Eat Normal to be Normal... and Die!

The majority of people who come to Biologic Labs are 'normal' people following 'normal' diets.

By 'normal', obviously, I mean that they are fat. SERIOUSLY fat! Walking-disease-factory FAT! What? You think thats harsh? Here are the stats:

Almost 2/3rds of Australians were overweight or obese in 2000 and its predicted to be 75% by 2020 (source: AIHW). 'Normal' or 'average', statistically, means FAT and getting FATTER! NON-overweight people are now a minority group!!!

1/2 of all Aussie men will die of heart disease and 1/3rd of Aussie women. Heart disease is the leading cause of death and a function of poor nutrition and inactivity; ie a 'normal' lifestyle and 'normal' eating (source: AIHW).

Diabetes is a disease where the body can no longer metabolise carbohydrates properly. Its a dietary disease! 15% of Australians (3.1M) are estimated to now have diabetes or pre-diabetes and thats expected to DOUBLE in the next 20years (source: Diabetes Australia)

Cancer is the 2nd biggest killer in Aus. The International Agency Research in Cancer says: “....80-90% of human cancer is determined environmentally & therefore avoidable”. That is: cancer is effectively a 'normal' lifestyle disease.

The reason so many people are fat, dying of heart disease, cancer and diabetes is because of their diet. Nobody got fat without food! And given that the greater majority of our society - 'normal' people - are fat or obese, clearly it is 'normal' eating that makes you FAT and diseased!

Biologic Labs produce very specific diets (specific quantities of specific foods to eat every meal, everyday) to achieve specific outcomes. EVERYBODY who follows our diets gains muscle and typically loses fat at the same time (when that is the objective and assuming they follow our workout plans as intended too).

Yet, after using our diets to fix their fat, diseased bodies, many of our clients yearn to return to 'normal' eating. They long for the temporarily-soothing taste of the malnourishing foods that made them fat and diseased before. Like any crack addict they get giddy with excitement over the prospect of destroying months worth of their hard work for a few hours of inebriation. If nutritious food could be likened to perfect, generous, loving parents, then some clients are like recalcitrant teens on their way to a criminal record: they just can't wait to 'flip the bird' at those who raised them and run off to ruin their lives!

And just like crack addicts and rebelling teens, people who eat 'normal' are eventually going to find themselves in a very nasty state in hospital... or the morgue!

But obviously, my attitude to this isnt 'normal'. And yet, strangely, the only sense of emptiness I feel about not being 'normal' is that space where my fat belly probably should be... and maybe that space where the cancer and clogged arteries should be. But I can live with that!

Proof Red Meat KILLS!!!

According to a study in the March 23 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, Red Meat may make you die!

And this was a HUGE study: half a million 50-71 year olds around the USA! So you know its conclusive: red meat is poisonous, cancer-growing, genocidal evilness that must be BANNED!!!

And don't think you can get away with ANY kind of red meat. Because the study grouped all types of red meat into one equal group. So you thought that protein rich, no-fat, grilled kangaroo fillet was a healthy choice? WRONG! Its RED! Its a killer! It is, according to the study, EXACTLY the same as pork, bacon, meatlovers pizza, hotdogs and burgers!

Thats how arrogant and stupid you are! You thought a 250g, lean fillet of organic meat was somehow different to an American, 8-foot, Jumbo Bacon Pizza with triple cheese, and so much preservative even locusts couldnt eat it? You idiot. Now you're gonna die!

And its finally proven by these genius scientists; they've got conclusive proof that a steak will kill you! Because, clearly, all people who eat red meat don't discriminate between Premium Eye Fillet and pizza, hotdogs, burgers, bacon and roast pork. We just face-slam all of it just like the aging Americans we all want to be. But that would be missing the point. See Pizza and burgers and hotdogs are fine... except for the red meat parts!

Scientists keep reminding us that there is no proof that the American diet of a million calories per day of plastic-coated-sugar will kill you. But they have just discovered the red meat inside your deep-fried sugar roll will!

Cholesterol Confusion

The message is crystal clear: cholesterol is evil stuff that will kill you... well, the "bad" cholesterol will kill you... or at least, eating cholesterol will kill you... well, not really; but maybe; but more specifically fat will raise your "bad" cholesterol and kill you... or at least eating "bad" fats will raise your "bad" cholesterol and kill you... but you still shouldn't eat cholesterol... not that it matters... but you shouldn't 'cos its just bad... unless you eat "good" fats... or green, leafy veggies which raise your good cholesterol which makes you live... or something like that. OK, the message isnt really clear at all.

Well, if you were confused before, it gets worse than that.

First up, cholesterol is cholesterol. There are no good or bad versions. There is just cholesterol.

The job of cholesterol is, in ridiculously oversimplified terms, to hold together every cell in the body of every mammal. It does other stuff too - repairs cells, forms into hormones etc. But the cell integrity thing is the big one. So rather than being a purely bad, evil thing, its kinda, like, well, actually a bit important. At least, it is important if, for example, things like LIVING are important to you.

Now, because cholesterol is kinda critical to the structure and function of every cell in your body, sometimes when your body is broken it tends to produce more cholesterol to repair the broken bits. Now, dumb as I am, this even makes sense to me: body makes more of the stuff that fixes cells when cells are broken. That would explain why after the age of 65, life expectancy is PROPORTIONAL to cholesterol levels.

Understanding this you wouldn't then be surprised to find that often when doctors examine sick people they see more cholesterol in their blood; especially in people who stuff themselves senseless with non-nutritious food while living a life that ensures their muscular systems don't actually need any food. Of course, doctors decided to see it the other way: sick = cholesterol therefore cholesterol = sick therefore get rid of the cholesterol and you get rid of the sickness. Not unsurprisingly, this strategy hasnt worked at all: cholesterol lowering medications have failed to avert death by comparison to not taking the medication!

Interestingly, new research has found that muscle growth occurs in proportion to a weight-trainers cholesterol levels and/or intake. Makes sense: more repair stuff = more muscle growth!

As to the good and bad 'stuff' they keep referring to, thats not the cholesterol at all. Rather the good and bad stuff is referring to 'lipoproteins' that carry both cholesterol and fat through your blood. There are VERY basically 2 'types' of these carrier proteins (called lipoproteins): High Density Lipoprotein (HDL) and Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL). The general rule of thumb is that HDL (so-called "good") carries fat and cholesterol OUT of the tissues for breakdown and excretion. The LDL (so-called "bad") carries fat and cholesterol INTO the tissues.

So as you'd expect, getting fat - which tends to result from too much crap food and regular alcohol - tends to also result in more LDL (to carry all that fat and crap INTO tissues) and, sometimes, less HDL (no need to carry fat out of the tissues when there is already plenty floating around)! But the issue here is that you are getting SICK! You are killing yourself! No wonder you have more cholesterol; your body is trying to repair the damage you are doing!

Getting lean will probably reverse all the get-fat behaviour; UNLESS you get lean by abusing your body with over-exercising and malnutrition! Remember, cholesterol is the bodies major 'fix it' stuff. So you might actually produce MORE cholesterol when you try to kill yourself with a retarded diet - eg you mostly starve except for the occasional hit of high-carb, low-nutrition, conveniently packaged supermarket plastic food (including the stuff supermarkets try to pass off as 'fruit' and 'veggies'). People would do well to realise that 'Weight-loss' isn't synonymous with 'healthy'. Thats why weight-loss also happens to most dying people!

The point is that having high cholesterol is a sign that something is probably wrong. But the PROBLEM isnt the cholesterol! Lowering your cholesterol is like unplugging the temperature gauge in your car when it says the engine is overheating: the engine is still going to blow up!

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