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re: re: This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day

TimW_203 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:01:38 GMT

I loved the suggestion that you could put an icepack on your back AND on your chest, and then RELAX in front of the TV for 30 minutes! Perhaps Dr Mercola could make us a video so we can see this rather remarkable talent being demonstrated.

One idea that was not mentioned is something that I read here a few days ago; ie that green tea stimulates these brown fat areas to switch on. Now, relaxing in front of the TV for 30 minutes with a cup of green tea, IS do-able.

JamNJim mentions something interesting about the difference between fat and thin people, ie that the former are insulin-resistant. This ties in with the message from Dr Senneff, who has appeared on this site recently. It's really all down to your diet. If you eschew fat, which fat people are told to do, then the tendency is to fill up with carbohydrate. Carbohydrate cannot enter the cell without having a "lipid raft" to enter through. And it doesn't have that, because you are not eating fat. So the carbs move on and get stored as fat. As they cannot access the cell, then blood sugar goes up...and up...and up. So you become hyperglycaemic. Diabetic, in other words. The high insulin levels secondary to this high blood sugar also suppress the burning of fat, so you get even fatter. Which is what we see all around us.

As Dr S sees it, the answer is to eat sat fat, which can be burned without needing insulin to access the cell; and to ensure that you eat plenty of cholesterol, ideally derived from( free-range) eggs. This cholesterol forms the lipid rafts mentioned earlier, so as and when you do eat some carbohydrate, it can access the cell to provide energy, and it will not be stored as fat.

re: re: Iodine is Important but a New Study Shows Too Much Causes Problems

ymiranthis — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:54:03 GMT

The World Health Organization declared that iodine deficiency is the single largest preventable cause for mental retardation. You could consider using Nascent Iodine topically -- it is the gentlest source. I agree that you should be sure you don't have Hashimoto's before starting iodine supplementation.

If you start on a vitamin D3 supplement or sun yourself every day, it will give your thyroid system a boost and will help the baby to have strong bones. Try to get a 25(OH)D blood test before starting.

re: Don't Eat it: Linked to Cancer and Gets into Your Blood

rondo1982 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:53:58 GMT

Do more research on GMO seeds! They are not as dire as most of you think? I farmed for over 40 years and have used and seen the development of many chemicals, herbicides, and pesticides! The stuff we used in the past was far worse!!! Atrazine was the main chemical. Do your research on this chemical. I am surprised that it is still used in Florida. It is banned in many other states. Glyphosate is far safer! Be careful what you wish for?

re: How Doctors Do Harm

becky3 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:49:03 GMT

Further I wanted to comment that I had a vision of the hospital as a huge religious temple with the doctors like priests with their robes and badges of office. The public rushes around looking holy and pleased that they are fulfilling their religious duties by being "compliant."

re: How Doctors Do Harm

grandmalen — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:48:36 GMT

My husband and I have recently changed from a typical, med-pushing physicians' clinic to on that practices Functional Medicine. He was on multiple meds, including some for type2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. He had a stent put in last year and the doctor routinely said - statins for the rest of his life. We refused and were told to find another doctor. We were already an organic household (as much as possible today) and are now prescription-free - after tests for hormones, electrolytes, etc. we now has a daily routine of vitamins, minerals, omega3s, and are feeling better than ever. The down side is that only the doctor's fees are covered by insurance - most of the testing and all the supplements are out of pocket and are not cheap - but our good health is worth whatever it costs. (he is 73 and still works full-time and I am 69 and run a 5000 sq.ft. house with gardens and tenants and do a lot of volunteer work)

re: re: Iodine is Important but a New Study Shows Too Much Causes Problems

ymiranthis — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:45:54 GMT

@LifeIsPrecious, people with autoimmune diseases may benefit from ample vitamin D3 supplementation. There is a wealth of research out there indicating that it helps. Go to Google Scholar and search for:

autoimmune "vitamin D3" OR cholecalciferol

re: This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day

wen_norton — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:44:44 GMT

I had a nutritionist tell me years ago that GLA would also activate brown fat. Normally the body can make GLA, but that process does not work in a number of conditions. Insulin resistance being one of them.

re: re: Hidden "Agent Orange" Chemical They Want to Sneak into Your Food

enjonn — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:40:19 GMT

@Pearl_1 - Thanks for sharing you experience about educating friends, family, and others.

One day I saw Dr Mercola on the DR OZ Show. There was mention of Astaxanthin, and I felt curious about this. Is this a nutrient from a starfish? Astaxanthin led to discovery of mercola.com. And this discovery led to more exciting discoveries.

I thought my sister might take an interest. I mentioned in a letter how I discovered mercola.com and that I felt interested in revelations about Vitamin D3, especially its anti-cancer properties. Other than that, I mentioned my wife and my cats were doing fine.

What about Mercury poisoning? And GMO? And Rat Poison in your food? If my sister looks up mercola.com, she can read for herself. Am I my sister's reader?

My Mom and Dad wanted me to look after my brother and my sister. I said Great Idea! I'm the Supervisor, and let's consider Supervisor salary. No salary, this is a sucker's deal. Worse, my parents talked about Supervisor position in private. My brother and my sister were not Witness to my appointment as Supervisor, and this leads only to mutual hostilities.

Questions to consider: Are you your friends' reader? Family educator by public appointment? Family educator by majority vote? President Obama whispered into your ear, "You are now the Protector of National Health"? All of the above? None of the above?

re: re: Hidden "Agent Orange" Chemical They Want to Sneak into Your Food

Temlakos — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:36:36 GMT

Hmmm. Well, the one heavyweight in that crew is Thomas; the others seem to have feathers in their heads. Thomas is steeped in the Constitution. And he has an excellent adviser: Antonin Scalia.

re: How Doctors Do Harm

becky3 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:36:33 GMT

My 5 month old granddaughter just got back from the hospital after getting HIB pneumonia month after getting the HIB vaccine. A cursory search on the internet made it clear to me that there was a connection and this was actually and adverse reaction to the vaccine. She was 2 weeks on a ventilator with IV antibiotics and sedatives and fed her mom's milk through a tube in her nose. Now she is home recovering, which means detoxing and withdrawing from morphine.

Her doctors saved her life. But they also claimed that she was sick because she wasn't vaccinated enough and that now she needs more vaccines to "protect" her, even though, by their own admission, they haven't seen a case like this in eight years. They claim that the reason the child got the disease is because people are not getting enough vaccines.

At the same time this was going on, there was a public input hearing about getting rid of the philosophical exemption for vaccines in Vermont. A doctor came and and exploited my daughter and granddaughter's story. He got a little nurse (or whatever) from the PICU to testify about the weeping moms with their kid's on ventilators saying "I didn't know. If I had only known!" Most of the public was a few MDs, the state epidemiologist who said that Thimerasol was "the kind of mercury that is the least harmful and the body easily excretes," and a couple of men, who by their weird, out of place appearance, I took to be lobbyists. The rest were all moms with injured kids and midwives and home schoolers and that sort of thing.

So, about this "herd immunity" theory the MDs have. Apparently it is true but "misused and misunderstood," according to Dr Andrew Cutler (who mentors me). The MD darkly called the kids who don't get vaccinated "free riders". How does that work? If everyone is vaccinated except you aren't you at risk and not them. I guess it means everyone should take the risk, not just you.

re: re: Iodine is Important but a New Study Shows Too Much Causes Problems

ymiranthis — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:35:51 GMT

Yes, what dianewood said. You'll need a Yahoo! email account. Sign into Yahoo!, go to Groups, and search for the Iodine group. There are knowledgeable people there who can help you. If you ascertain that you actually have thyroid disease, and are not just iodine-deficient, you could also visit:

www.stopthethyroidmadness.com

re: This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day

essexstreet — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:34:51 GMT

Dirk Pearson and Sandy Show wrote about this under the physiological term "thermogenesis" thirty years ago in their less than successful dieting book. Their quick and easy method was sitting idle in water at 80 - 84 degrees, for one hour which would burn 500 calories. When I was at my healthiest, in Florida, I would walk 2 miles on the beach followed by sitting in the ocean for one hour, but only when the water warmed up to 80 or better. IT REALLY WORKS!! They also emphasized that doing little things to stay cool adds up to buckets of fat a year, such as never wearing synthetics - cotton is definitely preferred - dressing as sparsely as possible and drinking ice water. THERMOGENESIS IS A USEFUL BODY TOOL!

re: This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day

lizgreene52 — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:34:33 GMT

I'm sorry Dr Mercola - Ice on the neck is one piece of advice I am not likely to take - at least until the hot days of summer. The temp outside here is 24 degrees and I hate the cold.

re: re: How Doctors Do Harm

Randyfast — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:34:00 GMT

The sad reality is; the toxins in the food make people sick. Then Big Pharma offers them a "solution" through toxic drugs; which in turn, makes them even sicker...Big Agri and Big Pharma continue to profit from the misery of the masses! I'm much healthier since I got rid of processed and fast food AND my family "doctor".

re: This Trick May Force Your Body to Burn 400-500 Extra Calories/Day

jpalloto — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:29:50 GMT

Incredulous that Dr. Mercola would quote Tim Ferriss as a health expert??? Serious breach of credibility.