Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Fat Chance
I have not posted any more about the book "Fat Chance" because my Kindle died and I have a new Kindle paperwhite coming in about two weeks from Amazon. Friends and family who have bought this book, please post anything on my post about it or add it to my facebook. Love to hear from you.
Fruit Sweetening Paste (Pure Fruit Sweetener)
http://www.primallyinspired.com/fruit-sweetening-paste-pure-fruit-sweetener-vegan/
Homemade Ice Cream
I just add a banana (cut up and frozen) to the blender (Ninja) and I added peanut butter, homemade all natural dry fruit jam, and some of my homemade Energy Balls (not made in balls, but lose) blend it and you have a delicious energy ice cream, sooo good and good for you.
Energy Balls
http://www.primallyinspired.com/energy-balls-with-coconut-sunflower-seeds-dark-chocolate-and-dried-cranberries-vegan-paleo/
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Yummmmy desserts
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| My homemade ice cream made in my ninja blender. Take one frozen banana cut in pieces, add 6 frozen strawberries, and a handful of frozen blueberries blend in the blender for 20 seconds. That's it! Eat! |
Dippin Dots is my 12 yr olds, favorite. Dad loves all of them and so do I. I even have my 12 yr olds friends loving them.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
http://realmomkitchen.com/356/3-envelope-roast/
My dinner was this roast with carrots and corn on the cob and mash potatoes. No gravy and No breads! I love this recipe! Dessert is a strawberry, banana, and blueberry smoothies. I know I need to skip the smoothies, because it has sugar too.
My dinner was this roast with carrots and corn on the cob and mash potatoes. No gravy and No breads! I love this recipe! Dessert is a strawberry, banana, and blueberry smoothies. I know I need to skip the smoothies, because it has sugar too.
continue of the book "Fat Chance"
FYI: I forgot to mention what the (VTA) means. The hedonic pathway comprises a neural conduit between two brain areas: the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and the nucleus accumbens (NA, also known as the reward center), both of which are deep-brain structures. Pleasure occurs when the VTA signals the NA to release dopamine, a neurotransmitter. It's a signal from one brain center to another. When the released dopamine binds to its specific dopamine D2 receptor in the NA, the sense of pleasure is experienced. So what are neurotransmitters and receptors? Think of keys and locks. Each neuron is a cell body, and at its end is an axon (special fiber of the neuron that sends information). This axon has a synapse, or pathway, that connects to the dendrites (specialized fibers of the nerve cell that receive information) of the next neuron. When a neural impulse is generated in the first cell, it pulses down to the end of the axon, which contains little packets of neurotransmitters that are then released. These are the keys. They travel across the synapse to the receptors (locks), located in the dendrites of the next cell. There are many keys that take the path along the synapse, and not all of them make it to their destination. Along their way via the synapse, some are metabolized and some are "re-uptaken." Dopamine is one of these types of keys traveling to fit into the locks of the D2 receptors in the next cell, thus determining the triggering and firing of the next cells down the chain.
Food intake is just one readout of the hedonic pathway. It appears to mediate feeding on the basis of palatability rather than energy need: I'm stuffed, but that chocolate cake looks so good. When functional, the hedonic pathway helps to curtail food intake in situations where energy stores are replete: I don't need to finish that macaroni and cheese. However, when dysfunctional, this pathway can increase food intake, leading to obesity.
1. Anything that increases the dopamine transmission to the NA increases the feeling of reward.
2. Anything that clears dopamine from the NA will extinguish the feeling of reward.
3. Anything that reduces the number of D2 receptors in the NA, or binding of dopamine to those receptors (such as chronic overuse of a substance), will shortchange reward. You then need more dopamine, and hence more of the substance, to get the same feeling of pleasure.
These precepts are as true for food as they are for addictive drugs. And food and drugs cross over. With time we can become sensitized to a substance and need more of it to get the same effect. Once sensitized, animals and humans may become hyperresponsive to a new substance; this is known as cross-sensitization. In other words, if the brain has been wired for addition, it's easy to switch from one substance to another. Ask recovering alcoholics about their incessant need for coffee, tobacco, and/or sugar. If you have a decreased dopamine binding capacity, there is a perceived need for compulsive food intake to provide excess stimulation of these depressed circuits, thereby driving continued weight gain.
P.S. This is so interesting, I hope you all read this book! I will talk about why I'm onto this subject after while. But let me read a little more and I can tell you what happens. TO BE CONTINUED
Food intake is just one readout of the hedonic pathway. It appears to mediate feeding on the basis of palatability rather than energy need: I'm stuffed, but that chocolate cake looks so good. When functional, the hedonic pathway helps to curtail food intake in situations where energy stores are replete: I don't need to finish that macaroni and cheese. However, when dysfunctional, this pathway can increase food intake, leading to obesity.
1. Anything that increases the dopamine transmission to the NA increases the feeling of reward.
2. Anything that clears dopamine from the NA will extinguish the feeling of reward.
3. Anything that reduces the number of D2 receptors in the NA, or binding of dopamine to those receptors (such as chronic overuse of a substance), will shortchange reward. You then need more dopamine, and hence more of the substance, to get the same feeling of pleasure.
These precepts are as true for food as they are for addictive drugs. And food and drugs cross over. With time we can become sensitized to a substance and need more of it to get the same effect. Once sensitized, animals and humans may become hyperresponsive to a new substance; this is known as cross-sensitization. In other words, if the brain has been wired for addition, it's easy to switch from one substance to another. Ask recovering alcoholics about their incessant need for coffee, tobacco, and/or sugar. If you have a decreased dopamine binding capacity, there is a perceived need for compulsive food intake to provide excess stimulation of these depressed circuits, thereby driving continued weight gain.
P.S. This is so interesting, I hope you all read this book! I will talk about why I'm onto this subject after while. But let me read a little more and I can tell you what happens. TO BE CONTINUED
Happy Mother's Day
Hi, Happy Mother's Day to all of you!
Today is a great day! I had Sunday School this morning and God's words were great! I got up this morning at 6am and had my morning cup of coffee x 2. I was reading my book "Fat Chance" and it has so much information about different health problems. And the one I want to talk about is:
The Usual Suspects: Leptin and Insulin!
Not only are they central in the starvation response, but theY are also key players in the hedonic pathway, modulating reward in response to meals. In normal circumstances, after you've eaten a sufficient amount, leptin sends a signal to the VTA to suppress the release of dopamine, thereby reducing the reward of food. So leptin extinguishes reward. But what if you are leptin resistant? That's what obesity is: leptin resistance. If leptin can't act, then the dopamine isn't cleared from the NA, and the impetus for further consumption persists. If you're leptin resistant, do you really think you have the willpower to ignore both the starvation signal and the reward signal, when every food outlet you pass by provides you with sight or smell you to chow down? Starvation and reward conspire to thwart every obese person.
What about insulin, leptin's accomplice? Normally, people are sufficiently sensitive to insulin. Insulin's job is to clear dopamine from that pathway between the cells in the NA's Thus, the rise in insulin that occurs during a meal blunts the reward of further food intake (I've eaten enough--I really don't need a second helping). This acts as a servomechanism built into the hedonic pathway to prevent overfeeding. But what happens when you are insulin resistant? Insulin resistance leads to leptin resistance in the VTA, contributing to increased caloric intake by preventing dopamine clearance from the NA. Increased pleasure is then derived from food when energy stores are full. Insulin and leptin resistance lead not only to increased food intake but to increased palatable food intake or anything that is high in both fat and sugar: the muffins, the Cinnabons, the cookies, the cheesecake. Is it any wonder Mrs. Fields is in every shopping mall?
Today is a great day! I had Sunday School this morning and God's words were great! I got up this morning at 6am and had my morning cup of coffee x 2. I was reading my book "Fat Chance" and it has so much information about different health problems. And the one I want to talk about is:
The Usual Suspects: Leptin and Insulin!
Not only are they central in the starvation response, but theY are also key players in the hedonic pathway, modulating reward in response to meals. In normal circumstances, after you've eaten a sufficient amount, leptin sends a signal to the VTA to suppress the release of dopamine, thereby reducing the reward of food. So leptin extinguishes reward. But what if you are leptin resistant? That's what obesity is: leptin resistance. If leptin can't act, then the dopamine isn't cleared from the NA, and the impetus for further consumption persists. If you're leptin resistant, do you really think you have the willpower to ignore both the starvation signal and the reward signal, when every food outlet you pass by provides you with sight or smell you to chow down? Starvation and reward conspire to thwart every obese person.
What about insulin, leptin's accomplice? Normally, people are sufficiently sensitive to insulin. Insulin's job is to clear dopamine from that pathway between the cells in the NA's Thus, the rise in insulin that occurs during a meal blunts the reward of further food intake (I've eaten enough--I really don't need a second helping). This acts as a servomechanism built into the hedonic pathway to prevent overfeeding. But what happens when you are insulin resistant? Insulin resistance leads to leptin resistance in the VTA, contributing to increased caloric intake by preventing dopamine clearance from the NA. Increased pleasure is then derived from food when energy stores are full. Insulin and leptin resistance lead not only to increased food intake but to increased palatable food intake or anything that is high in both fat and sugar: the muffins, the Cinnabons, the cookies, the cheesecake. Is it any wonder Mrs. Fields is in every shopping mall?
Saturday, May 11, 2013
my meals for today
Breakfast at work: oatmeal with walnuts and a 2 T. 2% milk and scrambled eggs with scrambled sausage and cheddar cheese.
Lunch: 1/2 of granola cereal.
Dinner: 2 slice of pepperoni pizza
Dessert: I blew my no sugar today, I had a small bowl of drum stick ice cream. My favorite! I pledge to try harder to stay away from this sugar!
Lunch: 1/2 of granola cereal.
Dinner: 2 slice of pepperoni pizza
Dessert: I blew my no sugar today, I had a small bowl of drum stick ice cream. My favorite! I pledge to try harder to stay away from this sugar!
Friday, May 10, 2013
high-doses-toxic-poison
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/03/high-doses-sugar-toxic-poison_n_1399038.html
No Sugar!
Personally, I do believe that sugar is a poison. But this has still not
stopped me poisoning myself on a regular basis over the years. At the moment
I am trying, once again, to stay clear.
Back in January 2012 I read a book on fibromyalia and it said to cut out sugar and carbs in my diet. So, I did that and I have lost 45 lbs as of today 5/10/2013. I have been researching sugar is poison on google and it tells me so much. Here is one site that I found helpful:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/9987825/Sweet-poison-why-sugar-is-ruining-our-health.html
Start planning a no sugar diet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/9987977/How-to-kick-the-sugar-habit-tips-and-low-sugar-recipes.html
http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780007514120 This book is a must have! I have it on my Kindle.
Back in January 2012 I read a book on fibromyalia and it said to cut out sugar and carbs in my diet. So, I did that and I have lost 45 lbs as of today 5/10/2013. I have been researching sugar is poison on google and it tells me so much. Here is one site that I found helpful:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/9987825/Sweet-poison-why-sugar-is-ruining-our-health.html
Start planning a no sugar diet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/healthyeating/9987977/How-to-kick-the-sugar-habit-tips-and-low-sugar-recipes.html
http://books.telegraph.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780007514120 This book is a must have! I have it on my Kindle.
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