Carbohydrates Can Kill: Table of Contents

PREFACE

Chapter 1: Nutrition and Health

  • NUTRITION 101
  • CARBOHYDRATES
  • PROTEINS
  • FATS
  • *DIGESTION & METABOLISM
  • THE DIGESTION OF DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS
  • THE METABOLISM OF DIFFERENT NUTRIENTS
  • *GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT TERM

Chapter 2: Overweight, Then Obese

  • *THE POPULATION IS GETTING HEAVIER
  • *HOW DO WE DEFINE “OVERWEIGHT” AND “OBESE?”

Chapter 3: Obesity and Health

  • *DIRECT IMPACT OF BECOMING OVERWEIGHT OR OBESE
  • AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
  • SHORTNESS OF BREATH
  • BURDEN TO THE HEART
  • WEAKENING THE JOINTS
  • HURTING THE BACK
  • RISK OF WORK-RELATED INJURIES
  • *THE INDIRECT IMPACT OF EXCESS WEIGHT AND OBESITY
  • GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASES (GERD) & CANCER
  • DIABETES MELLITUS (DM) AND INSULIN RESISTANCE
  • CARDIOVASCULAR AND OTHER DISEASES

Chapter 4: Weight Gain and Diet

  • *WE ARE WHAT WE EAT!
  • *WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS?

Chapter 5: A Physician’s Personal Experience

  • *I TRIED STAYING HEALTHY
  • *SUMMER 2002
  • I HAD PROBLEMS!
  • IMPROVING MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM WITHOUT MEDICATIONS?
  • PLEDGE THE REST OF MY LIFE FOR EXPERIMENT
  • NO-SALT DIET DID NOT HELP ME AT ALL
  • WE ALL MUST LEARN TO LISTEN TO OUR BODY!
  • *FALL 2002.
  • EXERCISE ALONE MAKES NO IMPROVEMENT
  • CHANGE MY DIET
  • *WINTER 2002-2003
  • BEGIN TO LOSE WEIGHT
  • PUSH FOR MY PHYSICAL STAMINA
  • BLOOD PRESSURE BEGINS TO DECLINE SLOWLY BUT SURELY
  • FOOD INTOLERANCE DISAPPEARED
  • NEED LESS SLEEP

*SPRING 2003

  • INCREASE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
  • LOSE MORE WEIGHT
  • MARCH TOWARD THE GOAL OF MY EXERCISE ROUTINE
  • EXERCISE AND BLOOD PRESSURE
  • STEADILY DRIVE DOWN MY BLOOD PRESSURE
  • BECOME MY FAMILY MORNING CHEF
  • IDEAL WEIGHT AT THE BEST OF MY LIFE
  • IMPROVEMENT OF MY SKIN
  • NO SICK FEELING FROM MY EMPTY STOMACH
  • *SUMMER 2003
  • THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • ONE-TWO PUNCH: WORKING VERY HARD WITH VERY LOW CARB DIET
  • PITCH UP MY ROUTINE EXERCISE
  • LOSING WEIGHT HANDSOMELY
  • MY DAUGHTER’S WEDDING
  • IMPROVEMENT OF MY AIRWAY DURING SLEEP
  • *FALL 2003
  • HURRICANE AFTERMATH
  • REDESIGN MY TRAIL ROUTE
  • BLOOD PRESSURE SLOWLY COMING DOWN
  • THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF MY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • *WINTER 2003-2004
  • KEEP THE FIRE ON
  • I LOVE MORE FOOD CHOICES
  • KEEP MY WEIGHT DOWN
  • *SPRING 2004.
  • TEST MY PHYSICAL STRENGTH
  • CATCH UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION AGAIN?
  • KEEP UP THE HEAT
  • *SUMMER 2004
  • THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE IMPROVEMENT
  • *FALL 2004
  • THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF MY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • FAMILY INSPIRATION
  • *WINTER 2004-2005
  • CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY HEALTH
  • ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF REDUCING INFLAMMATORY REACTION
  • *SPRING 2005
  • STRENGTHEN MY IMMUNE SYSTEM
  • PUSH HARDER IN MY EXERCISE
  • *SUMMER 2005.
  • THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • ENJOY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • IMPROVEMENT IN MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • MARCH MY WEIGHT DOWN TOWARD THE GOAL
  • *FALL 2005
  • THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF MY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • REMARKABLE IMPROVEMENT IN MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM HAVE I REACHED MY IDEAL WEIGHT YET?
  • CHANGES IN MY PHYSICAL CONDITION
  • *WINTER 2005-2006
  • SENSIBLE DIETARY CHANGES
  • CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • IMPROVEMENT IN MY PHYSICAL STATUS
  • *SPRING 2006.
  • I HAD BEEN CLOSER TO THE RANK OF OBESITY IN 2002.
  • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN MY CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
  • *SUMMER 2006
  • The 4th ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • WATCH OUT THE DYNAMIC CHANGES OF BLOOD PRESSURE
  • *FALL 2006
  • THE 4th ANNIVERSARY OF MY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • I AM TRYING TO LOSE WEIGHT AGAIN
  • PERFECT WOUND HEALING #1
  • *WINTER 2006-2007
  • RUNNING UP THE STAIRS
  • EXERCISE, VEGETABLES, AND FRUITS
  • PERFECT WOUND HEALING #2
  • *SPRING 2007
  • BODY MASS INDEX vs. HEIGHT WAIST INDEX
  • CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY HEALTH
  • *SUMMER 2007
  • THE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • DO I GAIN WEIGHT AGAIN?
  • BRING MY WEIGHT DOWN!
  • MY EXERCISE
  • MY BLOOD PRESSURE GOES UP AND
    DOWN.
  • ANOTHER EPISODE OF INFLAMMATION CAUSED BY INFECTION
  • MY FIRST BLOOD GLUCOSE EXPERIMENT
  • *FALL 2007
  • FRUITS CAN EASILY BOOST UP MY BLOOD GLUCOSE
  • THE 5th ANNIVERSARY OF MY CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET
  • *WINTER 2007-2008
  • MORE EXPERIMENTS ON BLOOD GLUCOSE
  • THT CASE OF STRESS HYPERGLYCEMIA
  • CONTINUE TO IMPROVE MY HEALTH
  • *SPRING 2008
  • EVE OF THE 6th ANNIVERSARY OF MY NIGHTMARE
  • A ROLLER COASTER OF MY WEIGHT
  • MY SKIN AND KELOIDS
  • IS CEREAL REALLY GOOD FOR US?
  • UPDATE OF MY DIET

Chapter 6: Carbohydrates Can Kill:

  • *A MOUNTAIN OF EVIDENCE
  • *EXCESS WEIGHT AND OBESITY
  • OVERWEIGHT/OBESITY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
  • WEIGHT GAIN AND SLEEP APNEA (AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION)
  • OBESITY, SLEEP APNEA, AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
  • OBESITY, SLEEP APNEA, AND ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
  • OBESITY SHORTENS LIFE
  • OBESITY IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND OBESITY
  • WE ALREADY KNEW ABOUT HIGH FATS DIET FOR WEIGHT LOSS
  • CALORIE COUNT IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN WEIGHT LOSS
  • GREATER WEIGHT LOSS WITH THE LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET
  • VERY-LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET vs. CALORIE-RESTRICTED LOW-FAT DIET
  • THE VERY-LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET vs. THE LOW-FAT DIET
  • A LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET vs. A LOW-FAT DIET IN SEVERE OBESITY
  • MORE LOSS IN WATER WITH LOW-CARB DIET THAN LOW-FAT DIET
  • DIETARY FAT DOES NOT EQUAL BODY FAT
  • FAT IS NOT FATTENING, IF CARBOHYDRATES ARE RESTRICTED
  • *GLYCEMIC INDEX AND GLYCEMIC LOAD
  • DEFINING GLYCEMIC INDEX AND GLYCEMIC LOAD
  • LOW GI DIET IN TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC OBESITY
  • LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX DIET AND WEIGHT LOSS
  • HIGH GLYCEMIC LOAD AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE
  • HIGH GLYCEMIC LOAD AFFECTS HDL AND TRIACYLGLYCEROL
  • DUMPING HDL WITH HIGH GLYCEMIC-IDEX FOODS
  • * DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS
  • STARCHY FOODS ARE LINKED TO DIABETES
  • DECREASED FEELING OF HUNGER WITH LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX DIETS
  • HEALTH BENEFITS OF LOW-GLYCEMIC DIETS
  • DO DOCTORS KNOW ABOUT DIETARY RECOMMENDATIONS?
  • RIGHTLY EDUCATE PHYSICIANS AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT NUTRITION
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND DIABETES
  • CARBOHYDRATE-RICH DIETS CAUSE DIABETES
  • MORE PANCREATIC CELL DEATH IN HYPERGLYCEMIA
  • EASING DIABETES WITH LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIETS
  • DANGER OF EATING TOO MUCH FRUCTOSE
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR CAUSING INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS
  • CONSUMING REFINED CARBOHYDRATES CAUSES DIABETES
  • HIGH-PROTEIN, LOW-CARBOHYDRATE DIET HELPING DIABETES
  • NORMAL WEIGHT WITH BAD HEALTH
  • A DANGEROUS SIGN WITH FAT IN THE BELLY
  • REDUCE BLOOD SUGAR (CARBOHYDRATES) FOR HEALTH
  • DIETARY FAT AND RISKS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
  • EGGS AND RISKS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE
  • LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET FOR DIABETES MELLITUS
  • ANOTHER LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET FOR DIABETES MELLITUS
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND CHOLESTEROL
  • CARBOHYDRATE-RICH DIETS, HIGH TRIGLYCERIDES AND FAT
  • MEN’S LIPIDS IMPROVED WITH VERY LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET
  • IMPROVE MEN’S CVD BIOMARKERS WITH KETOGENIC DIET
  • WOMEN’S LIPIDS IMPROVED WITH VERY LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET
  • THE CARBOHYDRATE-RICH DIET INCREASES VLDL
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND INFLAMMATION
  • CARBOHYDRATE DIET AND C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR REDUCES RESISTANCE TO INFECTION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND FAILED ORGAN TRANSPLANTS
  • C-REACTIVE PROTEIN AND RISKS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
  • HEMOGLOBIN A1c AND FIBROMYALGIA
  • ACUTE HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND BLOOD CLOTTING
  • NITRIC OXIDE AND VASODILATATION
  • HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE AND NITRIC OXIDE
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR INITIATES ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • ACUTE HYPERGLYCEMIA AND OXIDATION
  • ACUTE HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND INFLAMMATION
  • EGG, CARBOHYDRATE RESTRICTION, AND INFLAMMATION
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
  • FASTING BLOOD SUGAR AND RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
  • BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS AND RISKS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR CAUSES VASCULAR DAMAGES
  • TYPE I DIABETES WITH DAMAGES TO BLOOD VESSELS
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR DAMAGES THE SMALL BLOOD VESSELS
  • LOW GLYCEMIC INDEX CARBOHYDRATES AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR DAMAGES BLOOD VESSELS
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR IN HEART ATTACKS
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA, CRP, AND PROGNOSIS FOR HEART ATTACK
  • CRP AND PROGNOSIS FOR HEART ATTACK
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES
  • EXCESSIVE CARBOHYDRATE LOAD CAUSING BREATHING FAILURE
  • LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIETS IMPROVE COPD
  • LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIETS IMPROVE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
  • CARBOHYDRATE AND ACUTE AND CHRONIC PULMONARY DISEASES
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND DIGESTIVE DISORDERS
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND ORAL INFLAMMATION
  • SUCROSE AND BOWEL INFLAMMATION
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND GALLSTONES
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND ARTHRITIS
  • CARBOHYDRATE RESTRICTION AND GOUTY ARTHRITIS
  • STARCH AND ANKYLOSING SPONDILITIS
  • BLOOD SUGAR AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND THE DEFENSE CAPABILITY
  • HHPERGLYCEMIA AND ACUTE INFLAMMATION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND THE OUTCOME OF INJURY
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND OSTEOPOROSIS
  • SYSTEMATIC INFLAMMATION AND OSTEOPOROSIS
  • INFLAMMATION, AGING, AND OSTEOPOROSIS
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND FRACTURE
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND BONE FORMATION
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
  • DIABETES MELLITUS AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA, ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION, AND CORONARY HEART DISEASE
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA, CHD, AND FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
  • TYPE 1 DIABETES MELLITUS AND MENSTRUATION
  • CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME
  • LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET FOR POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND CHILDHOOD
  • GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND CONGENITAL MALFORMATION
  • GESTATIONAL DIABETES AND CHILD OBESITY
  • CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND CAR SEAT SAFETY
  • CHILDHOOD OBESITY AND ADULTHOOD HEALTH DISORDERS
  • LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET AND CHILD OBESITY
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND STROKE
  • NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND INFLAMMATION
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND RETINOPATHY
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND HEAD INJURY
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND GLYCATION
  • DIETARY GLYCOTOXIN INDUCES INFLAMMATIORY MEDIATORS
  • GLYCEMIC CONTROL IMPROVES SKIN STRUCTURE
  • GLYCATION AND LOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE
  • GLYCATION AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE
  • GLYCATION AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND VISION
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND CATARACTS (1)
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND CATARACTS (2)
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND GLAUCOMA
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND MACULAR DEGENERATION
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND DEMENTIA
  • MIDLIFE OBESITY AND OLD AGE DEMENTIA
  • DIABETES MELLITUS AND DEMENTIA OR ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
  • TYPE 2 DIABETES, GLYCATION, AND ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND CANCERS
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND RISKS OF CANCERS
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND CANCER
  • CARBOHYDRATE-RICH DIETS CAUSE STOMACH CANCER
  • DIABETES MELLITUS AND PANCREATIC CANCER
  • HIGH GLYCEMIC LOAD AND PANCREATIC CANCER
  • OBESITY AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC INDEX, GLYCEMIC LOAD, AND ENDOMETRIAL CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC INDEX, GLYCEMIC LOAD, AND OVARIAN CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC INDEX AND BREAST CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC LOAD AND BREAST CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC LOAD, AND COLORECTAL CANCER RISK IN MEN
  • GLYCEMIC LOAD, AND WOMEN COLORECTAL CANCER
  • INFLAMMATION AND PROSTATE CANCER
  • CARBOHYDRATES AND PROSTATE CANCER
  • SUGAR AND LUNG CANCER
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA, VITAMIN C AND CANCER
  • GLYCEMIC CONTROL, VITAMIN SUPPLEMENT, AND CANCER
  • HYPERGLYCEMIA AND CANCER
  • *CARBOHYDRATES AND LONGEVITY
  • CALORIE (CARBOHYDRATE!) RESTRICTION FOR HEALTH
  • HIGH BLOOD SUGAR AND HIGH DEATH RATES

Chapter 7: In My Opinion

  • “CARBOHYDRATES CAN KILL “
  • SPEAKING OF DIABETIC DIET
  • INFLAMMATION, INFLAMMATION & INFLAMMATION!
  • AN UNFAIR RACE
  • THE ROLE OF HYPERGLYCEMIA
  • BODY MASS INDEX vs. WAISTLINE
  • MORE EXERCISE, VEGETABLES, AND FRUITS?
  • FAT AND PROTEIN FOR SATIETY
  • ALCOHOL AND HEALTH
  • CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED DIET FOR HEALTH
  • EVERYONE NEEDS ANNUAL BLOOD GLUCOSE SCREENING
  • CRITICAL DIETING FOR MATERNITY AND CHILDHOOD
  • MY HOPE
  • MY SUGGESTIONS FOR DIETING
  • NEVER TOO LATE TO BE HEALTHY AGAIN

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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