Recent content by littlesurfer

wow This post rocks! thank you so much.

Kid Dynamite- For me, my disorder had to do with deprivation (from my loved ones, my home, the sun, a career I was actually interested in, and from FOOD). But it's very individual. Eating disorders come in all degrees. I only had it for short spurts during my time in law school. Moving back...

Could you please explain your reasoning for this? My reason for believing that binge eating is not genetic or hormonal is that I only needed to change my external circumstances to recover. I didn't have to control my suger intake or take medication. Infact, just the opposite, I stopped...

I guess I'm another odd one. I like athletic guys on the smaller side-- cross country runners and soccer players are my favorite.

Sorry but this hits too close to home. Although, certain personality traits (e.g. perfectionism, addictive personality etc.) may make a person more likely to suffer from binge eating, it is NOT genetic or hormonal. I recovered by understanding and changing the source of the problem. I didn't...

The state of ketosis, where the body is required to make ketones out of fats and protein, typically triggers starvation mode. I think the reason for this is that the body needs to expend a lot more energy to break down fats and proteins into ketones. This is why eating 2000 low carb calories...

If you were out in the desert and you had no food, for the first 24 hours, your liver would break down the sugars/carbohydrates it had stored away. Then, it will turn to breaking down your stored fat and protein (in the form of muscle) to keep your blood ketone (a product of fat metabolism that...

This is very true. The weight comes off fast but it's also just as easy to gain it all back by eating what would have been your maintenance calories prior to the diet. When you cut carbohydrates from your diet, your body turns to proteins and fats to make the sugar derivatives (otherwise known...

I don't know about the Crumb diet but if you're try to stay in ketosis I would get rid of the Cashews and Peanuts since they have some carbs and if you're eating "shitloads" that could slow down your progress. Almonds have a lot less Carbs (and more fiber) but they still have a lot of...

It's usually a combination of individual factors that triggers a cycle of bingeing. The best way to heal is to figure out what those factors are and plan your life such that they don't occur (at least simultaneously). For me it's the following: 1- deprivation from food in the past (whether...

Could you please cite where you found information that DNP can have long term effects on the female reproductive system? :(

informative link I found some really good info. about usnic acid and dnp on this site: http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/

Two abstracts on the topic I did a search if PubMed and these were the only relevant abstracts I found. I don't think they are very helpful but you may want to read them regardless. Lichen acids as uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation of mouse-liver mitochondria. Abo-Khatwa AN, al-Robai...