OT: Exercise program for the over-40 crowd.

[cognitivefun]

Read the new NIH guidelines on diet. Moderate amounts of carbs are good for you. I love my carbs.
The key is a balanced diet.

A "balanced" diet would make me sick, that I know for sure.

Hrigh carbs aren't good for many people.

My family has a history of high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes.

If I ate like other people do, I'd be very sick.

I think genetics plays a part in it. I have no doubt that low carb diets help many people who are suffering from high BP because I've seen it for myself. Many people would rather take medicine than consider major lifestyle changes and that is perfectly fine.

 

[clearblue]

A little Yorkshire Terrier beside you on the couch while watching T.V. and beside you in bed. Mine even lays on a little down comforter by the computer,and sits on the armrest and protects her car when it's time to go for a ride.

 

[arty]

Dogs are addictive. I used to have a standard poodle, and when he died, we went through dog withdrawal.
We then got a miniature poodle. They are more highstrung than standards, but this guy is smart.
Having a dog sleeping on your foot or lap is relaxing.
Just stay away from dogs with a history of abuse....they can stress you out, just like people can.

 

[arty]

Since there are no replies, I thought that I would talk to myself.
Some processed carbs are heavy on salt. Just look at the label on a package of bread. It may be the salt, but not the carbs that raises blood pressure.

I stopped eating much bread because of all of the salt in it, but you can not pry the pasta out of my cold dead hands!

High carbs are not good for you, since that would mean lots of calories. If you have high blood sugar, then you could have a problem, since carbs are converted to sugar - but so is everything.

 

[cognitivefun]

High carbs are not good for you, since that would mean lots of calories. If you have high blood sugar, then you could have a problem, since carbs are converted to sugar - but so is everything.

No, this isn't true.

There are three forms of energy -- fat, protein and carbs. Carbs are long chains of sugar molecules that get broken up in your body starting with enzymes in your saliva.

Sugar gets transported rapidly to your bloodstream through your liver. It can be used for instant energy but basically it is stored either as glycogen, for short term storage in your liver and muscles, or if your glycogen stores are full, then it is converted into fat, transported as blood triglycerides and deposited into fat.

When protein or carbs are eaten, your body secretes insulin. Insulin tells every cell in your body that it is time to take up nutrients. Its opposite is glucagon, that tells every cell it is time to put out nutrients.

Insulin raises blood pressure and causes a host of other things. My knowledge is very simplistic on this whole thing of course.

Too many carbs are bad because they trigger insulin and they are stored as fat. People with heart problems, diabetes etc. often have high triglycerides and will especially benefit in reducing carbs. The idea would be to eat enough carbs to replace glycogen stores but no more. The average person has about 36 hours or so of glycogen stores in the body and at that point, the body switches more to using fat as energy. The body is now in a ketogenic state, where it burns fat for energy instead of sugar.

Dietary fat isn't converted into sugar, it is either used or stored as fat. Fat from animals we eat is usually fat the animals got from overeating carbs, for animals raised in typical factory farms. Wild meat of course is very lean.

Either way, fat doesn't raise insulin levels like carbs do.

 

[Kismet]

I figure it's that I don't get any cardio vascular work any more- it's been a few months now since I cut wood for the stove.

That could explain a bunch of stuff. You also gotta, just GOTTA watch the processed sugar intake...creates a bio-chemical roller coaster.

Think there was a book called SUGAR BLUES long ago.


wacherass, hear?

 

[arty]

Anything that you eat is either turned into energy or is secreted or becomes part of you.
Some fats are needed, and some are excessive. There is nothing intrinsically wrong about any normal sort of food, whether it is fat, carb, or other stuff.
There is nothing wrong with salt, but I like to keep it out of my diet.
But most people consume too many calories, and too much fat.
It isn't as if fat is good for you and carbs are bad. An unbalanced diet is bad, if we are to believe the surgeon general and NIH.
If you eat excessive fat, the stuff will get burned or absorbed into a fatty body or secreted - or will line your arteries, depending on how much junk you put into your mouth.

I like chocolate too, but will not eat it every day.
Fat is no monster, but I would rather cut my fat intake way down, and I also limit my intake of most foods.
If I ate all that I wanted to eat, I'd fill the house.