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Joyful
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Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 04:54 |
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AFP:
Human genes remember a sugar hit for two weeks, with prolonged poor eating habits capable of permanently altering DNA, Australian research has found.
Since we know bacteria can horizontally transfer DNA ... and that sugar feeds some of the bacteria ... the above finding shouldn't be a surprise.
A team studying the impact of diet on human heart tissue and mice found that cells showed the effects of a one-off sugar hit for a fortnight, by switching off genetic controls designed to protect the body against diabetes and heart disease.
Interesting that the effects last two weeks. I wonder why?
see article here: http://www.weyak.ae/channels/news/article/view/lang/en/type/health/id/1941235
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Russ
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Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 10:27 |
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| I wonder if all carbohydrates have this effect (since they all turn to glucose eventually) or if it is just the simple sugars.
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Dew
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Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 15:15 |
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Very interesting Joyful. Thanks!
I had read before that sugar depresses the immune system for 5 hours after ingestion. However, this "2 week" information relating to more long-term effects explains a lot more, since I have frequently observed that people who go off sugar have dramatic improvements in the health in a relatively short time.
LR (using Dew's account)Last edited on Tue Feb 17th, 2009 15:16 by Dew
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Cynthia Schnitz
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Posted: Tue Feb 17th, 2009 21:04 |
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I hope I am not too far off subject to mention that I have noticed many times that Splenda is capable of raising my blood sugar all by its self, well, I am assuming it is the Splenda, as the blood sugar comes back up after any of the uncaffeinated Splenda sweetened sodas, tho they also contain acesulfame potassium. I have been assuming that the Splenda (or ?) has the effect of fooling my liver into releasing some stored sugar (glycogen?).
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Lottis
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Posted: Wed Feb 18th, 2009 08:50 |
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Splenda increases my pulse.
Joyce wrote in the food and drug allergy thread:
| I would just add that I have had a lot of food allergies and sensitivities, including some that cause delayed reactions. I know from long experience that it can be hard to distinguish what causes an increase in symptoms when the reactions are delayed. Fortunately, I have found over many years that my pulse goes up when I react to a food. And I can distinguish what food I reacted to (if any) by doing a sublingual test on the following day on individual foods. The test usually always allows a very clear cut answer for me. A book was written about this type of reaction by an immunologist, Dr. Arthur Cocoa, many years ago (called The Pulse Test). |
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kenc
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Posted: Thu Feb 19th, 2009 19:41 |
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I'm very interested in what Joyce has said about changes in pulse. I'd like to know what affects heart rate for two reasons:
1) My resting heart rate tends to be high (80-120 bpm) and occasionally spikes for reasons I'm not aware of. Recently, it spiked to 157 bpm.
2) I want to reduce my resting heart rate to decrease my chances of my heart going into atrial fibrillation. It went into AF during my recent time in the hospital.
I understand that part of the reason my resting heart rate is high, like many others taking Benicar, is that my blood pressure is low. I was told by specialists in the hospital, the heart rate may rise to compensate for the lower blood pressure. I am trying to raise my blood pressure by consuming a little more salt in my diet.
I find it very interesting that exposure to allergens or possibly other immunological challenges could increase heart rate. Can spikes in immunopathology (i.e. herxes) also create spikes in heart rate? Could the monitoring of heart rate help the MP patient to manage symptoms? I'm currently using a Timex heart rate watch ($105 cnd) to monitor my heart rate so that I determine what effects it and what I can do to manage it.Last edited on Thu Feb 19th, 2009 19:46 by kenc
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jcwat101
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Posted: Fri Feb 20th, 2009 04:56 |
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Ken,
Although perhaps for some people the heart rate may increase with IP, in my case it does not.
I have pretty low blood pressure lately (often in the neighborhood of 88/58) and my resting bp is a bit high -- like around 88 -- so that might have something to do with my resting pulse. Though I don't think there is a direct relation, because a couple years ago, my bp was higher and my pulse was lower than it is currently.
But the spikes in pulse that aren't a result of a brisk walk, for me, only occur with food or supplement reactions.
Before I figured out my sensitivities, the changes in pulse were fairly erratic, but once I figured them out and reduced them through adjusting my diet, the changes were easily discernable as directly related to particular foods.
There was a period of time when my dad's atrial fibrillation went away when he avoided foods he was allergic/sensitive to. However, later, it became more or less permanent (but he is much older than you are).
I went from being sensitive to just about everything, to now being able to eat most things without a reaction (though some I still have to eat only rarely or at a fairly low frequency, to avoid becoming reactive again).
You can see my thread and home page for more on it.
Joyce Waterhouse
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