Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Protein can cause LDL spikes and weight gain - taurine, leucine, soy protein...

Samantha Olsen of Medical Daily nailed it.
http://www.medicaldaily.com/dieters-symptoms-heart-disease-should-take-it-easy-high-protein-foods-332736

  • High insulin triggers high LDL. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589672/

    For some reason, some people have problems with HAD or SCHAD-which is a bioavailable enzyme that breaks down short chained fatty acids. With that I believe triggers less glutamate/other dehydrogenases and this triggers hyperinsulinemia.
    http://www.jbc.org/content/285/41/31806.short
    http://www.sciencedirect.com/.../art.../pii/0002934361901498

    It may be the lack of thyroxin, riboflavin, B12...screening for deficiencies would be a huge help.

    On myself at least, I tried leucine as a supplement once and my cholesterol spiked. I tried taurine and my cholesterol spiked. I also gained weight.

    Monster drinks have both leucine and taurine in them. I didn't try glutimate, I already know that one is trouble but didn't think whey protein/soy protein would do it.

    I've also taken lysine and carnitine and these did not affect my cholesterol or weight whatsoever. Carnitine cleared up my endometriois really well so I continued to take it. http://www.actabp.pl/pdf/1_1983/11.pdf
    And I had lipid panels done in between Taurine or Leucine supplementation and there was no change. I'm not sure if other factors are at work, I didn't get to check other factors outside of the basic stuff (glucose, LDL, etc.)

    Just recently, unsuspecting- I had protein Luna bars and again- the same episode. Weight gain and high cholesterol and luna bars were the only item I changed in my diet between bloodwork.

    I saw that they added whey protein and soy protein and I don't know what the chemical make up of that was so I have to tread very carefully around that stuff.

    Turning down food gets old really fast, but it seems to be a survival skill anymore.

    I'm a runner-this shouldn't be happening.

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