Time for a change.

OK I have been banging on about the right way to control type two diabetes for well over two years. I am a music nut, so for a while I am gonna bang on about great music, starting from tonight.
Tell me this is not as good as it gets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xB4dbdNSXY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vAH6-cUVt4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp-qDcQU6sQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpgLsX6b4DA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqaOp7sIy0w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yU9WHTWzE0

Any complaints ?

This song was written by a tough guy. Help Me Make It Through the Night by Kris Kristofferson.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D6HsaQ4EJM

Eddie

Some lowcarb fruits.

Strawberries 6 grams. Blackberries 5.1 grams. Raspberries 4.6 grams. per 100 grams.

A sweet lowcarb vegetable treat.

Children will love their vegetables as an after dinner treat this way.

Vegetable Candy

1/2 cup xylitol sweetener
1 cup water
juice of 2 limes

Vegetables: Zucchini, sweet potato, spaghetti squash, butternut pumpkin. The peel of red grapefruit (not if you are taking statins) or lemons cut into fine strips is candied peel.

Place first three ingredients in a heavy based saucepan and heat while stirring occasionally. Add the peeled, deseeded vegetables that can be sliced, cut into cubes or cut into chunks and simmer for about 15 minutes to infuse and tenderize the vegetables. Drain the syrup and discard it. Dry the vegetables in a dehydrator or oven.

If oven drying set at lowest temperature, lay on wire racks and leave the oven door slightly ajar. Depending on the size of your pieces this process can take 3+ hours.

Store in an airtight container in the fridge and try not to consume it all on the first day.

                                                                      Travel Mix
Take some of the candied vegetables and add shredded coconut, pepitas, sunflower seeds, pecans, walnuts, macadamias, almonds etc and mix well.  Store in an airtight box and take as a low carb travelling food, pack in children's lunch box or just enjoy at home.
 



Pharmacology researchers link high-carb diet to Type 2 diabetes

After a two-year investigation, Professors Kaushik Desai and Lily Wu have discovered diets high in carbohydrates are probably a mechanism for the skyrocketing rates of Type 2 diabetes.

The work by Kaushik Desai and Lily Wu, professors in the U of S College of Medicine's Department of Pharmacology, focused on methylglyoxal (MG), which is produced naturally as the body metabolizes glucose consumed in carbohydrates.

What they have found is that high levels of MG produce all the features of Type 2 diabetes, including damage to insulin producing cells in the pancreas, insulin resistance and impairment of body tissue to use glucose properly. Their findings are set to be published in the March issue of the American Diabetes Association journal Diabetes.

http://www.medicine.usask.ca/academic-units/support-units/communications/news/pharmacology-researchers-link-high-carb-diet-to-type-2-diabetes.html

Highest Common Factor

Good news all round today, well at least on the diabetes front. Three years after diagnosis, with the first three months experimenting resulting in an HbA1c of 6.1, since then all HbA1c less than 5.4. No osteoporosis, no scurvy, no kidney failure and today confirmation of the joy of helping others.

Over two years ago, a disparate group of Christians, Buddhists and atheists like me, obtained some funding to help a group of type 2 diabetics unable to fund a testing regime.

After a hard (and desperately sad process of elimination), 19 people were chosen for help. Today, I received news that of the 19, 15 had kept their HbA1c below 6 for the year.

We can make a difference!

John

Featured great food of the week Tomatoes

Tomatoes are now eaten freely throughout the world, and their consumption is believed to benefit the heart among other organs. They contain lycopene, one of the most powerful natural antioxidants. Rich in vitamin C and very low carb.
　

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell

If you had believed the resident dietitian and the lowcarb antis, you may have come to the conclusion, a lowcarber had the life expectancy of a kamikaze pilot. Even if you survived the first six months, you would become riddled with osteoporosis and scurvy. Kidney failure was a certainty. When that did not have us running back to the starch laden junk, we were told our brains would turn to mush, and cognitive disorders were on the way, turning us into gibbering baboons. Mood swings, so bad from lack of serotonin, would turn us into crazed axe murderers. In short, we were all doomed.
　
Well, our rib cages have not turned to dust, nor our spines collapsed, we are not getting around on Zimmer frames. The much threatened scurvy has yet to manifest itself, nothing has fell off. Some of our team are coming up to three years as diabetics, and well over two and a half years as lowcarbers, we are all doing well. Non diabetic BG numbers, lipids of kids, and reduced weight, we are still alive and kicking.

Other than insulin, nothing comes close to reversing the symptoms of type two diabetes like a low carb diet and regular exercise ! If you believe drugs are the answer, then you are already on too many drugs. Don’t become a victim of the junk food and pharmaceutical industries. They are only interested in your money. Sure they know there is no money in dead people, the trick is to keep you alive, well, sort of midway between really living and dying, how many drugs really cure people of anything ?


Eddie

The lowest common denominator !

Meanwhile over on the forum of flog ! aka diabetes.co.uk

Newbie’s are still being greeted with this copy and paste job.

“The latest 2010 NICE guidelines for Bg levels are as follows:

Fasting (waking and before meals).......between 4 - 7 mmol/l...(Type 1 & 2)
2 hrs after meals........................no more than 8.5 mmol/l.....( Type 2)

2hrs after meals......................... no more than 9 mmol/l ......(Type 1)

If you are able to keep the post meal numbers lower, so much the better.”


What in control diabetic wants to see those sort of numbers on their BG meter. The forum has become another misinformation outlet, and old Ken is pushing the misinformation for all he is worth. He states he was in the dark and out of control for over ten years, why is he trying to get all newbie’s in the same state as him ?

Go for non diabetic BG numbers, that's in the fours, fives and sixes, it can be done, many have proved this ! Why settle for highly dangerous BG numbers that have been proved to cause diabetic complications.

Vit D and the great outdoors !

I work as a sports photographer, outdoors most of my working life. When not on a camera, I am out fishing, or walking, get that fresh air down ya, and get a good healthy dose of vit D.

If you check out this weeks great food sardines, you will see they have a very high level of vitamin D. Why take supplements when you can get all the vit. D you need from the correct food and some health promoting outdoor exercise. Start fishing, if not your thing, start walking, you know it makes sense, why fight it !

Other foods rich in vitamin D salmon, shrimps, milk, cod and eggs. Vit. D can help prevent type two diabetes, insulin resistance, heart attack, high blood pressure and stroke.

Eddie

Hypos and type two diabetics !

If you check out a certain diabetes forum these days, you could be forgiven for believing, type two diabetics are having hypos around the clock. The fact is, none insulin using type two diabetics, rarely suffer from hypos. For most of the time, type two’s are fighting to keep BG number down, not up ! Hypos are very rare, unless you are on a multi medication regime to control BG numbers, or suffering from Cugila induced mass hysteria. Jeez, that guy is more dangerous than four pounds of sweating gelignite !

If you are a type two diabetic, on none or minimal meds, i.e. Metformin, and use diet and exercise for safe control of BG numbers, hypos are the last thing you need to concern yourself with.


Eddie

Featured great food of the week

Sardines are rich in numerous nutrients that have been found to support cardiovascular health. They are one of the most concentrated sources of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA, which have been found to lower triglycerides and cholesterol levels; one serving (3.25 ounce can) of sardines actually contains over 50% of the daily value for these important nutrients. Sardines are an excellent source of vitamin B12, second only to calf's liver. Vitamin B12 promotes cardiovascular well-being since it is intricately tied to keeping levels of homocysteine in balance; homocysteine can damage artery walls, with elevated levels being a risk factor for atherosclerosis. A true super food that will not break the bank !

Please visit  a fantastic food website http://whfoods.org/

Diabetes for life, has been miraculously resurrected.

After three months lying in a mortuary, the diabetes forum Diabetes for life, has been miraculously resurrected. Well sort of.

The moderator known as SueM, aka SarahQ, aka “I fill my face with carbs” signature "a balenced diet is a cake in each hand" posted this on Monday.

 “The intensive use of therapy to chase aggressive blood sugar targets in patients with type 2 diabetes results in increased five-year mortality, a new analysis of the ACCORD study shows”

Old Sue was never slow in dredging up old chestnuts and myths surrounding low carbing, clearly nothing has changed ! If you have hung around some diabetes forums over the last few years, you could not have failed to notice, the people most against low carbing, are type one’s, very often on an Insulin  pump. Now, if they had shown good control, I would have had some respect for them, but although I admire their honesty, their idea of good control is pitiful. From diabetic partners being saved by hypo sensing dogs, to retinopathy and other complications, add to that the sad and untimely death of one high profile pump user, get my point !

Why do highly medicated type one diabetics, very often with poor control, feel they have the answers for diet controlled type two’s ?

Maybe Diabetes for Life should have stayed dead !


 

New analysis of the ACCORD study

“The intensive use of therapy to chase aggressive blood sugar targets in patients with type 2 diabetes results in increased five-year mortality, a new analysis of the ACCORD study shows”

A paragraph from the original study.

“At enrolment, ACCORD participants averaged 62 years of age and were obese. In addition to having type 2 diabetes for an average of 10 years, about one-third had pre-existing heart disease, and the remainder had at least two additional cardiovascular disease risk factors. They also had high blood sugar, as measured by the haemoglobin A1C test, which shows average blood sugar in the preceding two to three months. Half of participants had an A1C over 8.1 percent - above the currently recommended target for good control. A1C values in people without diabetes are less than 6 percent”

Need I say more ! Most of the participants had one foot in the grave before the trial started ! Some use this study to convince us we should not go for non diabetic numbers, idiots !

Eddie

As good as it gets !

If you want to reduce BG numbers to non diabetic, if you want to lose excess weight, if you want to stay fit and healthy, this is the food for you. A salad made from iceberg lettuce, bacon lardons, avocado pear, olives, tomatoes, feta cheese, extra virgin olive oil, add some black pepper and a tiny amount of salt. Great food for all, whether diabetic or not. If you should stumble onto this blog, go for it, get your children to eat this way, It can only do them good !

 

The low-fat trend finally appears to be on its way out !

The low-fat trend finally appears to be on its way out. The notion that saturated fats are detrimental to our health is deeply embedded in our Zeitgeist—but shockingly, the opposite just might be true. For over 50 years the medical establishment, public health officials, nutritionists, and dieticians have been telling the American people to eat a low-fat diet, and in particular, to avoid saturated fats. Only recently, have nutrition experts begun to encourage people to eat “healthy fats.”

In 2001, Dr. Hu, writing in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition, noted, “It is now increasingly recognized that the low-fat campaign has been based on little scientific evidence and may have caused unintended health problems.” Or, as Michael Pollan pithily puts it in his In Defense of Food, “The amount of saturated fat in the diet may have little if any bearing on the risk of heart disease, and the evidence that increasing polyunsaturated fats in the diet will reduce risk is slim to nil.”

And as for diabetes, there is no data to support the notion that a high-fat diet increases the risk for diabetes. Again, if anything, the opposite appears to be true. In a 2008 study reported in the Los Angeles Times article, obese men and women with metabolic syndrome (a precursor to diabetes) that went on a high saturated-fat, low-carb diet saw their triglycerides drop by 50 percent and their levels of good H.D.L. cholesterol increase by 15 percent.

Keep in mind, there is one type of fat that is implicated in high cholesterol, atherosclerosis, heart disease, and diabetes: Trans-fat. Trans-fats raise bad cholesterol, lower good cholesterol, and increase triglycerides, they also promotes inflammation and insulin resistance, according to a 2000 article in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition. This points to the one basic axiom that always hold true: Eat real, whole foods and nothing else—now, if we could only just all agree on what those are.

http://healthimpactnews.com/2011/a-big-fat-debate-low-fat-trend-finally-appears-to-be-on-its-way-out/

　

Beta cells do not replicate after the age of 30 !

Beta cells, which make insulin in the human body, do not replicate after the age of 30, indicating that clinicians may be closer to better treating diabetes.

"We found that beta cells turnover up to about age 30, and there they remain throughout life," Buchholz said. "The findings have implications for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes."

Buchholz said there is active research in stem cell therapies to replace lost beta cells for both types of diabetes. "But with these new findings, it isn't clear how easy it will be to get the body to make more beta cells in adulthood, when it is not a natural process," he said. "At the surface, it seems like coaxing the body to do what it does naturally will be easier to accomplish."
　
www.llnl.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/Oct/NR-10-10-05.html

Carbohydrates not essential.

"There are three kinds of foods--fats, proteins, and carbohydrates. All of these provide calories. But the carbohydrates provide calories and nothing else. They have none of the essential elements to build up or to repair the tissues of the body. A man, given carbohydrates alone, however liberally, would starve to death on calories. The body must have proteins and animal fats. It has no need for carbohydrates, and, given the two essential foodstuffs, it can get all the calories it needs from them."

Sir Heneage Ogilvie, former vice president of the Royal College of Surgeons, England.

The earliest and primary proponent of an all animal-based diet was Vilhjalmur Stefansson, a Canadian explorer who lived with the Inuit for some time, and who witnessed their diet as essentially consisting of meat and fish, with very few carbohydrates - berries during the summer. Stefansson and a friend later volunteered for a one year experiment at Bellevue Hospital in New York to prove he could thrive on a diet of nothing but meat, meat fat and internal organs of animals.

His progress was closely monitored and experiments were done on his health throughout the year. At the end of the year, he did not show any symptoms of ill health; he did not develop scurvy , which many scientists had expected to manifest itself only a few months into the diet due to the lack of vitamin C in muscle meat. However, Stefansson and his partner did not eat just muscle meat - they ate fat, raw brain, raw liver (a significant source of vitamin C and others), and other varieties of offal. The no-carbohydrate and low carb diet often reverses type two diabetes.

We do not advocate a no carb diet, although this has been proved to be safe, it would be a very boring way to live. Some of us think of our way of life as being meat eating vegetarians. No, we are not trying to wind up vegetarians, but we base our food on fresh vegetables, then add high quality protein, then good fats. If you are consuming around 50 carbs per day, all from non starchy vegetables, you have a very large range to choose from. By eating the colours of the rainbow, and eating small portions, of many different types, you can get all the nutrients you need to stay healthy.

Featured great food of the week

Red Bell Pepper

Check out the vitamin c in a bell pepper. One of the many myths regarding low carbing is we can be vit c low when we drop potatoes. A red pepper has around twelve times the vit c content per hundred grams as potato. Available all year round, great when added to a roast vegetable mix, or eaten cold and raw with a salad.

For atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease, peppers also contain vitamin B6 and folic acid. These two B vitamins are very important for reducing high levels of homocysteine, a substance produced during the methylation cycle (an essential biochemical process in virtually every cell in the body). High homocysteine levels have been shown to cause damage to blood vessels and are associated with a greatly increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

The Worlds Healthiest Foods Book

I have lost count of the times I have referred to the Worlds Healthiest Foods website, a fantastic resource of very in depth information on food. From nutrient values to the best way to cook, it is a masterpiece.

After using the free website for a couple of years, I thought it was pay back time and purchased the book from Amazon, price including postage £28. The book arrived yesterday and maybe it should be renamed ‘the worlds heaviest food book’ ! At 880 pages and close to A4 size and two inches thick in paper back, it’s one hell of a beast.

I cannot recommend it highly enough, the book is not aimed at diabetics, or low carbers, but I believe the book will be priceless, for anyone wanting to understand what good food is all about, and the correct way to prepare and cook food, without wasting vital nutrients and flavours. In my opinion, this book is fantastic value for money, and an absolute must have for all foodies, check it out on the website below.

http://whfoods.org/

　
　

Gliclazide friend or foe ?

　
How it works.

Gliclazide binds to sulfonylurea receptors on the surface of the Beta islet cells found in the pancreas. This binding effectively closes the K+ ion channels. This decreases the efflux of potassium from the cell which leads to the depolarization of the cell. This causes voltage dependent Ca++ ion channels to open increasing the Ca++ influx. The calcium can then bind to and activate calmodulin which in turn leads to exocystosis of insulin vesicles leading to insulin release.

Pretty impressive eh.

That was a copy and paste job from Wikipedia, oh that I could recite that sort of jargon without notes. So the bottom line is, Gliclazide works by forcing the already damaged and overworked pancreas into outputting more insulin. It does this even if more insulin is not required to bring down blood glucose levels, hence the often reported hypos. A heavily overweight type two diabetic often has three times the serum insulin levels as a slim non diabetic, the last thing many type two overweight diabetics need, is more insulin sloshing around their system. More insulin inhibits stored fat burning and very often increases weight, thus reducing insulin sensitivity, and the vicious circle continues.

So apart from knocking out the pancreas, causing hypos and very often increasing weight, it’s not got a lot going for it. It will come as no surprise to some that world renowned diabetes expert Dr. Richard Bernstein refuses to prescribe Gliclazide. As with many type two diabetes medications, there is often a high price to pay for only a modest reduction in HbA1c. Other than insulin, nothing comes close to reducing blood glucose numbers compared with diet and exercise. To date, I can find no downside or side effects in the consumption of quality non factory produced food and a brisk two mile walk.

Eddie

Dietitians and Antis "Let them eat cake"

It’s no accident that this blog and our website features vegetables prominently. When some of us started low carbing, (getting on for three years ago), we were often told by a demented dietitian, scurvy was on it’s way. We were also eating so much protein, our kidneys would be wrecked in no time, and the amount of fat we were consuming, was a one way ticket to the knackers yard. With no shortage of low carb antis (some suffering from diabetic complications and high BG numbers) joining the chorus of doom, pushing a lowcarb lifystle was not the most relaxing of pastimes.

What seemed to escape the antis, was that we realised very quickly, that high BG numbers were highly dangerous and our first priority was to reduce them, if possible, to non diabetic. If we could do that with no or minimal medication, so much the better. Within a week, all of us saw our BG numbers plummet. At our next hospital blood tests, our home BG testing and great results were confirmed, lowcarbing was the way to reverse our type two diabetes, please note ! I did not say cure.

After reversing our diabetes, we were not slow in realising, what was the point of obtaining non diabetic blood numbers, at the expense of nutrient deficiency and leaving ourselves open to other health problems. The foods that were dropped, bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, high carb/starch, the sort of foods most dietitians, the NHS and DUK tell us we should eat, the foods that guarantee highly elevated BG numbers and expensive medication to control (often failing), are nutritionally very poor. Check out the “lowcarb diets-what are we missing" post at the beginning of this blog.

Still with me ? Good.

So, back to vegetables. Fresh vegetables are now the mainstay of our diets, in fact one of our team is a vegetarian. We add high quality protein foods, fruit (mainly berries) seeds and nuts. Total calories are topped up, with the fats that man has eaten for hundreds of thousands of years, before obesity, heart disease and type two diabetes became the huge epidemics they are today.

One more point. The dietitian, who can be spotted around various forums, squawking “it’s the junk” or “Wales are playing today” or “LOL” stated this week. “I have been misquoted by the press on several occaisions so now if they ask me for a comment i am very caeful what I say - I am a dietitian by the way!” and “Constipation is a problem for alot of low carbers - it is obvious why the fibre intake is low.” is wrong as usual. With our high vegetable intakes and the use of seeds such as ground flax, constipation is not a problem for us. Perhaps she could send her clients over here and we can put them straight ! And no, we are not laughing out loud. For us diabetics, diabetes is a very serious subject. Something the dietitian should take on board!


"Let them eat cake" supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Although they are commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette there is no record of these words ever having been uttered by her.

Excess dietary carbohydrates and deficiency in dietary fats and cholesterol linked to Alzheimer's !

　
Alzheimer's disease is a devastating disease whose recent increase in incidence rates has broad implications for rising health care costs. Huge amounts of research money are currently being invested in seeking the underlying cause, with corresponding progress in understanding the disease progression. In this paper, we highlight how an excess of dietary carbohydrates, particularly fructose, alongside a relative deficiency in dietary fats and cholesterol, may lead to the development of Alzheimer's disease. A first step in the pathophysiology of the disease is represented by advanced glycation end-products in crucial plasma proteins concerned with fat, cholesterol, and oxygen transport. This leads to cholesterol deficiency in neurons, which significantly impairs their ability to function. Over time, a cascade response leads to impaired glutamate signaling, increased oxidative damage, mitochondrial and lysosomal dysfunction, increased risk to microbial infection, and, ultimately, apoptosis. Other neurodegenerative diseases share many properties with alzheimer's disease, and may also be due in large part to this same underlying cause.
  　
Recent population studies have confirmed a correlation between low blood serum cholesterol and both dementia and Parkinson's disease. A study published in 2007 compared three elderly population groups: subjects with dementia, subjects with depression, and controls. They found that those with dementia and depression had significantly lower serum cholesterol levels than the controls. Another study looking at Parkinson's disease among the elderly showed that those with the lowest LDL had 3.5 times the risk of Parkinson's disease compared to those with the highest serum LDL levels.

"Simple dietary modification, towards fewer highly-processed carbohydrates and relatively more fats and cholesterol, is likely a protective measure against Alzheimer's disease." 


 http://people.csail.mit.edu/seneff/EJIM_PUBLISHED.pdf


　

Breakfast Shake

1/4 cup coconut milk
3/4 cup water
2 heaped tablespoons whey powder
1 tablespoon of coconut or olive or macadamia oil
handful of berries (blueberries, raspberries etc)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
sweetener if needed

Place all ingredients in blender and whizz.

If you want additional fibre in your day sprinkle a tablespoon of LSA on top when serving in a glass or stir in a tablespoon of psyllium husk.

Diabetes.co.uk

These days, I’m in a transition period and trying to see good in almost all. My old friends at D.co.uk sent me a message today, stating and I quote.“High cholesterol is bad for everyone, diabetic or not.

High cholesterol levels should be treated seriously, because they strongly contribute to two of the most common types of death amongst people with diabetes; heart attack and stroke.”

If this is true, how come the French and the Swiss have far higher cholesterol levels than the average UK person, yet have far less heart attacks and strokes. The people that have the lowest cholesterol levels, the Australian aborigines have a heart disease rate around 30 times that of France and 15 times the  UK, fact.


Cholesterol levels have absolutely zilch correlation regarding the levels of heart disease, full stop! The awake and enlightened medics know this, full stop ! The lower the measured cholesterol levels, the higher the risk of serious health problems, full stop ! Check out the WHO’s MONICA study !

Check out Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, a UK Doctor who has forgotten more than the average HP will ever know regarding cholesterol levels and heart disease.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8SSCNaaDcE

Heart Surgeon Admits Huge Mistake !

By Dwight Lundell, MD

Part 1 of a 2-part article (see part 2 in link below)

We physicians with all our training, knowledge and authority often acquire a rather large ego that tends to make it difficult to admit we are wrong.  So, here it is I freely admit to being wrong.  As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having performed over 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific fact.

I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labeled "opinion makers."  Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol.

The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. The latter of course we insisted would lower cholesterol and heart disease.  Deviations from these recommendations were considered heresy and could quite possibly result in malpractice.

It Is Not Working!

These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible.  The discovery a few years ago that inflammation in the artery wall is the real cause of heart disease is slowly leading to a paradigm shift in how heart disease and other chronic ailments will be treated.

The long-established dietary recommendations have created epidemics of obesity and diabetes, the consequences of which dwarf any historical plague in terms of mortality, human suffering and dire economic consequences.

Despite the fact that 25% of the population takes expensive statin medications and despite the fact we have reduced the fat content of our diets, more Americans will die this year of heart disease than ever before.

Statistics from the American Heart Association show that 75 million Americans currently suffer from heart disease, 20 million have diabetes and 57 million have pre-diabetes. These disorders are affecting younger and younger people in greater numbers every year.

Simply stated, without inflammation being present in the body, there is no way that cholesterol would accumulate in the wall of the blood vessel and cause heart disease and strokes.

Without inflammation, cholesterol would move freely throughout the body as nature intended.  It is inflammation that causes cholesterol to become trapped.

Inflammation is not complicated -- it is quite simply your body's natural defense to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus.  The cycle of inflammation is perfect in how it protects your body from these bacterial and viral invaders.

However, if we chronically expose the body to injury by toxins or foods the human body was never designed to process, a condition occurs called chronic inflammation. Chronic inflammation is just as harmful as acute inflammation is beneficial.

What thoughtful person would willfully expose himself repeatedly to foods or other substances that are known to cause injury to the body?  Well, smokers perhaps, but at least they made that choice willfully.

The rest of us have simply followed the recommended mainstream diet that is low in fat and high in polyunsaturated fats and carbohydrates, not knowing we were causing repeated injury to our blood vessels.  This repeated injury creates chronic inflammation leading to heart disease, stroke, diabetes and obesity. 

Let me repeat that. The injury and inflammation in our blood vessels is caused by the low fat diet that has been recommended for years by mainstream medicine.

What are the biggest culprits of chronic inflammation? Quite simply, they are the overload of simple, highly processed carbohydrates (sugar, flour and all the products made from them) and the excess consumption of omega-6 vegetable oils like soybean, corn and sunflower that are found in many processed foods.

See part 2 in link below !

http://members.iimetro.com.au/~hubbca/new_page_1.htm