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[ctan]

http://atvb.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/atvbaha;23/8/1437

Conclusions— Insulin resistance without and with obesity is associated with elevated LDL-C as well as elevated triglyceride and low HDL-C. The elevated LDL-C cannot be explained by dietary sensitivity, because the LDL-C rise with egg feeding is less in IR persons regardless of obesity status, probably attributable to diminished cholesterol absorption. The results suggest that dietary management of insulin resistance and obesity can focus more on restricting calories and less on restricting dietary fat.

[ctan]

i think it's better to say na in diabetes, it is important to restrict caloric intake than to restrict intake of dietary fat if you're concerned in the problem of dyslipidemia or hypercholesterolemia. (example, it is believed that egg is high in cholesterol, so it is not important if egg is restricted because of its high cholesterol content because it really doesnt increase the amount of LDL in the body).

[ctan]

simplified:

kung diabetic ka:

OKAY lang kumain ng eggs daily (or other food na high in cholesterol)
- ke mataba ka or payat

kasi hindi yun makakataas ng cholestrol level ng katawan.

[ctan]

hinypothesize kasi nila na kaya less ang cholesterol increase sa mga may IR ay kasi diminished yung absorption ng cholesterol. ;-)

[mang juan]

Blood Type Diet

A blood type diet is a nutrition plan based around your blood type. This kind of diet became popular with the release of Peter D'Adamo's book Eat Right 4 Your Type. The book continues to be a bestseller. D'Adamo claims that the diet will not only bring about weight loss — but can assist with allergy and infection resistance, and will achieve overall good health.

Most of the population has blood type O. Here the prescribed diet is low-carbohydrate, high in proteins (such as meat and fish), and low in dairy products. The author suggests specific foods to avoid; such as avocados, brazil nuts, and oranges. Type O should also engage in lots of exercise.

Blood Type A should avoid red meat, eat plenty of fish and vegetables, with a low dairy intake. Light exercise only.

Blood Type B should avoid chicken and bacon, eat plenty of meat and dairy, some fish, and plenty of fruit and vegetables.

Blood Type AB combines the A and B diets.

Is This Diet For Real?

The author claims that much of the recommendations are based on scientific evidence – but perhaps it is too early to make this claim. Metabolism and/or sugar/insulin sensitivity are probably key factors in deciding diet – not blood type. Two people can have very different metabolisms and have the same blood type. One could be sensitive to carbohydrates or sugar, whilst the other needs a high carbohydrate diet.

Weight loss and other health improvements may occur on this diet – not so much because of blood type combinations, but because of a healthier diet! The author encourages people to cut down on processed and refined foods. Good advice for anyone regardless of blood type.

Banned Foods

Any diet containing a long list of banned foods can be difficult to follow. Eat Right 4 Your Type and the various blood type diets included encourage a predominantly meat and fish diet, while grains, potatoes, cereals, breads, pasta are not encouraged. Interestingly, certain vegetables and fruits are also banned.

from: http://www.everydiet.org/diet/blood-type-diet
read this for more info: http://www.drlam.com/blood_type_diet/


>ayun.. nakakatuwa lang. may ganito pala  

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

Hmm.. I think prang sobrang bad ang name ng cholesterol.. Our bodies need cholesterol. I think pinoprotektahan nito ang mga veins natin or something.. However, dpat we should be aware na merong "good" at "bad" cholesterol. Eating eggs can increase our "good" cholesterol. I think what we refer here is the "bad" cholesterol.

[carpediem]

Docs, is this reliable?

A health drink that fights infection in the upper respiratory tract

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110120-315591/A-health-drink-that-fights-infection-in-the-upper-respiratory-tract

[ctan]

Hmm.. I think prang sobrang bad ang name ng cholesterol.. Our bodies need cholesterol. I think pinoprotektahan nito ang mga veins natin or something.. However, dpat we should be aware na merong "good" at "bad" cholesterol. Eating eggs can increase our "good" cholesterol. I think what we refer here is the "bad" cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a type of lipid (fat) which has a distinct flat surface. They are mainly used in the body as signaling chemicals so that the body will function a certain way. They don't do the actual changes in the body but rather they're messengers.

The body only needs a small amount of cholesterol to form bile, testosterone, progesterone, estrogen, stress hormone. The rest are deposited in the blood vessels or excreted via bile. Under the microscope, they look like shiny crystals in the blood vessels.

The "good" and "bad" cholesterol refers to the "good" HDL and "bad" LDL lipoproteins and not the actual cholesterol itself. We call them both good and bad cholesterol because it makes it easier for the average person to understand while its really a pain in the ass to explain the actual biochemistry of it...

Think of Lipoproteins like carriers of fat and cholesterol in the body. LDL is your Sports Utility Vehicle which brings cholesterol to your body while HDL is your Garbage truck which disposes your cholesterol to your liver. So more LDLs mean more cholesterol is going towards your body while higher HDL means more cholesterol is getting rid by the body.

That is why doctors say you have more of the "good" cholesterol because your body is getting rid of more cholesterol rather than having more of the "Bad" cholesterol piling up cholesterol in the body.

very well said kilo! :-)

[ctan]

Docs, is this reliable?

A health drink that fights infection in the upper respiratory tract

http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/breakingnews/breakingnews/view/20110120-315591/A-health-drink-that-fights-infection-in-the-upper-respiratory-tract

we have to be cautious about company-sponsored RCTs kasi usually, there is a publication bias. appraising this article is necessary to say na reliable or not. it should pass the appraisal. i'll try to find the journal and appraise it.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

^^ sana mawala na ang bad rap ng cholesterol.. na meron palang "good" cholesterol HDL.

[ctan]

Kaya pangit ang cholesterol because of the excessive intake ng humans nito. Yung exogenous sources kasi, very abundant. And konti lang naman kelangan for various biosynthesis sa katawan.

Cholesterol will always be BAD. Good cholesterol, according to the layman, is actually just referring to the "vehicle" upon which the cholesterol is cleared out. HDL is a lipoprotein, it is NOT cholesterol itself.

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

^^ eh bakit me bansag pa dn na "good cholesterol" xa..,

[ctan]

It's a layman's term nga marvin, kasi the explanation is very complex to be considered layman. It involves a series of events in the biochemical and biomolecular level. It is suffice to say that HDL, na tinatawag na "good cholesterol", ay actually VEHICLE where the excess cholesterol are cleared out sa system. In that way, good siya kasi binabawasan niya cholesterol levels, and cholesterol siya in a way na nagfoform ng complex ang HDL at cholesterol para matransport out ito sa system.

[mang juan]

Kaya pangit ang cholesterol because of the excessive intake ng humans nito. Yung exogenous sources kasi, very abundant. And konti lang naman kelangan for various biosynthesis sa katawan.

Cholesterol will always be BAD. Good cholesterol, according to the layman, is actually just referring to the "vehicle" upon which the cholesterol is cleared out. HDL is a lipoprotein, it is NOT cholesterol itself.

nice! 

[marvinofthefaintsmile]

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