Anyone eating lower carb on tour?
02-19-13, 12:18 PM
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"Metabolic issues" can be broken down into two classes, neither of which has anything to do with digestion. The most common are forms of hypoglycemia. This condition manifests as a hyperactive pancreas, which makes a little more insulin than is really needed, lowering blood sugar excessively in response to a slightly elevated blood sugar. Again, treatment is well known, consisting of eating a balanced diet with the well-known proportions of carbs, protein, and fats, and a diet high in vegetables and fruit. The less common issue is diabetes, which is an inability of the pancreas to secrete sufficient insulin, or the body's inability to make use of the insulin secreted. This is a serious condition and anyone who suspects they might have it should get tested and be under a doctor's care, not messing about on online forums or trying to self-modify their diet.
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02-19-13, 02:50 PM
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First, thanks for the information Carbonfiberboy, not just the part quoted above, all of your comment, interesting. Secondly, what you have to say here was cause for more thought on what I had posted. Deleted the post, even considering that conversations evolve, discussions take turns, and well, I wouldn't want to send someone off in a direction they didn't need to go. So that is that.
Is this directed at me?
Is this directed at me?
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Yes and no.
Having lived in different countries, I've noticed that doctors are not at all immune to cultural influences, so you might want to take their advice with a grain of salt. A Hindu might think a vegetarian diet is marvelous, while one from Texas or some other cattle-raising region might be inclined to tell you to be sure to eat a beefsteak a day and a Spanish doctor would tell you to always have a cured ham hanging in your pantry. Nor are many of them that well trained in the field of nutrition. I recently had one tell me to eat plenty of raw tomato (good advice), but I was a little surprised when, having replied that I always made it a habit to eat it both raw and cooked because I wanted to be sure to get my lycopene in an assimilable form, he asked me, with a puzzled look on his face, what lycopene was.
Having lived in different countries, I've noticed that doctors are not at all immune to cultural influences, so you might want to take their advice with a grain of salt. A Hindu might think a vegetarian diet is marvelous, while one from Texas or some other cattle-raising region might be inclined to tell you to be sure to eat a beefsteak a day and a Spanish doctor would tell you to always have a cured ham hanging in your pantry. Nor are many of them that well trained in the field of nutrition. I recently had one tell me to eat plenty of raw tomato (good advice), but I was a little surprised when, having replied that I always made it a habit to eat it both raw and cooked because I wanted to be sure to get my lycopene in an assimilable form, he asked me, with a puzzled look on his face, what lycopene was.
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