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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (112797)	4/13/2008 10:01:40 AM
From: Pogeu Mahone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

wayne for christ sake do you know a good Italian mediterranean diet? follow it and portion control. and farking do some exercise. sheech you may have been on it all your life! google.com

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (112797)	4/13/2008 7:17:07 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

FF, will a fish show you where water is? -lol- i'm trying to keep it simple, but there is a lot of relevant information. feel free to pm me with any specific questions. if you tell me what you like to eat, i can give you zoned versions of the items. the zone is designed to modulate one's hormonal response for optimal human performance. this occurs on two levels. it balances the insulin (blood glucose storage) and glucagon (blood glucose release) axis and the pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory eicosanoid axis. eicosanoids are hormones (thin prostaglandins, but there are many, many more) produced by every one of your 60 trillion cells. as it turns out, the type of eicosanoids created depend on the amount of omega 6 fatty acids in your cell membranes and the enzyme that acts upon it. this is why it took a phd lipid researcher to first see this revolutionary dietary paradigm and why so many other folks are left with a blank stare. keeping insulin and glucagon in a zone stabilizes blood sugar (which makes one feel very good and reduces hunger) and reduces the amount of the enzyme (delta-5-desaturase or d5d) that drives the omega 6 fatty acids in your 60 trillion cell membranes towards a constant pro inflammatory response. the long chain omega 3 fatty acid epa in high dose fish oil also reduces the amount of d5d available to drive the omega 6 fatty acids because d5d actually prefers to link up with epa and the result is anti-inflammatory eicosanoids. the key is balance since not all inflammation is bad - you need it to fight off bacterial and viral invaders. you can read up on eicosanoids here: drsears.com it is too technical to totally understand, but if you focus on the general concepts, you will get the general idea. the above link also gives a detailed description of why aspirin works and also why it results in stomach bleeding. on to application: the zone is real easy diet to follow, you just have to engage your mind a bit up front. you make sure to eat carbs, protein and heart healthy fats every time you eat. if you mess up, you just start off again with your next meal. the truth is that carbs, protein and heart healthy fats are all good in the right amount and all are bad in the wrong amount. why some people find this concept to be flawed is beyond my imagination because it is so obvious. carbs stimulate insulin, protein stimulates glucagon and the fat acts to control insulin response and also control your hunger. one doesn't over eat when one isn't hungry. dr. sears' discusses the eyeball method of eating in the zone here: zonediet.com Here is a 7 day meal planner (you have to log in to get this): zonediet.com My simplest meal is about 4 ozs of chicken with some kind of light seasoning, approximately 2 apples worth of fruit (i love grapes, strawberries, pears, peaches, etc...) and about 24 peanuts. That's it. i don't eat that too often because i'm busy enjoying stir fries, tortilla chicken soup, ham and mustard wraps, golean cereal, tofu soup, chicken salad, chili, etc... of course, i balance out whatever is lacking, be it carbs, fat and/or protein. as an aside, scientists have known for a looooong time that people who ate more fruits and veggies had less incidence of cancer. they have studied fruits and veggies for quite some time and haven't been able to pin point why. dr. sears believes the evidence indicates it isn't necessarily what is in the fruits and veggies, rather, it is what one is not eating when they eat lots of fruits and veggies - the high density carbs that drive d5d really high and drive all that omega 6 fatty acids into arachidonic acid - the building block for pro-inflammatory eicosanoids. another aside is that pro-inflammatory eicosanoids reduce cyclic amp within a cell and anti-inflammatory eicosanoids increase cyclic amp within cells. this is important because more cyclic amp within a cell means better cellular communication and, therefore, improved immune function. while feeling great with loads of energy is by far the best part, getting washboard abs for the first time in my life in my 40s and being able to out lift my late teens and early 20s is awful fun, too. :-) google "goodle books" and search "anti-inflammation zone" and you will be able to read most of the book online. it isn't the greatest howto book, but it is a great why book. frankly, i don't think any book is good at howto, you just have to digest the principles and learn to apply them on the fly. it is confusing until it isn't - then it is very easy. good luck - you will be very glad you did this.