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Spud Fit Challenge day 99 - BLOOD TEST RESULTS & weigh in day & filming
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I don't care what you eat. I care that you try to get others to go along with the stupidity.
I have type two diabetes. I do not have to medicate for it, because of a healthy "balanced diet and get as much exercise as I can.
Yeah, a person can stay alive on an extreme diet, but the long term effects are not exactly a healthy goal. My doctors says everyone will have diabetes if we live long enough, and those who don't eat a balanced diet with meet the endocrinologist a lot younger that others.
The body needs a ratio of protein, carbohydrates and greens. I am not a dietitian but anyone trying to live on one food is going to pay a serious price down the road, and with potatoes, I suspect your spleen is simply going to say "**** it" and from that day on you will be ruled by having to eat every few hours AND take medication.
The diet they gave me, a small piece of protein, about 25% of a small plate, and an equal size portion of carbohydrates, [not rice] and half a plate of fiber, say steamed broccoli.
That is what humans were meant to consume...a balance of vegetables, fruit and meat
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Assuming that he's not lying. Some people will do anything to get attention.
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That is one way of attracting attention. I doubt if the potato guy is being monitored 24/7. I am taking his claim with a kilo of salt. On fries.
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how did that happen in the first place? not from being a vegan
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I didn't climb my way to the top of the food chain to eat vegetables.
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Well I got my results and everything was in the normal range except my white blood cell count.
SODIUM 142 mmol/L 135-145 mmol/L
POTASSIUM, BLD 4.4 mmol/L 3.6-5.0 mmol/L
Potassium level in plasma (green top) sample is 0.2 mmol/L (mean) lower than
that in a serum (red top) sample.
CHLORIDE 101 mmol/L 98-109 mmol/L
CO2 26 mmol/L 22-31 mmol/L
BUN 9 mg/dL 6-23 mg/dL
CREATININE 0.78 mg/dL 0.67-1.17 mg/dL
GLUCOSE 96 mg/dL 70-139 mg/dL
CALCIUM 9.4 mg/dL 8.4-10.2 mg/dL
ANION GAP 15 mmol/L 6-16 mmol/L
BUN/CREAT RATIO 11.5 mg/mg creat 10.0-20.0 mg/mg creat
eGFR NON-AFRICAN AMERICAN >60 mL/min/1.73 m2 >60 mL/min/1.73 m2
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The vegetables thank you!
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That sounds wildly unhealthy. Potatoes contain a massive number of carbohydrates, and obviously not all of the nutrients that you need except in enormous quantities.
I'm fine pointing out that eating too much meat is bad for people, but this diet is not something that should be pimped out as a good alternative. It's not, and if this person has a history of diabetes (and even possibly if he doesn't) he could very well be doing serious damage to his pancreas.