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Dr. Z's
Weight Loss Express
- The Problem
part 2
The food
we eat and drink
- Good
health must be the primary concern
- Most people
eat too many carbohydrates, for
details read the hypoglycemia section
- Sugar
consumption has been and is still skyrocketing
- Alcoholic
beverages are just "fermented sugar water"
- Carbohydrates
(glucose) are used to provide energy to the body (muscles,
brain, nervous system)
- The liver
and muscles can store small amounts of glucose (glycogen)
- Carbohydrates-especially
simple sugars-are absorbed rapidly from the intestines into the
blood stream and cause nearly instant rise
in blood sugar levels
- In response
to high blood sugar levels the pancreas produce high
levels of insulin
- High insulin
levels lead to rapid lowering of blood sugar levels
- This leads
to a strong sense of hunger and
hypoglycemia symptoms
- This typically
leads to further carbohydrate craving and ingestion
- This again
leads to high levels of blood sugar
- High blood
sugar levels cause the pancreas to release high levels of insulin
- The yo-yo
effect continues and escalates
- Insulin
is called the "storage hormone"
- All excess
blood sugar is stored as fat in the fat cells of the body
- Weight
gain and obesity follows: You gain weight!
Insulin,
hunger, blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes
- Eating
sugar and high carbohydrate meals causes high blood sugar levels
- High blood
sugar levels cause the pancreas to release high amounts of insulin
- High insulin
blood levels cause blood sugar levels to drop fast and often below
normal
- High insulin
levels lead to increased sense of hunger
- Increased
hunger leads to more eating
- This leads
to further high insulin level
- Continuous
high insulin levels lead to insulin resistance
of the cell receptors
- Insulin
resistance keeps the blood sugar from entering the cells
- The cells
are deprived of energy - fatigue
is the result
- Blood
sugar remains in the blood - blood sugar level rise and remain high
- Blood
fat (triglycerides and cholesterol) levels rise
- Fat
and cholesterol deposits occur in the blood vessels
- This eventually
leads to high blood pressure and
damage to the blood vessels
- Heart
problems follow
- Continues
high insulin levels lead to the failure of
the pancreas
- Diabetes
follows
Protein
and Fats
- Protein
is the true key of life (enzymes,
neurotransmitters, hormones, muscles, bones, blood, etc.)
- The body
can convert protein into glucose
to make energy available
- The body
cannot
convert carbohydrates into protein
- You can
exist and do well on a high protein diet with little or no carbohydrates
- You cannot
exist on a diet with very little or no protein for very long
- Fat
in moderation is important for good health
- Fat slows
down intestinal absorption of food
Digestive
problems and "empty" foods
- It is
our clinical experience that the digestive
system and proper nutrition is the key
to optimum health
- A well
functioning digestive system is essential for proper nutrition and
elimination
- Many people
suffer from undiagnosed or wrongly treated digestive
disturbances
- Any diet
without proper digestive function is at best useless
- Most of
our foods are grown on mineral deficient soils
- Most of
our modern processed foods are devoid of essential
vitamins and minerals
Why most
Fad Diets don't work!
- Fad
diets
often rely on simply reducing caloric intake
- The body
interprets this as starvation
- Hunger
produces stress
- Stress
hormones adrenaline and cortisol are
released to maintain proper glucose levels
- Stress
hormones increase blood pressure
and cause irritability, panic attacks,
etc.
- Stress
hormones initiate muscle protein break
down to make glucose available for
energy
- This leads
to loss of muscle mass, not fat loss
- Damage
to heart muscle and other muscles may follow
- Blood
sugar levels rise in response to the protein break down
- High
insulin levels follow
- Increased
sense of hunger follows with more stress
- The viscous
cycle continues
- Thyroid
hormone is the fire of metabolism.
In response to a starvation diet the body desperately reduces thyroid
hormone production in order to slow down metabolism
(similar to hibernation)
- No fat,
or very little, is lost - only water and muscle mass
- At the
end of such a fad diet you may actually gain
more weight faster because of the reduced metabolism
The
Solution
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