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Optimal Nutrition – How to prevent sugar spikes

Our diet is a major determinant of how well our body will function and repair itself. TNJ has shown very clearly how vital TNJ Nutrients are to healing and repair, performance and recovery, full integrated function of both brain hemispheres, handling stress properly, DNA protection and repair, protection from environmental and internal toxins. TNJ does even more that we have yet to define.

Diet provides not only NUTRIENTS to activate physiologic system function it provides SUBSTRATES for Energy and Building. We eat Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals, DNA encoded Nutrients, natural and synthetic Chemicals (not encoded in our DNA blueprint), and Water. These function in our bodies not only in enzymatic and chemical (volumetric) mechanisms but many also have quantum physics/electromagnetic properties and mechanisms.

Our Modern Lifesyles and Modern Diets have created many problems for our physiologic systems. The vast majority of us if we drink a Soda, eat a Sandwich, snack on chips or crackers, or eat a dessert or any othe rapid digesting carbohydrate (high glycemic index) will experience a surge of blood sugar in 10 to 20 minutes. The pancreas will respond with a burst of Insulin, overshoot the sugar level and drop the blood level below normal. The body will call on the liver and other sources to boost blood sugar into another high spike. A second Insulin burst makes us Hypoglycemic again. The body responds with a 3RD  blood sugar spike and 3rd drop below normal before levelling out in normal range. This standard pattern, described by Dr Somogi in 1930 just 9 years after Drs Banting and Best discovered Insulin in 1921, happens to us several to many times every day.

Insulin is linked directly to 18 or more major regulatory hormones in a chain. Wiggle one wiggle them all!

The Somogi Response creates a 3 wave tsunami down our regulatory chain affecting Brain, Liver, Pancreas, Gut, Muscle, Hypo-Thalamic/Pituitary/Adrenal Axis, Thyroid, Growth Hormone, Leptin, Ghrellin, Gallinin, Cholecystokinin, Cortisol and Corticosterone, Prolactin, Testosterone, and Endorphin/Enkephlin neurotransmitters, plus several more hormones you have never even heard about. Insulin Resistance with constantly elevated levels of Insulin, disrupts this regulatory chain to cause The Pre-Diabetic or Metabolic Syndome (Syndrome X).

Complex Carbohydrates are natural, unprocessed, combine carbohydrate with various forms of fiber and digest in 1 to 3 HOURS not 10 to 20 minutes. Slow digesting complex carbs (low glycemic index) create a smooth uniform rise in blood sugar within normal range without spikes and rebound hypoglycemia. Eat a 50 gram (200KCal) serving 4 to 5 times a day (that’s about 1/2 of an 1800 KCal Diabetic Diet) for 2 weeks while avoiding rapid digesting carbs and oils (short chain oils are used to fry chips and crackers), and the battered regulatory hormones and organs become calm and effective again. Now a can of Coke for example at 10 AM (after a good slow digesting breakfast) creates a small bump in blood sugar, not the Somogi Response.

You are now ready to add SOME rapid digesting carbs to your diet as long as you eat 4 or more servings of Low Glycemic Index Carbohydrates daily. You can find lists on the Internet of both High and Low Glycemic Index foods. Fruits, Vegetables, Beans, Heavy whole grain breads, nuts are the basics.

The Mediterranean Diet is heavy in fresh fruits, fresh or steamed vegetables, salads, olive oil, fish poultry, dairy, pork, lamb, poultry and dairy. It avoids excess refined sugars, bleached flours, and processed foods (MSG and other Excitotoxins). This dietary pattern dramatically reduces inflammation in joints, blood vessels, and other soft tissues AFTER the 10th WEEK then continuously. This works well for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus (SLE), and should work for Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetes mellitus and many other conditions.

This is the dietary pattern plus regular TNJ recommended by AskDrRichardWilliams.com for everyone and particularly for those with health challenges.

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Here’s wishing you a blessed Easter and Happy Spring!

How have you been, my friends as yet another week has zoomed us by. Already we are into the first week of the second quarter of 2009. There is so much I want to share with you…

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Your immune system

I remembered watching the movie by Robin Williams titled “Patch Adams” in 1998. Since then, I’ve watched it a couple of times more. This is a real life story of Hunter Adams, founder of the Gesundheit Institut. Convinced of the powerful connection between environment and wellness, he believes the health of an individual cannot be separated from the health of the family, community, and the world. Patch uses humor to “treat” his patients.

This brings us to the topic on immunity for today.

Do you know that everything in your life affects your immune system?

Your general nutrition does, your level of stress does, depression does, happiness does. The way you think actually has an effect on your immune system.

One of the most clear cut example of the experiences that we go through and the way we think and feel have an effect on our immune system was demonstrated when researchers took groups of people and had them watch a 20-minute video clip of Mother Theresa tending to her people in Calcutta.

They watch her as she prayed with the people. She didn’t have medicine with her. She didn’t change dressings or do wound care, but she attended to her people and connected with them.

Saliva samples were taken of the group before they went to watch the video. They did not know what they were going to watch. After watching for 20 minutes, another set of saliva sample was taken and the IgA immune globulin had doubled in everyone.

Just think: To be able to watch this and to boost your immune defenses in your GI tract, in your nose, in your upper respiratory tract. The IgA immune globulins that are there as the first layer of defense were doubled just by watching Mother Theresa!

Hence, it is indeed important to address all of the many factors in our life that affects our immune system.

Many people have written to Doc asking about the Full Immune Boost.

We have produce a slide video for you.  Click here to find out more.

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A cornerstone of the Think and Grow Rich Philosophy is that the more you give, the more you get. In everything you do – for your customers, your associates, your employees, your family – practice doing just a little more than is expected. You’ll stand out because there’s no traffic jam on the extra mile, and you’ll discover that service to others is one of life’s greatest riches. – Dr. Napoleon Hill

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Mercury in your teeth

Did you know that the mercury filling in your teeth will emit poisonous vapors in your mouth when rubbed or heated? Teeth grinding, eating or drinking a cup of hot beverage can emit shocking amounts of mercury vapors. Witness what happens in this short clip by the International Academy of Oral Medicine & Toxicology (IAOMT):

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Hi

I would like to share with you a video today.

Have you heard of Professor Randy Pausch?

A pioneer in the field of virtual reality who became a professor at his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University, Pausch also co-founded the school’s Entertainment Technology Center and developed programs to make teaching computer science and animation more fun for high school and post-secondary students.

He also helped develop the Alice 3D-animation software and had stints at Walt Disney and Electronic Arts.

He was diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer in September 2006.

A year later, Pausch took part in a lecture series at the university that saw professors give hypothetical final talks and speak about what mattered most to them.

The popular and flamboyant Pausch drew a packed crowd for his light-hearted session, dedicated to his children.

He joked about his realized and unrealized childhood dreams and urged people to have more fun and live life to the fullest.

It’s worth noting that no matter how short, life is worth living full out and Randy did just that.

Here’s a video of Randy’s last lecture. It’s worth your time.

The lecture is a call to his students and colleagues to go on without him and do great things and was delivered at Carnegie Mellon on Sept. 18, 2007, a few weeks after Pausch learned he had just months to live.

What’s your thoughts on the ‘Last Lecture’? Share with us here.

Heard of this quote? “Success is a journey, not a destination.”

Well, how about this too: “Health is a journey, not a destination.”