Paleo Summit Dr. Cate Shanahan

Fabulous presentation today at the Paleo Summit by Dr. Cate Shanahan. Again, these notes are mostly for me...

First of all, from her blog DrCate regarding the silliness of paleo:

Any recipe that generates odd adaptations of familiar foods might be fun, but some get carried away. The silliest Paleo recipe I’ve seen is “pizza” lacking cheese or crust and made out of ground beef shaped into triangular piles. Another unnecessary complication is the use of flours for reasons other than better flavor or reducing carbohydrate intake. If you like spelt or coconut or almond flour, by all means enjoy them. But if you don’t, or you like wheat flour better for certain recipes, then use wheat flour (my note: traditionally prepared).

 Now, personally, I LOVE LOVE LOVE meatza so I'm not giving that up, but she has a point.

• She is not fond of supplements because your body just doesn't know what to do with individual components. Really wants people to eat whole foods.
• Vitamin D is an exception (it's not really a vitamin)
• Her patients expect to get a pill because they tried to change their diet and it didn't work (cut calories, lower fat, etc.)
• Dietary cholesterol has minimal effect on blood cholesterol
• Bowl of pasta gets broken down into sugar which goes into your blood stream as blood sugar. Goes into your liver and transforms it into fat. Carbs make us make more cholesterol.
• Brain is made up of cholesterol and fats -> when you eat egg yolks for example, you shouldn’t think of it as eating fat, you should think of it as feeding your brain the food it NEEDS. You shouldn’t see it as calories you should see it as fuel for your brain.
• More fat will help with anxiety issues.

Closing statement:

If you are willing to change your diet there is no reason that you have to take most of the drugs out there. Let’s make food the mainstream treatment and turn drugs into an alternative treatment.

Latest Info from the Cooling Inflammation Blog

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Yesterday there was talk of high butt cracks, today it is about happy poop...wonder what tomorrow will bring LOL!

Dr. Oz provides a great service by promoting some healthy ideas, but it would be even better if he helped the public to understand how the gut and gut flora produce healthy poop.

Buy some fermented foods today! If you are brave you can make them at home too (I'm a complete failure at that though.)

Random Thoughts

OH MY!!!

• This blog just cracks me up...the first few words of today's post:

I've talked about my high butt crack...

I gasp (yes, I'm a prude) and think - you can't talk about high butt cracks on your blog...

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• I was listening to the Paleo Summit this morning wondering if some people have a hard time believing in a paleo diet/way of life because of the evolution vs. God debate. Here's my thought process...

Dear Jesus,

Many Christians claim that I should eat bread just because it's in the Bible. When I ate bread I had horrible digestion issues, acne, felt achy and had no energy.

What do you think Jesus' response would have been? I'm guessing it would be to eat foods that fuel your body, give you energy, etc.

Dear Jesus,

Many people say we can't just get rid a food group -> it's just not right. Why? Who created the food groups? The government. Hmmmm so I should listen to the government regarding what food to eat. Hmmmmmm....

Dear Jesus,

Is there such a thing as a cavemen, ice age people, etc....should I be eating like them?

Response: Honey, you absolutely hate history, why are you wasting your time trying to research something you hate? Do not worry about cavemen, Paleolithic, neolithic, blah blah blah. Do a bit of research if you like, but don't spend a lot of your precious time trying to figure out who is right and who is wrong. Spend that time building relationships, going for walks to enjoy this beautiful world I created, pet your dog, try a new recipe, eat real food, etc.

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So I've mentioned before that my knees are horrible. I'm 41 years old and they creak and crack as I walk up the stairs. I'm adding krill oil and cod liver oil to see if that will help, but I'm also trying to strengthen the muscles around my knees by doing wall squats.

1. "Sit" against the wall (pretend you are sitting in a chair)
2. Make sure your knees do not go over your toes
3. I'm doing this for 30 seconds 2 times per day

As usual, the first time I did it I did it for 2 minutes....dumb girl. This is exactly how I got hurt before...instant gratification!!! I want my knees to be fixed NOW. I don't want to wait to get fixed so I'll injure myself in the process. 

I'm trying to change my 'tude. Therefore I'm really going to only do 30 seconds two times per day this week. I need to increase slowly. If I say it over and over again do you think it'll help me?

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On the homemaking front...I totally fell off of the flylady bandwagon for a bit. You know what happened?

NOTHING major. The house didn't burn down, nobody noticed the house was "dirty", I had a lot more time. Seems as if I still have a lot of habits in place, but I did notice that when I was sweeping this week, it was DISGUSTING. Just yucky. So I've been working on getting my routines back in place again.

• clean kitchen sink 
• Hotspots
• 1 load of laundry per day
• know what's for dinner and write it down on the wipeboard
• 15 minutes (4 songs)  focused on cleaning whatever needs it the most (I've wiped out the fridge, worked on my closet and nightstand, walked around with a duster, etc.)

Love flylady!!!

**please note, that you should always consult a Dr. or someone who knows what they are talking about before you attempt any exercise program. Perhaps wall squats and eating a paleo/cavemen/limited grains diet will make your knees worse **

Cure for Cancer?

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Do we really want a cure for cancer or do we really want a magic pill to cure cancer?

As I was shoveling my driveway this morning I realized that we often talk about wanting a cure for cancer, but yet we continue to do the same things we've always done hoping for a better outcome.

Here are the problems I see:

• instant gratification society
• extremely busy {no time to take care of your self by researching foods, preparing the right foods and playing outdoors}
• self-centered attitude
• focus on money

Unfortunately, I too am part of the problem. 

As I read Jack Kruse's blog and listened to the talk yesterday at the Paleo Summit I believe that these doctors are on to something. Will they be the ones who finally figure out the cure to cancer? Will it actually be a cure if we have to do something crazy like cold thermogensis and eat a gluten free diet?

What if we have to actually do something different in order to have a better life?

I read SoSimplyGood's blog last week. I'm sure that most people would call it a "failure" of Whole30. But is it failure if we're trying to do something better for our bodies and learn something from a mistake? I don't think so.

Notes from the Paleo Summit

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This information is mostly for me, but I thought I'd share. Right now there is a Paleo Summit going on where there are free seminars you can watch every day. I believe that you can still register. They are only up for a day though so you have to watch them ASAP. This was the best I've seen so far. It took about an hour, but even if you watched 20 minutes you'd have gained a lot of knowledge.

Paleo Summit notes from Dr. Thomas O'Brian TheDr.Com {free video available until midnight tonight - others available after that}

Started researching gluten when he heard The Migraine Study from a Naples Dr. David Perlmutter.

10 people with migraines who couldn't work (on workman's comp) were put on a gluten free diet:

• 7 out of 10 never had a headache again
• 2 out of 10 had partial relief
• 1 wouldn't participate

Gluten itself is not bad for us - toxic glutens are bad for us (wheat, rye and barley).

Autoimmune disease is when the immune system attacks itself. #1 cause of morbidity (getting sick) and mortality (dying). It's connected to gluten sensitivity. Information first started coming out in 2004. Almost everyone has issues with autoimmune disease, we just don't know it yet.

Vitamin D must be at optimal level otherwise you'll have issues with intestinal permeability (AKA Leaky Gut.)

There are many many research papers that identify reversing osteoporosis within 1-2 years of a gluten free diet.

There are over 18,000 research studies that have been done on gluten sensitivity issues.

How do you treat this besides a gluten free diet? People with gluten sensitivities don't heal completely by eating a gluten free diet. You have to HEAL THE DAMAGE that the gluten has done!

You've got to give your body extra nutrition to rebuild the damaged tissue.

IEL count is a test that can be done  for early stage detection of Celiac (instead of testing via  biopsy when a lot of damage has already occurred.)

Dr. O'Brian recommends that people try eating NO wheat or dairy for one week. He stated:

If you feel a little bit better, that's an indicator that you need to do the test. Because the underlying mechanisms that might be going on in your body are the trigger for the number 1 cause of morbidity and mortality. 

Personally, I am not going take the test. I know I felt a ton better after removing wheat from my diet and I have no desire to add it back in. I'm currently working on healing my body by adding more nutrition {I can already tell a difference because of the fermented veggies I've been taking.} TheDr.Com has a DVD and some vitamins that you can buy. The vitamins might seem expensive, but if you read JackKruse's blog post about leaky gut and bought all of the vitamins he recommends I bet it is close to the same price.