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Fri, 12 May 2000 11:57:08 -0700
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Re: The ideal energy food from pleistocene to now?
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On Fri, 12 May 2000 13:25:51 EDT, Mary Craddock <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 5/12/00 10:46:30 AM CST, [log in to unmask] writes:
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><< But cortisol has undesirable
> effects as well, so it's not such a bad idea to use dietary
> carbohydrate to keep blood glucose up.  Thus the Eades don't
> recommend eating less than 40g of carb per day, as a bare
> minimum.
> >>
>
>will you provide more info on the undesirable effects of cortisol? just
>interested.

Cortisol prevents release of essential fatty acids from cell membranes.   This
process is needed for eicosanoid creation, among other things (if you don't know
about eicosanoids, you should read one of the relevant books by Eades or Sears).
Suffice it to say that they regulate your entire hormonal system.


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Cheers,

Ken
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