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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 8:34:13 GMT -5
peppy Weight gain is caused by excess calories. If medications are the cause of weight gain, that implies medications contain excessive calories. Is there any evidence of that? Afrezza contains insulin which is a protein. Each gram of protein contains a few calories. Calculate the quality of insulin in Afrezza and you will see it is next to nothing.
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Post by brentie on Jun 27, 2017 8:40:46 GMT -5
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Post by promann on Jun 27, 2017 8:42:09 GMT -5
peppy Weight gain is caused by excess calories. If medications are the cause of weight gain, that implies medications contain excessive calories. Is there any evidence of that? Afrezza contains insulin which is a protein. Each gram of protein contains a few calories. Calculate the quality of insulin in Afrezza and you will see it is next to nothing. I agree but I am sure there are some drugs that make you hungry or get the munchies ;-)) |
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Post by nadathing on Jun 27, 2017 8:49:20 GMT -5
It is amusing to read how people blame medications for their weight gain instead of their lack of self-control when eating. Are you diabetic? I am. Not easy to control your weight when you are trying to maintain a level bg level. If I exercise too much I get a low and need to consume carbs to correct it. I can eat a meal with 45 grams of carbs and an hour later have a bg reading of 45. Guess what I do then? Consume more carbs. I am fortunate to be on a GLP-1 which helps maintain a near-normal bg level and it suppresses appetite so I have lost 42 pounds and kept it off for years. I too was ignorant once and thought if these overweight people just dropped some pounds they would not be diabetic. Not always the case. |
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Post by nadathing on Jun 27, 2017 8:50:32 GMT -5
peppy Weight gain is caused by excess calories. If medications are the cause of weight gain, that implies medications contain excessive calories. Is there any evidence of that? Afrezza contains insulin which is a protein. Each gram of protein contains a few calories. Calculate the quality of insulin in Afrezza and you will see it is next to nothing. Wow. More ignorance. You don't think that certain drugs affect a persons metabolism? |
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Post by hellodolly on Jun 27, 2017 9:04:08 GMT -5
peppy Weight gain is caused by excess calories. If medications are the cause of weight gain, that implies medications contain excessive calories. Is there any evidence of that? Afrezza contains insulin which is a protein. Each gram of protein contains a few calories. Calculate the quality of insulin in Afrezza and you will see it is next to nothing. Wow. More ignorance. You don't think that certain drugs affect a persons metabolism? Especially drugs that control the thyroid such as Synthroid aka Levothyroxine. I've been on them since 1992. If I were to take more mcg then prescribed I would lose weight, likewise...undertake the prescribed amount I would gain weight. So, the medicine keeps my weight in check. But, it's the procedure that resulted in the loss of the glands which required the Rx. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 9:26:17 GMT -5
nadathing Yes, medications affect metabolism, however, excess calories causes weight gain. If your metabolism decreases and one continues consuming the same calories as before, that equates to weight gain. If a medication causes a decrease in metabolism and one doesn't want to gain weight, decrease your food intake. If Dash has gained weight, it is because he is eating more.
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Post by cjm18 on Jun 27, 2017 9:32:56 GMT -5
nadathing Yes, medications affect metabolism, however, excess calories causes weight gain. If your metabolism decreases and one continues consuming the same calories as before, that equates to weight gain. If a medication causes a decrease in metabolism and one doesn't want to gain weight, decrease your food intake. All calories are not "burned" equally. Foods with high glycemic indexes cause more weight gain. They are also associated with disbetes bc they cause bg spikes. For more read ultrametabolism by dr mark hyman. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 9:35:23 GMT -5
cjm18 Is there a legitimate study, with a peer review, where one can make such a claim?
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Post by madog365 on Jun 27, 2017 9:42:20 GMT -5
Looks like this thread has been hijacked to talk about a minute unimportant comment from the interview. Why even focus on that?
What is important is that this interview was AWESOME and really drove home the point to anyone watching that Afrezza is the real deal, i mean look at this successful, cool guy, talking about how it changed his life?
If i was diabetic, i would want to try Afrezza after seeing this interview. If i knew someone who was diabetic that i care about i would be letting them know about what i just saw.
I really hope this opens up the opportunity to do more of these types of interviews but on the nationally syndicated circuit, If Damon get's on a national talk show with this story, we will be golden.
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Post by kball on Jun 27, 2017 10:11:03 GMT -5
Old enough to remember KTLA anchor Hal Fishman, reporter Stan Chambers, and sports guy Stu Nahan.
In a few years i'll be too old to remember them by the way
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Post by cjm18 on Jun 27, 2017 10:14:26 GMT -5
cjm18 Is there a legitimate study, with a peer review, where one can make such a claim? Google the book and its author. |
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Post by peppy on Jun 27, 2017 10:29:31 GMT -5
cjm18 Is there a legitimate study, with a peer review, where one can make such a claim? yes, there are. study up slim. insulin is a signaling system. with stop lights and directional lanes. insulin sends glucose to adipose tissue as well.
Ivor Cummins - 'The Pathways of Insulin Resistance: Exposure and Implications' www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Gcq8bEUq8&t=65s
on the overall, you would be correct, the calorie count would need to be sufficient to allow insulin to full the muscle cells with glucose as well as create fat.
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Post by liane on Jun 27, 2017 10:38:43 GMT -5
@kastanes has a valid point. Anyone can write a book and make all sorts of claims. I have not read the book; he may have some good ideas. But the gold standard is a controlled study published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2017 10:42:20 GMT -5
This is the last post regarding this topic since I don't want us to hijack this thread. I am a scientist that looks at data objectively. If data validates a claim I will accept the claim as truthful. If data does not exist it is a theory at best and science fiction at worse.
If Dash wants to claim Afrezza is the cause of his weight gain and not his eating habits that is his choice, however, it doesn't imply it is truthful.
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