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aktikt:
Hi All,

Recently, I've become focused on metabolism and food as it relates to health.  I wanted to know the truth about diet and exercise.  However, getting to the truth of the matter is very difficult for several reasons:

1) The amount of information of so-called experts who claim they know but do not have the proof to back it up
2) The human body's complexity
3) The amount of food variety
4) The genetic variability that makes one person different from another

Given the above 4 items how do you find out the truth and get to the heart of the matter?

I "stumbled" upon some answers from two holistic doctors on YouTube after much research.  Dr. Sten Ekberg and Dr. Eric Berg do a phenomenal job of explaining the complexities of metabolism.

Here is the some of the misinformation that is out there:
"Breakfast is the most important meal of the day"
"Never skip a meal"
"The body goes into starvation mode when missing a day of food"
"Fat is bad for you"
"Saturated fat in particular is bad for you"

This video sums up the important points and quotes the New England Journal of Medicine landmark study on intermittent fasting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thgVz3837l0&t=1s

(Note if links are not allowed please let me know.)

Josh

indianabob:
Hi Josh,

Politics, religion and the medical and legal professions all need us to need them...OR they go out of business.
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God made our bodies to be healthy and able to survive even in the earth's hazardous environment.
Fasting to allow the immune system to function is the easiest thing that anyone can do for themselves
Thank you for sharing the video, it is very helpful.  :)
Indiana Bob

Anjel Uriel:
I once saw a documentary where they were talking about the misinformation at best and at worst, the lies of the food industry. Apparently, a high carb diet like the one Americans are recommended in the food pyramid, develop metabolic syndrome, increases the risk of diabetes and possibly Alzheimer. They talked about how fats are not bad for you (obviously not talking about fats you find in something like a Big Mac) and it’s actually necessary for hormonal balance. Interestingly, proteins are needed to function, fats are needed to function, but carbs are not necessary for a human to live unlike the other two food groups, so that begs the question “why do they tell us to mostly eat something which our body doesn’t require to live and to restrict something necessary for our hormonal health?”

Here’s the documentary, it’s really interesting https://youtu.be/lBb5TFxj1S0

aktikt:
I saw that the link I provided was starting up many minutes in so, I edited it. 

Bob, I'm glad you found the link helpful.  Yes, those industries are greedy indeed, and are only seeking their own.
Greed in health matters really frustrates me.  I think to myself, "You don't care that your misinformation kills us so long as you can make a few
extra bucks."  The great paradox is, if these same doctors would've given us health, us humans would've more greatly thrived and their paltry few bucks would've increased all the more.
"There's one who scatters and yet increases all the more.  And there's one who holds back more than is right yet it leads to poverty"

Following the new eating lifestyle has proved to be effective so far.  I've only been on it for almost two months, but I've lost 8 pounds.
Going from body fat percentage 21.5 to a little over 20.0.  So, I'm making a little progress.

indianabob:
Hi again Josh,
The other thing I have become aware of is how little the average mother knows about the health of their own children.
Especially true of first time mothers, even with college educations and also with high school drop outs, about the same.
The idea that we have to use the emergency room at hospital if the family doc is busy is just stupid.
$500.00 copay at hospital compared to $40.00 at doctor's office. If they can even pay that.
And all because "mothers", and fathers too of course, won't study and learn.
Same attitude as with church members not studying and saying that is what I pay the pastor to do for me.

There aren't nearly enough GP's any more, everybody wants to be a specialist and work a 40 hour week.
So why do we need them? Only because regarding human health, people are lazy and willingly ignorant.
End of rant.  ::) Bob

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