X-Message-Number: 24740 Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 23:23:08 -0700 From: James Swayze <> Subject: A little known truth about weight gain For Thomas and Mike, To fully understand my current problem with weight and to see why some people can gain weight or not lose it, while dieting or not overeating, one must fully understand the little known truth about Type II Diabetes and Syndrome X.. I happen to have this problem, Hyperinsulinemia. I don't understand it well enough to describe it adequately so I'll depend on those interested looking it up here at the LEF site. Warning, it' a lot of reading. Diabetes and Syndrome X http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcls-txt/t-prtcl-042.html [quote] "In secondary diabetes, a primary condition, such as chronic or recurrent pancreatitis (an inflammatory condition of the pancreas), can result in diabetes. Also, adverse responses to medications can bring on secondary diabetes." "obesity and chronic hyperinsulinemia induce insulin resistance in peripheral tissues. Chronic hyperinsulinemia (in turn) is a predictor of obesity." "hyperinsulinemia makes weight management particularly difficult" The dark side of insulin and Hyperinsulinemia http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcls-txt/t-prtcl-083.html [quote] "WHY OBESE PEOPLE CANNOT LOSE BODY FAT" "The role that excess insulin plays in inducing and maintaining obesity has not gone completely unnoticed." [note] Not only did an infection trigger my Type II Diabetes stemming from Secondary Diabetes but I also have the genetic markers for it and Syndrome X. My mother has the 45 deg angle crease in her ear lobe. The LEF information pages are amazing.[end note] I only eat <500 calories for breakfast and between 750-1000 for evening. Aren't these calorie levels as low as CR? If I eat much less I have problems going too low for blood sugar and going unconscious possibly going further into coma and possibly death. My blood sugar has dipped as low as 50 on many occasions and I was so light headed I nearly passed out. The flip side is needing insulin to even get any benefit from the food I eat but insulin as you'll see with Syndrome X causes weight gain. I kept my weight between 200 and 220 pounds for 22+ years of my paralyzed life. Understand that I am 6'5" tall so this is optimum weight for me. About 3 years ago I was put on Actos to aid with blood glucose control and it caused me to gain weight rapidly although not changing diet but it did help in normalizing my blood glucose levels. A highly visible member of our ilk notified me he also gained weight on Actos and has since switched to Metformin (Glucophage) and lost all that he gained. But he can exercise and has, I suspect, healthier kidneys than I. Metformin is hard on the kidney's and so I've had to cut my dosage in half and still don't know if I am safe at that level but it's not helping my BG levels much. It seems like it should be as physics would predict that less energy input should equal direct loss of weight but in reality it is much more complicated than that. James -- Membership in order of joining - all comments on any subject are solely my opinion only and not reflective of the official positions of the following: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org Methuselah Foundation http://www.methuselahfoundation.org Methuselah Mouse Prize http://www.methuselahmouse.org [Give $$$ for life!] World Transhumanist Assoc. http://www.transhumanism.org/ WTA Portland Chapter http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/pdxwta.html MY WEBSITE: http://home.comcast.net/~swayzej/jspage_main.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24740