macronutrients, ; Thomas VS D’Adamo
I laughed when I saw Sarah Blurray accuse Thomas of those nasty ricin lectin
comments. Then I moaned when I saw I’d have to scroll past even more text, even
though some of it was written by my favorite O-list member.
Coryn “Snip Snip”… what to do with you? You may have realized that during our
brief yet intimate private e-mail correspondence that my affection for you has
grown. Please, don’t neglect to cut out the extraneous text at the bottom of
your posts, for the benefit of us digest mode readers. It is the decent,
considerate thing to do. Now Sarah Blurray, on the other hand, I can expect
someone of her low character and dearth of intellect to be unable and
disinclined to such complicated editing procedures, but you, Coryn, I hold you
to a higher standard (a human standard, as opposed to a sub-human standard
reserved for the likes of Thomas Dekany, Sarah Murray, Schmoosan Forrester, etc.
etc.).
As many of us know, the macronutrients are being hotly debated. Being as
experienced on the internet as I am, having been transformed during my many
years growing up on the internet into a MASTER DEBATOR, in addition to my
experience with various diets and especially my experience with the blood-type
diet (BTD) I have come to the conclusion that not only do our ideal
macronutrient ratios (carbs/proteins/fats) vary according to genetics (ABO
blood-group, secretor status, monkey factor) but also according to our energy
and recuperation/hormonal needs.
Carbs have lately become the fashionable macronutrient to vilify. Who better
than the villain of our little band of orphan Os to talk about the villainous
macronutrient that is the bane of our existence? Isn’t that right, Thomas
Dickheady? Don’t say you didn’t ask for it, Mr. Body For Life!!!
Carbs. Carbohydrates. C-H-O. Insulin. Yes, yes… [introspectively dragging on a
joint, psychically blowing the smoke into Dickheady’s eyeballs] whuuuup!!! [in
rasping high-pitched, tight-chested voice] “Yeah man, those carbs can be good OR
bad!” Axel retreats from his vocal apparatus and anxiously wonders if anyone can
hear his thoughts, thoughts that drift perilously close to the beautiful
Orthodox girls of Rabbi Santa*… images of sensual wonders the virgin cannot
resist!!! “Oh… what was I saying?” backtracking… “Oh… carbs, man…”
inhaling “The whole thing is the outdated glycemic index and insulin response,
now there’s different versions of the glycemic index and there are new ways of
measuring food’s post-prandial insulin responses [high-pitched giggling] such as
the insulin index and the glycemic load values…” eyes drifting off into the
distance, dimly pondering some half-remembered information… “uhhh… so there
are degrees of goodness or evilness of your carb foods.”
*Satan?
Axel clears his throat and attempts to summon what is left of his paleoithic
brain…
“If you look at the exercise physiology and athletics and nutrition, you will
find that the dedicated low-carbers, such as those Atkin’s dieters, they tend to
‘bonk out’ on their weight training if they reduce their carbs too low. You can
find people who are losing weight with low-carb variation diets who are still
able to work out aggresively enough to make improvements in strength and enjoy
their bodies while still managing to lose weight from healthy fat loss, two of
these diets are known as the TKD and the CKD (targeted ketogenic diet and the
cyclical ketogenic diet). These diets take into account the advantage that
carbohydrates afford the food-muncher in the intra-muscular synthesis of the
stored end-product of glucose: glycogen. Glycogen is needed for the higher
tension, higher muscular load… [whuuuup whup whup whup whup <cough
energy needs of muscle tissue’s energy requirements during anaerobic
activity…” Oh dude… I’m flyin’, man, I’m flyin!
“The bottom line is, the more we use our muscles, especially for more anerobic
activity, the more glycogen our muscles will be dipping into for energy needs.
We make energy from respiration, fatty acid oxidation, ATP/CP, glucose… yeah
man…” shrugs “we can go for a nice, long walk on a cave-man paleoithic diet
without carbs in a given day, that’s easy. But ask us cavepeople to run at an
all out sprint for very long and we’re spent, dude. Our glycogen depleted
muscles just fizzle out. Heat, the temperature of our surroundings also effects
our muscles’s energy use. If you ever worked out hard you noticed that your
body’s core temperature increases, along with whatever muscles are being used
directly. Simply being in a hot room can cause your muscles to behave closer to
an exercising state. This helps to explain why people consume more carbs during
the warmer seasons. So you see, there are reasons why the set formula for
macronutrient ratios doesn’t work, not every day. It depends on your energy
expenditure, how you’ve expended your energy and under what conditions you’ve
expended your energy. Also, hormonal and repairing needs I’m sure can effect how
much fat your body wants, and what kinds of fat. And protein needs can vary
wildly, too. In fact, your daily calorie needs vary from day to day. It all
depends, dudes.”
Axel smiles smugly to himself and straightens Dr. D’Adamo’s bowtie. Turning to
the crowd: “So that, my friends, is why there are differences of opinion,
beyond the differences between individuals.”
It is best to see what works for yourself. I like to eat between 6-8 ounces of
food in a meal, sometimes I go higher if I know I’m not going to eat for a while
(like 6-7 hours). Since gaining muscle mass and especially if I’ve used them, my
appetite can vary drastically. I got to go to work, I’m sure you’re all dying to
know more… maybe, if I’m feeling generous, maybe I’ll be kind to you and share
my valuable opinions with y’all later…
Axel O+ secretor