Belly Fat: The Root Cause

 

When your stomach is permanently bloated with ‎belly fat, think the worse, but hope for the best — you may have fatty liver. Fatty liver is a serious condition since a healthy liver is of vital importance to overall health. If the liver and its bile storage sac — the gallbladder — are clogged, then every other organ is affected — every other organ is clogged. Even the blood is clogged.

I have been looking like I was pregnant since I was 3 years old. I always had a hard, bloated stomach — and I always suffered from chronic constipation because of stress, a dysfunctional family, bad grades, poverty and loneliness.
I surprisingly overcame my constipation at the age of 20 simply by taking vitamin B1 (50 mg) for four days. Wow!!!

But the bloated, hard stomach continued. I realized I had damaged my liver and intestines almost permanently with the stress and bad choices I had made.
Insulin is a major cause of belly fat, visceral fat, fatty liver, ascites, or whatever you may want to call it. But I would like to add something else.

Our small intestine is long — very long. Ranging from 9 feet in length, up to 34 feet; but typically between 15 to 20 feet in length. If there is a traffic jam, guess what? Big problems. So I’ve learned if there is something wrong with the stomach, then there is something wrong with the liver, the gallbladder, the bile duct, the pancreas, the spleen, the intestines, the blood, and the lymphatic system. Wow! Where to start then?

Recently, I’ve been noticing a lot of products sold within the United States is enriched (wheat) flour, meaning fortified with iron, meaning synthetic iron filing, meaning rusting the organs. Could these synthetic iron filings be causing a disruption in the gut? Could it be damaging the pancreas? Could it be one of the causes, if not the main cause of insulin resistance, and thus belly fat? Could it be that we have too much free iron in us, wreaking havoc, in us?

A chronic bloated stomach, or belly fat, is a blatant indication that your internal organs are not working properly. Your endocrine system and the hormones it produces are not working properly. Your process of detoxification and elimination are compromised. Your lymphatic system, which can also be regarded as a drainage system, is most likely clogged somewhere. The lymph nodes may be even building toxins and becoming swollen. In severe cases, your blood may become so toxic from metabolic waste backing up, that it may have no choice but to use your own skin as a source of dumping site. Thus you develop the manifestation of skin disorders: psoriasis, eczema, acne. And the list goes on.

From personal experience, soft belly fat may not be that dangerous. It could simply be fat accumulation, namely subcutaneous fat, caused by hormonal imbalance. However, if the belly fat is hard and bloated, that may be indicative of something more serious. It may indicate small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), or something like too much insulin in the blood! Even more troubling, it may indicate visceral fat, meaning, fat is accumulating around the organs, vital organs — especially the liver. The liver is a living organ that needs space, and needs to breathe. Fat accumulation around this organ is sinister, filled with carbon dioxide, toxins and metabolic waste. This type of fat stifles the liver, and prevents it from performing its vital duties.

When the liver is stifled and prevented from doing its duties, the blood takes a hit. It becomes thick and dirty. When the blood loses its vitality, the lymphatic system takes a hit. Instead of draining toxins and metabolic waste, it too becomes clogged and polluted, like a toilet bowl filled with sewage that just won’t flush! Then the heart takes a hit – the birth of hypertension and heart disease!

As I indicated earlier — so long as we’re not practicing any other obvious bad habits — the food we eat may be the main culprit for these cascading events. Manufacturers are processing food in such a way, they deplete all of the nutrients out of them. These manufacturers think they are doing us a favor by putting these nutrients back in synthetic form. But vitamins and minerals made in a lab does not come close to the real thing, even though chemistry-wise, they may look like the real thing. Our bodies will indeed accept these chemically derived nutrients for a while. But eventually, microscopic damage will slowly build up into inflammation and autoimmune diseases that could have been avoided if we were consuming real food, the way nature intended.

Read the labels of the food you buy. Beware of anything listed as:

Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate {Vitamin B1}, Riboflavin {Vitamin B2}, Folic Acid) 🔻 Hydrogenated Rapeseed 🔻 Maltodextrin 🔻 Aspartame 🔻 High Fructose Corn Syrup 🔻 Ascorbic Acid 🔻 Soy Lecithin 🔻 Invert Sugar 🔻 Artificial Color 🔻 Canola Oil 🔻 Palm Oil and Carrageenan.

Often, on these labels, “enriched flour” usually tops the list, meaning, this is the main ingredient. Like I said earlier, enriched flour is simply a fancy word for, among other things, synthetic iron filings. If iron is not absorbed properly in our bodies, then, like tools left out in the rain and environment, it will rust our organs. Iron is notorious for rusting our liver. Iron needs a carrier, like hemoglobin or haptoglobin to perform its functions properly. If it is free and unbound, as is the case with “enriched flour”, then it is no longer a mineral. Like mercury, lead, and arsenic, it is now a heavy metal, wreaking havoc and puncturing holes where it should not be. The body thus considers it a foreign object, and treats it as such — because it is. Now comes the birth of what we may call gluten intolerance or celiac disease or autoimmune disease. Now comes leaky gut, gallstones in the gallbladder, pancreatitis, insulin resistance, diabetes, Hashimoto’s, Parkinson’s disease and a host of other diseases science has no clue what causes them. Or so they claim.

So what is the solution? Eat healthy. Eat fresh vegetables, especially leafy greens, and fruits, especially berries, made by nature, which gained their life-force from the sun. Avoid synthetic unless you don’t have a choice. Drink natural spring water that contains minerals. Eat small amounts of animal meat and their organs, that when they were alive were allowed the graze out in the sun on natural, organic grass, that grow in pristine, rich, mineral soil. Consider certain sea-foods like oysters, harvested from pristine waters and rich in mineral content, on a limited bases.

But the damage done may have been so strong, that we may need to take it a step further. We may need to add certain healing herbs to fix and cleanse the liver, blood and lymphatic system. For the liver, the ayurvedic herb kutki is legendary for rebuilding damages done to it. For the lymphatic system, another ayurvedic herb called manjistha will unclog it, thus simultaneously cleansing the blood. Olive leaf extract has been made famous since biblical times as a healing herb for general health and well-being.

I personally follow these recommendations listed. In addition, I may occasionally include a heavy metal detox with IP-6 – inositol, to chelate unbound iron out of my body. I may also include modified citrus pectin, to bind and chelate any other toxins or heavy metal out of my system. It is not a quick process. It may take months before seeing noticeable results. Keep in mind that herbs should typically be used only three (3) times per week, and are best decocted or infused into tea form. Keep in mind also that IP-6 chelates not only unbound iron, but calcium and zinc as well. So be sure to be re-instituting your body  with food rich in these minerals after the process.

The Ketogenic Diet & Insulin Resistance

 

The facts and truths in this article are currently being verified.  Stay tuned.

 

A low carbohydrate, high fat, and moderate protein diet: it is the ketogenic diet! Many in the ketogenic world are observing and reporting better health: clearer thoughts, smoother skin, lowered Hba1c, lowered insulin, stabilized blood pressure, better heart function, better sight, sometimes lowered cholesterol, and a host of other health benefits, while all the while losing excess weight. From my observation and research however, there is something sinister lurking beneath the surface. Here I will discuss the truth of insulin resistance, and what is actually happening behind the scenes with those on the ketogenic diet.

Insulin is a non-steroid hormone needed for proper bodily function. Insulin resistance is when the body’s cells refuse to allow insulin to penetrate them  and bring glucose in, causing an abnormal high presence of insulin amassing in the blood. This then results in an accumulation of glucose also lingering in the blood. When someone goes on the ketogenic diet and later gets a blood test, their insulin and blood glucose level may read normal. However, as you’re about to see, there may be more to the story than meets the eye.


When someone goes on the ketogenic diet, the first weight loss is actually water loss. Carbohydrates store water, yet are classified as a non-essential nutrient by science. Is this accurate though? First of all, the hormone estrogen naturally burns glucose/sugar/carbohydrates when things are working properly. If there is reduced or no glucose to burn, then there is an effect in estrogen production — an abnormal decrease, or a paradoxical increase, from also consuming excess fat. This estrogen decrease or increase may then impede progesterone from functioning properly. Question: How many menstruating women are suffering from amenorrhea ever since going very ultra-low carb?

Carbohydrates increases hydration in the body. In fact, the two main things needed for cellular hydration are probably glucose and clean air. Our body, with the help of B vitamins, Co Q10 and other things, turns glucose into water and carbon dioxide. The air we breathe into our lungs also turns into a gel-like substance that hydrates the cells; and this hydration may be a form of structured water, more specifically known as exclusion zone (EZ) water. Drinking water does not only hydrate the body, but also flushes out metabolic toxins, through urination, sweat and exhalation. It is also needed for times when histamine is being activated and raised, to hydrate toxins in the body. Water is also needed to balance electrolytes.

Too much sugar will worsen insulin resistance, so reducing excess sugar would make sense. But is it the root cause of it? Could it be that insulin resistance is associated with gallstones, clogging the gallbladder — more so than sugar is? In other words, your liver may not be working properly due to intrahepatic stones spilling over and clogging the gallbladder that holds the bile that it produces. So, if you have insulin resistance, think that you may need to start working on your liver and gallbladder to fix the root cause of the problem. Gallstones in the gallbladder leads to all manner of other evil: Estrogen dominance, low testosterone,  clogged lymphatic system, bloating, SIBO and a fatty pancreas!

The actual truth is : Insulin resistance and diabetes are not caused by consuming too much sugar and/or carbohydrates — they may be the results of consuming too much animal proteins and fats! Animal protein raises insulin, even more than sugar does. Proteins are amino acids — which are acids. Acids need to be buffered by alkaline minerals, such as magnesium. What that means is every time you eat animal protein, magnesium, potassium and other minerals are being depleted because they must buffer all those (amino) acids. A similar principle may apply to the (fatty) acids from certain fats we consume. Now insulin comes in to the rescue — to bring down your glucose back to “normal” and we think everything is okay! The constant flow of insulin comes at a price however. It has rough edges, and can wear our sensitive inner cavity apart.

– Milk causes insulin resistance
– Eggs cause insulin resistance
– Cheese causes insulin resistance
– Chicken causes insulin resistance
– Fish causes insulin resistance
– Steak causes insulin resistance
(In fact, an average serving of steak raises insulin more than 12 teaspoons of sugar!!!)
– Saturated fat causes insulin resistance
– Fish oil causes insulin resistance
– Polyunsaturated fats causes insulin resistance
– Omega-3 Fatty acids causes insulin resistance:
– DHA, ALA and EPA causes insulin resistance
– KETOSIS CAUSES INSULIN RESISTANCE.
Yes, even burning fat itself causes insulin resistance! Continue reading “The Ketogenic Diet & Insulin Resistance”