<p>I took advantage of the (rare) sunny day and walked outside. Parked the car about 1 1/2 miles from home so I could comfortably walk an area I don’t usually cover. Did 2 1/2 miles according to Google Pedometer. I love that site! :)</p>
<p>I’m breezing through [Pure</a>, White, and Deadly](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Pure-White-Deadly-John-Yudkin/dp/0241965284]Pure”>http://www.amazon.com/Pure-White-Deadly-John-Yudkin/dp/0241965284) and I’m getting a new-found appreciation for why Gary Taubes and Robert Lustig are so upset that public health nutrition policy has run off the rails for decades.</p>
<p>In this book, first published 40 years ago in 1972, Prof. Yudkin clearly lays out the connection between type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease. He identifies all of the common risk factors/symptoms (high blood pressure, high triglycerides, low HDL, obesity, high insulin levels, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, etc.). In effect, he laid out the characteristics of “metabolic syndrome” and did early studies showing that the high consumption of sugar (and not other carbohydrates) was associated with ALL of these characteristics.</p>
<p>He argued that coronary artery disease (as well as type 2 diabetes) is a manifestation of broken hormonal control of metabolism. He asks a very simple question. Given that pre-menopausal women have extremely low rates of coronary artery disease (compared to men) and that their risk rises to that of men after menopause, how can you explain coronary artery disease WITHOUT assuming a huge hormonal component? In other words, blaming it on dietary fat consumption (with no identified link to hormonal balance) is just stupid because it doesn’t address the obvious gender gap. Any attempt to pinpoint the contributing factors to coronary artery disease must explain the gender difference and must explain all of the changes in blood markers that are seen in people with coronary artery disease.</p>
<p>Taubes and Lustig are angry because they see the missed opportunity (and results) of going off the rails with coronary disease, obesity, and diabetes research for the last 40 years.</p>
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<p>One other really interesting point in the book. In his sugar feeding studies from the 50s and 60s, Yudkin found that about 25% of mostly young subjects were extremely sensitive to sugar levels with all sorts of physical markers (like triglyceride levels) changing dramatically and immediately with an increase (or a decrease) in sugar consumption. Most of Yudkin’s studies gave people the same amount of carbohydrate, giving them EITHER more sugar or more starchy carbohydrate. So, he was generally looking at sugar consumption while holding carbohydrate levels consistent overall.</p>
<p>Oh… now I get it. It’s not the sugar after all. It’s the…</p>
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<p>I’m so glad that we have the Coca Cola Company taking such a keen interest in our health and fighting obesity like this! :)</p>
<p>Back from the basement. Same ol’ workout I’ve been doing, but with the quick foray outside for med ball slams, high knees skipping, lateral shuffles, and carioca. Another day without falling down, which at my age, is no small accomplishment, I guess.</p>
<p>Big news. I did three sets of 5 chinups. I have been doing sets of 4 + 2, but I promised myself that if I just did five to start with, my reward would be not having to go back for a second round. So I did five respectable chins in each set, including the second set where I got swinging and had to just hang for a second or two to get stabilized. Usually hard to recover from that, but I still managed 5. I am really excited…</p>
<p>Bromfield and Mommusic, enjoyed reading about your activities because it’s a rest day for me.</p>
<p>Good work, iDad!</p>
<p>PlantMom, sounds like the heart rate monitor is working out well. Maybe I should get one…</p>
<p>One of you cursed me again! Trainer concocted a delightful little ladder involving progressive number and weights of kettle bell swing sets alternating with burpees sets. Some kind of progression like 10, then 20, then 30. All I know, is that by the end I had done 100 burpees.</p>
<p>CJane:</p>
<p>Believe me, I feel your pain… 
You can tell your trainer that the ol’ (formerly) fat guy says 100 burpees is too many! </p>
<p>I did a couple of sets of kettlebell swings in my workout today. After doing 90 of them yesterday, I probably could have skipped them today…</p>
<p>Got a cortisone shot in my right knee today. Researched it and talked it over with my sports med doc and we decided to try this and if we don’t see improvement then try the Hyaluronic acid injections for my arthritic knee. </p>
<p>So far I feel a 300% improvement and i don’t notice anymore pain or discomfort</p>
<p>I’m back!!! 3.5 miles after a month of traveling, working like a dog while on vacation, and a nasty, nasty cold… Feels soooooo good! :)</p>
<p>Good for you, BB. I have found that it is really hard to go an extended time without a little exercise now. You have to do it when you are hurt or sick, but it’s always nice to get back in the saddle… I bet you’ll pick up right where you left off.</p>
<p>ohiopublic (and nminn): </p>
<p>I hope your swollen achy knees feel better.</p>
<p>It’s weird, the only way I can post on this thread is to go “Reply to thread”, not the normal way. Hmm, have you people voted me off this thread because I am way too slothful? Or probably just some strange glitch.</p>
<p>Glad you are feeling better Bunsen. Wondering if you or CJane are running the Rock and Roll Marathon in June. I’m thinking about signing up for the half, but my slothfulness is making me waver.</p>
<p>I’m having a lot of trouble with the format but Submit Reply works for me now.</p>
<p>4.12 miles yesterday, Stretching Video, Hamstrings floorwork. It was hard to exercise yesterday as I was doing something for my son (he needed a supercomputer to crunch bioinformatics stuff and I had two of them).</p>
<p>1,202 calories, 42% carbs.</p>
<p>I am having a lot of formatting issues- and only with this thread!
It is stretched out and I can’t reply as normal.</p>
<p>Welcome back, BB!
My basketball team lost and my bracket (except for the two where I didn’t pick IU to win it all) is busted. It’s gloomy outside and I am about to go do the streak miles. I don’t want to. I’ll do it anyway because I’m telling y’all I will. Then I have to go to work.</p>
<p>The format here is a mess. I, too, am receiving the stretched out thread. Cannot reply normally.</p>
<p>I went to the gym yesterday; did New Rules for Abs warm-up and core workout A. 2 miles walking with H last night. I’m taking it easy today.</p>
<p>Idad, I’m interested in your comments about the sugar (Pure, White, Deadly) book. So, carbs other than simple sugar were not implicated in the metabolic syndrome-like diseases? I can stop feeling so guilty about my whole grain consumption?</p>
<p>Went to the gym yesterday for a quick elliptical workout. Discovered I’ve developed a huge blood blister under my big toenail (yuck, I’m sorry) which is a bit uncomfortable. Running and kettlebell planned for today.</p>
<p>Format is totally messed up today–difficulty replying. Did my first long walk in preparation for doing my 3-day benefit walk at the end of May. Finished 10 miles–did 2 loops of a 5-mile Good Friday Walk. First 5 miles were easy and most of the second, except for the end when I hit some hills. Figure if I can do a long walk like this each week in April and May (walk is the last weekend in May), I’ll be fine. All I want to do is avoid blisters and not be wiped out. I’m doing the walk with a team, so I don’t have to do the entire 20 miles each day. I’ll do 10 each day.</p>
<p>Format is totally messed up today. Did my first long walk in preparation for doing my 3-day benefit walk at the end of May. I walked 10 miles–did 2 loops of a 5-mile Good Friday Walk. First 5 miles were easy and most of the second, except for the end when I hit some hills. Figure if I can do a long walk like this each week in April and May (walk is the last weekend in May), I’ll be fine. All I want to do is avoid blisters and not be wiped out. I’m doing the walk with a team, so I don’t have to do the entire 20 miles each day–I’ll be doing 10 each day. I’ve done this walk before (the entire 60 miles) so I know I can do it; also, I’m in so much better shape than when I did it 4 years ago. I wasn’t training or exercising regularly back then and I weighed 40 pounds more.</p>
<p>Should we start a Diet/Exercise/Health/Wellness Support Thread (Part 2)?</p>
<p>That’s one idea and some posters who’ve been timid about joining in on this thread might take the plunge, but if the issue is mostly formatting, I think CC just needs a little time to take care of the fix.</p>
<p>Keep on keepin’ on everyone! It’s going to be another quiet day for me – part of the plan – but I am chomping at the bit already.</p>