Tue, Mar-01-05, 08:36
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Plan: low- to medium-carb
Stats: 114/105/105
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Progress: 100%
Location: New York City
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I don't know if this will speak directly to the issue in this thread--I hope so--but on p. 349 of Protein Power by the Eades is a section entitled "Arachidonic Acid: Nature Throws Us a Curve." The section explains that AA is the immediate precursor of "bad eicosanoids" and that the dietary variety of AA (arachidonic acid) can transform in the blood into these eicosanoids, causing a problem with weight loss even if you're doing everything else right. Thus, if you are particularly sensitive to AA, you may find that you'll be sabotaged insulin-wise, even if you do everything else perfectly. AA is found in all meats (esp. red and organ) and in egg yolks. (There's a list of symptoms associated with too much AA or sensitivity to same):
chronic fatigue
poor or restless sleep
difficulty awakening or grogginess upon awakening
brittle hair
thin, brittle nails
constipation
dry, flaking skin
minor rashes
They go on to say that it's not the saturated fat that causes most of the problems associated with such foods, it's their AA content--for those who are sensitive to AA.
Their next section explains that butter and similar products with saturated fats won't cause a problem unless you are sensitive to AA. Then you may get sabotaged
PotatoFree, that may be why they have certain dairy products in their list of okay foods--that they contain sat fats isn't the problem, according to them, as much as the AA those foods contain--if you are sensitive to the AA in sat fat foods.
Does this help?
Best, sona
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