I'm on about the the eleventh day of a colitis flare and getting tired of it. My right side feels like someone stuck a dagger in it. This whole annoying episode started because I ate a Bacon Cheeseburger Toaster at Sonic and realized too late it was smothered in barbecue sauce. Almost every barbecue sauce on the market has high fructose corn syrup (and every other processed or packaged food does too including dill pickles). High fructose corn syrup is a major trigger for me.
I haven't worked out since Sunday partly due to this and because of spring cleaning. I'm sure the brief rest will do me good on the muscle building front - I tend towards over training - but the pain sucks. So I started Colon Clenz this morning to force the issue. (I'm regular, that's not the problem, but something irritating is still, well, hanging around).
The Double Danger of High Fructose Corn Syrup By Bill Sanda, BS, MBA
Excerpt - For many years, Dr. Meira Fields and her coworkers at the US Department of Agriculture investigated the harmful effects of dietary sugar on rats. They discovered that when male rats are fed a diet deficient in copper, with sucrose as the carbohydrate, they develop severe pathologies of vital organs. Liver, heart and testes exhibit extreme swelling, while the pancreas atrophies, invariably leading to death of the rats before maturity.
Wiki on Colon
Best Book To Manage Colitis Through Diet
My personal story about developing and dealing with colitis.
Here's some links you might find informative:
Bodybuilding.com Women's Super Feature - This feature is designed specifically for the woman in mind. We cover all female related topics that can help you get into the strong and sexy shape that you desire.
Got Sugar? Skeletal Muscle Development Responds To Nutrient Availability
Excerpt - ScienceDaily (May 12, 2008) — A new study finds that restricted nutrient availability prevents muscle stem cells from growing into mature muscle cells. The research, published by Cell Press in the May issue of the journal Developmental Cell, provides exciting new information about how developing muscle cells sense and respond to nutrient levels. The study adds a new twist to ongoing research into the effects of caloric restriction on physiology and aging and may lead to new therapeutic avenues for muscle wasting.
Boost Your Metabolism - Tips To Speed Up & Increase Metabolism
Excerpt - Your metabolism can be affected by genetics and age but for the most part it is affected by what we do to it. Did you know you can slow down or speed up your metabolism? Before I get into that I would like to explain what metabolism is. Metabolism is the process in which your body breaks down food and uses it as energy. This gives you the ability to function and do all the things that your body is meant to do. If you have a fast metabolism your body stores less body fat. In return if you have a slow metabolism your body tends to store more fat.
These are the secrets to keeping your metabolism up.
1.) Feeding your body. Just keep in mind that your body needs
The Blood Sugar Hormones
Excerpt - Hormones are very important in building muscle. Understanding them can give you a boost in your endeavor to better your body. In this article, I will outline two major hormones that play a role in bodybuilding.
Psychological Stress Linked To Overeating, Monkey Study Shows
ScienceDaily (May 14, 2008) — Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have found socially subordinate female rhesus macaques over consume calorie-rich foods at a significantly higher level than do dominant females.
The study, which is available in the online edition of Physiology and Behavior, is a critical step in understanding the psychological basis for the sharp increase in obesity across all age groups since the mid-1970s. The study also is the first to show how food intake can be reliably and automatically measured, thus identifying the optimal animal model and setting for future obesity studies.
Because the relationship between diet, psychological stress and social and environmental factors is complex, Mark Wilson, PhD, chief of the Division of Psychobiology at Yerkes, and his research team set out to determine whether individuals chronically exposed to psychologically stressful environments over consume calorie-rich foods. To do this, they studied the feeding patterns of socially housed female rhesus macaques, which are organized by a dominance hierarchy that maintains group stability through continual harassment and threat of aggression. Such structure is a constant psychological stress to subordinates.
Metabolic Syndrome Linked To Overeating, Not Obesity
Excerpt - Overeating, not the obesity it causes, is the actual cause of metabolic syndrome, suggests a study with mice by researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
Metabolic syndrome is a collection of health factors that increase the risk of developing insulin resistance, fatty liver, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.
This study was among the first to propose that weight gain is an early symptom, not a direct cause, of metabolic syndrome, the researchers said.
"Most people today think that obesity itself causes metabolic syndrome," senior author Dr. Roger Unger, professor of internal medicine, said in a prepared statement. "We're ingrained to think obesity is the cause of all health problems, when, in fact, it is the spillover of fat into organs other than fat cells that damages these organs, such as the heart and the liver. Depositing fatty molecules in fat cells where they belong actually delays that harmful spillover."
