Truths that Shatter Prevailing Weight Loss Myths

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Don Fletcher — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:42:05 GMT

A study on CDC data published in Environmental Health Perspectives, revealed that American men with abdominal obesity or insulin resistance (a precursor to diabetes) were more likely to have high levels of DEHP and DBP metabolites in their urine than men without those problems.[5] (Wikipedia)

Are these metabolites present because of obesity, or insulin resistance? or contrariwise might these metabolites be causative in both obesity and insulin resistance?

At least one of the metabolites found in that urine is also a metabolite of collagen, and has been demonstrated as a causative agent in changing prostate cancer to agressive metastatic cancer, and high concentrations of it (methylaminoacetic acid) can be taken as indicative that prostate cancer will be metastatic and agressive. So, this may be driving both obesity and agressive cancer. But is this caused by using non-stick cookware, rinsing agents in dishwashers, or is this caused by collagen being metabolized? What are the causal links?

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jstreet — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 16:06:17 GMT

Food is often scarce in nature and so nature's way of prolonging life is an instinct to eat as much as possible when food is found. That is why bears gorge on salmon or berries to the point of being unable to walk. They always eat far more than necessary to sustain life because they (nature) 'know' that the time will come when there will be no food in winter and then another instinct will take over called hibernation.

America is a country where 'the salmon are always running and berries are everywhere.' But as one contributor said about Auschwitz, when the time of scarcity and starvation comes, no one is fat.

Fasting spas don't report any fat people who unable to lose weight. Fasting, of course, should always be done under professional supervision because a reasonably large subset of fat people can be harmed by prolonged fasting. But when done properly, a water fast will produce weight loss in anyone. And it occurs in nature and has occurred for millions of years across all species so it is not unnatural or even unhealthy. It even has an added benefit that all spiritual traditions have recognized from the beginning: spiritual cleansing as well.

There are many good books and competent professionals out there. Go for it.

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TracyH — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:36:43 GMT

Hi Sonagi - the link you put in for Gary Taubes' talk was truncated. I couldn't find it just searching at the DH website(s).

Would you please repost the full link? Thanks!

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brianjstiles — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:23:34 GMT

Postscript to my post of 7th July '09

Full link to Kelley Eidem's Candida Hub Pages: hubpages.com/.../How-to-Flatten-Your-Tummy-and-End-Food-Cravings-EFFORTLESSLY

(see also his post on page 1 of this series of Community Comments. There is a link there that will take you directly to the site).

I forgot to mention that it's vital to keep on taking a good probiotic (ie. for life), after the treatment course itself has finished, in order to prevent the yeast taking hold again. In addition to the one I mentioned Dr Ohira's is reputedly a good one (although pricey), also "PB-8" (Kelley's main recommendation), as well as 'Primal Defense'

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brianjstiles — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:19:39 GMT

DougB_203

Congratulations on linking the bodybuilding connection to the issue of loosing weight/fat.

It may be too late to get any feedback from you since this topic is already some days old and posts are dwindling.

You don't reveal your bodyfat %

I am 67 and started bodybuilding 10 years ago. Whilst I was able to build a satisfactory level of muscle for my age (I trained 3 sessions of 1 hour/week) my body fat, and particularly fat around my midriff, stubbornly refused to drop below 18.5% (often as high as 20%).

I put this down to diet. However recently (April '09) I discovered Kelley Eidem's Candida Hub Pages: snipurl.com/flattentummy

In common with others who tried this, nothing much happened for the first few months. Then the fat started to melt away, stubborn 'love handles' vanished and my midriff flattened to a degree I had not seen in over 20 years! My body fat went down to 14.7%. Here are the supplements I used:

- Source Naturals (Wellness Range) OLIVE LEAF - (1 tab. morning - 1 tab. evening), yielding a total of 150mg Oleuropein

- Now Foods CAPRYLIC ACID - (1 cap. morning - 1 cap. evening), yielding a total of 1200 mg Caprylic Acid

- Source Naturals LIFE FLORA - (1 cap. morning - 1 cap evening), yielding a total of 6 billion cells Acidophilus/Bifidus Complex

- Nature's Best (UK company) L-GLUTAMINE powder: (5 grams morning - 5 grams evening) - well stirred in 1/2 small glass warm water

NOTE: For the first 10 days of treatment only HALF the above dose of all the supplements (morning only) - total duration of course 10WEEKS

ADDITIONAL POST TREATMENT BENEFITS NOTICED:

- Recurrent red 'pinpoint' v.itchy rash on lower legs/ankles cleared up completely

- Recurrent Itchiness in ears ditto

- Recurrent 'Athlete's Foot' ditto

- V.loose stools became firm (but without any constipation whatsoever)

- Bad (smelly) flatulence cleared up - IS 'IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME' JUST A SYMPTOM OF CANDIDA OVERGROWTH??

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wavebabe — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:00:19 GMT

There are so many myths, and eventually they are all debunked. My personal thought is if you have never had a weight problem you should not be giving weight loss advice. Most doctors, scientist, nutritionists etc. have never tried their own advice.

Each person is an individual, and has individual needs; what works for one may, or may not, work for another. Even if a lifestyle works, some of them only go so far, or do not totally finish "the job".

I am speaking from the heart. I have been overweight since I was a child, and only recently have gotten my weight under control; I however am still considered overweight, just no longer obese. When people ask me how I lost the weight, I am hesitant to tell them because what worked for me may not be the right choice for them. I tell people, focus on your overall health, because being healthy is allot better than being thin. (I can say this without hypocrisy because my weight loss is in direct connection to my quest for better health.)

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NatalieZ — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:10:58 GMT

Video removed?

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mike_49 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:02:24 GMT

Obesity is not a disease, but a self-inflicted injury.

What is your weapon of choice?

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oniony — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:34:01 GMT

I am f 77 years old and had breast cancer 23 years ago.Afterwards I had 9 months of chemotherapy.After going to 3 plastic surgeons to make sure silicone was safe ,I had a silicone implant.After awhile I started to have different physical problems and became hypothyroid.I have been extremely healthy all my life and found out that silicone in the human body attacks the immune system.I have been to 6 different endocrinologists and none have helped.I am not a crazy old lady who is a hypochondriac.I know that if I got the right amount of armour thyroid I would be fine.The problem with most doctors is they rely to much on blood tests and not on how a patient feels.The last doctor I went to when I told him my ankles were swelling up dismissed me by not even looking at my ankles and told me it was probably for some other reason! I am not going back to him! I know a good doctor when I get one and I do have a good internist,but it is very difficult to find one today.Our medical system is all terrible and You really can't blame some of the doctors.Any way I am still looking and I know when I get my thyroid in control I will be able to lose the 30 lbs. Ive been trying to lose.

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mike_49 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:18:25 GMT

Laws of Thermodynamics are misunderstood and hated by general public. Calories -in-calories-out is still and will be true forever.

However, it is not easy to measure calories-out part of the equation, which is supposed to be energy spent.

Most of us substitute work produced for energy spent, since the former is easy to measure by the most of heart rate monitors, treadmills or estimate by duration and intensity of exercise. However, energy spent and work produced can be 3x times different from each other and ratio is never a constant.

During exercise our body adjusts and becomes more efficient in spending energy (see example about a marathon runner in Dr. Mercola's original article). Our bodies become really efficient: they turn into survival mode. This is a trap for those who want to control our weight by exercising.

Conclusions:

in order to lose weight --

-- change your exercise routine to make your body suffer;

-- realize that more exercise you do -- more appetite you have.

Sorry for bitter truth, but it is life. Do you really what this kind of life?

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Kathy6789 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:19:56 GMT

I didn't have the time to read all of the comments, so I'm sorry if I missed a post about DRUGS. I've never had a "weight" problem, until I was FORCED to take prescribed drugs. Horrible pain, ugly edema, joint pain, internal bleeding, organ damage, etc. Many, many drugs have the adverse reaction of "weight gain". We wonder why the obesity numbers keep rising as our drug use spirals to obscene numbers. Of course, the medical industry has stolen any way for me to live, so you won't have to worry about me for long. And don't expect to lose weight the first day that the prescription goes into the trash - these drugs stay into a person system for a very long time, and a person's body needs a great deal of time to repair the damage.

In this one-size-fits-all, fast-everything, brainless, greed is good, "The Secret" society, we also need to pay attention to individual allergies, adverse reactions, environmental pollution, emotional stresses and who knows what else. It's time for a change in our society and I believe the Obama puppet is going 180 degrees toward the wrong direction - for our sanity, financial security, our country's security, and especially for our health. Unfortunately, the websites (that we are paying for through the government) do not have any way to communicate to the bureaucratics that are pushing us into the furnaces.

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jeandm — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:43:16 GMT

This is the same as the Atkins diet. How did he re-write this without getting sued? I've used this diet before and lost 12 pounds in one week.

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hunter3738 — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:08:28 GMT

did some research on the exercise/sports myth, turns out there already a bunch of studies showing the devastating effects exercise _can_ have:

Maron, Sudden death in young athletes, N-Engl-J-Med., sep. 2003

Balady, Survival of the fittest - more evidence, N-Engl-J-Med., mrt. 2002

Baby boomer sports injuries, cpsc., apr. 2000

Bahr, Recent advances: sports medicine, BMJ., 2001

Lanting e.a., Sportblessures - omvang van het probleem, Nat-Kompas-Volksgezondh., 2004

Bonetti e.a., Watching football on TV may potentially be life-threatening, Swiss-Med-Wkly., apr. 2006

Finch e.a., The public health impact of injury during sport and active recreation, J-Sci-Med-Sport., dec. 2006

Romano e.a., Outbreak of community-acquired methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus skin infections among a collegiate football team, J-Athl-Train., apr-jun. 2006

Corrado e.a., Exercise and the risk of sudden cardiac death, Herz., sep. 2006

DiDario e.a., Asthma, sports, and death, Allergy-Asthma-Proc., sep-oct. 2005

Sumilo e.a., The causes and consequences of injury in students at UK institutes of higher education, Public-Health., feb. 2006

Noda e.a., Walking and sports participation and mortality from coronary heart disease and stroke, J-Am-Coll-Cardiol., nov. 2005

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success4hannah — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:49:56 GMT

Thank you so much for this! I have recently been humiliated by a doctor who told me that there is no way I will NOT lose weight if I eat much less and exercise a lot more. it is all a matter of calories. I have Hashimotos Disease, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes and Osteoporosis. I cannot exercise if you pay me! For the past two years I have been on a high protein diet. I don't lose much weight on it, but I feel great, and my hands and face aren't as swollen (myxoedema?) as on a high carb diet. I have tried everything. From exercising too much (when I still could) and eating too little, combined with every diet you can think of. But my body is happy on the high protein diet. And ... I have my diabetes totally under control without any medication.

I fired that doctor.

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4wellness — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:59:27 GMT

HELP ME PLEASE!!! I'm 30 and I'm a BIG believer in Mercola and his ground breaking work. But I can't seem to loose weight and I am truly frustrated! I'm a protein type. It's taken me two whole months to lose 9 lbs (gained 5 back already)! But 7 of them came off in two weeks in ketosis. I KNOW ketosis is contraversial but it was my LAST resort! I don't want to go back into it but out of ketosis I gain no matter what I do! I know people say this all the time but I've even been writing down my food and everything. I'm staying low grain and high protein. I'm eating 5-6 small meals a day. I finally gave in and quit my evening drink (charged water and Rum, but I've quit that and it was only 1). I have been measuring my water and I am 2-3 liters a day. I'm 75 lbs over weight! So it's not like it's vanity lbs. My husband can't believe I continue to gain weight it doesn't make sense! I've been walking and I'm fairly active with out trying. I am strong for a big girl, I used to load semi trucks back in the day. Just Saturday we got up early and spend the morning running stairs and walking. I take an Omega 3 daily. I don't drink any soda or juice. I buy organic. I make a mean vegetable egg scrambler with the works. I eat breakfast always. I have 88% dark chocolate I treat myself to. We use unpasturized milk and we're raising our own chickens for food and eggs. I've seriously worked at cleaning up our eating. We pay dearly for our groceries and it's insane that I'm still gaining! What's happening? Could my body break all the rules? I put my brother-in-law on a much less perfect way of eating and he lost 30 lbs no problem. I forgot to mention I used to be FIT! I used jog and weight lift and work hard at work. I'm not as active anymore, but it scares me to think I have to work out 2 hours + a day to get back in shape! Could my body have adjusted to that? I've had my thyroid tested and it's fine too. I don't know what else to do. Help!