Friday, 15 January 2010

Who are u trying to kid?

Someone wanted to introduce me to this slimming product. It's some sort of what we call, food supplementary. When you drink it, it'll make you feel full and you dont feel like eating. But, but you are FORBIDDEN to eat Carbs.. It's similar to Atkins diet..

Layman explanation on Atkins Diet: you cut off your carbs, then the body will use the fat stored in your body, entering the Krebs Cycle to produce energy. When there's no more fat, the body will use your body protein, then you'll look like the late Karen Carpenter (a few months before her death).

I asked her, is it safe for a woman who wants to get pregnant? She confidently said it's safe and started to explain about it. She even told me, if one cheated, carbs will present in the urine.

Carbs is complexed sugar. Only tiny weeny size like glucose can entered the renal's glomerulus. And if more than 0.8mmol/L of glucose presented, it means Danger! Danger! Diabetes alert.. Go further check-up..
So I asked her, "Are you sure you can test carbs in the urine?" She ignored my question.

Is it safe to take this product if I want to get pregnant?

If the product uses the Atkins diet basis, then the body will use fat stored in your body. To get pregnant, we need hormone, hormone needs fat to be produced. Gymnast dont have proper menstrual cycle because they cant or eat very little carbs in their daily diet. Inbalance endochrine system, macam mane nak pregnant?? This is what she called safe??

At last, when she cant answer most of my inquiries, I decided to diet the old school way.. Exercise and eat healthily..

6 comments:

  1. puasalah. every monday and thursday. exercise. berhenti makan sebelum kenyang =)

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  2. Sekarang exercise 3-4x seminggu..
    Benti makan before kenyang.. :)

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  3. iskh..that's nonsense..as a nutritionist, we didn't advice such diet. atkins diet and all have side effects and what u said is true. pregnant mother or future preggy should eat nutritious food. most importantly is we have to take each component of the nutrient according to the minimum serving if u r in dieting mode. so, jangan terpedaya dengan tipu helah penjual2 supplement ini.

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  4. Hana: Are u a nutritionist? I took Food Science n Nutrition during my degree.. Tapi kerje buat Admin.. Masih ingat sikit2 je pasal Nutrition >_<

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  5. hehe..me??academian nutritionist kot..haha..ada lah background n still in dis field lg.

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  6. Manusia dan makanan tak boleh dipisahkan. Semua orang mesti ada ilmu nutrtion kan?

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