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[misterE]

Sally Fallon of the Weston A Price foundation, promotes a diet based on butter, cheese, grease, lard, bacon, eggs and cream. Her picture is listed below in an attempt to ask the question: does Sally Fallon have cushing-syndrome?



What cushing-syndrome is, is basically metabolic-syndrome with a hormonal and lipid profile indicating distress (high cortisol, insulin-resistance, high levels of cholesterol, triglycerides and FFA’s). One of the classic symptoms of cushing-syndrome is what is called “moon-face”; a puffy swollen face driven by systemic inflammation.



So does Sally Fallon have cushing-syndrome? Let the pictures below speak for themselves.



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Edited by misterE, 28 September 2013 - 03:30 AM.

[tunt01]

Needs more butter.

[niner]

If she is in fact Cushingoid, she's probably taking corticosteroids. People don't get Cushing's from eating a high fat diet.

[misterE]

Carbohydrates lower cortisol.

[misterE]

For some reason the pictures can't be viewed... click the link below to see her transformation:

 

 

https://www.google.c...C230692;480;360

 

                                          

 

[Dolph]

Cushing looks very much different, especially in the face and the neck!

Fallon is just ordinarily fat in a pretty disgusting way. Saturated fatty acids are known to primarily cause central obesity, so...

[misterE]

 Saturated fatty acids are known to primarily cause central obesity, so...

 

You're right. Saturated-fats are resistant to oxidation, so much so, that the body is unable to oxidize them. In order to burn the saturated-fats, the body must first convert them to monounsaturated-fats. The body sends the saturated-fats straight into the adipocytes, where they are stored until they are desaturated by the delta-9-desaturase enzyme. Since saturated-fats are highly attracted to the adipocytes, eating a diet high in saturated-fats will overstuff the adipocytes and will lead to ectopic-fat accumulation (central obesity). Interestingly enough, polyunsaturated-fats inhibit delta-9-desaturase.

Edited by misterE, 03 July 2014 - 11:23 PM.