Hi All,

Here is an Excellent site to enable quick comparisons of the nutrient
contents of most of the food we eat.

     http://www.ncenter.com/carbcharts/carbohydrate_chart.shtml

Too bad they didn't add Gylcemic Index data.  I find in interesting
where Carbs and Fat hide in our everyday foods.  I have added this site
to my web page.

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Good Health & Long Life,
 Greg Watson,
  http://www.ozemail.com.au/~gowatson



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Tanner [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:32 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS] CKD Diet
>
> Doesn't mater what you eat, just reduce intake calories to less than
> that which you burn and weight will go down.  No magic here.
>
> The body ONLY stores fat when dietary excesses of Carbs or Protein are
> eaten.  The Liver turns the excess energy into TriGlycerides and hopes
> Insulin is around to cause them to be stored in the fat cells.
>
> A low carb diet will enhance Insulin sensitivity in both fat & muscle
> cells.  This means that eating carbs on a low / no carb diet without
> exercise to empty the muscle's Glycogen stores will quickly result in
> fat storage.
>
> The hormones which activate Lipolysis (Fatty Acid release from fat
> cells) are:
>
> 1) Growth Hormone
> 2) Glucagon
> 3) Stress Hormones
>
> Eating fat will not trigger these hormones.  In most cases, it will
> suppress their release as eating a lot of fat will signal the body it
> doesn't need to use any of the fat stored around your middle.
>
> Why would the body release more Fatty Acids from it's fat stores when
> the Intestines are providing ample?
>
> Fat (TriGlycerides) is stored by Insulin, which needs elevated blood
> Glucose levels, which is caused by eating more carbs which Insulin can
> store in the Liver's or Muscle's Glycogen stores.
>
> The CKD diet does work.  It is very clever but does require a lot of
> exercise during the low carb portion to totally deplete the Muscle's
> Glycogen stores.
>
> I have no problems with the CKD diet.  However it is tricky to get it
> working well and the amount of carbs during the weekend is critical as
> too few will not fill the Muscle's Glycogen stores (and result in
> reduced exercise capacity and Muscle Protein generation) and too many
> will quickly put on fat as the fat cells are, like the muscle cells, now
> hyper sensitive to Insulin.
>
> However the medical basis is sound.
>
> I do however question the long term benefits as the dietary habits it
> teaches are not what I would say are long term healthy ones.  Pigging
> out on cabrs during the weekend may seem attractive, but what happens
> when you achieve your ideal weight?  May be not so easy to stop those
> carb pigouts.
>
> The CKD diet is mainly used by body builders who wish to get a really
> "Cut" (NO FAT) appearance before a contest.
>
>