vineri, 30 ianuarie 2009

sare

studiul asta confirma ca reducerea aportului de sare nu produce o diminuare semnificativa a tensiunii arteriale. efectele difera totusi destul de tare de la o persoana la alta. se pare ca efecte mai mari se manifesta la persoanele mai in varsta si la cele cu tensiune arteriala mare

Mi-a atras atentia si asta: "Unfortunately, very little data currently exist linking salt intake to the duration or quality of life. It has been shown in rodents that a restricted sodium intake, while reducing blood pressure, also stunts growth and shortens life. Members of non-acculturated societies with minimal sodium intake also have short life spans. By contrast, in developed societies, with strikingly uniform sodium intakes between 100–200 mmol/24-h, life expectancy is nearly twice as long. In Japan, where sodium intakes tend to be high, life expectancy is among the highest in the world. Thus, ecological data, albeit weak evidence, provides no suggestion that a reduced sodium intake will extend life, nor that a high sodium intake is inconsistent with a prolonged life expectancy."

joi, 29 ianuarie 2009

stress free trafic

cum sa faci sa nu te stresezi in trafic:

1. pleaca din timp. daca te grabesti ai sanse mai mari sa te enervezi ca nu se misca treaba
2. aseaza-te comod, asculta ceva misto...s-ar putea sa dureze ceva
3. poarta-te cu altii cum ai vrea sa se poarte si ei cu tine...daca vezi pe cineva care vrea sa se bage si nu e periculos sa franezi sa-l lasi, fa-o. de fiecare data. o sa te faca sa te simti bine (mama, ce om bun sunt, cum ii las eu pe fraierii astia)
4. nu bloca intersectia
5. imagineaza-ti ca toti cei din trafic iti sunt rude sau prieteni...daca mata (mamica ta draga) ti-ar taia fata in trafic nu cred ca ai baga-o in mortii masii
6. linisteste-te. nu e concurs. nu esti hakkinen

marți, 27 ianuarie 2009

pitipoanca

are buze maari si ruj dat peste. sani siliconati. se imbraca in haine stramte cu sclipici. are parul ars si extensii. o masca de machiaj. gene false. unghii false. celulita. lentile de contact. conduce o masina de fite desi n-are nici un venit. are un sugar daddy. jobul ei este asa: miercuri max, joi cuando, vineri bamboo, sambata fratelli. ii plac baietii grasi si "bronzati". bazati sa fie. are mobil de 50 de milioane si credit 1,34 $. unde sunt romancele alea misto? le-au mancat pitipoancele?

duminică, 25 ianuarie 2009

ciudatenia zilei

un cercatator rus sustine ca ne putem prelungi viata daca bem apa grea (apa care in loc de hidrogen are deuteriu...D2O)

imbatranirea este data de efectul radicalilor liberi asupra celulelor iar acest efect este incetinit de apa grea

mai ramane sa bage apa de asta la metro...

miercuri, 21 ianuarie 2009

fetele basescu


sunt foarte urate

deko cafe

Alan Aragon on clean carbs

Everyone knows that in order for a carb to be kleen, it must be pure in heart, mind, body, and spirit. Thus it must contain no fructose nor lactose. If it contains HFCS, you could die instantly, and everyone knows death is catabolic. If you wanna do it right, everyone knows dextrose is great, but waxy maize is even better because it goes straight to the muscles without hesitation.

evil carbs turn into fat just like that

Metabolism. 1982 Dec;31(12):1234-40.Links
Glycogen synthesis versus lipogenesis after a 500 gram carbohydrate meal in man.
Acheson KJ, Flatt JP, Jéquier E.

The respiratory exchange and urinary nitrogen excretion of 6 healthy male subjects (age 21 +/- 1 yr; body weight 70 +/- 2 kg; means +/- SD) were followed for 10 hr after ingestion of a large amount of carbohydrates (CHO) in the form of bread, jam, and fruit juice, equivalent to 479 g of starch. Peak values for blood glucose (6.6 +/- 0.6 mM; mean +/- SEM) and plasma insulin (139 +/- 26 microU/ml) were reached after 90 min at which time the nonprotein respiratory quotient (NP-RQ) had risen to 0.97. During the next 8 hr glucose levels remained near 5.5 mM while insulin declined gradually to 22 +/- 7 microU/ml. The average NP-RQ remained in the range of 0.91 to 0.98, though individual values exceeding 1.0 for very short periods were observed. The increase in energy expenditure above basal rates corresponded to a specific dynamic action (SDA) of 5.9 +/- 0.6%. Assuming the CHO load to be completely absorbed after 5 hr, and allowing for glucose oxidation calculated from the gas exchange data, the glycogen content of the subject's body tissue had then increased by 408 +/- 19 g. During the 10 hr after the meal, 133 g CHO, 17 g fat and 29 g protein were oxidized, providing respectively 66%, 19% and 15% of caloric expenditure, and leaving a gain in glycogen stores estimated at 346 +/- 12 g. The data imply that: (1) The capacity for glycogen storage in man in larger than generally believed, and (2) Fat synthesis from CHO will not exceed fat oxidation after one high-carbohydrate meal, even if it is uncommonly large. When a single high-carbohydrate meal is consumed, dietary CHO merely has the effect of reducing the rate of fat oxidation. These findings challenge the common perception that conversion of CHO to fat is an important pathway for the retention of dietary energy and for the accumulation of body fat.

luni, 19 ianuarie 2009

americanii

frate, prosti sunt americanii astia

nu e de mirare ca toata criza asta a inceput la ei

aici avem inca o confirmare ca sunt iremediabil retardati

marți, 13 ianuarie 2009

somnul polifazic

am gasit un site foarte interesant privind somnul polifazic

intrebarea e ce sa faci daca stai treaz 22 de ore pe zi. poate sa-ti iei 2 joburi si 3 neveste...

joi, 8 ianuarie 2009

DDD

DDD (aka Degenerative Disc Disease)

Am avut zilele trecute o discutie cu Lyle McDonald pe un forum legata de cea mai buna abordare nutritionala a acestei boli.

Recomandarile lui sunt:

"Avoid very low carbohydrate diets, drink plenty of fluid, that's all of what I've seen.A friend had pretty bad DDD and very low-carb diets tended to make things worse. I dunno, maybe glycerol."

Stie cineva de unde pot sa iau glicerol? In afara de batoanele proteice low carb care au toti olii din lume

chicken

miercuri, 7 ianuarie 2009

low carb - Taubes

am gasit un articol foarte interesant legat de cartea lui Taubes (care in esenta spune ca nu excesul caloric este sursa obezitatii ci carbohidratii care genereaza insulina care cauzeaza acumularea de grasime in adipocite)

Lyle McDonald spune mai simplu ca Taubes este un imbecil...

Ce e interesant este ca acest Taubes, care e ziarist (cu studii de fizica la Harvard e adevarat), a devenit un fel de apostol al luptei impotriva carbohidratilor

Merita citit si documentul asta care a aparut ca un raspuns la un articol al lui Taubes din NYTimes

sâmbătă, 3 ianuarie 2009

2008

Am inceput sa scriu pe blogul asta la 1 octombrie despre slabire

A urmat un post despre ce sa mananci/bei, inca unul cu niste precizari si unul privind super alimentele

Am scris ceva despre carbohidrati

Suplimentele care fac banii in opinia mea sunt astea

Am mai scris despre ce sa mananci inainte/dupa sala, despre sala aici si aici

Sper sa am lucruri interesante de scris in 2009 :-)

La multi ani !