Koolhydraatvoeding en sterftecijfer
bij ontstekingsziekten onder volwassenen
Deze gegevens leveren nieuwe
epidemiologische bewijzen voor een hoogstwaarschijnlijk belangrijk verband tussen GI
(glycemische index) en sterftecijfer bij ontstekingsziekten onder volwassen vrouwen.
De Natuur Dietisten Nederland nodigt Patrick Holford voor volgend jaar 4 maart 2011 uit
vanwege zijn bijzondere voedingsaanpak bij o.a. koolhydraatverslaving. Omdat de NDN van
mening is dat voedingskennis voor iedereen toegankelijk moet zijn, nodigen wij
voedingprofessionals, maar ook niet-professionals van harte uit om kennis te nemen van
‘The optimum nutrition for the mind’. Steeds meer mensen hebben last van een
koolhydraatverslaving. Van mensen met overgewicht heeft ongeveer 5-10% een
koolhydraatverslaving. Ook mensen die geen overgewicht hebben kunnen last hebben van een
overdreven hang naar koolhydraten zoals suiker, gebak, brood, pasta, ijs, frisdranken.
Opnieuw bewijs, lowcarb beter dan
lowfat voor je hart
Dr. Robert Lustig From 'Sugar: The
Bitter Truth' Shares His Thoughts On Low-Carb Diets
One of the topics that came up was when
Sean asked a question from Jimmy Moore about why Dr. Lustig is such a strong opponent of
fructose and sugar, but not of starchy and other culprit carbohydrates. He answered the
question explaining why he doesn't believe in low-carb diets. However, after the
interview, Jimmy again asked for a chance to speak with Dr. Lustig explaining that the
show is more than about low-carb diets. He said as long as Jimmy understood he supported
"safe carb" and not low-carb then he would do it.
Low-carb diets can affect dieters' cognition skills
A new study from the psychology department at Tufts University shows that when dieters
eliminate carbohydrates from their meals, they performed more poorly on memory-based tasks
than when they reduce calories, but maintain carbohydrates. When carbohydrates were
reintroduced, cognition skills returned to normal."This study demonstrates that the
food you eat can have an immediate impact on cognitive behavior," explains Holly A.
Taylor, professor of psychology at Tufts and corresponding author of the study. "The
popular low-carb, no-carb diets have the strongest potential for negative impact on
thinking and cognition."
Low-carb diets prove better at
controlling type 2 diabetes
In a six-month comparison of low-carb diets, one that encourages eating carbohydrates with
the lowest-possible rating on the glycemic index leads to greater improvement in blood
sugar control, according to Duke University Medical Center researchers. Patients who
followed the no-glycemic diet experienced more frequent reductions, and in some cases
elimination, of their need for medication to control type 2 diabetes, according to lead
author Eric Westman, MD, director of Duke's Lifestyle Medicine Program. The findings are
published online in Nutrition and Metabolism. "Low glycemic diets are good, but our
work shows a no-glycemic diet is even better at improving blood sugar control," he
says. "We found you can get a three-fold improvement in type 2 diabetes as evidenced
by a standard test of the amount of sugar in the blood. That's an important distinction
because as a physician who is faced with the choice of drugs or diet, I want a strong diet
that's shown to improve type 2 diabetes and minimize medication use." Eight-four
volunteers with obesity and type 2 diabetes were randomized to either a low-carbohydrate
ketogenic diet (less than 20 grams of carbs/day) or a low-glycemic, reduced calorie diet
(500 calories/day). Both groups attended group meetings, had nutritional supplementation
and an exercise regimen. After 24 weeks, their glycemic control was determined by a blood
test that measured hemoglobin A1C, a standard test used to determine blood sugar control
in patients with diabetes. Of those who completed the study, the volunteers in the
low-carbohydrate diet group had greater improvements in hemoglobin A1C. Diabetes
medications were reduced or eliminated in 95 percent of the low-carbohydrate volunteers,
compared to 62 percent in the low-glycemic group. The low-carbohydrate diet also resulted
in a greater reduction in weight. "It's simple," says Westman. "If you cut
out the carbohydrates, your blood sugar goes down, and you lose weight which lowers your
blood sugar even further. It's a one-two punch."
Weight Loss with a
Low-Carbohydrate, Mediterranean, or Low-Fat Diet
Mediterranean and low-carbohydrate diets may be effective alternatives to low-fat diets.
The more favorable effects on lipids (with the low-carbohydrate diet) and on glycemic
control (with the Mediterranean diet) suggest that personal preferences and metabolic
considerations might inform individualized tailoring of dietary interventions.
High-Carb, Low-Fat Junk Diet Has
Made Us 'More Fat, Diabetic, And Heart-Diseased'
The main villains of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease are industrial foods - corn oil,
corn syrup, white flour, and trans fats. Don’t eat them. The good guys are omega-3
fats in foods like wild cold-water fish; whole eggs; and natural fats, including saturated
fats, like coconut oil, and unsaturated ones, like olive oil. If you eat traditional fats
rather than industrial ones, you’ll be fine.
Great-Grandmother never cooked with guar gum, carrageenan, mono- and diglycerides,
hydrolyzed vegetable protein, modified food starch, soy lecithin and any number of other
ingredients found in processed food. She would never eat cotton, but cottonseed oil is
commonplace in all sorts of the "edible foodlike substances" found in
supermarkets today.
U bent diabetes patiënt of u volgt een koolhydraat arm dieet dan is de koolhydratenlijst
wellicht iets voor u. Om snel het aantal koolhydraten te vinden van een product gebruikt u
de zoekfunctie. De koolhydratentabel bevat duizenden producten!
Definitely cutting back on the ‘wrong’ kinds of Carbohydrates such as Cakes,
Confectioneries, Bread, Polished rice and the like will be mandatory for weight-loss, but
replacing them with high protein foods is- just as from the points above-unnecessary and
actually harmful for overall health and fitness.
Scientists at Aberdeen’s Rowett Research Institute have shown that a high protein,
low carbohydrate diet is most effective at reducing hunger and promoting weight loss, at
least in the short term. Their work has just been published in the American Journal of
Clinical Nutrition.
Low-carb diets' effects linked to rise
in newly identified 'starvation hormone'
The benefits sometimes seen in those on a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet may depend on
increased levels of a newly identified "starvation hormone" produced by the
liver, according to a report in the June issue of the journal Cell Metabolism, published
by Cell Press. Two studies in the issue show that the hormone plays a critical role in the
metabolic shift seen in animals after a period of fasting and in those fed an Atkins-like
diet. That shift is characterized by an increased reliance on fat stores as an alternative
source of fuel when glucose, the body’s primary energy source, plummets. A team led
by Eleftheria Maratos-Flier of Harvard University reports evidence that increased blood
levels of liver-derived "fibroblast growth factor 21" (FGF21) are required for
fasted mice and mice on a carbohydrate-restricted diet to switch gears and begin burning
fat. Likewise, an accompanying study led by Steven Kliewer of the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center found that FGF21 mobilizes fat in food-restricted animals and
those with chronically elevated concentrations of the liver hormone. Kliewer’s team
further showed that the hormone contributes to energy-conserving behavioral changes as
animals ride out food shortages.
