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I'm coming to the conclusion that basically all food in some way is poison, and we should eat the foods that are the least poisonous.



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Iggle, it makes sense to me. Michaele

 



-- Edited by Michaele on Friday 5th of October 2012 10:52:27 PM

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The increased frequency of both Type 1 and 2 diabetes is certainly diet related. Equally important is the change in physical activity. Kids today spend their time on computers and iphones. Sport and exercise are unheard of. Social interaction is confined to electronic media. Adults are equally lazy and inactive. Changing this is impossible, so it makes sense to try to limit unhealthy diets. Education is the only real tool. However, it is important not to get carried away. I cannot understand the statement that sugar is both a fat and a carbohydrate. Glucose, fructose and galactose are monosaccharides, and are carbohydrates. It is true that excess fructose may be metabolised by the liver into fat. While high fructose substances such as corn syrup should be treated with caution, citing fructose as a toxin may stop people from eating fresh fruit and vegetables. It is very difficult to eat so much fruit that you get fructose overload. The diet supplement industry is large and compelling, and we should be careful about ingesting additional minerals and vitamins. HCV patients should clear all such supplements with their doctor.

HCV patients are liable to have glucose intolerance. We should get a fasting glucose, insulin and uric acid. If these are normal, we're doing OK. As Alan said, Rx is a good chance for us to evaluate our lifestyles.



-- Edited by mallani on Thursday 4th of October 2012 06:02:58 AM

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Timely for me. On my quest to get back in shape, I have embraced the idea of moving my diet towards the goal of a much lower glycemic load. I've bought into the idea that the sugar/fructose (corn syrup), and simple carbs (pasta, fries, white bread, rice) contribute to gradual insulin resistance in all of us as we age. This theorizes that we slowly gain weight as we age due to the increased insulin as opposed to some vague "metabolism slowing down." A great book to read if you are curious is Why we get fat by Gary Taubes. I love my carbs too much to give them up. But now it's one meal a day instead of all of them. And the sugar is gone. A complete switch from all the Ben & Jerry's I snarfed down during Incivek, ha ha. Best, Dave

-- Edited by davesf on Thursday 4th of October 2012 03:08:53 AM

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HI, I found that sugar/fructose  site a week ago, and well it is scarry.  For years I tried not to eat fructose and read labels like crazy and the stuff still can slip past you. When I was Dx the dr said there is no Hep C diet. Thats a crock, either Drs  are to lazy or to busy to find out the facts. I blame alot of my liver damage on the amount of sugar and fructose that was in my diet. I was baking all the time  and  for christmas gifts. Who would of thought biscotti was lethal. I did use  recipes with low sugar and little fat, but its still destructive. I ate alot of cold cereal and made sure it was fructose free, didnt know I was still eating poisin. Now Im afraid to even eat fruit, that article said only eat 15g or less of naturally occurring fructose, thats like 2 bananas. So the choices are limited if one wants to get all the servings of fruit and veg required daily. My daughter is a registered dietician and is no help, she eats a boat load of candy almost every day. All she ever talks about is gluten free. Good luck  Michaele



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Everything changed for me on treatment. I was a healthy eater before tx with some sugar issues but no simple carbs no dairy min meat and then chix only. Had not had pasta or bread in years. Now I toss in frozen lasagna all the time and get take out. I'm pretty apathetic though thinking I will pull it together when this is over

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This drives home the point that I never wanted to admit. Going forward, I will have to make serious changes in my diet. Pre-treatment, it was awful. During treatment it has been a bit more healthy. Continuing after treatment is going to require will power. I have none. This is going to be tough. Got week 24 labs drawn today, plus a ultrasound of the ol' liver. Tech said it looked good, but they aren't allowed to make a real interpretation. Labs and ultrasound results will be ready for the Friday appointment. Still wrestling with the fact that I should be finished now if it weren't for a few lousy strands of virus at week four. Alan

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Thanks Mark!

I will use this video and article with my students--one of the science teachers & I have a war on the unhealthy diets of our students and are always taking to them about just this kind of stuff. The obesity rates of teenagers is outrageous!

Plus if you have Hep c/ Liver disease--you really need to take care and eat a healthy diet.

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Story at-a-glance

  • Between 1985 and 2010, average daily caloric intake rose by eight percent, while diabetes rates rose by 727 percent. Clearly, total calorie consumption cannot explain the meteoric rise in obesity-related diseases.
  • Researchers discovered that its the increase in total fats and carbohydrates specifically thats causing the massive weight gain in people around the world. Its the combination of fat and carb that causes metabolic disruption.
  • The only food on Earth that is both a fat and a carbohydrate, is sugar, which includes both sucrose (regular table sugar) and high fructose corn syrupboth of which contain both glucose and fructose.
  • Your body metabolizes glucose and fructose in two distinctly different ways. Fructose is metabolized much like alcohol, and damages your liver and causes mitochondrial and metabolic dysfunction in the same way as ethanol and other toxins.

Check out he video and full article HERE>>>

http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/05/07/the-sweetener-that-is-more-dangerous-than-alcohol.aspx?e_cid=20120507_DNL_art_1



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