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rumpole said:
OK, get a load of this

High protein, low carbohydrate diets can shorten (Bill):D your life

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/low-carb-diet-may-shorten-your-life-study-finds/5299284

Sometimes I think we should just eat whatever we want because next year another study will come out saying we were right all along
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Well, I certainly hope not too many people follow the recommendations of this one:
"If you're interested in a longer life span and late-life health, then a diet that is low in protein, high in carbohydrate and low in fat is preferable," he said.

"You can eat as much of that as you like.

"You don't have to be hungry, you don't have to reduce your calorie intake, you can just let your body decide what the right amount of food is."
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Some of the comments which follow the ABC report are appropriately critical.

In an environment of ever increasing obesity he's encouraging people to just eat as much as they like???
 
rumpole said:
... Sometimes I think we should just eat whatever we want because next year another study will come out saying we were right all along
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Bad for you, then good for you, ...

Bad for you again, now good for you!!

What you say sounds cavalier ... but may be safer than following fads.
My parents both lived til they were over 90.
I could do worse than emulating them.
 
Tyler Durden said:
Thought this would be the most relevant thread...

Few days ago my friend found out he has gallstones and will now most probably have surgery. He described the pain as like "a knife inside you trying to stab its way out". That was enough information to make me reflect on my diet, so now I have made a conscious effort to avoid really fatty foods.

I used to have Macca's and KFC probably around once a week or once a fortnight, but I will try to go cold turkey on those now. I exercise regularly, but my dad also had gallstones when he was younger, and I read that it can be hereditary.

Anyone had any experience with gallstones?
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I know of a guy that shifted his own gallstones, Google for a natural cure.
It was something along the lines of drink cloudy apple juice for a week, the acid in that softens gallstones. Then drink some olive oil which encourages the body to release bile. Lay on your right hand side for 2 hours and then next time you do a number 2 out of your rear end comes all the gall stones.

This is a true story, he did it about 5 years ago and has never had a problem since, although he does now drink cloudy apple juice as his fruit juice of choice as a precaution.

Lots of links but here is one to get you started

http://goodguy.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-flush-out-gallstones
 
macca said:
I know of a guy that shifted his own gallstones, Google for a natural cure.
It was something along the lines of drink cloudy apple juice for a week, the acid in that softens gallstones. Then drink some olive oil which encourages the body to release bile. Lay on your right hand side for 2 hours and then next time you do a number 2 out of your rear end comes all the gall stones.

This is a true story, he did it about 5 years ago and has never had a problem since, although he does now drink cloudy apple juice as his fruit juice of choice as a precaution.

Lots of links but here is one to get you started

http://goodguy.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-flush-out-gallstones
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Thats hilarious Macca! Its nice to know that some natural cures work. Traditional western medicine says take out the GB, but that can prove to be the worst thing to do.

I had to research all of this a while back when i thought i had a serious gal bladder issue. I was poorly diagnosed by a Chinese doctor out in the middle of woop woop. Came back to Shanghai and got a second opinion, turns out it was actually shingles!:eek:
 
CanOz said:
Thats hilarious Macca! Its nice to know that some natural cures work. Traditional western medicine says take out the GB, but that can prove to be the worst thing to do.

I had to research all of this a while back when i thought i had a serious gal bladder issue. I was poorly diagnosed by a Chinese doctor out in the middle of woop woop. Came back to Shanghai and got a second opinion, turns out it was actually shingles!:eek:
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Quite often not mentioned is the fact that once the gall bladder is removed the body has no where to store bile, consequently the bile leaks into the GI tract all the time.

This can cause problems when it is not needed and also means that it is not available when it is needed, like when we eat fatty foods.

The guy who did it, is married to a herbalist at our local health food store and he is often there with her and he says that it worked for him.
 
burglar said:
Bad for you, then good for you, ...

Bad for you again, now good for you!!

What you say sounds cavalier ... but may be safer than following fads.
My parents both lived til they were over 90.
I could do worse than emulating them.
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Lots of scones eh ?

:xyxthumbs
 
CanOz said:
Thats hilarious Macca! Its nice to know that some natural cures work. Traditional western medicine says take out the GB, but that can prove to be the worst thing to do.
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Can it? An infected gall bladder can cause septicaemia and death.


macca said:
Quite often not mentioned is the fact that once the gall bladder is removed the body has no where to store bile, consequently the bile leaks into the GI tract all the time.
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So the bile simply flows on a more constant basis into the gut rarely causing any problems.

A cholecystectomy used to be a major abdominal operation but for many years now it's usually done via laparoscopic surgery which is simple and allows for full recovery in a very short time.
 
Julia said:
Can it? An infected gall bladder can cause septicaemia and death.

A cholecystectomy used to be a major abdominal operation but for many years now it's usually done via laparoscopic surgery which is simple and allows for full recovery in a very short time.
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Personal experience tells me that loss of the gall bladder leads to difficulty with digesting fats and hence a difficulty with absorbing fat soluable nutrients, neither of which have had positive results.
 
MrBurns said:
Aspartame -

I went to a specialist a while ago about a foot problem, he told me he had a patient who had trouble walking, quite bad, they tested her for motor neurone disease it was so bad, nothing was found.

He saw her in the waiting room drinking diet coke, he asked her how many of those she drank in a day..........about 8 she replied.

When she stopped her symptoms disappeared, she had aspartame poisoning.

He also said if anyone tries to alert the public they get sued, not sure about that part but apparently they are very aggressive.

I drink it with brandy but I don't think I consume enough to effect me...........I hope.

Google is full of it.

http://www.sweetpoison.com/aspartame-information.html
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Thanks for this info; since my wife suffers from Diabetes, we only drink sugarfree softdrinks. Not necessarily 8 cans a day; in fact, I water diet pepsi or coke down, just to give the water a bit of a taste. However, all those drinks display codes 950 and 951 in the list of ingredients.
Google "food additives by numbers" or read https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/co...ts/Food Additive Code Numbers (July 2014).pdf

I'll try cutting out those poisons and watch the effect, if any, on my chronic paresthesia.
 
pixel said:
Thanks for this info; since my wife suffers from Diabetes, we only drink sugarfree softdrinks. Not necessarily 8 cans a day; in fact, I water diet pepsi or coke down, just to give the water a bit of a taste. However, all those drinks display codes 950 and 951 in the list of ingredients.
Google "food additives by numbers" or read https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/co...ts/Food Additive Code Numbers (July 2014).pdf

I'll try cutting out those poisons and watch the effect, if any, on my chronic paresthesia.
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Good luck pixel:)
 
pixel said:
Thanks for this info; since my wife suffers from Diabetes, we only drink sugarfree softdrinks. Not necessarily 8 cans a day; in fact, I water diet pepsi or coke down, just to give the water a bit of a taste. However, all those drinks display codes 950 and 951 in the list of ingredients.
Google "food additives by numbers" or read https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/co...ts/Food Additive Code Numbers (July 2014).pdf

I'll try cutting out those poisons and watch the effect, if any, on my chronic paresthesia.
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Thanks for the info. I decided to check the sugar free Schweppes lemonade that I use and found that it too contains 950 and 951. I don't drink much of it other than use it as a mixer for whisky and might have 2 or 3 glasses a night. So maybe my daily consumption is about 300ml of Schweppes. In Summer a bit more, as I often use it just a soft drink on hot days.

I have noticed for several months now my leg muscles feel terribly fatigued and I have aches in my joints. On looking up Aspartame, I found that this is a symptom that some experience. My doctor didn't mention Aspartame, but thought my problem might be a side effect of statins that I take for my heart.

I'll give the Schweppes a miss to see how it goes. Does anyone know a sugar free lemonade without Aspartame? I do like my glasses of whisky.
 
tech/a said:
Not Diabetic but my favourite is Sparkling Mineral Water and the juice of a lemon or lime.
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I filter tap water; the fluorides give me kidney stones. (but that, too, is something no doctor dares talk about.)
But I love lemon juice, so I'll try that instead of Diet Schweppes or Pepsi or Coke. The young Eureka tree behind our Unit has just started to carry a useful payload.
 
The Hungry Bioeme

Vivid animation by CSIRO about the countless bacteria with whom we are in symbiosis.
Some good resistant starch food suggestions: greenish bananas, roast potatoes, beans. You're looking for foods that resist digestion until they arrive in the large intestine, where beneficial bacteria go to work on them!

http://www.csiro.au/hungrymicrobiome/
 
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