Comments on: Do Calories Count on a Zero-Carb Diet? http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/2008/10/16/do-calories-count-on-a-zero-carb-diet/ Charles Washington's Zero-Carb Weblog for Health Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: 5 ways to eat out sensibly when you are on a diet http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/2008/10/16/do-calories-count-on-a-zero-carb-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-286 5 ways to eat out sensibly when you are on a diet Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:44:07 +0000 http://zerocarbforlife.com/?p=9#comment-286 [...] Do Calories Count on a Zero-Carb Diet? [...] [...] Do Calories Count on a Zero-Carb Diet? [...]

]]> By: andretc http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/2008/10/16/do-calories-count-on-a-zero-carb-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-86 andretc Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:40:07 +0000 http://zerocarbforlife.com/?p=9#comment-86 This is the best article I've read in a long time. ."Obesity is internal starvation." I never thought about it that way. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten your readers. regards, Andre This is the best article I’ve read in a long time. .”Obesity is internal starvation.” I never thought about it that way. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten your readers.

regards,
Andre

]]> By: Charles http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/2008/10/16/do-calories-count-on-a-zero-carb-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Charles Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:51:50 +0000 http://zerocarbforlife.com/?p=9#comment-66 The point is that once food is digested and broken down to its components, the nutrients, fatty acids, amino acids and all nutrients go to fat tissue initially before being added to the bloodstream. Once they are in the stream, then they are offered to all cells, organs and tissues that require the nutrients. Carbohydrates are not burned for fuel, fatty acids are. Glucose get converted to pyruvate and is burned in mitochondria and the muscles take up the by products of this combustion as lactic acid which results in the burn that runners are familiar with. The cells trade their oxygen for this lactic acid. With fatty acids, the byproducts are C02 and water which are easily excreted and there is no burn. This process is for elimination, not for fuel. It's well settled that fatty acids are the primary fuel at activities below 85% of exertion. The only controversy involves periods of oxygen debt. When you eat a proper diet without carbohydrates, you will find that you do not feel this burn and this settles the question. During high insulin, fatty acids get trapped in fat tissue and are unavailable to the body as fuel. Therefore, the body acts as if it's starving and this explains the behavior of the obese. Despite the abundant fatty acids in their fat tissue, they are unable to get to those fatty acids and use them as fuel. Obesity is internal starvation. Once insulin levels are lowered, then the fatty acids are released and this is how fat tissue shrinks regardless of the amount of calories consumed. The argument concerning calories and mass is based on the idea of a closed system which the human body is not. Were we to eat 20,000 calories of food, we would not increase our stature. Sure, we might increase fat tissue, but not bones or anything that makes us bigger. Growth is hormonally driven and weight is also governed hormonally as insulin is the primary regulator of fat tissue. If insulin levels are high, fat will be stored in fat tissue. If insulin levels or low, then fat will be released and continue moving through the blood stream as it was designed to do. Regards, Charles The point is that once food is digested and broken down to its components, the nutrients, fatty acids, amino acids and all nutrients go to fat tissue initially before being added to the bloodstream. Once they are in the stream, then they are offered to all cells, organs and tissues that require the nutrients. Carbohydrates are not burned for fuel, fatty acids are. Glucose get converted to pyruvate and is burned in mitochondria and the muscles take up the by products of this combustion as lactic acid which results in the burn that runners are familiar with. The cells trade their oxygen for this lactic acid. With fatty acids, the byproducts are C02 and water which are easily excreted and there is no burn. This process is for elimination, not for fuel. It’s well settled that fatty acids are the primary fuel at activities below 85% of exertion. The only controversy involves periods of oxygen debt. When you eat a proper diet without carbohydrates, you will find that you do not feel this burn and this settles the question.

During high insulin, fatty acids get trapped in fat tissue and are unavailable to the body as fuel. Therefore, the body acts as if it’s starving and this explains the behavior of the obese. Despite the abundant fatty acids in their fat tissue, they are unable to get to those fatty acids and use them as fuel. Obesity is internal starvation. Once insulin levels are lowered, then the fatty acids are released and this is how fat tissue shrinks regardless of the amount of calories consumed.

The argument concerning calories and mass is based on the idea of a closed system which the human body is not. Were we to eat 20,000 calories of food, we would not increase our stature. Sure, we might increase fat tissue, but not bones or anything that makes us bigger. Growth is hormonally driven and weight is also governed hormonally as insulin is the primary regulator of fat tissue. If insulin levels are high, fat will be stored in fat tissue. If insulin levels or low, then fat will be released and continue moving through the blood stream as it was designed to do.

Regards,

Charles

]]> By: Keith Thomas http://blog.zeroinginonhealth.com/2008/10/16/do-calories-count-on-a-zero-carb-diet/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Keith Thomas Sun, 18 Jan 2009 00:18:54 +0000 http://zerocarbforlife.com/?p=9#comment-65 Charles, thanks for this post. In the para you ask us to re-read you say: "...our body will interpret that ..." What is "that"? Is it overeating on fat and protein? Or is it the flow of fuel to the cells? You also say: "it will decrease the pressure because plenty of usable fuel is coming through the diet..." Where: it = your body pressure = the flow of fuel to your cells But this seems to imply that the fat in your diet is going directly to the cells as fuel, when hasn't it been digested and is coming to the cells as carbohydrate? We burn - at the point of consumption - carbs, not fat, right? Charles, thanks for this post. In the para you ask us to re-read you say:

“…our body will interpret that …”

What is “that”? Is it overeating on fat and protein? Or is it the flow of fuel to the cells?

You also say:

“it will decrease the pressure because plenty of usable fuel is coming through the diet…”

Where:

it = your body

pressure = the flow of fuel to your cells

But this seems to imply that the fat in your diet is going directly to the cells as fuel, when hasn’t it been digested and is coming to the cells as carbohydrate? We burn – at the point of consumption – carbs, not fat, right?

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