Dr Whiting on Weight Loss and Weight Gain
phoenixnutritionals.com (CLICK HERE) In a recent article appearing in Prevention Magazine, the author suggests that we gain weight because of the amount of fats we consume. He also claims in the Prevention Magazine article that our fat cells literally open up and gobble up the fat circulating in our blood stream. Nothing could be farther from the truth!! Sadly Prevention Magazine has become a voice for drugs and dietetics and true nutrition rarely appears between their covers. Fat, in and of itself, does not make us fat. While it is true that fats provide more calories than any other food, they are only fattening when consumed with carbohydrates, especially refined carbohydrates. When carbohydrates are converted to glucose or blood sugar, excesses are eventually converted to triglycerides and stored in the fat cells. Triglycerides only come from the action of insulin on blood sugar. Insulin converts blood sugar from carbohydrates to glycogen and then to triglycerides and stored as fat. Evidence of this may be seen in such indigenous peoples as the Eskimos and many tribes of Africa, who often go through their entire lives consuming almost no carbohydrate foods at all. There diets are made up of proteins and fats. Yet in every case, these people are trim, fit and very athletic. Carbohydrates become even more fattening when consumed with fats as the body uses fat for energy and stores the carbohydrates in the form of triglycerides.
October 6th, 2008 - 01:38
Amazingly informative! Thanks for posting!
Marcela
March 31st, 2009 - 18:41
Thank you for your support.
Dr Whiting
April 3rd, 2009 - 07:11
Do you think an evolutionary process is taking place to accommodate a more sedentary, and higher weight society?
When can we hear and see those who can show us the effects of your Glucocrave Extreme results? Is it beneficial for type one diabetics?
Tks,
Linds
June 11th, 2009 - 14:59
Boringg!!!straight to the point!!!
July 2nd, 2009 - 16:16
Of course physical evolution will accomodate most physical and lifestyle changes over many, many generations. In the meantime, we are in trouble!!
August 26th, 2009 - 18:55
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September 9th, 2009 - 13:07
I just went shopping: Bought skim milk, rice, lean chicken, special k and bread. Common sense would imply I am trying to lose weight. Actually pretty much the opposite is the case: I am trying to gain weight and put my body in an anabolic environment for bulking up. Everyone who does strength training knows it works.
And it also works for the majority of people buying the exact same foods. Sadly they had a different intention in the first place. And as they don’t exercise, they gain fat.
September 17th, 2009 - 19:07
Ossisocke, do you want all the weight you gain to be fat?
Some of those carbs are used for energy. But the rest of those high glycemic index carbs will end up as fat on your body.
Back in the 1940s and 1950s, bodybuilders knew that eating liver was a great way to pack on muscle!
September 21st, 2009 - 18:38
The carb load actually went pretty well. I gained some muscle and according to my scale, lost fat.
but eating liver sounds nice for next time, now that you mention it. :D
September 22nd, 2009 - 20:40
Woo hoo! Congratulations Ossisocke!
I have great respect for a person who makes the effort to improve his or her life.
For me, the effort is putting on weight. So I lift iron and do situps.
Last night I was at a food co-op. I walked two blocks to a Shaolin Kenpo dojo; I’m going to take a community ed class for 8 weeks.
I had a nice chat with one of the teachers. They focus on street fighting and fighting several people at once. Looks like my cup of tea.