Re: Followup - huge uptick in cholesterol

From: Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD (andrew_at_heartmdphd.com)
Date: 06/29/04


Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 06:16:20 -0400

Mike wrote:
>
> Dr.Chung wrote:
>
> >Ime, the 2PD approach works every time for sustained weight loss.
>
> Thank you for convincing me to buy (and use) a Soehnle food scale
> computer the last 6 months.

You are welcome.

> It has become an adjunct to my "Weight
> Weenie Biking Philosophy" since buying a 15 lb bike. I try to cap each
> meal at 200-300 grams and leave 100-200 for grazing; on heavy grain
> days I consume about 700-950 Gms a day and on heavy meat-salad days I
> eat ~1KG-2.0KG.

Hopefully, you are avoiding heavy days if you are heavy.

> You should include items like dry lettuce or celery as
> "Freebees" to encourage behaviors away from refined grains and fat
> like weight watchers.

If the 2PD approach did do that, it would likely have the same 95%
failure rate.

> 2PD just remind me of a prescription with only
> 2 pills per day on it and proper food intake is as important a proper
> medication intake, selection and amount.

Not for weight loss.

> My first Yo-Yo diet was in
> 1972, which after getting out of the Marine Corp and due to decreased
> physical work+AC+fast food eating caused a rapid weight gain; I ate
> only canned tuna fish, canned vegetables (like C-rats) and beer.

Yes, emphasizing the kinds of food and not the *amount* leads to a
"Yo-YO" diet (non-sustainable).

> However no diet I have ever followed gives me such immediate feed back
> as fasting 2 days a week, (i.e. increased aggressive and sexual
> thoughts like I was in my 20's, Complements from even strangers,
> kicking 20yo olds with $5k bikes in my dust, etc),

Yet another non-sustainable diet approach.

> only problems I had
> were arrhythmias R/T MG1.5 and K3.3 on 4day fast while biking.

There you go.

> This
> sounds anorexic to even me, if not the fact I'm barely maintaining a
> proper body fat between 7 and 16 %; it is possible I've a
> predisposition for M-Syndrome-X. I will use your food scaling method
> and incorporate it with my other methods for a better idea of my
> actual daily caloric consumption.
> Thanks you. Mike.

You are welcome.
 
> Preston Crawford wrote:
> > Secondly, what does being a Christian have to do anything. I'm a
> >Christian, but I wouldn't care if my doctor was an atheist, Buddhist
> >or whatever as long as he's a good doctor.
>
> I personally would prefer Christian people around me, whether an
> airline pilot, Dr or the people of the city,

It is likely that you will stir up the ire of those who are lurking in
the dark shadows of SMC.

> which I'm bike riding in
> (I would probably be killed in most Muslin cities of the world). I
> would take odds against President Bush's survival of any procedure in
> a Muslim hospital. Mohammed was a conquering murderer that treated
> women like slaves and Christ was a healer that revered women. However
> most people seem they are no more successful at Christianity than
> dieting upon examination of their behaviors or getting on a scale, nor
> should you call yourself a Christian or a MD without proper
> properties; this has probably been true of the illiterate masses the
> last 2k years. Most of America resemble the gluttonous, promiscuous
> spectators like Roman Arena days, when Christians where being killed
> for entertainment (reality TV, fatherless homes etc). With criminals,
> highway accepted murders and general lack of a cohesive social
> feeling; it is no wonder people spend most of their time in their
> castles watching TV and only venture out in their tanks.

As my Lord and Savior instructs me, I prefer not to judge.

It gets in the way of following Christ's second commandment.

Servant to the humblest person in the universe,

Andrew

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