Breakfast #3 Organic vs Nonorganic eggs

Why eat organic free range eggs?

Did you know that organic free range eggs have a 1:1 omega 6 to omega 3 ratio, while commercial eggs contain a 19:1 omega 6 to omega 3 ratio? Did you know that ancient men and women had a 1 to 1 ratio within their cell membranes? Do you know what modern men and women?s Omega 3 to Omega 6 ratio is? This is a direct quote from an The Center for Genetics, Nutrition and Health.

?Several sources of information suggest that human beings evolved on a diet with a ratio of omega-6 to omega-3 essential fatty acids (EFA) of approximately 1 whereas in Western diets the ratio is 15/1-16.7/1. Western diets are deficient in omega-3 fatty acids, and have excessive amounts of omega-6 fatty acids compared with the diet on which human beings evolved and their genetic patterns were established.?

Is there a correlation here? I have a lot more to say on eggs, but common sense tells me. SPEND THE EXTRA MONEY FOR ORGANIC FREE RANGE EGGS!

Breakfast #2 Denatured vs Undenatured Whey

Hello

Undenatured whey is likened to raw milk, whereas denatured whey is likened to pasturized milk. Undenatured regulates health related challenges brought about by a toxic environment, a poor diet, too much stress and the natural aging process.Undenatured whey protein provides your body with the building blocks necessary for each cell to produce Glutathione. Glutathione is the mother of all anti-oxidants. Glutathione is the only anti-oxidant that is found within the cell. Denatured whey does not make glutathione.

There are two major protein groups in cow's milk, whey and casein. About 80% of the total protein in cow's milk is casien, while whey accounts for the remaining 20%. Whey is a natural byproduct of the cheese-making process. Whey Protein makes muscle.  Muscle burns fat.  At the time of purchase, most commercial whey protein has begun to oxidize or may have been completely oxidized. In either case, it is considered to be "denatured". Denatured whey protein simply does not offer the same biological benefits as "undenatured" whey protein; just as cooked food does not offer the same biological benefits as raw food. Denatured whey protein is handled and prepared with a different set of manufacturing processes than undenatured whey protein. It is best to find undenatured whey in individually vacuumed packs to protect its natural highly beneficial properties that include:

1) Contains less than 1% fat and lactose

2) Contains conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)

3) Contains cystiene (a vital cell nutrient), glutamic acid and glycine

4) Provides the building blocks for the body to make glutathione (GSH) levels

5) Recycles other antioxidants like Lipoic Acid, Vitamin C and Vitamin E

6) Provides Anti-oxidant Assistance, Eliminates Toxins, Improves the Immune System, Anti-Aging Benefits

Undenatured whey protein should be manufactured under pharmaceutical-grade conditions and should be individually packaged. Use a hand mixer instead of a blender. DO NOT MIX THE PRODUCT IN HOT LIQUID OR USE A KITCHEN BLENDER. EXCESSIVE HEAT OR AGITATION MAY DENATURE THE PRODUCT.

Dr. Mac

Thanks to Douglas Moore and Tawne Bachus

Breakfast #1

What should I eat for Breakfast?

Unlike the other HCG diets out there, The Mac HCG Diet allows you to eat Breakfast.  We believe breakfast is an important part of any diet. Research indicates that people who are on a diet and eat a breakfast have nearly a 500% chance of not gaining weight after they have completed the diet compared to someone on a diet that skips breakfast. 

I find that a protein shake is a good way to start off the morning.  Place a cup of filtered water in a blender.  Add a cup of frozen organic berries, blueberries, strawberries, or mixed berries, etc (Trader Joes), add ice and blend.  Then add the undenatured whey on top.  Now, hit the blender on very low.  Allow the protein to circulate but don't murder it.  This makes for a great quick frozen breakfast.  When it is frozen, a spoon is usually necessary and that helps make it feel like a meal instead of a drink.  My daughters love them. They taste just like a real shake.  

When you are on the maintenance program, you may utilize other fruits.  One of our favorites is a chocolate banana protein shake.  We use organic bananas and I use one per person.  Usually the organic banana is much smaller than a non-organic banana.  If you are using non-organic banana use a half of a banana for each serving.  

There is no need to add dairy or soy or rice or almond mild to the shakes.  If you are doing injections of HCG do not and I said do not use any of these milks.

I intend on living forever or die trying!  How about you?  Remember, you only live as long as your waist is small!  Strive for a waist to height ratio of 45% for women and 48% for men.

Love you all, Dr. Mac

HFCS and High Blood Pressure

Common Sweetener Raises Blood Pressure

Posted on 2009-11-05 06:00:00 in Blood Pressure | Diet |

Fructose, or high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), is added as a sweetener to many processed foods and beverages.  Citing that: “Consumption of fructose in the form of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup has increased dramatically in industrialized nations. This increase mirrors the dramatic rise in the prevalence of hypertension. Previous studies have been inconsistent in linking excessive fructose intake to hypertension,” Diana I. Jalal, from University of Colorado Denver Health Sciences Center (USA), and colleagues studied 4,528 adults who did not have a history of high blood pressure. The team found that those who consumed more than 74 grams of fructose per day (the equivalent of the amount in 2.5 sweetened soft drinks) raised their risk of high blood pressure by 28% to 87%, depending on the level of hypertension.  The team concludes that: “These results indicate that high fructose intake in the form of added sugars is significantly and independently associated with higher blood pressure levels in the US adult population with no previous history of hypertension.”

This was just recently released.  On October 30 2009.

Check the labels and quit eating HFCS.  Its for your own good!

Dr. Mac

High Fructose Corn Syrup and the lovely Heavy Metal--Mercury

HFCS & Mercury

Researchers in the US found that much of the high fructose corn syrup that is increasingly replacing sugar in processed foods is tainted with mercury, a metal that is toxic to humans. They also tested many branded food products and found they too contained mercury.

Oh, it's just a little mercury. Here is what it says on ASTDR, our government agency that lists Mercury as the third most hazardous toxic metal on the planet, right behind arsenic and lead.  

Repeated or continuous exposure to elemental mercury can result in accumulation of mercury in the body and permanent damage to the nervous system and kidneys. (Would eating food tainted with mercury be classified as chronic exposure?  You bet your sweet HFCS) Classic symptoms of poisoning include neuropsychiatric effects, renal impairment, and oropharyngeal inflammation. The neuropsychiatric effects include tremor, anxiety, emotional lability, forgetfulness, insomnia, anorexia, erethism (abnormal irritation, sensitivity, or excitement), fatigue, and cognitive and motor dysfunction.

The findings come from two studies, one of which is published in The Journal Environmental Health and the other is by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP). Use of HFCS as a sweetener instead of sugar has risen sharply in recent decades, and now is commonly used to sweeten breads, cereals, breakfast bars, beverages, luncheon meats, yogurts, soups, and condiments. According to IATP estimates, the average American probably eats about 12 teaspoons of HFCS a day, with teenagers and consumers on the higher end of the spectrum perhaps eating 80 per cent higher than this.

Did you know that Quaker Oatmeal has the most mercury of all the foods tested!  And we feed this to our children.

In the first Environmental Health study, researchers, led by Renee Dufault, who was working at the FDA at the time, found mercury in nearly 50 per cent (9 out of 20) of samples of commercial high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) they tested in 2005.

They concluded that the food industry, which is a large user of the sweetener, was mostly ignorant of the possibility that ingredients like HFCS could be tainted with mercury. According to an IATP press release, although the FDA had "evidence that commercial HFCS was contaminated with mercury four years ago", the federal agency "did not inform consumers, help change industry practice or conduct additional testing".

Don't eat HFCS, have I said that before!

In the second, IATP study, researchers sent 55 popular branded foods and drinks where HFCS is the first or second highest labeled ingredient to a commercial laboratory for testing; they found that nearly one third of them contained trace amounts of mercury. The brands included those made by Quaker, Hershey's, Kraft and Smucker's, big names in the US. The mercury was most prevalent in dairy products containing HFCS, followed by dressings and condiments that contained the sweetener.

How does the mercury get into the corn syrup?

For decades, HFCS has been made using mercury-grade caustic soda produced in so-called "chlor-alkali" or industrial chlorine plants that use mercury cells. The caustic soda, which can thus contain traces of mercury, is used to separate the corn starch (that goes to make the syrup) from the kernel. The bad news is that nobody knows whether or not their soda or snack food contains HFCS made from ingredients like caustic soda contaminated with mercury. The IATP said there are still four of the older chlor-alkali plants that use mercury cells in the US. In 2007, then Senator Barack Obama brought in legislation to make these plants phase out mercury cell technology by 2012.

Wow, one more reason to check the labels to see what the heck we are eating.  Stay with me here, I have so much more coming on HFCS.

God Bless You!

Dr. Mac

Dr. Mac's Food for Thought, December 1st 2009

Don't eat High Fructose Corn Syrup! HFCS is the epitome of empty calories.

George Bray, MD in his article published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition states that HFCS increased 1000% between 1970 and 1990, far exceeding the changes in intake of any other food or food group. HFCS now represents 40% of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages and is the sole caloric sweetener in soft drinks in the United States.

 

Dr. Bray states that the increased use of HFCS in the United States mirrors the rapid increase in obesity. He further explains that since HFCS is manmade (that’s right it is not found in nature) the body reacts differently by not stimulating insulin secretion or leptin production. What this means is that HCFS does not satisfy our hunger! So why is it found so abundantly in the American diet?

Don't eat High Fructose Corn Syrup!!!!!!! Part 2

Why is it that we know this stuff, but we let our citizens eat this crap!

Before the sugar industry was developed, approximately 500 years ago, there was very little Fructose eaten by man/woman kind.  Fructose was primarily consumed at that time in honey, dates, raisins, grapes, apples, apple juice, figs, molasses, persimmons and blueberries.  Please, remember that sugar is a combination of glucose and fructose. Otherwise the diet was void of any fructose.  It is not found in dairy, meat or vegetables.  Therefore, before the time of sugar industry development, we were exposed to a very negligible amount of Fructose. 

Unfortunately, today the American diet does not receive its fructose supply from those natural products mentioned above.  It now comes from High Fructose Corn Syrup and sugar found in soft drinks and sweets, which are absolutely worthless as a food.

 Soft drink consumption, which should be called  High Fructose Corn Syrup consumption, has gone from 90 servings a year or 2 servings a week per person in 1942 to 600 servings per year or 2 servings per day in 2000.

A fact that bothers me the most is that more than 50% of preschool children drink beverages infused/tainted with HFCS. Children of this age in the past would not normally be exposed to fructose, let alone in these high amounts.

Science has shown that there is absolutely no biological need for dietary fructose. When ingested by itself, fructose is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, and it is almost entirely cleared by the liver.  If you gave equal amounts of fructose and glucose to a human and tested his or her blood you would find 500 times the amount of glucose in the blood.  This means the fructose has not effect as a fuel. It becomes a calorie that has no purpose. 

 Glucose stimulates insulin release from the pancreas, but fructose does not. Our body has only small amounts of the enzyme needed to transfer Fructose into the cell.  The enzyme to transfer glucose is in abundance. 

The most disturbing finding about fructose is that once in the liver Fructose is turned into glycerol.  Glycerol is the backbone of a triglyceride.   So, Fructose instead of raising insulin and leptin levels, a healthy thing, decreases both of these hormones, and increases triglycerides, a very unhealthy thing.  In the study that discovered this it even found more disturbing news.  It found that it did not suppress ghrelin, the hunger hormone—at all.