Dry skin, slow healing

by | Mar 26, 2013 | Low carb diet | 0 comments

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It seems there are many many skin problems that go away when we start eating low carb. As many of you who have pointed out allergies to grains and possibly a lot of the additives and preservatives that we find in non-low carb food could play a big part in the condition of our skin and how it reacts to the food we eat and the products we use.

As others have suggested a good natural based moisturizer will be a big help and making sure that you have proper levels of the vitamins that we all need on a daily basis will be a sound idea just for general health and well being.

If I were faced personally with the same situation that you are in and that these problems are only occurring on the hands then I would first look at the products I was using on my hands just to make sure that there was nothing there that was either too harsh for intense and frequent use and then change it to something much more gentle as have been suggested by previous posters.

As for that nagging question – are you getting enough oil? Well then good quality Krill oil is something that is well worth investing in.

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is a copy of a recent comment I did on a low carb forum post

Alzheimer’s disease and meat

by | Mar 22, 2013 | Food Choices, Low carb diet, Sensible Eating | 0 comments

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It’s a shame the good doctor wasn’t a little bit more specific. It’s actually heavy metals such as mercury, lead and other more exotic types and also the lighter metals such as aluminum that are the real cause of the problem.

Iron as you may well know is something that the body uses in fact you can become quite ill if your body doesn’t have enough iron and as for red meat having more iron though we need it – that in itself is a very foggy statement as the amount of iron each person needs varies not just from person to person but from day to day too and there are many in the natural health industry who will tell you that the official daily recommended amount for iron is possibly anything up to 500 times too low particularly for some people.

Fish and dairy may indeed be a problem if you’re not getting them from certified organic sources. That is simply because certain fish such as red snapper have been found to contain high levels of heavy metals particularly mercury.

Dairy of course can also have a very similar problem but that is only if it is from commercially produced herds. One of the reasons they have  very high or higher levels of mercury is the fact that they’re given so many antibiotics and growth hormones and one of the preservatives that are used in both those products is, well you might have guesses it – mercury!

But frankly the amount of mercury contained in even the meat of commercially produced beef is nowhere near as worrying as the amount of hormones and other drugs that are passed through to us as we eat the meat.

That’s one of the reasons why I firmly believe it’s far better to make sure that you choose your meat and your fish from certified organic sources. In fact from a point of view of general health and well being, it’s best to try and get as much food as possible from certified organic sources. That way you won’t have any problems at all about eating any diet and particularly low carb

Hope that helps,

Mark

This is actually a response to a low carb foum post about Alzheimer’s disease

Here is the link to interview of Dr. Neal Barnard on The Dr. Oz show

HUNGRY!

by | Mar 22, 2013 | Cravings, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

 

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This has already been said, this isn’t unusual and there are quite a few people who do go through it but I would like to reinforce the fact that it will pass.

Personally during those hungry times I found eating fat was always the good way of dealing with the hunger and also it gave the body more of what it was needing as it was now trying to or attempting to consume fat for energy.

Above all, know that the short period of discomfort will be well worth it as over the days, weeks and months ahead you start seeing the new slim you in the mirror.

Hope that helps,

 Mark

This was a comment I made on a low carb forum post

 

Mild GI problems on OWL

by | Mar 19, 2013 | Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

pink-owlHere’s something that I’ve been suggesting to people for a number of years now simply because I find that it works.

Before, during and after induction it’s a good idea to take both probiotic supplements as well as digestive enzyme supplements as these will help the body deal with the various changes in diet that you go through at the beginning and at the end of induction.

Also by the way, by increasing your proportion of healthy bacteria in your stomach you tend to make yourself much more immune or at least suffer less from any stomach bugs and viruses that are going around simply because the healthy bacteria outnumber any of the nasty ones that get in there.

Hope that helps,

Mark

A copy of another comment I made on a low carb forum post 

Let Them Eat Fat

by | Mar 19, 2013 | High Fat Diet, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

 

???????????????????????????????????????You know the strange thing is even though I’m the most healthy person amongst my group of friends they still marvel or actually complain at the amount of fat that I eat when we’re eating together and even after all these years I still get “Oh aren’t you afraid your cholesterol will go through the roof?” Of course to which I reply “I don’t have cholesterol problems. Why would I be afraid of it going through the roof?” It’s still often met with gasps and half joking and half sincere offers to phone the ambulance when I have a heart attack.

But sometimes you know I don’t think this semi lighthearted banter is really so much out of concern from my health and well being. I think a lot of it is purely out of jealousy because I obviously enjoy what I’m eating whereas many times my eating companions don’t really seem to be doing so.

Don’t you just love being low carb?

Cheers,

Mark

This is just another one of my comments on a forum post about low carb

Low Carb Treats

by | Mar 15, 2013 | Food Choices, Low carb diet, Weight Loss | 0 comments

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Take a pot of full fat soft cheese and set it aside to warm up a little for half an hour. In the meantime take one dried fig and five or six blueberries and chop them up into very small bits. Add two or three chopped walnuts and mix both the fruit and the nuts into the soft cheese. Cover and return to the cooler for 24 hours.

Now for the treat: Take half a spoonful of the fruity cheesy mixture and sandwich it between two pecan nuts.

So if you’re using 100 grams of pecans, a small pack of cream cheese, one fig, five blueberries and 14 or 15 walnut halves, the whole lot comes to 27 grams of carbs and those of you who would like to follow net carbs will come with an even smaller number so it really is a guilt free treat.

This is a response I made on a forum post about low carb diet