Comments on: The Israeli Paradox http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:43:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: JR http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-2894 Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-2894 Updated article from pubmed, which I can't find a copy of. World Rev Nutr Diet. 2003;92:81-91. Links Omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio: the Israeli paradox. * Dubnov G, * Berry EM. Updated article from pubmed, which I can’t find a copy of.

World Rev Nutr Diet. 2003;92:81-91. Links
Omega-6/omega-3 fatty acid ratio: the Israeli paradox.

* Dubnov G,
* Berry EM.

]]> by: Tim Lundeen http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-810 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 19:19:56 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-810 Fascinating links, thanks. A complex subject to be sure... Re red wine, there is more and more evidence that resveratrol (one of the components of some red wine) does very good things re metabolism. See http://ouroboros.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/resveratrol-lifespan-and-an-unhealthy-diet/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol. I started taking a very low dose (20mg/day) about a month ago and noticed an immediate effect on my glucose metabolism, which went from low-grade diabetes to high-end of normal within a week (monitored via a home glucose meter). I am going to try increasing my resveratrol intake at some point, but first want to bump up my omega-3 levels from ~600mg/day to ~1g/day, based on what you've experienced re sleep/balance. BTW, my experience with the Shangri-La diet (based on the original paper), is that you have to be eating a relatively low glycemic-index diet for it to work. I would suggest that people who are not seeing effects try low-GI diet with is (which also lowers weight 10-15% as you note). Fascinating links, thanks. A complex subject to be sure…

Re red wine, there is more and more evidence that resveratrol (one of the components of some red wine) does very good things re metabolism. See http://ouroboros.wordpress.com/2006/11/13/resveratrol-lifespan-and-an-unhealthy-diet/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol. I started taking a very low dose (20mg/day) about a month ago and noticed an immediate effect on my glucose metabolism, which went from low-grade diabetes to high-end of normal within a week (monitored via a home glucose meter).

I am going to try increasing my resveratrol intake at some point, but first want to bump up my omega-3 levels from ~600mg/day to ~1g/day, based on what you’ve experienced re sleep/balance.

BTW, my experience with the Shangri-La diet (based on the original paper), is that you have to be eating a relatively low glycemic-index diet for it to work. I would suggest that people who are not seeing effects try low-GI diet with is (which also lowers weight 10-15% as you note).

]]> by: OrenT http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-797 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:07:11 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2007/02/02/the-israeli-paradox/#comment-797 The linked article about the Israeli Paradox is more than 10 years old. In the last decade the Israeli diet has started to shift from soybean to canola oil and the consumption of olive oil in the jewish population has increased dramatically. I wonder if this is starting to show in the statistics. The linked article about the Israeli Paradox is more than 10 years old. In the last decade the Israeli diet has started to shift from soybean to canola oil and the consumption of olive oil in the jewish population has increased dramatically. I wonder if this is starting to show in the statistics.

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