Fat plays by some pretty specific rules.

1. In humans, insulin is the most potent hormone inhibiting lipolysis (breakdown of fat for use as energy)

2. Another function of the hormone insulin is that it INCREASES lipogenesis (the synthesis of triglycerides from glucose/sugar). Triglycerides are the storage units of fats found in adipose tissue.

QUICK TRANSLATION=As long as we eat sugar and have insulin coursing through our bodies to deliver that sugar for energy use by cells, we will NOT burn fat…PERIOD! And really this means any sugar: fruit, breads, multi grains, pastas, ice cream, soda, chips, candy…they are all dealt with basically the same way.

But something is amiss here. Are we not told by the nutrition experts via media to eat a low fat, multi-grain, moderate protein diet for good health. Yeah… yeah we most certainly are.

But, we continue to play by the nutritional guidelines and rules… and at the same time losing the battle of the bulge and, we are losing miserably. Here’s why…  

A. We eat carbohydrates=any of a class of organic compounds composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, including starches and sugars  (Webster’s College Dictionary)

B. Our hypothalamus receives stimulating signals from a sudden increase in blood sugars and releases hormones that directs the organs of the body responsible for energy metabolism ( e.g. pancreas, liver, small intestine) to take this surplus of blood sugar and supply it for use  “right now” as an energy source for muscle contraction; stored in muscle for later use (glycogen); or stored as surplus energy source in the liver(also called glycogen).

It is important to note that only about 500 g (1.1 lb) of glycogen can be stored, 25% in the liver and 75% in muscle.

So, a few things to consider here: If your liver and muscles are replete with glycogen and you have sugar coursing through your circulation, there is a final resting place for the surplus…Adipose tissue or better know as FAT CELLS.

You see the regulating ”switch” for uptake of sugar into fat cells by insulin transport is almost always on. And, to make things even more interesting it is a VERY simple conversion process for adipose tissue to take  a sugar and store it as a triglyceride.

This puts the Kabosh on the whole grain, “good carb” low fat eating dogma the RDA has since the 1970’s and still to this day dispenses as the truth be told for a healthy lifestyle. 

I am going to go off tangent here, but this reminds me: Do you know how farmers get cattle big and fat and ready for slaughter so relatively quick and easy?

Grains!

What kind of grains?

 Corn! (Corn is a grain…not a vegetable) 

That’s right… Corn in feed lots…

Not sticks of fat layden butter or mounds of nuts in feed lots, but a low fat grain.

Cows have an extremely low fat diet.

So, how do they get so fat?

They have a high sugar diet that never gives their pancreas a rest because it has to constantly pump out insulin and drive all that sugar into their fat stores that course through and around their muscle. We eat that muscle as steak or burgers. That meat is considered by some nutritional purists as toxic…and really, it is. But, that is for another story…

To get back to the story here though that is exactly what we humans do everyday. We violate the rules of physiology and get tricked into a state of high grain, low fat eating and pay the price. Do you want to see a laundry list of paying the price for eating a carbohydrate based diet?  Alright, you asked for it

Contributed by Nancy Appleton, PhD
Author of the book Lick The Sugar Habit

In addition to throwing off the body’s homeostasis, excess sugar may result in a number of other significant consequences. The following is a listing of some of sugar’s metabolic consequences from a variety of medical journals and other scientific publications.

1. Sugar can suppress your immune system and impair your defenses against infectious disease.^1,2
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in your body: causes chromium and copper deficiencies and interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium. ^3,4,5,6
3. Sugar can cause can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline, hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.^7,8
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in total cholesterol, triglycerides and bad cholesterol and a decrease in good cholesterol.^9,10,11,12
5. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function.¹³
6. Sugar feeds cancer cells and has been connected with the development of cancer of the breast, ovaries, prostate, rectum, pancreas, biliary tract, lung, gallbladder and stomach.^{14,15,16,17,18,19,20}
7. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose and can cause reactive hypoglycemia.^21,22
8. Sugar can weaken eyesight.²³
9. Sugar can cause many problems with the gastrointestinal tract including: an acidic digestive tract, indigestion, malabsorption in patients with functional bowel disease, increased risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis.^{24,25,26,27,28}
10. Sugar can cause premature aging.²⁹
11. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.³⁰
12. Sugar can cause your saliva to become acidic, tooth decay, and periodontal disease.^31,32,33
13. Sugar contributes to obesity.³⁴
14. Sugar can cause autoimmune diseases such as: arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis.^35,36,37
15. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).³⁸
16. Sugar can cause gallstones.³⁹
17. Sugar can cause appendicitis.⁴⁰
18. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.⁴¹
19. Sugar can cause varicose veins.⁴²
20. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.⁴³
21. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.⁴⁴
22. Sugar can cause a decrease in your insulin sensitivity thereby causing an abnormally high insulin levels and eventually diabetes.^45,46,47
23. Sugar can lower your Vitamin E levels.⁴⁸
24. Sugar can increase your systolic blood pressure.⁴⁹
25. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.⁵⁰
26. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar molecules attaching to and thereby damaging proteins in the body).⁵¹
27. Sugar can interfere with your absorption of protein.⁵²
28. Sugar causes food allergies.⁵³
29. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.⁵⁴
30. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.⁵⁵
31. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease.^56,57
32. Sugar can impair the structure of your DNA.⁵⁸
33. Sugar can change the structure of protein and cause a permanent alteration of the way the proteins act in your body.^59,60
34. Sugar can make your skin age by changing the structure of collagen.⁶¹
35. Sugar can cause cataracts and nearsightedness.^62,63
36. Sugar can cause emphysema.⁶⁴
37. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in your body.⁶⁵
38. Sugar lowers the ability of enzymes to function.⁶⁶
39. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.⁶⁷
40. Sugar can increase the size of your liver by making your liver cells divide and it can increase the amount of liver fat.^68,69
41. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney such as the formation of kidney stones.^70,71
42. Sugar can damage your pancreas.⁷²
43. Sugar can increase your body’s fluid retention.⁷³
44. Sugar is enemy #1 of your bowel movement.⁷⁴
45. Sugar can compromise the lining of your capillaries.⁷⁵
46. Sugar can make your tendons more brittle.⁷⁶
47. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraines.⁷⁷
48. Sugar can reduce the learning capacity, adversely affect school children’s grades and cause learning disorders.^78,79
49. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves which can alter your mind’s ability to think clearly.⁸⁰
50. Sugar can cause depression.⁸¹
51. Sugar can increase your risk of gout.⁸²
52. Sugar can increase your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.⁸³
53. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalances such as: increasing estrogen in men, exacerbating PMS, and decreasing growth hormone.^84,85,86,87
54. Sugar can lead to dizziness.⁸⁸
55. Diets high in sugar will increase free radicals and oxidative stress.⁸⁹
56. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.⁹⁰
57. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration and is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.^91,92
58. Sugar is an addictive substance.⁹³
59. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.⁹⁴
60. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.⁹⁵
61. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.⁹⁶
62. Your body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.⁹⁷
63. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.⁹⁸
64. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).⁹⁹
65. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.¹⁰⁰
66. Sugar can slow down the ability of your adrenal glands to function.¹⁰¹
67. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.¹⁰²
68. I.V.s (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to your brain.¹⁰³
69. Sugar increases your risk of polio.¹⁰⁴
70. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.¹⁰⁵
71. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.¹⁰⁶
72. In intensive care units: Limiting sugar saves lives.¹⁰⁷
73. Sugar may induce cell death.¹⁰⁸
74. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44 percent drop in antisocial behavior.¹⁰⁹
75. Sugar dehydrates newborns.¹¹⁰
76. Sugar can cause gum disease.¹¹¹

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Now for the $64,000 question.

How do we get rid of fat and get strong for LIFE?

Easy. There are two ”choices” we can make right now to get on the fast track to a fat free and strong life- 

1. Eat lean, grass fed meat when you can, free range chicken and eggs, wild caught fish, local grown and/or organic fruits and vegetables, raw nuts and seeds, water.  

This sounds ridiculously impractical and unrealistic I know. But, really these are the foods our bodies thrive and depend on for optimal health. This is not something we should waste too much time in refuting, though. It would be almost absurd if we were to contest these particular foods as not being the answer to all of our health concerns. But we are 21st century humans who want it all without leaving our certain comfort zones. And we will find it practical to disregard the truth so blatant and exposed for us and rather replace it with any of the common excuses so readily available to convenience our decadent pleasures.  That is just the way it goes, I guess.  And with that said, here is  the other choice-

2. Exercise. And not an aerobics class exercise program. The type of exercise program that your body needs, craves and will absolutely shed the fat and get you fit like no other is a program that will challenge you every time. A program like  WWW.MATTJENNINGSBOOTCAMPS.COM

Why is this an exercise program you should consider? Because WWW.MATTJENNINGSBOOTCAMPS.COM is an exercise program designed to amp up your metabolism for extreme fat loss and lean muscle building by stimulating hormones that cause  high level lipolysis (fat breakdown for use as fuel/energy), and at the same time preserves lean muscle for a beautifully sculpted body.

Hey, these are choices. And if the prior choices you have made are not getting you the results you deserve then the information provided in this post maybe the answers that have eluded you for far too long. No more excuses because you are now in the know.  And knowing and doing are two different things. But hey, you already know that.

Peace-

Matt

Before I ever heard of Atkins, Sears, Eades, Cordain… I had a very smart nutritional “guru” fill me in on

the “right way to eat”. His name was dad. And he gave me and my brothers and sister the greatest gift

he could have ever given us…the advice  to not eat sugar.

I was probably 10 years old (33 years ago) when he began his well intentioned enlightenment for me about exercise and nutrition. And to more accurately describe his abhorrent depiction of sugar I believe his exact words when on the topic were “SUGAR IS POISON.” 

Yeah, he made no bones about it. And I was fortunate to take this advice for the long haul and do my best to share it as tactfully as I could bare with whomever wanted to listen.

Well, today I can share that more than ever, his wisdom proves true with me as well as through science. For me, an empirical reminder that when you do not obey the rules of proper nourishment, you will pay the price.

Right before the Christmas holidays, I endulged in some homemade cookies that seem to be so ubiquitous this time of year. That turned into a little pasta here and a slice of homemade breads there and walla, kick ass sinus infection that has found me dizzy with vertigo type symptoms for over a week. And you know what, I knew that if I chose to eat these types of “foods” I should be willing to pay the price. If feeling like the top half of my head is about to explode and that I am on an all day “TILT-A-WHIRL” ride at the amusement park whos operator is laughing his ass off and won’t stop the ride is paying the price, then I am flat out broke paying the nutrition reaper and I want off this ride NOW!

Yesterday I went back on my normal HUNTER-GATHERER approach to eating and the ride is slowing down for sure and my head is getting clearer. That is why I am now writing this.

The season to get on track with nutrition and exercise doesn’t start AFTER the holidays. It starts RIGHT NOW! Get back on track with me and get sickness out of your life.

But hey, if you are willing to pay the price thats cool. Just read what might be in store for you if you continue on the “sugar train”:

I found and linked a very interesting site that supports hunter-gatherer philosophies in nutrition (the same ones that I practice). So if you need even more evidence about the harms of grains in the human diet, PLEASE read this link http://www.beyondveg.com/cordain-l/grains-leg/grains-legumes-1a.shtml

Have an awesome weekend…

and if you want to discuss…that would be cool

Peace-Matt

Because, ALL of you deserve “killer” info.  Hopefully everyone checked out last night’s e-mail.

Now, for “my boy” Dr. Scott Lloyd to tag up and send the message. Dr. Scott knows his stuff and any kick butt information he sends my way is going out there for you to devour.

                So, here we go Dr. Scott… It’s time to…

                              “ripp it up”

Peace-

Matt 

Most People, especially physicians, are unaware of what we require genetically on a cellular level for optimal health. Genetically we are programmed to eat two food groups - 1) fruit and vegetables and 2) Meat and Fish

reference: Eaton, S Boyd M.D. & Konner, M PhD. Paleolithic Nutrition: A consideration of its nature and current implications. 1985: New England Journal of Medicine 312, 283-289 (researchers warned us of the dangers of low fat high carbohydrate back in 1985!!!)

Also, as you know, commercial meat and true wild meat are very different in chemical composition. The studies that ‘prove’ that meat is no good for us are always referencing commercial meat (full of omega 6, growth hormones, antibiotics, bioaccumulation of herbicides/pesticides/and other drugs, etc) rather than wild meat or organic grass fed free range meat.

reference: James Chestnut MSc., D.C. “_The Innate Diet and Natural Hygiene_” copyright 2004 The Wellness Practice - Global Self Health Corporation.

Anyway, I wanted to help reinforce to people the importance of what you are sharing with them. Think about this for a minute: What do they feed animals to fatten them up? Answer: Grain. America has become a feed lot and we are paying the price.

Lastly, for those with cholesterol concerns go to:

http://www.ravnskov.nu/cholesterol.htm

http://www.thincs.org/

http://easydiagnosis.com/controversies.html

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/

http://www.avoidheartattack.com/

Thanks again Matt for helping us learn and grow, so we may be at our best

Many blessings

Scott

Scott Lloyd, Chiropractor

Cafe of Life

Helping Families Create Health, Happiness, and Well Being!

www.scottlloyd.info

I thought that this might interest some of you. It is a response to a question from one of my boot camp members.

She was curious as to why my 30 Day Nutrition Plan did not contain dairy. This response is a somewhat edited version.

Please read-

I do not mention dairy simply because it is non existent in my eating. And the best reason I have is that I learned years ago that the only milk that we are ever to consume is from our mother’s breast. And once our mother stops lactating, that should be the end of milk consumption as we know it. The understanding is that a mother’s milk has all the nutrients and antibodies that initially support our young immune systems, specifically in our guts. This is also our first and most important exposure to antigens that further stimulates production of antibodies that helps us fight off disease. That is it. But, I can’t stop here without expanding the idea of why we should not consume any dairy products.

Humans are the only species in the animal kingdom that considers the consumption of another species milk. This is a very important observation that most have simply never considered.

Dairy is pasteurized, and during this heating process all of the enzymes that would help us digest the lactose (sugar) in milk and absorb any significant amount of calcium from dairy is destroyed. That main enzyme is called phosphataze.

Have you ever noticed how mucous tends to build up in our saliva after consuming dairy? We simply do not have the enzyme in our bodies to breakdown the proteins and sugar in dairy. That is very telling in my eyes.

When we consume dairy the mucosal lining of our gut thickens and this thickening disrupts proper absorption of many nutrients from many other foods.

There have been large studies on osteoporosis and calcium from dairy and calcium supplements and the results are basically that both are poorly absorbed and do very little to prevent osteoporosis.

You have to consider the huge lobbying for dairy farmers in the U.S. and the fact that the calcium supplement business is a multi-billion dollar industry.

So, considering what you have just read, and there is much more info. out there than just this, I would not consider dairy as a nutritional or nourishing food group. Ever!

This next point goes a little off tangent, but still a relevant idea. Consider this for a second; if you spent a significant amount of time in zero gravity, what would happen to your bone density? You would have significant mineral loss from bone and hence an osteoporosis type of state, although temporary.( And this response in bone loss would be regardless of any dietary calcium you may be consuming in zero gravity.) But as soon as you apply load to that bone after leaving zero gravity you stimulate bone growth. And, load bearing is the most important component in retaining bone health. As far as supporting mineral (calcium +)   absorption from the foods we eat, the best foods are dark green, leafy vegetables and legumes. Greens and beans. Greens would be collard, kale, asparagus, brussel sprouts…dark leaf cabbage. Even carrots contain calcium. The list is fairly long, but the absorption of calcium and other important minerals from vegetables is sufficient.

EXERCISE AND DARK GREEN VEGETABLES. This is the best way to remain bone healthy and strong.

Peace-

Matt matt@shiftxtr.com

Executive Editor

Fitness Focus New Jersey Magazine

        www.fitnessfocusnj.com

I want to quickly cover a misunderstanding in fat loss. Notice that I did not say weight loss. There is disparity between the two concepts that can get a little confusing so, in the interest of keeping tonight’s topic hopefully short and sweet, I will simply state a few physiological rules that will help guide you to the promised land of FAT LOSS once and for all.  The key here is to understand that FACTS can not be shoved aside. As an old buddy of mine likes to say-“It is what it is”, so here we go.

In both rats and humans, insulin is the most potent hormone inhibiting lipolysis. (Translation: Eating anything carbs.except most vegetables slams on the brakes for fat loss) Exercise Metabolism (Human Kinetics) Turcotte, Richter, and Kiens-Lipid Metabolism in Exercise.

The essential hormonal changes promoting increased lipolysis (the release and breakdown of fats from adipose tissue to be used as fuel) during whole-body exercise are increased sympathoadrenal B-adrenergic stimulation (adrenalin) and decreased circulating insulin levels.  This may sound a little complicated but an example that would demonstrate this response would be if you sprinted 100 meters as fast as you could. Heavy breathing, heart just pounding, legs burning …

Think OLYMPIC sprinter-ripped, muscular, fast.

And this study from the Annals of Internal Medicine

A LOW-CARBOHYDRATE, KETOGENIC DIET vs. A LOW-FAT DIET TO TREAT OBESITY AND HYPERLIPIDEMIA

William S. Yancy Jr., MD, MHS; Maren K. Olsen, PhD; John R Guyton, MD; Ronna P. Bakst, RD; and Eric C. Westman, MD MHS

A calorie is a calorie- The assumption would be that with the same meal frequency, as long as we adjust the calories in vs. the calories out we will see the same fat loss.

(So, what we might assume is that protein, carb and fat content are insignificant) Well this is what the study found:

At the same caloric intake, a LOW CARBOHYDRATE diet resulted in significantly GREATER FAT LOSS than a LOW FAT diet.  

This is a fraction of the information out there that might get you thinking a little more when you are putting the sweet stuff in your body. And that means carbs. at large.

Remember, this is the information that the human body gives us when we put carbohydrates in it. There is a little more to the story, but I did say I would keep it short and sweet. So, if nothing else I keep my word.

MJ

If someone came up to me and asked for my best nutritional tip to start their day, this is what I would say:

“Get a large glass, squeeze ½ fresh lemon in it and fill with WATER. Start drinking. Next, get a large bowl, fill it with MATT’S SLAW (look for attachment), add a handful of raw nuts or seeds on top, drizzle extra virgin olive oil and an organic balsamic vinegar, mix and chow down. This may sound like an “unusual” breakfast, but none of us are usual to begin with. We demand high performance in our work, in our mental acuity, as a” WEEKEND WARRIOR”, playing with our kids…

And this first thing in the morning nourishment meal will help us to do all of this and then some. And here’s why. Water hydrates us. It is ESSENTIAL for optimal health and performance! Lemon and raw vegetables provide all the nutrients i.e. vitamins, minerals, salts, and fiber that each and every cell in our bodies need for High Level Functioning. Secondly, raw vegetable and fresh lemon are foods that create an alkaline (ph above 7) environment in our bodies. Why is this important?

Every cell in our body functions under the complete control of our nervous system. The kicker here is that the nervous system (all of its billions of cells (neurons) thrives in a water medium (bath if you will), that is alkaline (ph above 7). So, a kick butt and happy nervous system means you are kickin’ butt and happy!!!  Cool? I knew this would make sense to you!

 Peace-MJ

SHIFT NUTRITION DAY 30

6:45 am-3 oat/blueberry pancakes

              2 caps each of JUICE PLUS orchard and garden blend

9:30 am-SUPREME protein bar

11:30 am- 2 hard boiled eggs (free range) and 1/3 cantaloupe

1:30pm- eggs salad and a serving of organic brown rice

3:30pm- handful of organic almonds 1 cup of fresh blueberries

6:15pm- handful of assorted nuts and seeds

8:00 pm- Steak Fajita

2oz. MONAVIE