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Fats, Sugar, Salt & Cholesterol -the video interview!

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The interest in this video has been amazing and thank you to all who have watched it all. You don’t have to  because those with less time here are the “bite-sized” topic-based links below.

Interview

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International Presentation Link

Useful References (linked)

  1. Ravnskov U, McCully KS Ann Clin Lab Sci. 2009 Winter;39(1):3-16.Review and Hypothesis: Vulnerable plaque formation from obstruction of Vasa vasorum by homocysteinylated and oxidized lipoprotein aggregates complexed with microbial remnants and LDL autoantibodies.
  2. Wainwright G, Mascitelli L, Goldstein M. Archives of Medical Science. 2009;5(3):289-295. Review paper Cholesterol-lowering therapy and cell membranes. Stable plaque at the expense of unstable membranes?.
  3. Seneff S, Wainwright G, Mascitelli L. Review paper Is the metabolic syndrome caused by a high fructose, and relatively low fat, low cholesterol diet?. Archives of Medical Science. 2011;7(1):8-20. doi:10.5114/aoms.2011.20598
  4. Seneff S, Wainwright G, Mascitelli L. Review Paper Nutrition and Alzheimer’s disease: The detrimental role of a high carbohydrate diet
    Seneff, Stephanie et al. European Journal of Internal Medicine , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , 134 –

“Low Carb” Lifestyle for a better approach to Weight-Loss & Health.

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It seems obvious now that if your GP tells you that you can no longer process the sugars in your blood (diagnosing pre-diabetes) you can fix it by eating less sugar generating foods (Carbs).

So why isn’t everyone getting slimmer and healthier.

The dietary advice we get from many agencies is still contradictory and wrong. We’re told to eat less fat, salt and sugar and then told to eat starchy (sugar generating foods) and vegetable oils – All bad advice for humans

Clearly this ain’t working but something better is now starting to happen.

A small but growing number of people have decided that if they can’t handle Carbohydrates (Diabetes) they should limit them to less than they burn in a day. That way they will bring blood sugar down towards normal and stop storing the excess sugar in their expanding waistlines. They are becoming slimmer and healthier.

Seven years ago after publishing a research review I decided to get myself checked. A Diabetic Clinician told me that I needed insulin and was was on a one-way journey of decline. They said all I could hope was to slow it down. With my research knowledge I declined the advice on offer and requested a further review in 3 months time.  Eating lots of Carbs was now going to be harmful! I lowered my carbohydrate intake to 100g per day (a modest but easy target). , I knew I could burn all that carbohydrate in a day,  At the review my astonished Clinician said I was on well on my way toward good control without medical intervention. At that clinician failed to investigate what I had done!

Two years later  I softened my stance and accepted Metformin thinking it was OK and would  help me control my blood sugars. I settled into a stable period of good sugar control, improved waist line and my weight.

Two years ago, I was inspired by a gadget which I could wear that recorded my sugar level all day and graphed it on my laptop. This allowed me to find out more about how my lifestyle was affecting my sugar. Diet, Activity and stress all play their part. But in 2017 I was told I was no longer diabetic.

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In remission as a prediabetic I stopped needing Metformin, but I was too late stopping. My dentist noticed a problem on my tongue and after further investigation suggested I should get checked out for a vitamin B12 deficiency. A cascade of problems was now in play.

I am now well and moving back to diabetes remission with full health thanks to an amazing and timely intervention by the Yorkshire Heart Centre, They too accepted my reasons for not taking statins (a separate blog) and I am now only taking a cardio-aspirin once a day, walking up to 14 miles a day in the dales and feeling really good

I have to say that the dietary advice is at best patchy but the Low Carb Lifestyle is now acknowledged and aapproved by the NHS (UK) for reversing mature-onset diabetes. In fact a lot of troubles that are thought of as “Old Age” are improved by Low Carb Lifestyle, Mindfulness and Exercise.

Sunscreen

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In the New Scientist magazine there is a report entitled “Too much sunscreen? Why avoiding the sun could damage your health” which is something I have discussed with Dr Stehanie Seneff on many occasions as we investigated the role of “Cholesterol Sulphate” in the skin. When your skin absorbs sunlight the sub-dermal cholesterol sulphate breaks a single bond and becomes converted to Vitamin D. It would appear that sub-dermal cholesterol sulphate and sunshine is our most important source of Vitamin D. So celebrate your cholesterol in the sunshine.

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The New Scientist  makes a few other points including:

  • Sunscreens are not complete blocks
  • You can only make Vitamin D around noon as the atmosphere blocks UV from a low sun
  • A window will filter the sun, so you don’t make Vitamin D indoors
  • Sunscreen can contain chemical toxic to living things.
  • Covering up with clothing provides better protection when you’ve made enough Vitamin D.

It’s all about balance and at what latitude you live. Cover up to prevent burning and over-exposure, build your natural tan protection up in the spring and ensure you get a store of Vitamin D for the winter. If you need to supplement (important in northern winters) don’t forget to use one with Vitamin K2 as they work in synergy with Calcium.

Quantum Existentialism – Beyond Evidence.

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Illusion of Individuality – only a transient swirl in the mists of existence?
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  • Entangled across all existence
  • Other informs self
  • Self informs other
  • Intellect conversing with senses
  • Senses providing evidence
  • Can senses be trusted?
  • Does instrumentation extend senses?
  • Thinking and existing
  • Episodic in time
  • Experienced in imagination
  • Experienced in consciousness
  • Some is perceived, much is hidden
  • A quantum of existence

Intelect versus Senses!

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As scientists we must rationally examine the concept of conscious existence in both an intellectual and the physical sensory world  We explore “What are we and where are we?” This life journey progresses as a rationally intellectual and emotionally sensational adventure.

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In science we are able to experience the physical world by using a range of instruments and analysis of patterns which extend our understanding and satisfaction of curiosity. We can look at the Universe using a vast array of instruments to see what was once invisible in history – Astronomy, Spectroscopy, Microscopy – they extend the scope our senses and sensations. This allows our intellect to experience and understand the universe of our existence in an ever-increasing and thrilling detail.

A quote from Democritus warns us to test our intellectual relationship with sensational observation and maintain a healthy, but not unreasonable, scepticism. After all this is our conscious reality. To paraphrase Democritus:

Intellect: “Apparently there is colour, sweetness, bitterness, but actually there are simply atoms in the void.”

Senses: “Oh intellect it is we who provide the very evidence by which you would overthrow us? You can only know what we tell you.”

Our minds can of course cross-examine the evidence and test its validity from several directions, We can test its ability to predict out comes. Observe the facts, form a hypothesis and attempt to prove and, also test, the hypothesis under new conditions. It may become a useful and accepted idea. As scientists we know that the models we use will need to change as we find contradictions and doubts in future observations. Stay rational but be sceptical because the journey continues.