Shouldn't this fucking thread be on the Food&Supplements board
What the f**k has this to do with bodybuilding gossip? >: Fast food is great for mass. Palumbo once remarked, that his best gains, were made when he ate cheeseburgers by the pounds, from a local fast-food joint. The problem is that it's hard on the liver and kidneys. The heart can take pretty large amounts of fat, if it is in a low-carb diet - because the fat is burned for fuel and, hence, doesen't accumulate in the arteries. The liver and kidneys, conversely, just can't take all that trash, for that long.
Eating large amounts of saturated fat is like eating large amounts of simple carbs: it leads to insulin resistence. Although this happens for quite different reasons. Saturated fats, it seem, decrease the ability of insulin to bind to receptors in cells. this, in itself, promotes the release of more insulin, to remove the glucose from the bloodstream. Furthermore, saturated fat destroys B vitamins, increases oxidative stress and the by-products of it's metabolisation, such as ketones, are carcinogenic poisons to living organisms.
Simple carbs are different story, and one which is even worse than the latter. Simple sugars, which are the main source of calories on the American diet, are the main culprit in heart disease, insulin-resistent type II diabetes, obesity and artherosclerosis, due to increasing a process called glycation. By eating simple carbs, you flood your bloodstream with glucose. Since this is directly toxic to the brain, the pancreas releases huge amounts of insulin, to remove it. Due to the emergence character of this removal, the pancreas simply does no release he exact amount necessary. The result is that it releases
MORE than the body needs - to make sure the glucose is removed! So, you feel hungry due to this sudden drop in glucose level. nd what is the quickest way to raise the level again? You guessed it: to eat simple carbs. Hence, the poor bastard enters into a never ending cycle of eating sugar to off-set hypoglycemia. Since the body can't use all this glucose at once, it just stores it. With time, the receptors become less and less effecive at processing insulin, eventually resulting in diabetes. In conclusion, simple carbs make you fat and diabetic,
FAST!! But the tragedy is not over. Simple carbs also turn he body acid, because all simple carbs are transfored into several acids during metabolistion. This interferes with the epitelial tissue's ability to absorb nutrients and maintain proper Sodium-Potassium balnce. This is also true for the hair and nails. The end result is dry, "dead", brittle skin, hair and nails. Saturated fats also intefere with the ability of cells to produce superoxide-dismutase, the Human organism's most powerful antioxidant. And finally, the metabolisation of saturated fats, as explained before, produce several toxic poisons in the liver and kidneys, which are released into the bloodstream and reach the skin, giving it spots, discolorations and acne. Therefore, a diet composed of simple carbs and saturated fats make you look dry, brittle, discolored and full of spots and in your skin!
The ideal is to eat a "Paleolithic" diet, composed of lean meats - preferably from wild game, or from animals which are allowed to run around and graze -, leaves, root vegetables, berries and nuts. Carbs should be kept to a minimum and only those with the lowest glycemic indexes should be eaten. Lean meats stabilize blood sugars due to their protein and dramatically decrease hunger, due to their high amount of essential fatty acids. Leaves and root vegetables provide fiber, which aids digestion, and also highly bioavailable phytochemicals and polyphenols. Nuts and berries are terrific, providing enormous amounts of vitamins, natural antioxidants ns unsaturaed fats.
Fruits other than berries are a very special case, which I would like to explain. Fruits are
NOT natural; they are the result of genetic experiments to make them taste better...just like candy. Natural fruits, the ones from thousands of years ago, contained only small amounts of simple carbs - glucose and fructose -, which came packed together with fiber, vitamins and phytochemicals. The problem is that wild fruits are not as tasty as modern ones. The modern variety has far more fructose and glucose, with a decreased fiber content and less vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. Only berries still exist in their natural state, so they're the only ones that should be eaten. Except commercial blueberries, which were genetically enhanced to have tons of simple carbs. Go for wild blueberries, raspberries and strawberries: the closest things there are to 'perfect foods". Hope it helped.
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