I have done so splendidly on cheese, after twenty years fruitarianism.
It caused edema at first then I adapted perfectly and the physique is
tighter
than ever before.  After our discussion of late I decided to eat
avocado
today
rather than cheese, just to test it.  Boy!  what a boring day!  Can't
believe I
was so addicted to avo for twenty years, or what I ever saw in
them--except
I was so starving for the real thing I guess it was a substitute, so
pigheaded was
I in maintaining the idealistic diet.   I felt no mental brightness as
I
felt on the cheese,
no destiny or purpose.  It was a very depressing day.  Tomorrow I'm
going
back
on the cheese--always eaten alone or after fish salad.  I think I
could live
on it,
small bites throughout the day.  I would never mix it with
starch--e.g. on
toast etc,
that would be terrible miscombining as it would go into
overstorage--yuk!
But alone,
WOW!  talk about ketotic fat-burning and bliss.  when I was fruitarian
I
would never have
been able to admit  this to a group like you--but having transcended
the
fruit-
trip and other such ideologies, I thought I'd give you something to
chew on!
Incidentally,
I don't see much difference between Atkins and Paleo; and I keep
carbos
beneath 20
a day.  Any more than that, hunger sets in with fatigue and brain fog.
After twenty years
of at least 500 carbohydrates a day (used to put away a box of dates
in one
day!) I don't
care if I ever see another fruit--and have no inclination in that
direction
whatsoever.  Living
in the desert, part of my need for fruit was WATER, so now instead of
a
grapefruit craving
I just redefine it and drink distilled water.

It just occured to me that all I've talked about for most of my life
is
diet, and I (we) am (are)
still doing it--oh well, what else is there?
----- Original Message -----
From: Elnora Van Winkle <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:14 PM
Subject: Human phsyiology, fat, and the brain

> I am a retired neurophysiologist and would like to contribute some
> thoughts on the need for more fat in our diets based on human
> physiology. Plant based diets are lacking in sufficient fat for optimal
> functioning and are lacking in some cofactors such as B-12. A problem
> with SAD diets has been the increased toxins in cooked foods, especially
> the carcinogenic effects of COOKED fat, animal and vegetable. We all
> know cooking converts nutrients into non-nutrients. Raw animal fat is an
> excellent source of fat.
>
> Energy is stored more efficiently as fat than as glycogen from
> carobohydrates. Animals may get enough fat from veggies if they are
> herbivores--they are less active and need less efficient energy. We are
> omnivores. Carnivores and omnivores are more active than herbivores, and
> need this more efficient way of storing energy. Also humans have more
> need for fat in the skin since we don't have hair to keep us warm and
> for increased brain function because of our higher intelligence. The
> synaptic connections in the brain are mostly fat and cannot function
> well in low fat diets. There are many published studies by David
> Horrobin and others on the improvement of emotional balance and brain
> function with diets that incorporate more fat.  Check out any Medline if
> you are interested. The body is so beautifully constructed that it can
> survive on diets that are not well balanced, but for optimal mental and
> physical health it works best physiologically to have a balance, and
> natural taste can determine what is needed. The gut even tries to absorb
> preferentially what it needs. Too much of anything leads to toxicosis.
> And if there is too little then metabolism is disrupted, abnormal
> quantites of metabolites accumulate, and toxicosis also results. So
> deficiences can also lead to cancer. I lost more than one long term
> vegetarian friend to cancer.
>
> Aajonus Vonderplanitz' results with remission from cancer using hi raw
> animal fat diets are statistically valid. He did not make this up. The
> reason many of his clients eventually died is that they were unable to
> stay with the diet because of their food addictions, especially
> addiction to processed and cooked carbohydrates.  I don't think raw
> carbohydrates are addicting, but it's certainly possible to eat too many
> and not enough fat. Of course it is too soon for statistics with
> Instinctive eaters who eat raw animal fat--there are not that many of
> us--but the evidence is beginning to mount. Also since I did the
> emotional detox to clear out my brain and nervous system as described in
> my article, The Biology of Emotions, (based on my scientific article
> below) my sympathetic nervous system can do its daily job of detoxing
> and I seldom get sick. My previously abnormal blood tests are now
> normal.  I tried eating a dozen raw egg yolks and then had my
> cholesterol checked. It was normal. The nervous system controls just
> about every function of the body including digestion. And because the
> toxicosis in my hypothalamus is gone, the pituitary gland can regulate
> the various hormonal balances. My hypothyroidism was also neurogenic,
> that is, when the nervous system is revved up during detox crises (ie
> symptoms)-- emotional or physical or a mix-- excess adrenaline is
> released and increases the metabolic rate. The thyroid compensates by
> putting out less thyroid hormone. Most people go to a doctor when they
> are having symptoms, i.e. detox crises, and may be diagnosed with
> hypothyroidism when there is nothing wrong with the thyroid gland. When
> there is toxicosis in the hypothalamus, there is periodic over and
> understimulation of the anterior pituitary, and consequently of many
> other hormonally controlled organs. Psychosomatic illness is better
> termed neurogenic, and while toxicois in the periphery also contributes
> to disease, a toxic nervous system is disease causing in itself. Best of
> all, my food addiction to processed and cooked carbohydrates is gone.
>
> Here is support from human phsyiology that the body prefers to store
> energy as fat.
> From Guyton, Textbook of Medical Physiology 5th ed. p. 922. "Almost all
> cells, with the notable exception of brain tissue, can use fatty acids
> almost interchangeably with glucose for energy. Fat synthesis from
> carbohydrates is especially important for two reasons: 1) The ability of
> the different cells of the body to store carbohydrates in the form of
> glycogen is generally slight: only a few hundred grams of glycogen are
> stored in the liver, the skeletal muscles, and all other tissues of the
> body put together. Therefore, fat synthesis provides a means by which
> the energy of excess ingested carbohydrates (and proteins, too) can be
> stored for later use. Indeed, the average person has about 200 times as
> much energy stored in the form of fat as stored in the form of
> carbohydrate. Each gram of fat contains approximately 2-1/2 as many
> calories of energy as each gram of glycogen. Therefore, for a given
> weight gain a person can store more energy in the form of fat than in
> the form of carbohydrate."
>
> The point here is that while we of course need carbohydrates, energy is
> more efficiently stored as fat, and we need to incorporate more fat in
> our diet than can be obtained on plant based diets. Pastured beef is an
> excellent source and have low bacterial counts. Bacteria feed on junk,
> not on healthy tissues. I believe the theory that bacteria are symbiotic
> and help clean us out.  If someone dies during a severe bacterial
> infection it might well be from the underlying toxicosis and not from
> the bacteria. But if one is switching to an all raw diet including
> animal flesh, it would be wise to do this gradually.
>
> The priciple of toxicosis (as it relates to mental illness) as a source
> of disease is now published in my article in a medical journal
> Hopefully, this will eventually bring some harmony between alternative
> approaches and the traditional medical viewpoint. Here is the abstract.
>
> The toxic mind: the biology of mental illness and violence E. Van
> Winkle, retired, Millhauser Laboratories of the Department of Psychiatry
> New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY. Mailing address:
> Murray Hill Station. P.O. Box 893, New York, NY 10156
>
> Abstract -- The continual suppression of emotions during fight or flight
> reactions results in atrophy and endogenous toxicosis in noradrenergic
> neurons. Diminished synaptic levels of norepinephrine are associated
> with depression. During periodic detoxification crises excess
> norepinephrine and other metabolites flood synapses. The norepinephrine
> overexcites postsynaptic neurons and causes symptoms ranging from mild
> anxiety to violent behavior. Some of the other metabolites, which may
> include dopamine, epinephrine, serotonin, gamma-aminobutyric acid,
> peptides, amino acids, and various metabolic waste products, are bound
> by noradrenergic receptors and alter neurotransmission. When they
> prevent norepinephrine from exciting postsynaptic neurons, depression
> returns. A mechanism is proposed for the binding of norepinephrine and
> for the effects of the other metabolites, many of which have been
> thought to be neurotransmitters. The diverse receptor proteins presumed
> to be specific for false neurotransmitters may instead encode specific
> memories. The shift in depressive and excitatory behavior is
> characteristic of nearly all nervous and mental disorders, including
> addictions, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and psychosomatic
> disorders. When toxins accumulate in regions of the brain that control
> specific activities, the symptoms observed will be related to those
> activities, giving rise to supposedly distinct disorders that represent
> the same detoxification process. Recovery can be facilitated by therapy
> and self-help measures that involve the releasing and redirecting of
> repressed emotions. Medical Hypotheses 2000; 54(1): 146-156.
>
> You can read the full article if you are interested and the self help
> measures for recovery on:
>
> http://pages.nyu.edu/~er26
>
> Please read the Endoresements. Eliminating the toxicosis in the nervous
> system will have a profound effect on the ability of the peripheral
> organs to function, and this will lead to better health.
> Ellie
>