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.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Tanner [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 2:26 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: [EVOLUTIONARY-FITNESS] REDUCE Gh Release
>
> [Tom Tanner]
> Many things gradually reduce natural GH release:
>
> 1) Insulin levels going up.
> 2) Glucose levels going up.
> 3) Fatty Acids levels going up.
> 4) Lack of exercise.
> 5) Increasing BMI.
> 6) Free radical damage of the control systems.
>
> Restoring Melatonin levels at night will help to restore night time GH
> release.
>
> But your Insulin and Fatty Acids levels also need to be reduced.  That's
> where a low carb, high protein diet with moderate exercise comes in.
> Read Protein Power for a good primer.
>
> I take by amino based GH booster mix in the morning as that is a good
> time when Insulin and FFA levels are naturally low.  This time is what I
> call a "Growth Hormone Friendly Zone".
>
> I believe the good GH pulse I get, helps the body to stay in a burn FFA
> mode most of the day.  Eating carbs for breakfast tells the body to
> switch into a burn glucose mode.  I prefer my body to naturally burn FFA
> (this is not Ketosis) instead of Glucose.
>
>
>