nerdag said:
Says he who is trying to sell a competing product. n
And this from a probable dairy farmer.
I am studying nurtition because I had to. The doctors I originally went to were not trained in nutrition and were not helping me with being overweight, high blood pressure, arthritis and gout. They gave me chemicals which were making me sicker.I had to do something to help myself and so I embarked on a quest for knowledge. I had a goal to be able to ride 100 miles in a day which was quite a goal since I could not on some days even get out of bed. I was in such pain and some days I wanted to die.
I finally found information that has helped me get back to good health and I was able to ride that 100 miles and then some. I am now living life as it was meant to be lived. I love to cycle and live to cycle. I could not before and now I can. It was something that kept me going. That goal. To ride the 100 miles.
nerdag said:
HFCS is typically a mixutre of fructose and glucose. both of which are simple carbohydrates. Both occur naturally in many foods, and I would suspect that products such as sports drinks contain at least as much fructose and glucose, since the emphasis is on carbohydrate replacement. n
Yes you are right about that. Gatoraid has high fructose corn syrup in it. So do many other energy drinks So does most of the processed foods you eat. Hiigh fructose corn syrup is not natural. It does not ocurr in nature. It was developed for profit only and not for good health.
Here is a link to the dangers of HFCS......by a doctor.........
http://www.westonaprice.org/modernfood/highfructose.html
And another link:
http://www.solarnavigator.net/solar_cola/high_fructose_corn_syrup.htm
and this link:
http://www.femhealth.com/DangersofHFCS.html
nerdag said:
Obesity is a complex social, physical and health problem. Blaming it on one product/factor is disingenuous and misleading. I would put it to you that it is more likely that overconsumption (rather than sugars per se) and underactivity are far greater contributors to obesity. n
I am not being disingenuous. My life was in danger and I was ill but due to the knowledge I obtained, I was able to get back to good health and superior performance in cycling by using this knowledge. It saved my life.I just want to pass on the information. I am just a messenger.
Enzymes play a major role in the obesity factor today. Lack of enzymes in the food causes obesity. The enzymes needed to digest food if not in the food must be gotten somewhere. So they are taken from the metabolism. So your metabolism slows down and you get tired. You no longer want to exercise. You get sleepy when you eat. You gain weight. High fructose corn syrup does not allow the pancreas to produce insulin to convert the fructose to energy so the fructose is then converted to fat. HFCS is not the only reason why we are getting fatter, but it plays a major role.
People who use dairy products have a higher rate of cancers, obesity and other diseases. Nutrition plays a role in over 90% of all diseases. Cows milk is just a small part of the problem. It is not the perfect food as the advertising would have you believe.
nerdag said:
Exactly what are the dangers of consuming simple sugars if you are an otherwise a healthy person (i.e. non-diabetic)? n
Consuming sugars in large amounts ( which is common in todays processed foods and drinks) is a major reason for type 2 diabetes. Why is it since the 70's when high fructose corn syrup was introduced, we have the obesity explosion, We have diabetes running wild. Check out this link:
http://www.unhinderedliving.com/sugardanger.html
nerdag said:
Are you advocating that we should not consume any milk at all?n
Yes. Milk and dairy products are loaded with antibiotics and growth hormones. There are better ways of getting calcium and the other nutrients needed than in cows milk. Many people cannot have cows milk and never use it.
Milk is not the answer to many people who are lactose intollerant. There are better subsitutes that give better nutrition. I can present to you doctors who will tell you not to eat any kind of bovine milk products. Here is a link to get more information:
http://www.rense.com/general26/milk.htm
And another link:
http://www.notmilk.com/kradjian.html
nerdag said:
Most of these compounds are destroyed and broken down into amino acid components when the milk is pasteurised, heat treated, and sterilised. You get far more growth hormone and antibiotics from eating beef that is mildly underdone. n
If you are going to drink milk, then it should be raw milk from a farmer that uses no antibiotics and no growth hormones. It should be grass fed. Here is a link to a study done on Raw vs. pasteurized milk:
http://www.realmilk.com/raw.html
True to a point.You cannot destroy all the hormones with the heat of pastuerization. Check out this website that will explain why growth hormones in cows is not a very good thing for you....
https://hfa.org/campaigns/dairy.html
nerdag said:
Colds are caused by viruses infecting your respiratory tract, which are indepenent of gut flora.
Ear infections have nothing to do with gut flora.n
Flora is in the GI tract. The GI tract goes from the ears, nose and throat down to the stomach. Flora is in those areas and can be destroyed by anti biotics. This is very basic stuff and is common knowledge. Carbonation kills flora. So does antibiotics.
nerdag said:
GIT infections related to abnormal gut flora usually only happen in people with underlying immune compromise or GIT dysfunction. Depletion of normal flora in and of itself doesn't cause gastroenteritis - you also need an innoculting bacterium or virus.n
GIT infections are related to flora problems. It is also linked to lack of digestive enzymes in the food. If no digestive enzymes are available, then your body goes into the metabolsim to get them. If your metabolism does not have the enzymes, then the food putrifies.....you get indigestion.The acid from the stomach is then produced in larger amounts than normal to try to digest the food that has no enzymes available to digest it. So the acid rises in the GI tract and kills the good flora (biotics) You then get GIT infections from the food that has not been digested correctly because the acid killed the flora which was protecting your GI tract against invasion from the viruses and bacteria. Yes, outside factors are present. As they always are. What I stated is true.And I think you and I agree on this.
nerdag said:
What you say is correct, but your reasonsing is incorrect. No other foods contain "energy producing enzymes" either. In fact, nothing you eat contains enzymes that are critical to producing energy. n
Enzymes are taken from the metabolism when there are no enzymes present in the food we eat. Yes metabolic enzymes are made in the body. The metabolism regulates energy. So the energy is not produced by the metabolsim because the ezymes needed to produce that energy is not there any more and was used to digest the foods. And you are wrong about no foods containing enzymes. See this site:
http://www.infinity2.com and learn about enzymes. They are critical for digestion, for energy, for life. Enzymes critical for life are available in foods. Whole natural foods. Where do the enzymes come from then? Do they just majically appear? No. They are part of your diet. You are what you eat as they say.
nerdag said:
Enzymes are produced by the human body on an "as needed" basis, from amino acids and proteins are that are absorbed through the gut. n
So why then are doctors and many nutrionists advising Major Leage Baseball to use the stuff I am using that has enzymes and minerals for energy in them? Mybe you should contact those doctors and nutritionists to let them know they are wrong.
nerdag said:
There are essential and non-essential amino acids, the essential ones being ones you need to eat because your body cannot manufacture them. n
On this we both agree.
Major league baseball have been using the products I have been using. Their nutrional advisors and doctors surely know more than either you or I on this subject. I defer to them and let them tell me what to know. I am only a messenger.
I know what helped me lose over 40 lbs. and allows me to compete with people in their 20's and 30's. I'm 52.
I had severe arthritis and could not bicycle or even get out of bed some days. I am now as active as I was 30 years ago. I am studying to become a nutrionist because I realized that I can help people with this knowledge as it has helped me regain my health.
nerdag said:
Milk has proteins and amino acids in it, whereas sports drinks usually do not have any. So in this regard, milk is a superior food. n
Not according to many doctors. I have also found that milk makes mucus. Not a very pleasant thing to deal with when you are trying to pedal as fast as you can!
Check out this site:
http://www.ecotopia.com/webpress/milk/
and this site:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/224796/the_dangers_of_pasteurized_homogenized.html
and this site:
http://rawfooddietsecrets.com/blog/06/dangers-of-milk-52-reasons-to-avoid-dairy/
The energy drink I use has amino acids in it and also has protein. It also supplies chelated minerals and antioxidants and has enzymes in it. It is a superfood.
nerdag said:
That sort of argument is used against feeding babies cows milk, because babies have different nutritional requirements to adults. It is disingenuous to argue the same for adults in the context of using it as a recovery drink. n
Oh is it? A recovery drink? As I have shown in this post, which by the way is really too long, that Cows milk is not a good recovery drink or any kind of drink at all.
nerdag said:
I'l reiterate my original point:
The basic idea behind most energy/recovery drinks is replacing lost carbs and supplementing protein.
In that regard, chocolate milk meets all of these requirements for a fraction of the cost of any formulated sports drink.
n
So says the possible dairy farmer that likes to advertise on the cycling forums.
Chocolate milk, give me a break. You are about the only one I have ever heard that uses chocolate milk. Why chocolate? Why not strawberry flavored milk? How about chocolate rats milk? Or even better...chocolate human breast milk. LOL...I will say this on milk....it is good for you if it is raw milk from a farmer who feeds his cows grass and doe not fill them with steroids and growth hormones. I would stay away from chocolate milk and dairy products made from commercialy grown cows.