Carbohydrate Tolerance

We are all different and our tolerance to carbohydrates also differs depending on:

• the quantity of carbohydrates consumed
• the quality of these carbohydrates
• the amount of time we've been consuming these different types of carbohydrates
• the genetic profile of the individual.

Videos: The Skinny on Obesity

Sorry for being repetitive, I've already posted a few of these videos earlier. They are very interesting with easy to understand animation. Enjoy!

Metabolic Syndrome

Great summary from the book Fat Chance (Robert H. Lustig) about the development of Metabolic Syndrome (in bold):

Video Presentation: Fat Chance

Recently I've been quoting a lot from the book Fat Chance, by Robert H. Lustig (I borrowed it from the library), and here's the easy-to-understand presentation. If you watch this video, you don't even need to read the book.

Enjoy!

Steve Jobs and Pancreatic Cancer

Steve Jobs was vegan, on a high-fruit (fructose or fruit sugar) diet. He died of pancreatic cancer on 5th October 2011.

Ashton Kutcher playing the Apple co-founder in the movie "Jobs", went on a high-fruit diet, and ended up in hospital with inflamed pancreas.

Does Calorie Counting Work?

Here is an interesting blog post by Dr Andreas Eenfeldt: Why Calorie Counters are Confused?

Treat Obesity with High Fat Diet - Doctors Talk

Three interviews by Andreas Eenfeldt with:

1. Eric Westman, MD, MHS - President of the American Society of Bariatric Physicians

(Bariatric means weight loss)

Dr Westman is treating his patients with a low carbohydrate and high fat diet. A quick summary of this video:

Sugar - The Bitter Truth (Dr Lustig)

When we eat, there's a hormone called leptin which signals to the brain to stop eating once we had enough calories or energy intake. When we eat a high carbohydrate meal, leptin is not doing it's job. That's why we are still hungry after a big chocolate cake, but we are not hungry even after a small high fat diet meal (if it is not consumed together with carbohydrates).