Conference Highlights -3

Final Day

So the conference ended. I think 3 days in a row is more than enough. I am glad I attended. If anyone thinks I was not away and just playing hookey, here is my proof.

I connected with a few Low Carb docs and people I have been wanting to for quite a while.

Above pic is me and Chris Cornell. Chris has been a well spoken advocate for Low Carb. He is a good follow on Twitter/X where he goes by the twitter handle “BiggestComeback”. If you do follow him and interact with him make sure to ask him what his favorite pickles are.

Above pic is me and Dr. Phil Ovadia, a CardioThoracic surgeon, the guy you don’t ever want to need. Dr. Ovadias lost over a 100 lbs on Low Carb and has been a strong advocate ever since. He wrote a book, “Stay off my operating table”, where he explains how using Low Carb along with other healthy habits can prevent heart disease and stay off his operating table.

For those of you who still do not quite understand the Low Carb lifestyle, perhaps this quote may help.

Think about that for a little bit.

So today I think I will just quote assorted things I heard that make sense and should make you think.

Let me know in the comments if they mean anything to you.

“I treat a lot of substance abuse patients. The substances are excess dietary carbohydrates, seed oils and chemicals in food.”

“Sugar/Excess carbohydrates activate platelet clumping”. —-Translation- This can lead to increased risk of blood clotting from eating carbohydrates/sugar.

“Persistent hyperglycemia causes endothelial dysfunction.”—- Translation- Persistent High Glucose levels cause the inner lining of your arteries to not work well increasing the risk for vascular disease.

“Adequate salt prevents high blood pressure” —-Translation - increase salt when on a Low Carb diet.

“We need to resolve Lipophobia”—Translation- we need to stop worrying about elevated cholesterol levels.

“Cancer cells ferment glucose for fuel. This is called the Warburg effect.” —- Translation- Most cancer cells can not burn fat or ketones for their fuel. Instead they ferment glucose without the need for oxygen. So one cancer intervention is to go very Low Carb. But if you go very low carb, yet still overeat, the cancer can still fuel itself. This is why Fasting has been heavily researched as a means of preventing/treating cancer.

“Cancer cells will not grow with Allulose.” — Translation- Allulose is a naturally occurring sugar that blocks fructose in the body. Allulose provides a mild sweet flavor and by blocking fructose may reduce the amount of sugar available to fuel cancers. This sounds promising but I am not quite there yet. Even though Allulose is a naturally occurring sugar substance, I don’t believe we have ever consumed Allulose naturally in the amounts it is presently being marketed. So it may end up being safe, but I am still waiting for some more research before giving a thumbs up. It’s not a thumbs down, but it’s not a thumbs up quite yet. If anyone has had any experience with Allulose use, please share the good or not so good in the comments .

So I think that is enough for now. If I think of anything else I’ll be sure to put it here, at Common Sense Health and Wellness.

For patients of the Institute for Medical Wellness, I will be staying in Florida thru Sunday Feb 2nd and returning to the office on Monday Feb 3rd. I will be having some virtual hours during the week so if you need me, please message thru the Spruce app.

Have a great week everyone.

Stay warm!

Stay Healthy!

And even though I gave up watching most professional sports in 2020 during the COVID scandemic, I will still say “Go Birds”.