Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 I see similarly to you. As I understand it, most of the RDA for nutrition is based upon what a strong healthy male who weighs 150 pounds and is in his 20's needs. For instance, the RDA for vitamin D assumes that one has healthy D levels prior to supplementation. People who are having a rough time because of a flu will take the RDA of D and do not get rid of the flu, because flu hits when people are deficient in D. So, even if the RDA for D were accurate, taking the RDA when sick with flu would not help very much. I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first experimented. I first tried the experiment because I was craving the watermelon. It did not seem to be a sugar craving. I had no craving for banas, break, or cookies. I did some research and discovered citrulline, which was good to help calm frequency of urination, which I also was a problem for me. Once I figured out that citrulline might work for me (I had not tried it yet), watermelon became a problem food because high blood sugar manifested. When I stopped watermelon, I still had big cravings. But once I started taking citrulline, the cravings went away. It's like my body allowed me watermelon when I needed citrulline, but once my body discovered I could get citrulline in a sugar-free form, my body stopped allowing me to take in watermelon. And yes, I realize this is not a very scientific explanation. My own internal mythology. I find mythology helps me wrap words around concepts I have no clear words to wrap around what I am attempting to explain. If I were into organized religion, I would probably phrase my understanding in religious terms. Alobar On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Chantelle <bornfrueh@...> wrote: > I get what you are saying now, here, Alobar. > > In general, it does seem, that as human beings, we have a complex set of > factors changing things constantly at nearly all times. It does make things > tricky! I¹d love to go into full research mode on so many things if I my > life allowed that right now. And I dream of the funds to do such down the > road. But even in light of that, there would probably be unexplainable > things. > > Plus what is true for the healthy body that has not started to have as much > dysfunction in many areas, is not necessarily going to be true for the > healthier body. Our bodies are wonderfully made to compensate when they can > sometimes. In fact, if I think about that very long it totally amazes me and > blows me away. > > Chantelle > Quote
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks so much for sharing that! It was very interesting. chantelle On 12/22/08 1:31 PM, " Alobar " <Alobar@...> wrote: > > > > I see similarly to you. As I understand it, most of the RDA for > nutrition is based upon what a strong healthy male who weighs 150 > pounds and is in his 20's needs. For instance, the RDA for vitamin D > assumes that one has healthy D levels prior to supplementation. > People who are having a rough time because of a flu will take the RDA > of D and do not get rid of the flu, because flu hits when people are > deficient in D. So, even if the RDA for D were accurate, taking the > RDA when sick with flu would not help very much. > > I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily > explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not > spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon > caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first > experimented. > > I first tried the experiment because I was craving the watermelon. It > did not seem to be a sugar craving. I had no craving for banas, > break, or cookies. I did some research and discovered citrulline, > which was good to help calm frequency of urination, which I also was a > problem for me. > > Once I figured out that citrulline might work for me (I had not tried > it yet), watermelon became a problem food because high blood sugar > manifested. When I stopped watermelon, I still had big cravings. > But once I started taking citrulline, the cravings went away. > > It's like my body allowed me watermelon when I needed citrulline, but > once my body discovered I could get citrulline in a sugar-free form, > my body stopped allowing me to take in watermelon. > > And yes, I realize this is not a very scientific explanation. My own > internal mythology. I find mythology helps me wrap words around > concepts I have no clear words to wrap around what I am attempting to > explain. If I were into organized religion, I would probably phrase > my understanding in religious terms. > > Alobar > > On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 9:08 AM, Chantelle <bornfrueh@... > <mailto:bornfrueh%40cox.net> > wrote: >> > I get what you are saying now, here, Alobar. >> > >> > In general, it does seem, that as human beings, we have a complex set of >> > factors changing things constantly at nearly all times. It does make things >> > tricky! I¹d love to go into full research mode on so many things if I my >> > life allowed that right now. And I dream of the funds to do such down the >> > road. But even in light of that, there would probably be unexplainable >> > things. >> > >> > Plus what is true for the healthy body that has not started to have as much >> > dysfunction in many areas, is not necessarily going to be true for the >> > healthier body. Our bodies are wonderfully made to compensate when they can >> > sometimes. In fact, if I think about that very long it totally amazes me >> and >> > blows me away. >> > >> > Chantelle >> > > > Quote
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 Alobar wrote: > I hit many things with regard to my blood sugar which I cannot readily > explain. One summer I discovered that I could eat watermelon and not > spike my blood sugar. But then, after several months, watermelon > caused the problems I had expected it to have when I first > experimented. > I know a woman who has to dose more insulin for a piece of chicken than for a bowl of oatmeal. Weird. sol Quote
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 > > I know a woman who has to dose more insulin for a piece of chicken > than for a bowl of oatmeal. Weird. > sol I betcha it's the PUFAs in the chicken that ate the soy and corn. Soy and corn are the PUFAs and cause insulin responses - more so than a bowl of oatmeal, which, if prepared properly should be relatively low on the glycemic index. Nasty thing, those PUFAs. Unless I can find a farmer who will raise chickens without corn and soy, I'm rethinking my backyard situation. -vanessa Quote
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2008 Report Posted December 22, 2008 Thanks, interesting idea. I get a hypoglycemic response to oatmeal that I don't get to chicken. And I don't eat organic, because I can't afford it. sol van essa wrote: > I betcha it's the PUFAs in the chicken that ate the soy and corn. Soy > and corn are the PUFAs and cause insulin responses - more so than a > bowl of oatmeal, which, if prepared properly should be relatively low > on the glycemic index. > > Nasty thing, those PUFAs. Unless I can find a farmer who will raise > chickens without corn and soy, I'm rethinking my backyard situation. > > -vanessa > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote
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