Monday, May 6, 2013
Ask Dr. Kurt: Do you have metabolic syndrome?
Ask Dr. Kurt: Do you have metabolic syndrome?: Many people hear this term all the time and know that it is part of the diabetes spectrum. First you get metabolic syndrome then you get dia...
Do you have metabolic syndrome?
Many people hear this term all the time and know that it is part of the diabetes spectrum. First you get metabolic syndrome then you get diabetes. How many people really know that they have metabolic syndrome, let alone are full fledged diabetics?
Metabolic syndrome is not just one symptom but a combination of a bunch. High blood pressure, abdominal obesity, increased blood sugar, increased cholesterol levels, high triglycerides, ect. A lot of these markers are pretty easy to see (obesity) or test for. So why is metabolic syndrome and diabetes running rampant?
The reasons for metabolic syndrome and diabetes being so prevalent are the topic for another blog, or weekend seminar (for that matter). But a glaring fact at the time of diagnosis for type II diabetes is the pancreas is at 50% function. This corresponds to a problem 10-12 years in the making to reduce pancreatic function to 50% before type II diabetes is diagnosed.
There is an even drearier outlook for type I diabetes is at the time of diagnosis the beta cell mass of the pancreas is 10%. Type I diabetes also has a huge autoimmune component, as well as a glutamate link. This is all discussion for another time. For this blog is it simply stating the pancreas has to have extensive damage in order for diabetes to be diagnosed.
The positive side of this is that the pancreas is an organ that can withstand a lot of abuse and still work. If the pancreas has to lose 90% of the beta cell mass for DM1 and 50% of function in DM2 to show overt diabetes than that gives us lots of room to improve.
The easiest way to assess and see if you are at risk for metabolic syndrome, or DM2 is the measure your waist and make sure it is equal to or less than your height. This is called the waist to height ratio. It has been extensively studied and proves better than other measurements including the famed waist to hip ratio. One simple reason, 'a big butt cancels a bit waist'.
A study done in 2009 found that for men with a waist greater than 1/2 their height had a 92% increased risk of getting metabolic syndrome. Women were found to have a 87.4% increased risk.
A new study gave the exact ratio that implies metabolic syndrome. 0.59. So if your waist is 60% of your height than you probably have metabolic syndrome, and in the next decade will probably have diabetes.
This is a lot of science to simply say, keep your waist 1/2 your height and have a really good chance of avoiding diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Now for those of you who do have metabolic syndrome, or at worst have diabetes, than it is time to find a natural medicine practitioner and make an appointment. The time was 10 years ago to get this problem in check and start living healthier.
Leans, greens, nuts and seeds is a great way to view food. Avoiding excessive carbohydrates, exercising hard (burst exercises, heavy weight training, sprints, total exhaustion exercises), eating organic foods (especially meats and fats), avoiding all dairy and gluten, and most importantly supporting the pancreas with proper nutrients will help fight diabetes. The side effect is a healthy fulfilling life.
To beat a lifestyle disease we must positively change lifestyle. We can through drugs at diabetes all we want. We are doing that in this country and what effect is it having?
In health,
Dr. Kurt
References:
Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2009 Oct;7(5):477-84. PMID: 19492953;
Metabolic syndrome is not just one symptom but a combination of a bunch. High blood pressure, abdominal obesity, increased blood sugar, increased cholesterol levels, high triglycerides, ect. A lot of these markers are pretty easy to see (obesity) or test for. So why is metabolic syndrome and diabetes running rampant?
The reasons for metabolic syndrome and diabetes being so prevalent are the topic for another blog, or weekend seminar (for that matter). But a glaring fact at the time of diagnosis for type II diabetes is the pancreas is at 50% function. This corresponds to a problem 10-12 years in the making to reduce pancreatic function to 50% before type II diabetes is diagnosed.
There is an even drearier outlook for type I diabetes is at the time of diagnosis the beta cell mass of the pancreas is 10%. Type I diabetes also has a huge autoimmune component, as well as a glutamate link. This is all discussion for another time. For this blog is it simply stating the pancreas has to have extensive damage in order for diabetes to be diagnosed.
The positive side of this is that the pancreas is an organ that can withstand a lot of abuse and still work. If the pancreas has to lose 90% of the beta cell mass for DM1 and 50% of function in DM2 to show overt diabetes than that gives us lots of room to improve.
The easiest way to assess and see if you are at risk for metabolic syndrome, or DM2 is the measure your waist and make sure it is equal to or less than your height. This is called the waist to height ratio. It has been extensively studied and proves better than other measurements including the famed waist to hip ratio. One simple reason, 'a big butt cancels a bit waist'.
A study done in 2009 found that for men with a waist greater than 1/2 their height had a 92% increased risk of getting metabolic syndrome. Women were found to have a 87.4% increased risk.
A new study gave the exact ratio that implies metabolic syndrome. 0.59. So if your waist is 60% of your height than you probably have metabolic syndrome, and in the next decade will probably have diabetes.
This is a lot of science to simply say, keep your waist 1/2 your height and have a really good chance of avoiding diabetes and metabolic syndrome. Now for those of you who do have metabolic syndrome, or at worst have diabetes, than it is time to find a natural medicine practitioner and make an appointment. The time was 10 years ago to get this problem in check and start living healthier.
Leans, greens, nuts and seeds is a great way to view food. Avoiding excessive carbohydrates, exercising hard (burst exercises, heavy weight training, sprints, total exhaustion exercises), eating organic foods (especially meats and fats), avoiding all dairy and gluten, and most importantly supporting the pancreas with proper nutrients will help fight diabetes. The side effect is a healthy fulfilling life.
To beat a lifestyle disease we must positively change lifestyle. We can through drugs at diabetes all we want. We are doing that in this country and what effect is it having?
In health,
Dr. Kurt
References:
Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2009 Oct;7(5):477-84. PMID: 19492953;
Nature. 2010 Apr
22;464(7292):1149-54.
Endocr Rev. 2007
Apr;28(2):187-218. Epub 2007 Mar 12. PMID: 17353295 Monday, December 10, 2012
Basic Nutrition is LOST Today!
The nutrition industry is starting to lean toward the same marketing strategies as big pharma companies. At the gym I work out at, they have an TV advertisement about Vitamin C. It has an ex-Olympian talking about how she would never leave her house without Vitamin C. Vitamin C alone has single-handedly changed her life and allowed her to be a professional athlete. This is just one example of a single nutrition supplement changing the life of the user. Sounds like a miracle. Why doesn't everyone taking Vitamin C become an elite athlete? Don't get me wrong, I do love some Vitamin C, but I don't think I could say it changed my life. No one nutrient can change someone's life.
No wonder people don't feel the effects of vitamins and minerals. Taking one supplement will not change the body like the claims maintain. Although one MAJOR difference between nutrients and pharmaceuticals is the side-effects and death rates. No one has ever died directly from taking vitamins. Nutrients and vitamins simply do not kill people. It is acceptable for over 100,000 people a year to die from pharmaceuticals being used correctly. Discrepancy? I think yes.
Single nutrients or supplements can have powerful effects when the body is near perfect balance. That means baseline nutrition has been established. Now, what is baseline nutrition?
-Adequate minerals. No single mineral should be given without some form of comprehensive multi-mineral supplement. I love extra magnesium and zinc, but I also give them in conjunction with a comprehensive multi-mineral supplements. A Zn Tally taste test is not only a subjective Zn test, but a total mineral balance test.
-Proper intake of omega 3s. This might take a while to establish, like months of high dose fish oil, more than 10 g per day. As the fat intake becomes more balanced some might decrease the intake, but most people feel so good they continue to take a higher dose of fish oil.
-Plant nutrients including anti-inflammatory nutrients. A plant nutrient powder is a great way to alkalize the body and promote an anti-inflammatory environment. The body works best at a pH of around 7.35. Living creates acid and we need to buffer that acid. Eating lots of plants does this. In today's toxic world we need an even more powerful boost than simply eating plants. This is where a solid and comprehensive plant nutrient supplement comes in. If someone is horrendously inflamed the addition of curcumin and ginger inflavonoids will also help.
-Vitamin D. Vitamin D, yes is one vitamin, but one thing that is unique about Vitamin D is the receptor. Every cell in the body has Vitamin D receptors, making it very important. I don't need to preach the importance of D, just do a google search and see.
-Digestion. Proper stomach acid, gallbladder function, and enzymes are important. Making stomach acid is one of the most energy dependent processes in the body. People don't make too much stomach acid, they make to little. The LES (lower esophogeal sphictor) is pH dependent meaning the more HCl one has, the tighter the esophagus closes. No acid reflux. Acid reflux is not too much stomach acid, it is too little. Stomach acid is needed to digest food and protect the body from outside infections. The HCl challenge is a simple way to assess if one needs to supplement it. Now HCl by itself might be a supplement that can change someones life.
Once someone's baseline nutrition has been established and continually maintained for a while, this includes lifestyle, organic eating, working out and being active, and most of all a continual source of love, then and only then will single supplement really have great effect on the body.
Next time you are sick and want to reach for the Vitamin C, don't get mad when it doesn't live up to label claims. Take the next week to do an Intense Detox, and start living baseline nutrition. That way the next time sickness happens, the Vitamin C might have a great effect. It might live up to label claims.
-Dr. Kurt
No wonder people don't feel the effects of vitamins and minerals. Taking one supplement will not change the body like the claims maintain. Although one MAJOR difference between nutrients and pharmaceuticals is the side-effects and death rates. No one has ever died directly from taking vitamins. Nutrients and vitamins simply do not kill people. It is acceptable for over 100,000 people a year to die from pharmaceuticals being used correctly. Discrepancy? I think yes.
Single nutrients or supplements can have powerful effects when the body is near perfect balance. That means baseline nutrition has been established. Now, what is baseline nutrition?
-Adequate minerals. No single mineral should be given without some form of comprehensive multi-mineral supplement. I love extra magnesium and zinc, but I also give them in conjunction with a comprehensive multi-mineral supplements. A Zn Tally taste test is not only a subjective Zn test, but a total mineral balance test.
-Proper intake of omega 3s. This might take a while to establish, like months of high dose fish oil, more than 10 g per day. As the fat intake becomes more balanced some might decrease the intake, but most people feel so good they continue to take a higher dose of fish oil.
-Plant nutrients including anti-inflammatory nutrients. A plant nutrient powder is a great way to alkalize the body and promote an anti-inflammatory environment. The body works best at a pH of around 7.35. Living creates acid and we need to buffer that acid. Eating lots of plants does this. In today's toxic world we need an even more powerful boost than simply eating plants. This is where a solid and comprehensive plant nutrient supplement comes in. If someone is horrendously inflamed the addition of curcumin and ginger inflavonoids will also help.
-Vitamin D. Vitamin D, yes is one vitamin, but one thing that is unique about Vitamin D is the receptor. Every cell in the body has Vitamin D receptors, making it very important. I don't need to preach the importance of D, just do a google search and see.
-Digestion. Proper stomach acid, gallbladder function, and enzymes are important. Making stomach acid is one of the most energy dependent processes in the body. People don't make too much stomach acid, they make to little. The LES (lower esophogeal sphictor) is pH dependent meaning the more HCl one has, the tighter the esophagus closes. No acid reflux. Acid reflux is not too much stomach acid, it is too little. Stomach acid is needed to digest food and protect the body from outside infections. The HCl challenge is a simple way to assess if one needs to supplement it. Now HCl by itself might be a supplement that can change someones life.
Once someone's baseline nutrition has been established and continually maintained for a while, this includes lifestyle, organic eating, working out and being active, and most of all a continual source of love, then and only then will single supplement really have great effect on the body.
Next time you are sick and want to reach for the Vitamin C, don't get mad when it doesn't live up to label claims. Take the next week to do an Intense Detox, and start living baseline nutrition. That way the next time sickness happens, the Vitamin C might have a great effect. It might live up to label claims.
-Dr. Kurt
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Global Warming... More Like Humans Living
We have all watched, or at least heard of Al Gore's, "Inconvenient Truth" documentary about global warming. One problem I have with the whole global warming movement is that it has become a political movement. Democrats and republicans, liberals and conservatives, all have views on global warming with the left leaning for it and the right leaning against it. This has done a great disservice to all humans. It has created great anger and hostility for both sides when the whole issue should be a human issue.
Yes, I said global warming is not a global issue in the sense that we are saving the Earth. It is a human issue, that we should all be part of. Global warming promotes green cleaning, less non recyclable trash, better products that lower our carbon foot print, etc. Now that is all great, but what the global warming movement does not talk about is how all these products help humans. Yes, they help clean the Earth by not contributing to greater toxification, but what they also do is decrease toxicity to humans.
Humans are exposed to over 80,000 registered chemicals, not counting all the ones not registered. BPA is one of the most talked about toxins, which we know causes cancer, as well as a myriad of other symptoms and problems, most of which are associated with estrogen toxicity. Much of the toxins humans are exposed to are what we call endocrine disruptors. This simply means toxins mess with hormones, usually increasing estrogen in some way, and decreasing or suppressing testosterone by a whole number of mechanisms. We now know that toxins are contributing to type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome. There are reports that toxins are a major contributing factor in austism. High estrogen is associated with infertility, autoimmunity, cancer risk, etc. High estrogens are also associated with toxic exposure.
We as humans should all unite under one cause, a human cause to clean up the Earth. Not only should we detoxify our bodies, but we need to detoxify the Earth. Global warming is a great movement in that it promotes detoxification of the Earth, but the problem is that it is also a political movement. The political movement is killing the effectiveness of the movement.
It is my call to unite the people and join the human movement of living cleaner and creating a clean environment to live. Global warming is an Earth movement. Let's make it a human movement. Healthier humans are the key to a healthy Earth. If we do not promote health in humans, a clean Earth does not matter.
-Dr. Kurt
Yes, I said global warming is not a global issue in the sense that we are saving the Earth. It is a human issue, that we should all be part of. Global warming promotes green cleaning, less non recyclable trash, better products that lower our carbon foot print, etc. Now that is all great, but what the global warming movement does not talk about is how all these products help humans. Yes, they help clean the Earth by not contributing to greater toxification, but what they also do is decrease toxicity to humans.
Humans are exposed to over 80,000 registered chemicals, not counting all the ones not registered. BPA is one of the most talked about toxins, which we know causes cancer, as well as a myriad of other symptoms and problems, most of which are associated with estrogen toxicity. Much of the toxins humans are exposed to are what we call endocrine disruptors. This simply means toxins mess with hormones, usually increasing estrogen in some way, and decreasing or suppressing testosterone by a whole number of mechanisms. We now know that toxins are contributing to type II diabetes and metabolic syndrome. There are reports that toxins are a major contributing factor in austism. High estrogen is associated with infertility, autoimmunity, cancer risk, etc. High estrogens are also associated with toxic exposure.
We as humans should all unite under one cause, a human cause to clean up the Earth. Not only should we detoxify our bodies, but we need to detoxify the Earth. Global warming is a great movement in that it promotes detoxification of the Earth, but the problem is that it is also a political movement. The political movement is killing the effectiveness of the movement.
It is my call to unite the people and join the human movement of living cleaner and creating a clean environment to live. Global warming is an Earth movement. Let's make it a human movement. Healthier humans are the key to a healthy Earth. If we do not promote health in humans, a clean Earth does not matter.
-Dr. Kurt
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Changing Habits
This week I read the book The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg. The book was very interesting. He didn't bring up anything new per se but he did talk about human nature in terms of habits. For example, ever wonder why you did something without realizing it? It is because of habit.
Habits have cues, actions, and rewards. It is the action part of the habit circuit that can be changed. The cue and the reward are essentially all the same. Let's take a sugar craving. The cue is the craving, the action is eating sugar, the reward is the feeling afterward. This concept of changing the action in the habit circuit is phenomenal and every doctor should start applying this to patients.
Living healthy depends on changing the action phase of the habit circuit. Let's take a look at the average American. One gets home after a long day at work. Relaxation and eating is all that is left on the mind after a long day at work. One can either grab fast food, veg out, and sit in front of the TV all night or live for tomorrow. Vegging out in front of the TV is not living for tomorrow, it is existing until tomorrow. To change this habit one must first alter the action phase.
The cue is getting off work and wanting to eat and relax. The action is eating and relaxing, with the reward being relaxed at the end of the night. To change the habit, the action phase must be altered. Instead of classic American relaxing, how about this. At around 4pm eat a nice piece of organic chicken breast with some almonds and fruit. At 5pm, when work is done and it is time to relax, head straight to the gym to a nice workout session with the trainer. The action of needing to relax was just altered. After a solid 45 min workout, the feeling of relaxation and accomplishment kick in. The post workout shake quenches a little hunger, as you know when you get home a nice salad, cooked salmon, and sweet potatoes are prepared, as you planned ahead for the evening. Now relaxing is healthy. You changed the action phase. Instead of fast food and vegging in front of the TV you added healthy food and a workout. All it took was some planning. The cue and the reward are the same.
Changing a lifestyle can be difficult. The concept of habit changing, specifically, changing the action phase, is a perfect way to help facilitate this change. The cues and rewards can essentially be the same, but the action is dependent on you. Change the action and change your life. In time the cues and the rewards will change as well.
Paraphrased from Dean Ornish: People don't think of lifestyle change as something they see today like a drug or pill. They see it as something they do now to get a couple extra years at the end of their life. That simply isn't true. Healthy lifestyle changes genes. Once people start living healthier they start feeling better and the positive loop has begun. Increasing lifespan isn't the goal. Joy is the goal. Joy is what will sustain healthy lifestyle change. Joy.
I will add love as well. The more love in one's life the more joy.
Dr. K
Habits have cues, actions, and rewards. It is the action part of the habit circuit that can be changed. The cue and the reward are essentially all the same. Let's take a sugar craving. The cue is the craving, the action is eating sugar, the reward is the feeling afterward. This concept of changing the action in the habit circuit is phenomenal and every doctor should start applying this to patients.
Living healthy depends on changing the action phase of the habit circuit. Let's take a look at the average American. One gets home after a long day at work. Relaxation and eating is all that is left on the mind after a long day at work. One can either grab fast food, veg out, and sit in front of the TV all night or live for tomorrow. Vegging out in front of the TV is not living for tomorrow, it is existing until tomorrow. To change this habit one must first alter the action phase.
The cue is getting off work and wanting to eat and relax. The action is eating and relaxing, with the reward being relaxed at the end of the night. To change the habit, the action phase must be altered. Instead of classic American relaxing, how about this. At around 4pm eat a nice piece of organic chicken breast with some almonds and fruit. At 5pm, when work is done and it is time to relax, head straight to the gym to a nice workout session with the trainer. The action of needing to relax was just altered. After a solid 45 min workout, the feeling of relaxation and accomplishment kick in. The post workout shake quenches a little hunger, as you know when you get home a nice salad, cooked salmon, and sweet potatoes are prepared, as you planned ahead for the evening. Now relaxing is healthy. You changed the action phase. Instead of fast food and vegging in front of the TV you added healthy food and a workout. All it took was some planning. The cue and the reward are the same.
Changing a lifestyle can be difficult. The concept of habit changing, specifically, changing the action phase, is a perfect way to help facilitate this change. The cues and rewards can essentially be the same, but the action is dependent on you. Change the action and change your life. In time the cues and the rewards will change as well.
Paraphrased from Dean Ornish: People don't think of lifestyle change as something they see today like a drug or pill. They see it as something they do now to get a couple extra years at the end of their life. That simply isn't true. Healthy lifestyle changes genes. Once people start living healthier they start feeling better and the positive loop has begun. Increasing lifespan isn't the goal. Joy is the goal. Joy is what will sustain healthy lifestyle change. Joy.
I will add love as well. The more love in one's life the more joy.
Dr. K
Friday, September 7, 2012
Ambition
Many people talk about having ambition. What exactly is ambition? Merriam-Webster states ambition is an ardent desire for rank, fame and power. What is the difference between ambition and dreaming? I believe the difference is ambition is something believable. A dream of sorts, that others, as well as yourself, believe in passionately. Ambition also includes all means to achieve that dream. Ambition is the road to making dreams come true.
Some self-help books and different get rich quick companies talk about the dream. They try and package ambition into something anyone can do and make millions of dollars doing. That is wrong. Do you know anyone that went to a get rich quick seminar and now is a multimillionaire?
Ambition is something that grows from inside you, but must be fed with the right things in order to grow into something great. Being from an up and coming younger generation, I believe ambition today requires different steps than in the past. The commonality is passion, without passion ambition cannot be fed.
In today's world, we as American's are the most unhealthy generation of all time. The essential beginning after passion is health. Specifically brain health. If one's brain does not work properly, or to full potential, ambition has no means to grow.
Step 1: Get Healthy
Now this is no simple task. This requires a lifestyle change, a change forever. If it doesn't come directly from the ground, don't eat it. If the meat isn't grass fed or organically raised, don't eat it. Gluten? Never eat it again. Leans, greens, nuts and seeds. That should be a mantra. Eat natural, live natural, be natural.
Step 2: Live Green
This simply means stop exposing yourself to unwarranted toxins. The green movement needs not be about the Earth and the Globe. It needs to be about humans. We need to go green because we need to decrease our toxic exposure as humans. Most personal care products contain cancer causing agents and endocrine dysruptors. That means they alter hormones in the body. Get them out and spring for as natural as possible. If you have body odor, it is time to detox.
Step 3: Detox
A minimum of 2 full weeks of the year need to be solely dedicated to detoxification. This means a complete detox program formulated for you. We are bombarded with toxins everyday, and even the healthiest people on Earth need to annually detox. Detoxification programs help the body work better.
Step 4: Balancing the Brain
Balancing the brain. All the steps to this point have begun the process of balancing the brain. Protein for breakfast is key to driving dopamine and norepinephrine in the morning. Carbohydrates drive serotonin and should only be eaten in the evening, that is if you are lean and workout twice a day. Balancing mineral status is pivotal. Vitamin D, Mg, Zn, Vitamin E, and Omega 3's need to be supplemented and balanced in order for the brain to work.
Next, specific nutrients and herbs can be used to boost brain power. This needs to be customized for each individual and vary greatly in regards to stress type.
Step 5: Ambition
Now that the brain and your lifestyle have begun to be balanced in a healthy way, ambition has the roots to grow. Think of steps 1-4 as fertilizer for the step 5, the tree. Ambition needs to be fed in order to grow. Ambition also requires a plan. A means to accomplish that plan. Finally, it needs follow through.
This is a great outline to create an environment to foster ambition. Remember, ambition needs to be fed, and this feeding begins with lifestyle and properly supporting the brain. Without the right fertilizer ambition will whither and die.
Some self-help books and different get rich quick companies talk about the dream. They try and package ambition into something anyone can do and make millions of dollars doing. That is wrong. Do you know anyone that went to a get rich quick seminar and now is a multimillionaire?
Ambition is something that grows from inside you, but must be fed with the right things in order to grow into something great. Being from an up and coming younger generation, I believe ambition today requires different steps than in the past. The commonality is passion, without passion ambition cannot be fed.
In today's world, we as American's are the most unhealthy generation of all time. The essential beginning after passion is health. Specifically brain health. If one's brain does not work properly, or to full potential, ambition has no means to grow.
Step 1: Get Healthy
Now this is no simple task. This requires a lifestyle change, a change forever. If it doesn't come directly from the ground, don't eat it. If the meat isn't grass fed or organically raised, don't eat it. Gluten? Never eat it again. Leans, greens, nuts and seeds. That should be a mantra. Eat natural, live natural, be natural.
Step 2: Live Green
This simply means stop exposing yourself to unwarranted toxins. The green movement needs not be about the Earth and the Globe. It needs to be about humans. We need to go green because we need to decrease our toxic exposure as humans. Most personal care products contain cancer causing agents and endocrine dysruptors. That means they alter hormones in the body. Get them out and spring for as natural as possible. If you have body odor, it is time to detox.
Step 3: Detox
A minimum of 2 full weeks of the year need to be solely dedicated to detoxification. This means a complete detox program formulated for you. We are bombarded with toxins everyday, and even the healthiest people on Earth need to annually detox. Detoxification programs help the body work better.
Step 4: Balancing the Brain
Balancing the brain. All the steps to this point have begun the process of balancing the brain. Protein for breakfast is key to driving dopamine and norepinephrine in the morning. Carbohydrates drive serotonin and should only be eaten in the evening, that is if you are lean and workout twice a day. Balancing mineral status is pivotal. Vitamin D, Mg, Zn, Vitamin E, and Omega 3's need to be supplemented and balanced in order for the brain to work.
Next, specific nutrients and herbs can be used to boost brain power. This needs to be customized for each individual and vary greatly in regards to stress type.
Step 5: Ambition
Now that the brain and your lifestyle have begun to be balanced in a healthy way, ambition has the roots to grow. Think of steps 1-4 as fertilizer for the step 5, the tree. Ambition needs to be fed in order to grow. Ambition also requires a plan. A means to accomplish that plan. Finally, it needs follow through.
This is a great outline to create an environment to foster ambition. Remember, ambition needs to be fed, and this feeding begins with lifestyle and properly supporting the brain. Without the right fertilizer ambition will whither and die.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Attraction and Hormones
When was the last time you were sitting at the local Starbuck's and saw a man who had the physique of a pro athlete walk in holding hands with a women who looked similar to Precious. There is a reason we don't see sights like this too often. People date with similar hormone profilew. Sometimes we see an obese women with a skinny man, but are they dating out of their hormone profiles? My answer would be no. They are of equivalent profiles, but differing weights.
So many different theories on attraction exist today. Facial symmetry states we are attracted to people with equivalent facial symmetry. Some attraction experts think we are attracted to people whose immune system differs with ours in a way that would compliment offspring. This immune theory works with smell. We smell our mate to find attraction. We are attracted to people with the same or complimenting personalities states other experts yet. Some say we are attracted to people within our same walk of life, as in years of schooling, social status, economic status, etc. Still yet on a more primal level, we are simply attracted to women who appear to be good child carriers; wider hips, hourglass figure, softer cheekbones, etc. Whereas men need to have characteristics of high testosterone; high cheek bones, broad shoulders, hair all over, etc. What is the correct theory?
I believe it is a combination of all these theories, but with a modern day twist. We are attracted to our hormonal equivalent. When combining all of the other theories the final and most intriguing part of the picture is we are attracted to a person who has a similar hormone profile. That means a male with above average testosterone will be attracted to a women with above average testosterone. A women who is extremely estrogen toxic will be attracted to a man with low testosterone because of estrogen toxicity. Their hormone status will be equally as pathetic.
This theory makes sense on a number of different levels. First, we have known for years that a women on birth control, excess estrogen, is more attracted to the features of the room than a naked man in front of her. We know the opposite of a women not taking birth control. She is turned on the mere sight of the naked man; his muscles, hair, smell, and all his nakedness. Why does the estrogen toxic women not care about these things? Estrogen effects the brain. It also changes what she is attracted to. The same thing is true in men. Men with high testosterone look at women that will meet their needs. Lean, healthy, shapely in the right ways, and strong. Men with deficient testosterone, estrogen toxic men, obese men, or sick men find women attractive in different ways. Yes, they are still attracted to the traditional boobs or butt, but one striking difference emerges. They are not interested in the other things. They fail to notice the signs of a terrible hormone profile. The don't notice the extra fat on the triceps, or under the armpits, or around the waist. I have seen diabetic men actually enjoy women are look diabetic as well. 'Extra pudding.' This should disturb you.
This theory also makes sense in ways of lifestyle. We cannot be compatible with someone who does not live like we do. If a male has high testosterone, proper thyroid function, adequate growth hormone, sleeps 8 hours a night, eats organic food, detoxes regularly, takes supplements, weight trains, etc. how will he be able to be with a women who is deficient in all these categories. Hormone balance is key, not only for good health, but also for attraction.
Estrogen receptors belong to the nuclear receptor family. This means that when estrogen binds to one of its receptor types is has the ability to alter genetic expression down stream. That means excess estrogen can affect a number a different body processes, from mentration, muscle growth, and specifically brain function. Estrogen can alter the way our brain works, therefore, in theory it can drastically change what and how we are attracted to people.
Now it is time to take a good hard look at yourself. Now look at your partner. Do you both carry fat in similar areas of your body? How compatible are your lifestyles? More importantly how do you hormones match up? If you are single, take a hard look at yourself, and now think real hard about what you are attracted to? Does it match up? Next time you are out on the town, take a look around. What do you see?
Hormones attracted to like hormones.
-Dr. Kurt Waples
So many different theories on attraction exist today. Facial symmetry states we are attracted to people with equivalent facial symmetry. Some attraction experts think we are attracted to people whose immune system differs with ours in a way that would compliment offspring. This immune theory works with smell. We smell our mate to find attraction. We are attracted to people with the same or complimenting personalities states other experts yet. Some say we are attracted to people within our same walk of life, as in years of schooling, social status, economic status, etc. Still yet on a more primal level, we are simply attracted to women who appear to be good child carriers; wider hips, hourglass figure, softer cheekbones, etc. Whereas men need to have characteristics of high testosterone; high cheek bones, broad shoulders, hair all over, etc. What is the correct theory?
I believe it is a combination of all these theories, but with a modern day twist. We are attracted to our hormonal equivalent. When combining all of the other theories the final and most intriguing part of the picture is we are attracted to a person who has a similar hormone profile. That means a male with above average testosterone will be attracted to a women with above average testosterone. A women who is extremely estrogen toxic will be attracted to a man with low testosterone because of estrogen toxicity. Their hormone status will be equally as pathetic.
This theory makes sense on a number of different levels. First, we have known for years that a women on birth control, excess estrogen, is more attracted to the features of the room than a naked man in front of her. We know the opposite of a women not taking birth control. She is turned on the mere sight of the naked man; his muscles, hair, smell, and all his nakedness. Why does the estrogen toxic women not care about these things? Estrogen effects the brain. It also changes what she is attracted to. The same thing is true in men. Men with high testosterone look at women that will meet their needs. Lean, healthy, shapely in the right ways, and strong. Men with deficient testosterone, estrogen toxic men, obese men, or sick men find women attractive in different ways. Yes, they are still attracted to the traditional boobs or butt, but one striking difference emerges. They are not interested in the other things. They fail to notice the signs of a terrible hormone profile. The don't notice the extra fat on the triceps, or under the armpits, or around the waist. I have seen diabetic men actually enjoy women are look diabetic as well. 'Extra pudding.' This should disturb you.
This theory also makes sense in ways of lifestyle. We cannot be compatible with someone who does not live like we do. If a male has high testosterone, proper thyroid function, adequate growth hormone, sleeps 8 hours a night, eats organic food, detoxes regularly, takes supplements, weight trains, etc. how will he be able to be with a women who is deficient in all these categories. Hormone balance is key, not only for good health, but also for attraction.
Estrogen receptors belong to the nuclear receptor family. This means that when estrogen binds to one of its receptor types is has the ability to alter genetic expression down stream. That means excess estrogen can affect a number a different body processes, from mentration, muscle growth, and specifically brain function. Estrogen can alter the way our brain works, therefore, in theory it can drastically change what and how we are attracted to people.
Now it is time to take a good hard look at yourself. Now look at your partner. Do you both carry fat in similar areas of your body? How compatible are your lifestyles? More importantly how do you hormones match up? If you are single, take a hard look at yourself, and now think real hard about what you are attracted to? Does it match up? Next time you are out on the town, take a look around. What do you see?
Hormones attracted to like hormones.
-Dr. Kurt Waples
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