Most people who convert to low carb experience fantastic health and weight correction. There are however those that find weight correction difficult even when approaching low carb correctly. Then there are people who do all that and still cannot lose weight. This is when it’s time to give serious consideration to thyroid dysfunction. By “thyroid dysfunction” I am referring to various degrees of hypothyroidism, i.e., low thyroid hormone levels. (I’m going to ignore hyperthyroidism, since this is much less common and does not impose any limitation on weight loss.) This is a big issue, so I’m going to cover it as a check list, a series of bullet points that you can run down to cover as much territory as...
Thank you to all those that attended the Cape Town Breakfast Debate. It was great fun once again and I really enjoy meeting the people that we interact with so regularly. You guys are awesome. I look forward to meeting many more. Sharing advice on the group as well as in the newsletter has its place but standing in front of you and listening to your questions as well as answers to questions has me wonder whether we have not chosen a hill too steep to climb. Then I stop for a moment and look at the spotlights that we regularly show you and I know that its well within every one of our means to correct weight, health and...
Our bodies have metabolisms that run on a 24 hour clock. (circadian) During that time the body must do a variety of functions such as excreting digestive juices, actually digesting, resting, repairing, expressing genes and communicating down to the cellular and molecular levels. It is an well-organized and very important business. In our brains behind our eyes is the Master clock named the SCN that runs all the clocks in our body. This "boss clock" named the SCN, instructs all the little clocks in the tissues and organs throughout your body when to go and do their stuff. He is part of the brain. He sends his messages to all the clocks in your liver and pancreas and elsewhere in...
Diabetic ketoacidosis is not caused by simple elevation in ketones. It is a whole cascade of events that starts with either lack of insulin or severe insulin resistance and continued high carb consumption. Blood glucose over 13 (240mm/dl), and no insulin or severe insulin resistance (body doesn't listen to insulin) is what starts ketoacidosis. Think of it as an endocrine system storm. Ketoacidosis is a part of this whole storm, but is not the problem itself. What happens: Elevated blood glucose (to the point where it is spilling into the urine, damaging the body tissues). Body goes into damage control: releasing calories from fat (ketones) into the blood stream because the sugar isn't usable, either insulin isn't there or body...
