Some notes on health, carbs, Glycemic Index/Load, Ketosis and more

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(Sent this to GRC wayyy back in 2018; presumably was lost. My apologies for having been away so so long! Here you go...)

Notes on Health and Carbs

- [A bit of background: my wife's a human bio major, and was diagnosed with metabolic syndrome many years ago. As she puts it, she ate her lifetime supply of sugar before she was 30 ;) She HAD to go on Keto Diet: her triglycerides were over 1300?!! Keto slammed EVERYTHING back to perfect, including Triglycerides below 150 :) ... I also had a 23 year coworker with Type I diabetes. She passed away in 2023 but endured most of the bad things that can happen. Believe me, I know the dangers.]

- A very important caveat about ketosis: pre-diabetics and people with diabetes need to be VERY cautious/careful about this. Good doctor care, frequent testing, etc. Doing it wrong can be fatal. My own brother went on this kind of diet; his longevity doc recommended it as safe. Only six months in, his liver numbers showed the diet was destroying his liver function! NOT a happy camper.

- I don't see any mention on the GRC Health pages about Glycemic Load. This is a hugely important concept to understand and put in practice. If needed, I can write quite a bit about this. My wife has been mostly on Keto now for five years. 20 carb a day limit! Doing great. She DOES take annual breaks T'giving->C'mas (and birthday in there) plus another short summer break to enjoy her fave fresh fruit.

- Recent discoveries show grain was human food a lot earlier than when agriculture began. Israel - 23,000 years ago. Mozambique - 70-100,000 years ago. (Scientific American, PNAS, etc.)