Sunflower seeds and whey -- Sally

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Like most seed oils, sunflower oil is high in LA (linoleic acid,

ca. 65%), the omega-6 essential fatty acid that leads to

inflammation through the arachidonic acid pathway.

Essential LA is, in small amounts, but nearly everyone gets too

much of it. Seeds contain nutrition but even so, I suggest

reducing seeds as nutrition sources, or at least consider the

omega-6 imbalance that you might be adding to by using seeds as

more than a small snack, as seeds are very high in oil.

Linoleic acid also competes with the EFA alpha-linolenic acid in

flax oil which is supposed to be converting to EPA and DHA and

does so only in tiny amounts under good conditions.

On your whey concern, make sure the whey is cold-processed, and

if you have casein or lactose issues, low in those components.

You probably won't react with muscle testing for two reasons;

it's unreliable, and whey is well tolerated by mammals anyway as

you might expect.

The notion that whey contains too much calcium is false. A 36-

gram scoop of the one I have here provides just 11% of the daily

value for calcium.

There is a lot of protein in whey, and that's a good point for

using it for lean tissue gain; in fact it's recommended in the

PDR to reverse cachexia. Whey protein is different from other

proteins in that it is readily assimilated with almost no

digestion, produces no urea loading on the kidneys, and it is

unique among proteins in that it is alkalizing.

A lot of people don't know the difference, so parrot off popular

myth that lumps this protein's attributes with meat, when there

are few similarities and great differences. On many discussion

groups, myths such as that one are nothing more than a fiber

source

Your best way to generate lean tissue if you can't exercise is

HGH therapy along with the whey and selenium. Regardless of the

absence of exercise, you'd have the necessary HGH, presumably the

micronutrients, and the protein. That being said, because carbs

push HGH low, forcing the body back into fat-storage mode, your

high-carb meal should be the noon or afternoon one and keep it

lean in the AM and PM when HGH levels are at their highest, to

maximize lean tissue regeneration.

Duncan Crow

http://members.shaw.ca/duncancrow/

On 28 Dec 2006 at 9:20, Coconut Oil

wrote:

> I want to

> know what is wrong with sunflower seeds for example that Duncan

> pointed out. He said coconut oil instead of sunflower seeds. I do

> eat vco already so Why not both. Some one said olive oil wasn't that

> great either recently, i contested that, on the front page of paper

> today they said scientists found that eating 4 teaspoons a day kept

> certain cancers at bay. If i can find it on line i will post it. Back

> to the whey issue I saw a great big tub of whey in my hfs window

> reduced today and was tempted to try it but still concerned. I do

> need to build muscle but can't exercise much because of back and neck

> problems so is this suitable for someone like me. Athletes and body

> builders use it don't they and i worry there is too much protein in

> it. Also the high calcium issue worries me too. I just want some

> more convincing its for everyone no matter what problems they have.

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