Genetics
Creatine and Protein
by Little John on Aug.29, 2010, under Genetics, Journal
I bought creatine in powdered form. I was surprised at how small it was.
I was warned that the powder tastes like chalk. Ive tried mixing creatine with water and I concur. But with milk and protein powder you don’t even notice it.
Regardless of the protein recommended and the warnings from my friends I have been craving the protein shakes so much that I end up consuming 200g of protein a day from the shakes alone. In addition to that I still drink milk but I have been skipping breakfast because I am not hungry.
I’m still working out Mondays and running on Tuesdays.
3 rounds on the punching bag
3 sets on the bench press
3 sets of dead lifts
3 sets of elevated crunches
3 sets of fishes (for the back)
3 sets of pull-ups
and if there is time we squeeze in some jump roping.
I finally got the routine down so I know what I can do without hurting myself.
Muscle Building & Creatine/Myostatin
by Little John on Aug.18, 2010, under Genetics, Journal
Myostatin is a protein which inhibits muscle growth.
There are cases of myostatin-deformed (cannot inhibit muscle growth) being larger and more physically fit.
The Government says that creatine appears to be a myostatin blocker. Most myostatin blockers in the world are illegal.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20026378
Starting weight: 125 lbs (6/1/10)
I’m taking to loading dosage (26.5 grams), whey protein powder, one gallon of milk daily and I’m excersizing intensely for 3 hours per week and 5 hours light.
I am currently at month 2 and week 2 for Creatine.
UPDATE 8/19/2010:
Day three. I’ve been taking almost the recommended amount (20-36). My stomach can’t tolerate too much I’ve discovered. Other things of note, I’ve been waking up in the middle of the night for 3 hours each time before falling asleep. Could be the sudden heat wave though. My appetite has taken a noticeable drop. But I’m consuming 150-200 grams of protein a day on average. Not a lot of carbs though. I’m getting cravings for Chinese food.
Mood Elevator
by Little John on Jul.22, 2010, under Genetics, Journal
Vitamin C.
I’ve been taking 3000mg of vitamin C for the past 3 days.
I’ve had a cup of coffee, Tampica juice, chicken, rice, corn and spaghetti for the record. Plus Mondays and Tuesdays I have weight lifting and cardio for an hour and a half.
I feel my mood has elevated and my mind has cleared up some.
Now, I have taking vitamin C many times before getting up to 25,000mg in a 24 hour period. This is recorded though and I will post my findings on days I miss taking C and days I do take it. To me knowledge to only adverse side effect is the eventual diahrea. But combines with the gallon of milk which has the side effect of constipation it should balance out.
Depression/Health
by Little John on Jul.16, 2010, under Genetics, Journal
Definitions are provided by: http://www.merriam-webster.com
Depression: 2.b.a state of feeling sad
Sick 5 : lacking vigor
With the above defined I wonder if most people are not badly malnurished rather than mentally ill.
Here is an ad and response to our modern cure for depression.
Knowing what I do of biochemistry I conclude that the makers of this drug found one thing that works sometimes and ignore the additional symptoms, as with the other anti-depressants. Never mind that suicide does not occur without some severe cause for that reaction. Never mind that suicide has gone from somewhat negligent to bizarre Columbine homicidal levels.
Abilify and any anti-depressant scares me. I was even offered some in the hospital, no prescription.
I hate to be the subject of my own testing, but this is entirely on my own. I will seek funding for a more scientific means, but alas – until then.
Generally I am content and sometimes enthusiastic with friends, sometimes not. But sometimes I fall down to boredom and I just want to sleep the rest of the day away.
I recognized this feeling right after I take vitamins or eat a healthy meal when I come out of it.
I don’t notice that I fall to boredom when I eat fast food or drink lots of soda (except for the normal headache).
Typically every weekend I would consume approximately 1 gallon of Coke and I would have an incapacitating headache (9 or 10 on the 10-scale). It wasn’t until I was 18 (3 years) that I realized the soda and headaches were connected.
I had heard a saying “If you’re craving something but don’t know what it is, it’s Vitamin C.”
I’ve tried this and it seems to work about 70% of the time. But, it the interests of science I also took B-complex a little less than half the time in addition. I have taken B-Complex and salt alone 25% of the time and suffered through it the last 5% of the time.
While boredom is not the classical depression, I am also very active.
Summary:
Having lots of Vitamin C (I took 8000 mg) is a necessity (40lb dog generates 5,000 mg per day)
So I will have to conduct a depression test involving workouts, jogs and vitamins and nutritional foods on people with problems with being depressed.
Swine Flu/AIDS/Malaria
by Little John on Jul.16, 2010, under Genetics
Remember 2009 ‘Pandemic’?
The CDC was everywhere with the vaccine when the only evidence was 5 deaths in the US and 120 cases known in Mexico.
Now that it’s a closed case there are ‘about 12,000 deaths’ resulting from swine flu as of May 28 2010 through 2009.
12,000/300,000,000 and many people, like me, didn’t even get the vaccine. For all that Fox News has posted I’m surprised the mass hysteria was not worse. Thats less than 0.004 of 1%. Can this even be called a pandemic?
Here are a few infections you actually should be concerned about (but no more than concerned).http://www.campussqueeze.com/post/The-11-Deadliest-Viruses-Diseases-Known-To-Man.aspx
Anthrax
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Disorder (HIV/AIDS)
Ebola
Marburg Virus
Avian Flu
Malaria
Cholera
Yellow Fever
Typhoid Fever
SARS
Crimean Congo (continue reading…)
Sugar Test & Fat
by Little John on Jul.13, 2010, under Genetics
6 year ‘Test’
First part
4 years eating the same food 2 years eating eating without sugarFor the first four years I would eat the following on average 2 to 4 times per week. 2 X52 – 4X52 = 100 – 200/year OR 600 – 1,200 meals:
Double cheesebuger Fries CokeThe the subsequent 2 years I ate:
Triple cheesebuger – Quadruple cheesburger Tea with lemon (no sweeteners)Today begins to second part of the test. I ordered my old standby with a modern twist. I was famished.
I ordered a quadruple, fries and a coke. I ate less than half. I am still thirsty.
From this I gather several pieces of data.
1. I cannot consume as much when I have sugar involved 2. I can drink a lot more sugar (by empirical – trial and error – evidence)College fact (true or not this was something I picked up from Professor Jim Wolfe)
1. The body, given the necessary foods, can convert any macro-molecule (Fats, DNA, Starches, Protein) to any other macro-molecule.
Fat’s would require some nitrogenous material to be converted to DNA, etc. But it can be done in the body naturally. It just doesn’t do it a lot.
From this I can make the following deductions.
1. When consuming sugar and protein the body prefers sugar 2. Since protein is the building blocks of your body and sugar is the gas, the body has a large fuel intake. 3. Depending on metabolism, 3 results are predominant. - The person retains part of their large fuel intake (obese) – lacks protein or weight building exercise - The person who doesn’t need as much food (slender) – lacks protein or weight building exercise - The athlete who has lots of energy (muscular) – this largely requires protein as a separate meal 3.1 There are also individuals who are unhappy with the way they are (weight gain/weight loss). These will not be included in my scientific study because they would bias the results. 4. Since the soda which I am drinking contains hight fructose corn syrup, there will be anticipated liver/energy issues.And now I’m getting a headache, which is very unusual but typical in excess of 8 oz sugary intake.
Second part4 hours later:
The headache has persisted, a 2 on the 10 scale.
I have a fair amount of physical energy and mental alertness. I have continued to eat sugary things (pie, soda etc. But not in ‘excess’.)
-24 oz coke/roor beer -1 slice of apple pie, tastes very sweetI still haven’t bothered to eat the remains of my quad-cheese burger. Yesterday I was getting hungry again. I am ending this test as it makes me uncomfortable. You may post the results of your own tests below.
So, in conclusion:
Sugar, if it must be eaten, should coordinate with your schedule. With this in mind, heavy set people should cut sugar and starch out of their diet until they reach a healthy weight with exercise. The body is saturated with sugars/fat. Protein should suffice.
Cardio if they want to loose weight, weight’s if they want to convert the weight.
If you are skinny and want to gain weight to have to eat and exercise. Weights to convert what food you take in or eat starches and sugars to gain fat. I have no evidence that a skinny person can gain fat simply by not doing anything.
I can only suggest you develop an allergy to penicillin and survive an injection. But it would likely kill you so I can’t recommend it.
Sugar vs Malt
by Little John on Jul.10, 2010, under Genetics
Maltose
Sucose (Table Sugar)
Sugar = Glucose + Fructose
Maltose = Glucose + Glucose ———————————– Glucose: The human body is designed to break down Glucose. It can be digested by nearly every cell in the body and is the sole food of the brain. All other sucrose gets processed by the liver. Fructose: Can only be processed by the liver where it turns it into Glucose – and is not regulated by insulin ———————————– The negative effects of table sugar (sucrose) are as follows: (http://rheumatic.org/sugar.htm) 1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn’s disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body’s fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children’s grades and cause learning disorders..
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food’s travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.
(I don’t endorse all of these, but I am a scientist and the site references individuals who can attest to these.)
The negative effects of Maltose are as follows:- Can be potentially dangerous to diabetics
- calming
- sleep aid
- relieves kidney discomfort
- digestive enhancer
Honey:
Fructose: 38.2%
Glucose: 31.3%
Sucrose: 1.3%
Maltose: 7.1%
Water: 17.2%
Higher sugars: 1.5%
Ash: 0.2%
Other/undetermined: 3.2%
- Whoppers (Candy)
- Malt Milkshakes
- Malt Beer
- Malt loaf (Bread)
The Reason Why
