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Thanks Bjorn this nutrition thing is a never ending journey of discovery for me. For those looking to purchase the Biocuticals Omegasure Macros at both Richmond and Armadale are out of stock but I have just managed to purchase some at Prahran Health Foods on Commercial Rd just near Prahran market Tom |
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Tom, you will be super-human in no time. :o) Please report what you think about your new supplement. |
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Dear Bjorn, I have been eating a lot of tinned tuna due to convenience and taste. One small tin is very close to 2 blocks of protein. I know i should get variety, but when i’m looking at 5-6 meals a day on zone tuna creaps in to 3-4, then chicken, eggs and red meat for protein in others. Help, is my fishy addiction bad? |
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Are you saying that 3-4 meals consist of tinned tuna per day? If so, Yes this is too much and in the long run will be detrimental to your health. High intake of these tinned fish , especially tuna and farmed salmon, will result in heavy metal toxicity (not the musical kind). These heavy metals (cadmium, lead, and esp. mercury) will compete and interfere with many homeostatic mechanisms - i.e. they screw with your body on multiple levels. I know your putting a lot of effort into your diet, which is awesome. I am definitely not saying that you should stop eating fish, as the pros far out way the cons. What I am saying is it’s really important that you don’t fall into the “it’s convenient” trap. Convenience is why we have fast food, medications, and refined products - they’re convenient now, but they are killing us - slowly but surely. [ Edited: 11 February 2009 08:41 PM by Bjorn Albrecht-Walker]
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Andrew, I have the same problem. Definitely hit the sardines up , although expect complaints from your partner and random people you go near. Another option is hard boiling a dozen eggs at the start of the week. They are an easy protein snack. Her Bjorn, whats wrong with herring? |
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Andrew you can get wild alaskan salmon from Safeway. The brand is ‘Paramount’. A more natural and healthy option than farmed salmon. I eat a tin of sardines in olive oil everyday. Another trick I use is to buy a La Ionica BBQ Chicken (free range, No hormones). This keeps well in the fridge and I just use my scales to measure out the blocks I need. |
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Nothing, I wrote it down as another option. |
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Bjorn, Cheers, Adam. |
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Just this past 2 weeks due to having a lot of work on, and keeping up going to the gym. But when i think about its maybe 3 at the most. Other convenient options i’ve been using is deli ham and turkey, which i know aren’t the greatest but once things settle i’ll have time to prepare properly. My question was more to do with long term impacts of having say 4 blocks of protein a day from canned tuna. Which you answered i think. Variety is best. Aaron, i have a can of sardines sitting in the cupboard, but Craig told me they tasted like crap so I’m yet to try them myself. I will give the salmon a go. Last time I had herring, it was a half rotting one with a shot of peach schnappes in the Netherlands… Wasn’t totally appealing. Also, something else thats confused me now, reading Enter The Zone, flaxseed oil is bad, stops the formation of omega 6 fatty acids. I read this after having a protein shake this morning with a table spoon of flax oil in it…. I am glad Dr Sears sort of endorses whey as a source of protein, i eat too many eggs the rest of the day to include them in my morning shake… |
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As far as I’m aware, Type 3 diabetes is not yet an official disease. There is plenty of research still going on, but the gist is - the brain produces small amounts of insulin separate to the pancreas. Diabetics have protein deposits in there pancreas similar to those found in the brains of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients. They already knew that insulin played a role in AD (and that diabetics have a high risk of development), but because current medications treating diabetes type 1 & 2 don’t seem to significantly reduce risk of AD, research was undertaken to identify the potential cause. And now they’ve discovered the brain produces its own insulin, and they therefore hypothesise that when these levels of insulin produced in the brain are low it may lead to AD - or as someone wants to call Type 3 diabetes. Abstract discussing link between brain insulin and AD - Research article abstract examining link between low cerebral insulin and AD development - Article discussing research that observed a link between AD and Diabetes - Article discussing research identifying Type 3 -
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Thank you. |
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Hey Bjorn can please tell me the pro’s/con’s of sweet potato. On the Zone block list though, sweet potato is listed in the ‘least favourable’ column for carbs. I care much more about the Paleo and eating naturally etc. side of diet than I do about the Zone stuff, but still the foods that they list as ‘most favourable’ are mostly really good foods, and the ‘least favourable’ are generally garbage. |
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I think sweet potato is listed on the unfavourable carbs list because it is considered a high GI food (Glassman was pretty full-on about GI when he put the article out - see CFJ article ‘Glycaemic Index’ Nov. 2002, and read the follow up comments). So when you use it as a post workout food, the portion size is quite small, depending how many blocks you have. The benefit of sweet potato post workout, at the right dosage combined with a portion of protein, is moderation of insulin levels to replenish glycogen stores but keep that “window of opportunity” open for maximal tissue repair/muscle growth. Sweet potato, at the correct dose, won’t spike your insulin levels too high maximising muscle glycogen replenishment. This is a really basic description of what happens, but fruit tends to refill the liver’s glycogen stores in preference to skeletal muscle stores due to fruits fructose content. Check out some of the recent stuff posted on this forum under ‘interesting research’ for some info on carbs post workout. The perfect pwo food is person dependent. What are they trying to achieve, or what is the status of their current health? As training progresses or health status changes, so too should the diet. I’m currently trying to put on some bulk to cover my skinny arse, so I’m experimenting with goats milk post workout - and it feels good. I’ve put on a little size, plus a little fat. Once I’ve done this for another week or so I’m going to get back to food pwo and see if i can maintain muscle mass and drop the fat. I’ll be using a meat of some kind (probs turk and/or chick) plus mashed sweet pot. Does that answer your question? |
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Bjorn, You mentioned eating different varieties of fish, but yellow fin was on the no-no list. Why is this so? I ask because I’ve been eating greenseas yellow fin in olive oil regularly, maybe 2-3 times a week. Is this more detrimental to my health than it is beneficial? Thanks. |
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Yeah thanks Bjorn. I’m trying to add lean mass too, so for post wo I’ll just stay with my lean protein options and switch to sweet potato from a banana. |
