Blood chemistry

HEKTOR · 14-Jul-06, 10:03 PM

Has anyone done a blood chemistry to see what they should be eating vs any fad diet?
Years ago I did and bought this book which basically told you what to eat for optimum performance.
I'm not sure I can mention the title but if a moderator would let me I would unless this has been posted before and my d...butt was unable to search it....:confused:

CF-OC_gal · 14-Jul-06, 10:14 PM

Are you talking about eating for your blood type?

If so that IS a fad and not a very good results producing one, IMO.

HEKTOR · 14-Jul-06, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Brat

Are you talking about eating for your blood type?

If so that IS a fad and not a very good results producing one, IMO.

Not sure how to answer you. But I know when I did mine and compared it to the book by Haas, I was able to maintain a LOW % FAT........................

not for those with families.......

CF-OC_gal · 14-Jul-06, 11:17 PM

I've heard of one type of blood analysis that alternative medicine practicioners do. it takes a leap of faith to buy into it since the science and medical community don't have research supporting it as a diagnostic tool.

The other is something like "Eat according to your Bloodtype". That one was pure bogus. It sounds logical, but in practise it would have me a high carb and dairy eating vegetarian. That combination has never been good for my health.

I just did a search on the last name and came up with yet another "detox diet" based on cutting out guess what? sugar, nicotine, alcohol, caffeine and chemicals

That's old news and what every "fad diet" tells you to do. It's hard to tell right now if you are promoting something or here to join us in fitness discussions.

HEKTOR · 15-Jul-06, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Brat

I've heard of one type of blood analysis that alternative medicine practicioners do. it takes a leap of faith to buy into it since the science and medical community don't have research supporting it as a diagnostic tool.
................it's old news and what every "fad diet" tells you to do. It's hard to tell right now if you are promoting something or here to join us in fitness discussions.

No sir, I was posting to see if anyone had done this, personally I just started a training routine and on my second week I'm going thru the initial muscle soreness and that alone is motivating me to change my eating habits.
Being a "noob" here I wouldn't dare to "promote" anything w'out the consent of the Moderators, believe me I may be new here but belong to many other boards that deal with my other passion "cars" and know to follow the rules set by each board and have never been banned or warned .
Thanks for reading and responding......

**.V.** · 15-Jul-06, 10:03 AM

I have no idea what book or diet you are talking about. But basically, you do have to eat based on your body type and how your individual body responds to certain foods.

Some people have to eat large amounts of high protien foods with high carbohydrate levels and very low fat to make quality improvements to their body, others would just gain fat doing that. Some have to eat higher fat foods to control their body fat levels.

The best idea is to define your goals then start eating a balanced diet with protein/carbohydrate/fat in every meal with the amount of calories needed to give you the goals you seek. Then adjust your macronutrient intake based on your results.

An example of this is if you start with something like 35% protein/35% carbohydrate/30% fat and find you are losing muscle you could change to something like 40/30/30 or 40/40/20. If you find you are gaining fat you could increase your fat intake and reduce your carb intake until you are moving in the right direction.

No fad diets, just learn what your body needs, when it needs it, and how to give it what it needs and you will get the results you want.

If you need guidance for that, simply post your stats, nutrition, exercise plan here and you will get plenty of help to find your own way to fitness.

15-Jul-06, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by HEKTOR

Has anyone done a blood chemistry to see what they should be eating vs any fad diet?
Years ago I did and bought this book which basically told you what to eat for optimum performance.
I'm not sure I can mention the title but if a moderator would let me I would unless this has been posted before and my d...butt was unable to search it....:confused:

If you have a question about a specific book or product, please feel free to post any information necessary so people can answer. It is much easier than having members trying to guess which book you are talking about.

The mods generally consider SPAM to be an outright plug for a product, usually made on the first (and usually only) post made by a brand new member. And we do edit posts we feel are spam.

Hope this clears up any confusion.

CF-OC_gal · 15-Jul-06, 05:45 PM

Welcome Hektor. The spammers have been creative in how they get noticed. Just being cautious. Thanks for not being one.

Generally speaking sports nutrition books written by acredited or accomplished trainers are pretty good, but "noobs" like yourself (and many of us) will have to go through a lot of experimentation until we find what works. There are a lot of useless theories out there about how to eat.

By blood chemisty do you mean just regular blood anaylis for hemeglobin, cholesterol and hormone levels etc? If so then yes I do definately pay attention to that when choosing what's allowed and what isn't.

HEKTOR · 15-Jul-06, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Brat

Welcome Hektor. The spammers have been creative in how they get noticed. Just being cautious. Thanks for not being one.

Generally speaking sports nutrition books written by acredited or accomplished trainers are pretty good, but "noobs" like yourself (and many of us) will have to go through a lot of experimentation until we find what works. There are a lot of useless theories out there about how to eat.

By blood chemisty do you mean just regular blood anaylis for hemeglobin, cholesterol and hormone levels etc? If so then yes I do definately pay attention to that when choosing what's allowed and what isn't.

phewwww.......I'm glad we got that straight, I wish I could remember the name of the book in which the DR. Haas said that you could manage your weight based on the blood chemistry test done when you get your physical, you just had to ask for a copy , anyway I see that nobody here is or has done it so I'll move on and look for some other topic to read.
One thing I will continue to read and ask and again I'm just getting back into a routine and like allways we try to find short cuts to the "ultimate" physique, but it's just a dream more than anything, it takes dedication, hard work ,sore body and sacrificies so with that Mr. Moderator you can close this thread....

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HEKtor

**.V.** · 16-Jul-06, 12:07 AM

He won't close it - someone may come along with the answer you are looking for. We are a freindly bunch that tries to be helpful when we can.

Weston · 16-Jul-06, 04:15 AM

I recently got a blood test at the grocery store for $35. It was done by www.healthwaves.com and the test measures the following:

HDL, LDL, VLDL Cholesterol, Total Cholesterol
Triglycerides, Cardiac Risk Ratio
Diabetes: Glucose, Fructosamine
Kidney: BUN, Creatinine
Nutrition: Protein, Albumin, Globulin
Iron: TIBC, Transferrin % Sat.
Liver: Bilirubin, GGTP, SGOT, SGPT, LDH
Bone: Calcium, Phosphates
Gout: Uric Acid
Electrolytes: Sodium, Chloride, Potassium

All my results fell within the normal range. However, I noticed that my iron level was a little low. I did some research on iron deficiency and discovered that I had some of the symptoms (e.g. fatigue, lightheadedness, cold hands and feet, tongue soreness, brittle nails).

So now I'm taking an iron supplement and have really noticed a difference in my energy levels and athletic performance. If you think you may have an iron deficiency, I recommend you get a blood test. Don't take iron unless you are sure you have a deficiency because too much iron can cause liver and joint problems.

HEKTOR · 16-Jul-06, 06:51 PM

So after my workout today I decided to got thru some of my "old stuff" and found a note that I had made to myself to buy the book "Eat to Win" by Robert Haas and if my memory doesn't fail me is the book that I was asking about on my 1st post. Wow the note is dated 1985, damn I'm old....

Doing a Google search I found the book in AMAZOn and was able to search inside the book and there are captions on the subject, anyway my new found friends I could not stop thinking about this since my last post and wanted to get back here and update my post.
HEKtor