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Directions: If the statement applies to you, put the number of points (in the parenthesis) on the line. When you are done, add the points and look at the key below for what the total means.
(5)_____ I have a
tendency to higher blood pressure.
(5)_____ I gain weight easily, especially around my waist and have difficulty
losing it.
(5)_____ I often experience mental confusion.
(5)_____ I often experience fatigue and generalized weakness.
(10)____ I have diabetic tendencies.
(4)_____ I get tired and/or hungry in the mid-afternoon.
(5)_____ About an hour or two after eating a full meal that includes dessert, I
want more of the dessert.
(3)_____ It is harder for me to control my eating for the rest of the day if I
have a breakfast containing carbohydrates, than it would be if I had only
coffee or nothing at all.
(4)_____ When I want to lose weight, I find it easier not to eat for most of
the day than to try to at several small diet meals.
(3)_____ Once I start eating sweets, starches, or snack foods, I often have a
difficult time stopping.
(3)_____ I would rather have an ordinary meal that included dessert than a
gourmet meal that did not include dessert.
(5)_____ After finishing a full meal, I sometimes feel as if I could go back
and eat the whole meal again.
(3)_____ A meal of only meat and vegetables leaves me feeling unsatisfied.
(3)_____ If I'm feeling down, a snack of cake or cookies makes me feel better.
(3)_____ If potatoes, bread, pasta, or dessert are on the table, I will often
skip eating vegetables or salad.
(4)_____ I get a sleepy, almost "drugged" feeling after eating a
large meal containing bread or pasta or potatoes and dessert, whereas I feel
more energetic after a meal of only meat or fish and salad.
(3)_____ I have a hard time going to sleep at times without a bedtime snack.
(3)_____ At times I wake in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep
unless I eat something.
(5)_____ I get irritable if I miss a meal or mealtime is delayed.
(2)_____ At a restaurant, I almost always eat too much bread, even before the
meal is served.
Total _____
KEY:
A score of 20 or less indicates that you are a person who can do well on
low fat / high complex carbohydrates diet, and might do well as a vegetarian,
or on a Pritikin type or Ornish type diet. These diets are approx. 10% to 15%
fat, 15% to 20% proteins, and 65% to 75% carbohydrates by calories. *
Those of you with scores of greater than 25 need diets lower in simple
sugars, like sweets, alcohol and starches, but higher in protein and fats. *
The higher your score, the more fastidious you should be regarding your protein
to carbohydrate ratios at each meal and the more important the following tests.
The "Zone Diet" of 40% complex carbohydrates, 30% protein and 30% fat
is a good example of the diet you might follow. Indeed, the Zone Diet is also
known as the 40-30-30 Diet.
Those with very high scores may do well to consider high protien,
moderate fat, low carb strategies like the Atkin's Diet, Dr Eades Protein
Power, and Crayhon's "Carnitine Miracle" Caveman Diet.
Regular exercise is also a vital component in any program to optimize
blood sugar control.
The higher your score, the more at risk you are for the all too common
dysglycemias: hypo-glycemia, Syndrome X**, and adult onset diabetes, a major
disease of aging. Having your blood pressure, cholesterol, and triglycerides
checked in a "cardiac risk profile" blood test is a good idea then,
as high blood pressure and high blood lipids is a sign of Syndrome X. Having
your doctor test your blood sugar and insulin level via a two hour
post-prandial glucose challenge is indicated as well with the higher scores if
middle aged or older.
Those with higher scores might do well to take the "Adrenal Stress
Index" salivary hormone test by ZRT Labs. This is the Two Tube Test Kit to
measure morning and evening cortisol and a Two Test Kit to measure progesterone
and DHEA. See the RX Learning Channel article, "Stress, The Ultimate
Ager" for more information. Abnormal patterns of DHEA to cortisol are
common with dysglycemias. Correcting such a pattern first is a good place to
start.
Important: Middle aged and older apple shaped females who carry fat in their
upper torso and arms and score higher on the above insulinogenic scale,
particularly women who suffer adult acne and facial hair, are showing strong
signs of dysglycemias. Dysglycemias tend to shunt DHEA into testosterone over
estrogen, resulting in a high testosterone to estrogen ratio, sometimes even
leading to polycystic ovary syndrome. Therefore, the enhancing of the
androgens, i.e., DHEA, androstenes and testosterone should be avoided until
salivary tests show them not to be too high. 7-KetoDHEA
(7-KetoLean) is the choice for weight loss in these cases. See the RxShopping
Channel for more info.
To restore hormonal balance the following guidelines are offered:
1 Follow the basic instructions suggested in from Vol. 1, lesson 1 article,
"How to Enhance the Effectiveness of Hgh". This includes good diet,
exercise, supplementing with MultiWellness without Iron at six / day, and
enhancing HGH w/ Hgh Plus if over 40.
2 Strongly consider low to low moderate carbohydrate diets and low glycemic
diets like the Zone or 40-30--30 diet and the Atkin's diet. Links are in the
RxResources Channel. Books are in the Wellness Community bookstore.
3 Use a low glycemic sweetener like Agave Nectar.
4 Measure your hormones via saliva tests as suggested above, that is the
adrenal stress index, restoring hormone balance as in dictated by the results.
5 Have your doctor consider performing cardiac
profile and post-prandial blood sugar and insulin tests.
IF hyper-glycemia and or hyper-insulinemia are found, and or you score high on
the Syndrome X Survey, consider
supplementing with:
* Insulin Wellness( Niacin, chromium, zinc, magnesium and vanadyl sulfate, AKG
and ginseng),
* EPA-DHA Complex (fish oils), ground flax seed, and
* Alpha-Lipoic acid
These products are intended to enhance insulin sensitively and/or provide the
extra anti-oxidant activity necessitated by the dysglycemias.
6 If diabetic, consider adding to the above
Glucose Wellness. These are herbs and nutrients that greatly support a normal
blood sugar. Glucose Wellness is so effective in restoring insulin sensitivity
that you must be careful not to go into insulin shock if you take insulin! +++
Even though Glucose Wellness is a totally natural product, please inform your
doctor of your plans before proceeding +++.
* These fats should consist of no more than 1/3 saturated fats. A variety of
small amounts of ground or well-chewed nuts and seeds are the best source of
fats, generally speaking, as are the cold water fish as well.
** Syndrome X signs includes HBP, high blood lipids with poor HDL/LDL ratio's,
poor lean body mass, and hyper-insulinemia, or insulin
resistance/insensitivity.
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