Mon, Mar-25-02, 11:45
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Plan: mostly paleo
Stats: //
BF:also don't care
Progress: 100%
Location: West Coast, USA
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for people still having this problem with defending a LC eating style, I found the following lucid explanation from a herbal supplement website (energywave). I edited a few words, and it's all true, and perhaps a simple explanation of these two kinds of overweight would help others "get it"
"Calorie Sensitivity
One metabolic type is referred to as "calorie sensitive." For these individuals the standard low calorie diet and increased exercise will do the trick. They tend to lose weight quickly on a low calorie program and are generally not more than 10 to 25 pounds over weight.
Symptoms:
* Normal body weight when younger but slowly gained weight after age 30
* Presently over weight by up to 25 pounds
* Normal appetite at appropriate times (mealtimes)
* Few food cravings
* Maintained basically the same eating habits through life
* Eat three meals a day
* After gaining extra body weight, tapered off in weight gain
* Only a few of the carbohydrate intolerance symptoms (listed next)
Carbohydrate Intolerance
Those more heavily overweight (more than 30 lbs. Of excess body fat) do not respond well to low calorie diets. They tend to regain weight rapidly after stopping a diet. Carbohydrate intolerance is also known as hyper-insulinism. The pancreas secretes too much insulin on a somewhat regular basis. Hyper-insulinism is linked to fluid retention and hypertension (high blood pressure). Over time this can lead to heart damage.
Excess insulin can result in hypoglycemia and adult onset diabetes.
The function of insulin is to remove excess sugar (glucose) through converting it to triglycerides. Triglycerides are then stored in fat cells.
People with carbohydrate intolerance tend to have food cravings, especially for sugary foods.
Symptoms:
* 25 lbs. Or more overweight
* Tendency to be overweight through life
* Overweight since a child
* Poor appetite; skip meals or don?t think about eating
* Prefer not to eat in the mornings
* Food cravings that temporarily go away when starch or sugary foods are eaten, then return
* Intense cravings for specific foods
* Most of the symptoms listed under advanced carbohydrate intolerance apply to you.
Advanced Carbohydrate Intolerance
Symptoms:
* Nervousness, Irritability, Needless worrying
* Fatigue & exhaustion
* Faintness, Dizziness
* Cold sweats, Shakiness, Weak spells
* Depression, Insomnia
* Drowsiness (after meals and in afternoon)
* Headaches
* Digestive disturbances with no obvious cause
* Forgetfulness, Mental confusion
* Rapid pulse after eating certain foods
* Muscle pains, Leg cramps
* Antisocial behavior, Over-emotion, crying spells
* Lack of sex drive
* Blurred vision
* Shortness of breath
* Signing and excess yawning, cravings for starch and sugar rich foods
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