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This pie recipe, adapted by NCNM's Ericha Clare, ND, MAc from Raw Food Made Easy: For 1 or 2 People, has surprising health benefits. Chocolate contains antioxidants, the avocados and nuts have healthy fats, and the dates are a great source of minerals. Plus, there is no refined sugar, no gluten, no dairy, and no eggs!

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Notes on an online lecture by David Perlmutter MD on the effects of grains in the diet on brain function... his book on the same subject is just out.

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If Americans snacked only occasionally, and in small amounts, this would not present the enormous problem that it does. But because so much money and effort has been invested over decades in engineering and then relentlessly selling these products, the effects are seemingly impossible to unwind. More than 30 years have passed since Robert Lin first tangled with Frito-Lay on the imperative of the company to deal with the formulation of its snacks, but as we sat at his dining-room table, sifting through his records, the feelings of regret still played on his face. In his view, three decades had been lost, time that he and a lot of other smart scientists could have spent searching for ways to ease the addiction to salt, sugar and fat. “I couldn’t do much about it,” he told me. “I feel so sorry for the public.”

SOURCE
NY Times article on the science behind Addictive Food. For sure, the objective is profits, not health.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/24/magazine/the-extraordinary-science-of-junk-food.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

Splenda is now offering "healthy" products: splenda with antioxidants, B vits, and fiber (heh)

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sites for assessing micronutrient contents of food
www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
www.nutritiondata.com

( our last nutrition I lecture with professor Gerber, moved forward from same date 2009, already got thyroid, anemia bits )

(in these notes IR = insulin resistance)

( notes from Miller endocrinology 2011 )

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The high fructose corn syrup industry has petitioned for a name change. Lipstick on a pig. It hasn't passed yet but it seems that it may. They claim it's to alleviate confusion, but really it's because HFCS has gotten so much bad press, with good reason. It causes non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. It may have mercury in it. It's generally bad bad BAD for you, empty calories, even cheaper for the manufacturer than real cane sugar. So watch for "corn sugar".

SOURCE
http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/corn-refiners-petition-fda-for-use-of-corn-sugar-as-alternate-name-to-high-fructose-corn-syrup-102845349.html

7/2010 report from Cardiff School of Health Sciences in Wales
n = 655 men
41 of those men reported eating honey regularly
followed them for 25 years, examined diets
honey eaters significantly less likely to die
‘hazard ratio for all-cause mortality’ dropped 56% even when adjusted for possible confounders
(95% confidence limits 0.23, 0.86; P<0.017)

( abstract and lots more honey info )

Lots of new info in this article from Mercola. For example: fructose increases your absorption of glucose.

And another speaker on Obesity here:
http://videomedia2.swedish.org/mediasite/SilverlightPlayer/Default.aspx?peid=cd8c7aa15bc94a0486f4ee9b66ef8f8f

DIABETES and HYPOGLYCEMIA

( notes )

( notes on a mechanism by which sugar causes depression: BDNF )

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People don't die of old age, they die of neglect.
Awesome photo montage here on "aging" from Mercola's site. Also Jack's videos on how to stay healthy are quite good.

What enzyme shuts down gluconeogenesis?
fructose 1,6 phosphate
shuts down gluconeo when F6P or F26P concentrations rise

What two enzymes begin the process of breaking down glucose?
hexokinase in muscle and glucokinase in liver

What other sugar can hexokinase work on?

( self quiz, these are the ones I need to remember for boards )

What presents with acute ascending paralysis bilaterally, starting in the feet?
GBS

What infectious agent do you suspect if your pt presents with bilateral facial neuropathy?
Borrelia burgdorferi

What's a common incorrect treatment for trigeminal neuralgia?
dentists pull teeth unnecessarily

( Self-quiz from Miller's notes )

This web site has tons of great diet/nutrition info.
Here's an article that explains the glycemic index:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/foods/grains/gigl.html

( notes )

INTERESTING TIMES

are better than no times at all.

Entries tagged with sugar

Chocolate Pie is Good For You

Grain Brain

‘These People Need a Lot of Things, but They Don’t Need a Coke.’

Mercola on Splenda---and he knows, he wrote the book

Mineral Nutrition: Copper, Iodine, Zinc, Manganese

Adipokines and Obesity, Insulin Resistance

Hyland Recalls Homeopathic Teething Tablets

Corn Sugar is a Disguise of an Old Ingredient.

Honey is Good For You

The Latest on Sugar

UCSF Pediatric Endocrinologist on Fructose

Nutrition IV (week 3)

Sugar and Depression

Nutrition 2 Final Exam Review

Nutrition Lecture Week 9: Paleolithic Diet, Blood Types, Sweeteners

On Aging

Biochem High Points: Carb Metabolism

Pathology of the Peripheral Nervous System

Glycemic Index of Food

Why High Fructose Corn Syrup is More Fattening than Sugar

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