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From: woodgold@emr1.emr.ca (Cathy Woodgold)
Subject: Re: hypoglycemia
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:50:35 GMT

To:  Randy Thomas

From:  Cathy Woodgold, woodgold@seismo.emr.ca  OR  woodgold@emr1.emr.ca

Re:  chromium picolinate

I'm very pleased to get a (email) response from my posting!
I suppose you're going to try chromium as a treatment for
hypoglaecemia;  let me know how it goes.

The phone number of Wholesale Nutrition is (800)-325-2664.
Bronson Pharmaceuticals also sells chromium picolinate:
200 mcg, 100 tablets $4.69 or 250 tablets, $10.49,
plus $2.00 shipping and handling.
Bronson Pharmaceuticals can be reached at (800)-235-3200,
4526 Rinetti Lane, P.O. box 628, La Canada, CA, 91012-0628.
Californians must add tax when ordering from either company.

This message is from me personally and does not represent
the policy of any organization.
Newsgroups: sci.med.physics
From: ad198@yfn.ysu.edu (Carl Landis)
Subject: Re: FDA just discovered Radiation Therapy Simulators
Reply-To: ad198@yfn.ysu.edu (Carl Landis)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
 
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 16:53:17 GMT

Sounds scary, Frank.  But it is an old story.  People are put
in charge who do not have the necessary knowledge to make the
proper decisions.

-Carl
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: willdye@helios.unl.edu (Will Dye)
Subject: Re: hypoglycemia
Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Date:  2 Sep 92 03:28:24 GMT

jil@uts.uucp (Jamie Lubin) writes:

>...  Avoidance of refined carbohydrates (white sugar,
>white rice, white flour & the "foods" containing them).  Elimination of soda,
>alcohol, tobacco, etc.  This would probably benefit most everyone, but would
>be even more beneficial to the hypoglycemic.

I probably have hypoglycemia.  It runs in the family, and I have some of the 
symptoms (headaches & weakness if I go even a few hours between meals, etc). 
But I LOVE soda.  To keep the headaches away, I usually have a Coke in my 
hand, drinking it slowly during the day.  Caffeine may play a role, but it 
really seems to be the sugar.  I can sometimes subsitute beef jerky or nuts,
but soda is easier to obtain.  I'm 32 now, a bit overweight, and I've been 
doing this for over fifteen years.  The more I read about hypoglycemia, 
though, the more I wonder if I should cut out the Coke.

I recently decided to set up a proper diet & exercise program.  I'm 
interested in the Caloric-Restriction method of lifespan extension, but 
I wonder if a possibly-hypoglycemic soda addict can make the transition 
to a fruits-and-veggies CR diet.  For that matter, hypoglycemia literature 
says go for the protein, but CR diets say avoid protein.  Any comments 
or suggestions would be welcome.  I'm already cutting back on my worst 
junk-foods, and slowly moving towards a planned diet.  So far my plan is 
to just cut back on the junk food & soda, then eat the same stuff, only 
less of it.

--Will
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu (Frank Drake)
Subject: Carb-loading & preparing for intense activity...
Organization: University of Massachusetts Lowell
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 22:44:37 GMT

Hi,

I've never really read much about nutrition, but have been very active
in the last few years, playing competitive ice hockey (well, at least
_I_ think it is competitive ;-) and doing aerobics to keep the whole body
in reasonable shape. I've heard of carb-loading, but usually with respect
to running. Is this something that is good for someone who will be doing
excercise over a longer period of time (like a marathon) or is it also
applicable to shorter, intense workouts? If you've never played, ice hockey
games tend to last for 40-60 minutes, with short (1-2 minutes), intense
shifts.

What kind of "pre-game" nutrition should I try? I have tried just about
everything (pizza usually isn't so good ;-)   Recently, I had heard
that you shouldn't eat ANYTHING for 4-6 hours before playing. Just drink
lots of fruit juices in the hours before playing. I've tried this and
it seems to work pretty well - I am not so weighted down that I can't get 
out of my own way. But is there some better recommendation?

If I was going to eat pasta to build up carbohydrates, when should I have
this? 6 hours before the game? The night before the game? People who
marathon seem to build up during the week before the marathon.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer!

Frank
--
Frank Drake                 "Jesus saves - and Esposito scores on the rebound!"
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Center for Productivity Enhancement                               (508)934-2630
Lowell, Massachusetts 01854                        drake@dragon.cpe.ulowell.edu
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il (ROBERT WERMAN)
Subject: Heart List
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Date: 1 Sep 92 04:05:54 GMT

Subject:  Heart Disease List

As a physician, and a heart disease patient, I am 
interested in finding any bmail/email/bitnet/internet 
list dealing with heart disease from either or both
the patient or medical viewpoints.  If anyone could 
help, I would be greatly appreciative.

Please write to me at:

rwerman@hujivms.bitnet
or
rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il

__Bob Werman [MD, Prof.]
Jerusalem, Israel
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: slaury@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Susan Laury)
Subject: Re: hypoglycemia
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 20:35:15 GMT

In article <1992Sep1.184847.10872@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> jil@uts.uucp (Jamie Lubin) writes:
>To determine hypoglycemia requires at least a 5-hour Glucose Tolerance Test &
>then hopefully the results will be properly interpreted.  Diet should be higher


Is the test generally hard to interpret? I have most of the symptoms
of hypoglycemia and was tested for it (one test after a 12-hour fast,
the other two hours after a prescribed meal), but the lab said the
results were within normal limits. Does anyone else have an idea
of another condition that could be masking itself with hypoglycemia-
like symptoms?

Thanks

Sus.

-- 
And the speaking will get easier and easier. ... And at last you'll know with
surpassing certainty that only one thing is more frightening than speaking
your truth. And that is not speaking.
		--Naomi Wolf, Commencement Address, Scripps College
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur)
Subject: Re: hypoglycemia
Organization: Intermetrics Inc, Cambridge MA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 18:49:39 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.211028.5034@mcnc.org> ekp@mcnc.org (Edward Pavelchek) writes:
>[reposted from misc.fitness]
>I ran across an article on chromium supplements last night.  
>
>Am J Clinical Nutrition, 54:909 (1991)  Anderson
>
>The authors conclude that a certain subset will benefit from Cr
>supplements.

Also, according to one of the Prevention Food&Nutrition newsletters
I got last year, beer is high in chromium.

Adds new meaning to the expression "doing 12oz curls" :-).

Beth Mazur                   "...life is more than a vision.  The sweetest
mazur@inmet.inmet.com         part is acting after making a decision."
...!uunet!inmet!mazur                                  -- The Indigo Girls
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: jil@uts.uucp (Jamie Lubin)
Subject: Re: Good basic book on nutrition
Organization: Bellcore, Piscataway, NJ
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 18:37:09 GMT

In article <17upsgINNehk@agate.berkeley.edu> jaffray@zippy.sonoma.edu writes:
>I'm looking for a good basic non-fringe book on nutrition, comprehensible
>to a random like me, and up-to-date and accurate.  Also practical (i.e.
>describes how matters of nutrition affect a proper diet, not just
>"this substance can have these effects").  Suggestions?

"Nutrition Almanac" by Kirschenman (sp?) available in many health-food stores.
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: woodgold@emr1.emr.ca (Cathy Woodgold)
Subject: Re: hypoglycemia
Organization: Energy, Mines, and Resources, Ottawa
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 21:22:31 GMT

I'm not hypoglaecemic, but I did used to get very hungry if
I didn't eat for a few hours.  I would get terribly irritable
just before dinner, and I would tend to get a migraine headache
if I went four or five hours without eating.

Then I read about chromium.  Chromium is an element which is
necessary for human life.  It forms part of a molecule called
glucose tolerance factor, or GTF.  It works together with
insulin to move sugar around in the body and across cell walls.
Most of us are deficient in chromium -- it exists in natural
sugar cane, but has been processed out of the sugars available
in the grocery store.  (Honey has chromium in it.)  Chromium
supplements help to elevate and stabilize blood sugar.
(I first read about it in an article in Vitamin Supplement
Journal around early 1989.)

I started taking chromium supplements, and soon I noticed that
I never experienced the terrible hunger I had had frequently
before.  I still felt hungry, but without the irritability
and feeling of desperation.  I felt comfortable going several
hours without eating.

I told a hypoglaecemic friend about chromium and she started
taking it.  It worked for her.

It has to be taken in a bioavailable form.  I used to buy
it in the form of the GTF molecule, extracted from brewer's
yeast.  (You can get it simply by consuming brewer's yeast.)
Now I take chromium picolinate, which is also supposed to be
good.  I take 200 mcg.  I buy it from Wholesale Nutrition,
P.O. Box 3345, Saratoga, CA, 95070-1345  (500 tablets,  $21.00).

Cathy Woodgold
woodgold@seismo.emr.ca  OR  woodgold@emr1.emr.ca

This message is from me personally and does not represent
the policy of any organization.
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: TY.AU7@isumvs.iastate.edu (C. MARIE RIGGINS)
Subject: Anorexia Nervosa
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 05:11:03 GMT

I am looking for information on Anorexia Nervosa.  I have always
been very small and very thin, I have had several people ask me
if I am Anorexic and I would like to know the facts.  I know that
anorexics try and starve themselves, which I do not do.  I would
like to be able to put an end to their accusations.
It doens't make any difference to me if you post or E-mail.
My E-mail address TY.AU7@isumvs.iastate.edu
Thanks...
C. Marie Riggins
From: cfeem@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Eleanor Midkiff)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Caloric restriction
Summary: Side effects
Keywords: Caloric restriction and IQ
Date: 2 Sep 92 15:46:25 GMT
Expires: ?
Followup-To: net
Organization: Eastern Illinois University

Be careful about caloric restriction as an aid to longevity; the thing
they don't tell you about this research is that the rats which lived
longer were truly *DUMB*.


-- 
Eleanor Midkiff
(cfeem@eiu.edu)
From: v059kzrj@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Seth Reichelson)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: weight gain
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:40:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41


    does anybody know of a healthy way of gaining weight

                                              Seth
From: netnews@leadsv.UUCP (Leads Network News)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Energy Per Gram?
Keywords: Calories, Fat, Carbohydrates, Proteinn
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:35:17 GMT
Organization: LMSC, Sunnyvale

>
>     I am in a quandry.  I would like to know the standard values for
>calories per gram of fat, carbohydrate, and protein.  The following
>values are from three sources (books) that I read and my own computations
>based upon the "system of linear equations" concept from linear algebra.
>
>
	[ tables and computations deleted ]
From: white@fsg.UUCP (Ben White)
The values that I have seen in my reading are:
	Source		cal/gm
	------		------
	protein		4
	carbohydrate	4
	fat		9
	alcohol		7	:-)

I imagine they are approximations.
Ben White
white@sunfse.ese.lmsc.lockheed.com
(408) 742-2158
From: vxv4@po.CWRU.Edu (Virgilio Velasco)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Chromium Picolinate vs. Chromium Chloride
Date: 4 Sep 92 20:43:12 GMT
Article-I.D.: usenet.188hp0INNmq7
Reply-To: vxv4@po.CWRU.Edu (Virgilio Velasco)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, mazur@inmet.camb.inmet.com (Beth Mazur) says:

>And don't forget, there's chromium in beer!


Yeah, but beer doesn't exactly slim you down, does it?  :)
 
-- 
Virgilio "Dean" Velasco Jr., grad student & roboticist-in-training, CWRU

"If God does not judge the United States, then He owes |    My boss is a 
 an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah."   - Billy Graham   |  Jewish carpenter.
From: timsc@hwcae.Honeywell.COM (Tim Schneider)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Chromium Picolinate vs. Chromium Chloride
Date: 3 Sep 92 16:26:17 GMT
Article-I.D.: aspen.TIMSC.92Sep3102617
Reply-To: timsc@hwcae.honeywell.com
Organization: Honeywell, Air Transport Division; Phoenix, AZ


Chromium Picolinate is "supposed" to improve the bodys buring of fat,
through reacting with insulin.  It's been awhile since I've read the
book the "Chromium Diet" check it out for more details.  

I think it has been criticized that chromium supplements are not
needed, that you can get the same effect bye eating chromium rich
foods.  

Interesting reading nonetheless

--
            tim schneider

    timsc@hwcae.honeywell.com  OR
  uunet!asuvax!hwcae.honeywell.com!timsc
           (602) 436-3078
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: adrian@Cookie.secapl.com (Adrian Feliciano)
Subject: VAXA products
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1992 16:36:35 GMT
Organization: Security APL, Inc.

Has anyone ever heard of a product called VAXA?
They distribute vitamins for gaining/losing weight, stress,
workout vitamins, etc.  Please respond with your comments
to  adrian@cookie.secapl.com

Thanks...
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
From: rfelix@netcom.com (Robbie Felix)
Subject: Re: Good basic book on nutrition
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 92 04:23:58 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 

In article <17upsgINNehk@agate.berkeley.edu> jaffray@zippy.sonoma.edu writes:
>I'm looking for a good basic non-fringe book on nutrition, comprehensible
>to a random like me, and up-to-date and accurate.  Also practical (i.e.
>describes how matters of nutrition affect a proper diet, not just
>"this substance can have these effects").  Suggestions?
>
>-- Alan

The best nutrition books I have generally are actually on the subject
of longevity. I have several that I bought at garage sales that were
cheap and explored all the newest wildest supplements, vitamins,
nutrients, additives, etc. They also talk about all nutrients, optimum
combinations etc.

I have found two that are more comprehensive than most pure nutrition
books.

You might try taking a look under the longevity section in the
library. I will look for the ones I have and post the names.

rf
From: helen@spss.com (Helen Smith)
Subject: Re: weight gain
Organization: SPSS Inc.
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 20:53:24 GMT

In article <Btz2zL.BBv@acsu.buffalo.edu> v059kzrj@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Seth Reichelson) writes:
>
>    does anybody know of a healthy way of gaining weight
>
>                                              Seth

If I were ever in the position of having to gain weight (not a chance in the
world!) I would eat lots of hummus.  It's made with chick peas meaning there's
no animal fat.  It is high in calories but not saturated fat.  Actually, if you
like beans and avocados, those are very healthy unsaturated fat types of food
which do have substantial calories.
From: helen@spss.com (Helen Smith)
Newsgroups: sci.med.nutrition
Subject: Re: Good basic book on nutrition
Date: 1 Sep 92 19:17:43 GMT
Organization: SPSS Inc.

In article <17upsgINNehk@agate.berkeley.edu> jaffray@zippy.sonoma.edu writes:
>I'm looking for a good basic non-fringe book on nutrition, comprehensible
>to a random like me, and up-to-date and accurate.  Also practical (i.e.
>describes how matters of nutrition affect a proper diet, not just
>"this substance can have these effects").  Suggestions?
>
>-- Alan

EATERS CHOICE by Dr. Ron & Nancy Goor.  It's about 3-4 yrs. old...was originally  written as a response to high cholesterol problems.  However, I have found
it to be so useful, especially as far as controlling fat in the diet.  There
are also recipes.  The only people I would not recommend this book to are those
who have to limit their salt.  The book does not deal with that, and indeed,
some of the recipes are a bit on the salty side.
From: zcnj01@hou.amoco.com (Cecil N. Jones)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: HPV and Vitamin B
Date: 2 Sep 92 22:35:44 GMT
Reply-To: zcnj01@hou.amoco.com
Organization: Amoco


I recently saw a short note that said that studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham prove that adequate vitamin B keeps HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) in check and prevents cell abnormalities that lead to cancer of the cervix.

Does anyone have a complete reference to this study, or have any other knowledge of the specifics? What is an adequate amount of vitamin B? How does it keep HPV in check? Etc.

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks,

---
  Cecil N. Jones    Amoco Production Co.  Houston, TX  713-588-5716
  Jones_Cecil_N/ets_ess@hou.amoco.com     ..or..     cnjones@hou.amoco.com           
  The opinions expressed are solely my own.
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Fit For Life/Food Combining
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 09:07:22 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 


What is known about the eating principles in "Fit For Life" and "Fit
For Life-II"? These include eating high water-content foods (fruits
and vegetables), food combining, the rules for eating fruit for good
digestion, and the elimination of most meat and dairy products.

What is known about Tony Robbins eating principles, which extend
the Fit for Life principles to exclude all meat, fish, and dairy,
as well as soy?

I'm interested in facts, not opinion.

Full disclosure: after being a big meat-eater, and quite obese, I went
on Robbins' program a month ago. So far I've lost about 25 pounds, and
feel energetic and healthy. I still have quite a way to go to reach
my target weight goal.

I don't refer to it as a "diet" because it is a lifetime eating
program that doesn't change once I've reached my target weight. I've
tried just about every diet known to medical science, and I am the
perfect statistical sample point; they last about 3 months, then I go
off them, and gain back at least as much weight as I've lost, over the
subsequent period. And the proprietors of those diets always blame me
for the failure, not the diet, using such phrases as "lack of will
power" etc. I've tried straight calorie reduction via smaller portions
(popular in the '50s), Atkins, Weight Watchers (where I actually made
my goal weight and became a "Lifetime" member), Liquid Protein under
medical supervision (that one lasted for about nine months and I
reached my goal weight), Optifast (under hospital supervision), and
Jenny Craig. I started out a little overweight (185 needing to be 165
in college) and by the time the above process was complete I had
reached 325.

Since this one is "how I eat" rather than a "diet" I have a sense
(but no empirical evidence of my own yet) that this one will last
for the rest of my life. Being no dummy, I continue to take a daily
vitamin supplement of the conventional variety (Centrum), just to
make sure I'm not missing something.

David
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Mark D. Kline)
Subject: Re: Wellbutrin
Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 12:57:26 EDT

In article <87217@netnews.upenn.edu> white@cattell.psych.upenn.edu (Janet White) writes:
>I've seen mention of the antidepressant Wellbutrin recently on sci.med.
>Could anyone summarize what class of drugs it is in, how it works
>(on what systems), what the recent findings with it have been, etc.
>The information would be much appreciated.
>

Wellbutrin (bupropion - Burroughs Welcome) is a chemically novel
antidepressant whose neurochemical mode of action is unclear.  Its
antidepressant efficacy is clearly established; bupropion also has some
mild psychostimulant-like properties, which is not surprising given its
close chemical relation to the prescription diet pill diethylpropion
(Tenuate).  It has been suggested that this medication may be
particularly useful in the depressive phase of bipolar (manic
depressive) disorder, for "winter depression" and for social phobia, in
addition to garden variety major depression.  It appears that
Wellbutrin does not work for panic disorder, unlike most other
antidepressants.  Very well tolerated by most patients, side effects
of Wellbutrin include increased nervousness, insomnia, GI disturbances
(decreased appetite, nausea), and headache.  The drug is very slightly
more proconvulsant than other antidepressants, and is therefore usually
avoided in people at risk for seizures. 


--
================================================================= 
mark kline                              mdkline@rodan.acs.syr.edu
suny health science center, syracuse    voice: (315) 422-1050
================ courtesy of syracuse university ================
Newsgroups: sci.med
From: oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu (Sharon O'Neil)
Subject: Re: wisdom teeth removal
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 04:00:02 GMT

cfaks@ux1.cts.eiu.edu (Alice Sanders) writes:

>I had my wisdom teeth removed in my mid twenties, and I was never told not
>to dislodge the blood clots.  So I dislodged them, not knowing what they
>were.  My jaws ached terribly.  I learned later I had what was called 'dry
>socket'.  I think my dentist was negligent not to tell me.

This also happened to me.  I don't know why they just assume we know this.
Perhaps they think that the dental techs have told us?  And perhaps the
dental techs think the dentist has told us?

Anyway, I went home and drank water with a straw only to get chewed out by
my dad who knew that using the straw would dislodge the clots.

So another word of warning: don't drink using a straw until the clots have 
healed.

Sharon
oneil@cwis.unomaha.edu
From: geb@dsl.pitt.edu (gordon e. banks)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: Re: Help : Dark circles around eyes
Date: 26 Aug 92 19:22:59 GMT
Organization: Decision Systems Laboratory, Univ. of Pittsburgh, PA.

In article <BtI0uz.9Jx@world.std.com> jkenton@world.std.com (Jeff Kenton) writes:

>If vitamin C doesn't help (and assuming you aren't taking speed) it may
>be what my doctor calls "allergy shiners".  Do you have allergies?
>
I don't think I want to know what kind of doctor he is!


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