kids some gout medicine, the fat kids lost weight.
My toe lump did go away when I started doing the stuff above, and then
I lost like 30 lbs. Note that I'm not trying to make a general case against
saturated fats or organ meats, or beer! I do like beer. I like my joints
being happy too though.
Heather Twist -- Seattle 7B
http://eatingoffthefoodgrid.blogspot.com/
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