sugar, ketosis (or near it), metabolic problems/common causes of common dilemmas, Super-Solutions!

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Frances wrote:

>>What does not make a lot of sense to me, though, is the idea (that all of

us, at one time or another, fall 'prey' to) that anyone is going to find the

golden key that unlocks the truth for all of us... While we can all help

each other, there is not consistent sameness to be found among people, even

of the same blood type. So, while there is a valued and respected body of

research coming form the blood type theory, we all still have to find out

own way.

A note of caution for us all: there will not be any ultimate answers! we

do our best when we truly plumb that which is best for ourselves, and share

our theories, findings, musings, ups and downs....

Individuality has been shown to sustain itself beyond the realm of blood

type/secretor status, etc.!<<

Axel here: I hope I never give the impression that I'm presenting the BTD

as a cure-all absolutely correct diet. Before 9/11 on the BB at Dr. D's site

he had a picture of a fingerprint, this was (I heard) a reminder that we are

all individuals, not two people are alike. Given the other blood-type

distinctions (rh values, MM, tribal sub-types etc. etc.) and he states this

explicitly in the beginning of CR4YT... good to keep in mind for people who

read BTD stuff everyday of their lives! We should also keep in mind that

many different physiological changes can take place when a new, different

and hopefully superior diet is adopted by a person, especially if they are

in a state of ill-health. So, even our individual differences,

complications, sensitivies, intolerances, weaknesses, etc. can change over

time so that what was once true in our lives, dietarily speaking, is no

longer true, enabling us to eat foods or quantities of foods we couldn't

previously... Know what I mean? Individuals can undergo dramatic

transformations, with strengthening and newfound sensitivity that changes

our relationship to the foods we eat/ate can now eat.

Lowell Barron (Ann) wrote:

[Axel] .. in this case the body shouldn't be

sending ANY alert signals to wake the sleeper (station control) up, it

should be a graceful uneventful transition from using the dietary fuel

(the

fat you ate the previous day) to body fuel (stored body fat

.................

Ann: And a graceful transition from stored body fat to fuel for immediate

use. I am wondering when I am eating low carb if I am therefore not making

glycogen stores...Really don't understand all this...therefore my fuel

supply goes directly from what is in blood stream to stored fat and that is

why it is a bumpy transition. As a matter of fact, when I am having sugars,

my body starts to screan as soon as they run low but when I don't have

sugars, it doesn;t (after the first few days)

Axel here: You are correct, when you are on a low-carbohydrate diet you are

not making glycogen STORES, that is, you are not making enough glycogen (the

stored form of blood-sugar: glucose) in any significant amount. You'll

notice in my recent post on fats (did you read the WHOLE THING?!? that

certain brain cells require glucose to operate effectively, I'm sure there

are more cells than some of those brain cells that require or prefer

glucose, but this is a non-issue becuase the body, when deprived of carbs is

quite capable of synthesizing glucose on its own, I'm sure us Os are even

more predisposed to this, given our recommended diet and everything...

possibly some of the carbo-cravings that linger after the insulin havoc is

this brain adaptation?

Axel again: quoting Ann: >> " Really don't understand all this...therefore my

fuel supply goes directly from what is in blood stream to stored fat and

that is why it is a bumpy transition. As a matter of fact, when I am having

sugars, my body starts to screan as soon as they run low but when I don't

have sugars, it doesn;t (after the first few days " <<

You're wording is a little unclear to me, please rephrase if I'm

misinterpreting... fuel supply, are you talking about carbs (glucose) or

fatty acids? Carb moderate diet or low-carb diet in that sentence? What kind

of sugars are you referring to? Starches? Tubors? Grains? Simple sugars like

sucrose, fructose, glucose from honey, refined white/brown sugar? Candy bar?

How many carbs we talkin' 'bout? It sounds like you're overwhelming your

body's tolerance for carbs... one meal (or snack) is all it takes to provoke

your pancreas into a panic over-reaction that causes it to secrete enough

insulin to send not only the carbs you've eaten and have absorbed into your

bloodstream, but the maintenance level blood-sugar already circulating in

your bloodstream into your body's cells. If that is the case, now that your

blood-sugar (glucose) has been shunted by the chemical instruction hormone

called insulin (hormones are like drugs BTW) into your body's cells there

isn't enough blood-sugar (glucose) in circulating in your blood stream for

proper functioning of your body. This creates more panic, this condition

called hypoglycemia (hypo- under and glycemia- you can figure that out) then

provokes the release of another hormone called a " leptin " or is a leptin (I

forget that part <sigh>) which is a hormone that signals to your stomach

" hey, be hungry, our blood-sugar is too low, we need more food! " and in this

hormonal environment you can bet yer britches that your body is going to be

craving guess what? Carbohydrates! And what raises blood-sugar levels

fastest?!? Quickly assimilable carbohydrates! And what foods have the

fastest entry-carbs? Ha ha ha ha. The joke is on us. " Downward spiral

baby... " [carefully inhaling water-pipe cannibinoids in deep intellectual

mentation] " Downward spiral. " [phoooooh!]* Then you can add the chromium

deficiency that results from refined sugars and THAT downward spiral... it's

a bad situation. This is a large part of the puzzle as to why people have so

much difficulties and health problems in our western cultures (let's play

" Food Detectives " !).

*just kidding about the THC, still sober!

Ann: I think my body does not make a " graceful transition " - it used to be

that i could feel that transition in the daytime but as blood sugar

regulating becomes better, it is less. I agree that low sugar helps the body

tremendously.

One of the advantages to

ketosis or near ketosis is the stable blood-sugar; if you are really there

or on the cusp your body should be stable enough to have a calm stomach...

even through the night... one idea is: the body adapts to how we treat

it,

even if the body becomes accustomed to late-night/early-morning snacks it

can become UN-accustomed to it, if someone were to refuse to cater to the

need, this way the body changes its " bio-rhythms " .

Ann: For sure...the body will adapt and night time eating is not what

should be...

Thanks as always for all the info. Ann

Hey hey Ann and everybody! Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! It's sugar water

funtime!!! Yippee! Some of the criticism towards the low-carb diets is that

the weight-loss is from losing water-weight, and that is partially correct.

When you're typical obese American goes on a low-carb diet they WILL lose

several pounds very quickly because of lost weight in water. This is because

for every one gram of stored glucose (glycogen) in the liver or muscle

tissues (where most of glucose is stored) it takes four grams of water, this

is how Super-Os like me get visibly more buff after " carbing up " , when no

additional muscle mass has been gained (I'd LIKE to be able to gain five

pounds of muscle in 36 hours!). I can literally see how big my musculature

becomes when I've filled my young manhoods with sugar and water, less

definition, bigger size, tighter skin, bigger pump, more power... and better

gym-vibes! I've written a number of times about my feelings on this, the

" pump-up " to a higher power level like in my favorite cartoon: Dragonball

Z!!!

I've had fruit juice this morning, with cayenne, ginger juice, and

l-glutamine! After my emu-liver and mayo and now my cajun-spiced homemade

chili-pasted 6 oz. grass-fed patty and collards sauteed in about 1.5 oz.

beef FAT! I'm...

[crackling energy visible, wind waves sweeping everything in sight, muscles

engorged with awesome O power!; levitating on pure will; hair rippling in

the currents of rage unbound! veins throbbing visibly]

" HA, the people won't know what hit them! I'm breaking out! Behold, a

Super-O with True Power! "

" Rahhhhh.... Ahh, puahh, Ahhhh!!! Ahhhhh!!!!!

AhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! "

Need I say more?

Super-Axel-O+ in a fiery blaze of secretions!!!