Medical Textbook References
1. Glucose NOT body’s preferred energy source;
fatty acids are. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach,
pgs: 29, 145, 203, 272, 357.
2. Excess carbohydrate [more than 4-5 ounces]
prevents the body from burning fat and increases stored body
fat. Textbook of Medical Physiology, pgs 871, 936;
Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach, pgs 24, 394.
3. Fat does not burn in “flame of
carbohydrates.” Stryer’s Biochemistry, 4th
Edition, pgs 612, 638.
4. Humans can’t utilize fructose [sugar]
from more than 2 pieces of fruit at a time. Basic Medical
Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach, pg. 404.
5. Carbohydrates cause insulin levels
to reach 10-15 times normal and stay elevated for 2-3
hours. Textbook of Medical Physiology, pg. 977.
6. Eating carbohydrate SLOWS METABOLISM;
fat and protein digestion increase metabolism.
Textbook of Medical Physiology, pg. 908.
7. Adipose tissue [fat] is stored ONLY when
eating carbohydrates. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical
Approach, pg. 510.
8. Hospital patients not allowed more than 7
tsp sugar per hour; Americans told by U.S. government [food
pyramid] and nutritionists to eat up to 20 tsp sugar at each meal:
breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Body Fluids and Electrolytes,
pgs: 71-72.
9. Adding extra glucose [sugar] to muscle
will not make it work faster. Nutrition for Fitness and
Sport, pg. 95.
10. One glass of orange juice [6 tsp sugar]
provides the energy to run 1 mile. [But goes to body fat if not used
immediately!] Nutrition for Fitness and Sport, pg. 59.
11. Sugar [carbohydrate] stops body from
producing growth hormone. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A
Clinical Approach, pg. 702.
12. Polycystic ovary disorder [becoming
rampant in young women] associated with insulin resistance [result
of overeating carbohydrates and transfats]. Harrison’s
Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th
Edition.
13. Cellulose [fiber] cannot be digested by
humans. Essentials of Biochemistry, pg 185.
14. Cholesterol necessary for lipid bilayer of
cells. Molecular Biology of the Cell, pg. 481.
15. “Bad cholesterol” [LDL] produced from
carbohydrates. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical
Approach, pgs: 25-26, 512.
16. Insulin production, a response to
consuming carbohydrate, raises cholesterol levels. Basic
Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach, pgs: 475, 566.
17. Minerals are non-protein co-factors that
allow enzymes to work. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A
Clinical Approach, pg. 109.
18. Niacin not bioavailable [not usable]
from grains. Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach,
pg. 16.
19. Stomach acid requires chloride from salt.
Body Fluids and Electrolytes, pgs: 20-22.
20. Butter is used directly for energy.
Textbook of Medical Physiology, pg. 843.
21. Protein is GOOD for KIDNEYS. Basic
Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach, pg. 653.
22. All cells, regardless of
specialized function, oxidize fuels. Essentials of
Biochemistry, pg 7.
23. Polyunsaturated fats naturally support
healthy blood cholesterol levels. Textbook of Medical
Physiology, pg. 873.
24. Colloids [including colloidal minerals]
are held in vascular blood system [not used at the cell
level]. Body Fluids and Electrolytes, pgs: 62-63.
25. Vitamin B12 can
only come from animal sources. Essentials of Biochemistry,
pg. 348.
26. Brain synapses have higher levels of
DHA than most tissues. Nutrition and the Brain, Vol.
8, 1990:2.
27. Expect vision-related problems when there
is too many transfats. Essential Fatty Acids and
Eicosanoids, 1992, pgs: 107-115; Invest. Opthalmol. Vision
Science, 1992, 33(11): 3242-3253.
28. 60%-70% of protein eaten is used to fuel
energy of digestion; only 30%-40% is left for body structure —
like muscles — and system function — like enzyme production.
Basic Medical Biochemistry - A Clinical Approach.
29. Surprise: Light does not move in
straight lines [like you were taught in grade school and
secondary school, and college] – QED: The Strange Theory of Light
and Matter, Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize-winner, physics.
Just because something incorrect is repeated any number of times
doesn’t make it true!
30. “Experts were quoting data based on
inaccurate research. I never pay attention to ‘experts.’”
Richard Feynman, Nobel Prize-winner: physics, A Life in
Science, pg 167.
1. “Multiple linear regression analysis
adjusted for standard osteoporosis covariates showed a positive
associate between animal protein consumption….”
2. ”Vegetable protein was negatively
associated [bone loss resulted].”
• More Evidence For Link Between HRT Use and
Breast Cancer. Journal of American Medical Association
2002; 287:734-741.
1. “We found that long-term use of HRT
increased breast cancer risk by 70% for all
types of
breast cancer.”
2. “We used computerized pharmacy records…
there was no non-response bias.”
• New Diabetes Nutrition Guidelines Play Down
Importance of Carbohydrate source. Diabetes Care, January
2002.
1. “…De-emphasize the importance of the
glycemic index of foods.”
2. “The source of the carbohydrates is not
as important as the total amount….”
• Essential Fatty Acids as Possible Mediators
of the Action of Statins. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and
Essential Fatty Acids, Vol. 65, No.1, July 2001.
1. “Statins
and polyunsaturated fatty acids have similar actions.”
2. “In view of the similarity of their
actions and that statins influence essential fatty acid
metabolism, it is suggested that EFAs and their
metabolites may serve as secondary messengers of the action
of statins ….”
• Glucose [sugar from carbohydrates] causes
diabetes! Diabetes 2001; 50:1683-1690.
“Our results underscore the importance of
tight glucose [sugar] control in limiting beta-cell destruction
….”
• Association of Dietary Intake of Fat and
Fatty Acids With Risk of Breast Cancer. Journal of the
American Medical Association, 1999; 281:914-920 [recently
publicized].
1. “We found no evidence that lower intake
of total fat or specific major types of fat was associated with
decreased risk of breast cancer.
2. Contrary to the prevailing hypothesis
[guess] the overall trend was inverse [the more fat eaten, the
less breast cancer] and statistically significant.”
2001
• Dietary [from food] antioxidants do not
reduce heart disease risk. Journal of Clinical College of
Cardiologists 2001;38:1788-1798.
1. “Until we have conclusive proof that …
antioxidant vitamins are beneficial, these should not be part
of our main therapeutic regimen in cardiovascular disease
prevention.”
2. “Our study produced no convincing
support for the common practice of taking antioxidant pills such
as vitamin E to prevent heart attacks.”
• Flavonol and Flavone [from soy, fruits,
vegetables, and wine] Intake Linked With Nonfatal Myocardial
Infarction [heart attack]. Epidemiology 2001; 12:62-67.
“The largest decrease in coronary risk was
observed between the lowest and second-lowest [eating the
least amount] quintiles of flavonol and flavone.”
• Dietary [from food] cholesterol
insignificant. Metabolism 2001 May;50(5):594-597.
1. “With even a 30% fat diet, increasing
dietary cholesterol from 319 mg to 941 mg per day [close to a
300% increase], the blood LDL only increased a mere 6% [6
points]!”
2. “Even insulin resistant women
did not experience a significant cholesterol increase!”
• HDL not “protective!” Journal of
Clinical Investigation 2001;108:843-850
1. “Current dogma supports a key role in
reverse cholesterol transport and defects in the HDL-mediated
process are thought to contribute to the development of
atherosclerotic plaques.”
2. “Contrary to expectations …
secretion rates were not impaired.”
3. “Mice lacking HDL do not show
impaired hepatobiliary [liver] transport, suggesting that HDL
plays little or no role in the process.”
4. “Although most people now think that
ABCA1 [and HDL] is a cholesterol transporter per say, there is
no evidence for this contention.”
• Breast cancer risk not reduced by high
intake of fruits and vegetables. Journal of American
Medical Association, 285:769-776, 799-801.
“Further analysis for consumption of green
leafy vegetables and fruits … showed a similar lack of
association with breast cancer risk.”
• Cholesterol compared to high
triglycerides? There is a 70% increased risk of heart disease
with high triglyceride levels– independent of cholesterol levels]
Circulation 2000; 101:2777-2782.
• Analysis shows: it’s proteins, not genes,
that count. Reuters Science News, February 11, 2001.
1. “Both teams agree: it is proteins that
matter – much more so than genes.”
2. “Genes don’t determine whether you get
colon cancer …”
3. “Those who are looking for forgiveness of
responsibility for their own lives in the genetic code will be
very disappointed.”
• Elevated insulin [generated from eating
carbohydrates] causes blood clotting, which blocks arteries.
Journal of American Medical Association; 2000; 283:221-228.
• Exercise only brings insignificant
decrease in blood pressure [2 points in the systolic and 3
points in the diastolic]. Br J Gen Pract, 2000;50: 948-949,
958-962.
• Hypertension not caused by anxiety
[or depression]. — Stress is not the cause of high blood pressure.
American Journal of Hypertension, 2001;14:660-664. Americans
have been misled for years!
2000
• Level of Alpha-Linolenic Acid [Polyunsaturates]
in Breast Tissue Inversely Linked to Breast Cancer Risk.
1. “Women with high levels of alpha-linolenic
acid in their adipose breast tissue have a 60% lower risk of
breast cancer….”
2. The new findings “support a possible
protective effect ….”
European Journal of Cancer
2000;36:335-340. How many American women were told this?
• Findings presented at American Heart
Association meeting, June 2000:
1. Lowering fat intake is not effective
for reducing cardiovascular risk.
2. Fats should be placed low on cancer
risk list.
• Cancer Institute admits long-term
misinformation: 25 years of “fiber fiction” –
colon cancer worsened, not helped, with fiber.
• No convincing scientific evidence that
large doses of vitamin C, vitamin E, selenium, or beta carotene
reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s
or other illness. National Academy of Science
• 60% carbohydrate/25% fat diet vs 40%
carbohydrate/40% fat diet. Stanford University School of
Medicine: American Journal of Cardiology 2000 85:45-48 (Dr.
Raven).
1. “Elevated triglyceride levels
persisted through high carbohydrate diet.”
2. “High carbohydrate diet associated
with increases in both fasting [when not eating] and
postprandial [after eating] triglyceride concentrations.”
3. “Substituting carbohydrates for
saturated fat leads to higher cholesterol in the
blood.”
4. “It is appropriate to question wisdom
of replacing dietary fat with carbohydrates – carbohydrates
raise the risk of heart disease.”
• Women eating lowest fat and most fiber had
20% less calcium retention. Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 2000, 71: 466-471.
• Primitive man was a meat eater, NOT a plant
eater. James Watson Wilford, New York Times, 2000.
• Red wine does not
improve LDL oxidation. American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 2000; 71:67-74.
• Caution: Study results are often
“inefficient, corrupt and unreliable.” Newsweek: Science &
Ideas-Medicine, Aug. 28, 2000, pg. 50.
1999
• Diabetes epidemic linked to excess
carbohydrates. USA Today, Jan. 21, 1999, pg 1. [Public
not told that “excess” means almost all of them.]
• Diet of 50% fat [half fat!], 30%
protein, and 20% [low] carbohydrates improves weight
loss and blood lipid profiles in type II diabetics. Abstract
of presentation before 1999 meeting of Endocrine Society: by James
Hayes, MD, endocrinologist.
• Elevated insulin associated with impaired
clotting. American Diabetes Association’s 59th
Annual Scientific Sessions, June 1999.
• Colon cancer rate did not change
regardless of type of fiber eaten. New York Times, Jan.
21, 1999, pg A-1.
• Benefit of eating animal fat
inconclusive with breast cancer risk. Journal of American
Medical Association, 1999, No. 281, pgs 914-920.
• High fiber does not help “colon efficiency.”
New England Journal of Medicine, Jan. 21, 1999, Vol. 340,
No.3.
1998
• More than half the heart attacks occur
in people with few “risk factors.” Houston Chronicle,
Jan. 10, 1998.
1997
• Bad fat, not all fat, linked to
heart risk. Houston Chronicle, Nov. 20, 1997, pg A2.
• Eating saturated fat lowers risk of
stroke. Boston Globe, 1997.
• Women’s coronary risk linked to
processed transfats [not to unprocessed, natural fats].
New York Times, Nov. 20, 1997, pg. A1.
• Carbohydrates are not the “feel good fix”;
moods not improved by eating carbohydrates: “Psychological and
metabolic responses of carbohydrate-craving obese patients to
carbohydrate: fat, and protein rich meals.” International Journal
of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders, Oct. 21, 1997; (10):860-864
• “Diets high in polyunsaturated fat have
been more effective than low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets in
lowering cholesterol as well as the incidence of heart disease.”
New England Journal of Medicine, 337:1491-1499.
•
Carbohydrate diet led to impaired glycemic and insulin
responses. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:
“Fats and Oils Consumption in Health and Disease,” Oct. 1997, 66:
4(S), pgs. 991S-997S.
• “How the truth becomes distorted in
high-carbohydrate diets.” New England Journal of
Medicine, Vol. 337, Aug. 21, 1997. [How you get misled: the
real
results compared with the published “conclusions.”]
• [Naturally produced] Vitamin D from sunlight
reduces breast cancer risk. Houston Chronicle, Nov. 2,
1997, pg. 5A.
• No more than a weak link shown between
breast cancer and “rich” [high-fat] diets. Health, March
1997, pg. 70-73.
• DHA declined in mother’s milk.
Associated Press, Feb. 23, 1997 [Moms aren’t getting enough, so
their babies suffer.]
1996
• Diet with high levels of meat and fat
yields positive results [for weight and heart health].
Health, Sept. 1996.
• There is only an insignificant association
between dietary fat and abdominal fat. American
Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1996, Vol. 64, 667-684.
1995
• Children of vegetarians tend to be
deficient in DHA. Lipids, 1995, 30(4):365-369;
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 1994, 48:358-68;
Journal of Pediatrics, 1992, 120:S71-77.
1994
• No saturated fats found in aortic plaque!
Lancet 1984;344:1195-96. [So did eating saturated fat cause
their heart disease?]
• Cholesterol-lowering drugs do not work
significantly. Journal of American Medical Association,
1994, No. 272, pgs 1335-1340.
• “HDL/LDL ratio does not improve when
saturated fat is replaced by carbohydrate. Low-fat diet has been
considerably less effective in lowering total or LDL cholesterol
than predicted.” Journal of Cardiovascular Risk; No. 1,
June 1994.
• Pharmaceutical companies buy editorials to
influence medical care. New England Journal of Medicine,
331:674;1994.
1992
• Framingham Heart Study: “The more saturated
fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories one
ate, the lower the person’s serum cholesterol. The opposite [of what
we have been told]…” William Castelli, MD, Framingham Heart
Study, Archives of Internal Medicine; Vol. 152, July 1992.
• “Influence of omega-3 fatty acids on the
prostaglandin-metabolism in healthy volunteers … synergistic
effect of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids at low doses which is greater than
the effect of high doses of n-3 fatty acids alone.”
Prostaglandins in the Cardiovascular System, 1992.
1987
• Doctors replied incorrectly on
simple statistical question 85% of the time. British
Medical Journal, 294:856; 1987.
1982
• Progressive Lipids Research;
20:349-362.
1. Prostaglandins of the omega 6 series
found to influence blood pressure.
2. Excretion of salt and water from
extra-cellular spaces influenced by prostaglandins, too
[less bloating].
• LA and most polyunsaturated fatty
acids, including AA and EPA were lower [depleted] in heart attack
victims. ….The fatty acid patterns of phospholipids is
an independent risk factor for heart disease. “Fatty Acid
Composition of Serum Lipids Predicts Myocardial Infarction,”
British Medical Journal, Oct. 9, 1982, 285:993.
1977
• Under “cholesterol,” it has
not
been shown that lowering blood cholesterol has any positive effect
on the heart. Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 1977.
1975
• Studies implicate distorted transfats
link to cancer. Cancer Research, 1975, 35:3374.
1973
• 3 generations of EFA deficiency resulted in
reduced brain size in rats. British Journal of Nutrition,
1973; 29:127-137.
1969
• “The cause of cancer is the replacement of
the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of
sugar…. There is no disease whose prime cause is be�er known….”
Nobel Prize-winner Otto Warburg , The Prime Cause and Prevention
of Cancer,1969.
1967
• Persons from southern India ate only 1/10th
as much natural fat compared to northern Indians and got 15 times
more heart disease. American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition, 1967, 20:471.
1964
• Journal of American Medical Association:
Vol. 189, No. 9, Aug. 31, 1964.
1. No clear correlation between serum
[blood] cholesterol levels and the nature and extent of
atherosclerotic [heart] disease.
2. Cholesterol levels in and of themselves
are meaningless.
3. 1,700 patients with heart disease analyzed
clearly show more heart-related disease with cholesterol
between 1 and 250 than between 300 and 400
or higher! (An
inverse correlation.)
1956
• Warning: Hydrogenation from modern food
industry predicted to cause massive heart disease. Lancet,
1956. [Unfortunately, this prediction turned out to be true.]
1940
• Landmark book, Man Alive, You’re Half Dead!
(out of print), Daniel Munro, M.D. :
1. “… red meat is one of the best foods
for the human body….”
2. “… [Also] eat plenty of fish, eggs and
cheese!”
3. “… Fats are essential ….The fats
are essential for life, the vegetable carbohydrates are not.”
4. “…and that is why intake [for
diabetics] of carbohydrates have always been [or should be] cut
down to the minimum.”
5. “Physiology of digestion has been
ignored.”
6. “Protein is the only material
that can repair tissue.”
7. “When you eat carbohydrates, you
deposit cholesterol.”
1939
• Cottonseed oil [processed with
hydrogenation -- transfats] associated with increased skin cancer.
American Journal of Cancer, 1939, 35:213.
1922
• “Pre-war statistics concerning meat eating
countries show all in all they must be admitted the most
energetic.” Louis Berman, MD, The Glands Regulating
Personality, 1922.