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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2015
J OEL F UHRMAN , MD
Protein for weight loss?
dangerous trans fats. It is impor-
tant to remember though, just
like excess carbohydrate and fat
calories, if you take in more pro-
tein calories than your body can
use right away, those calories
get stored as fat.
Refined carbohydrates are
empty calories that are absorbed
quickly, and they lead to
overeating. Foods that are high-
er in protein, fiber, and/or resist-
ant starch provide the satiety
factor that is missing in refined
carbohydrates and help to pre-
vent blood glucose spikes, so we
are not driven to overeat.
High protein diets can be suc-
cessful for weight loss in the
short-term, but because they are
so focused on animal foods,
they are dangerous in the long-
term.
Low-carbohydrate/high-pro-
tein diets have been linked to
increased risk of heart disease,
cancer and premature death.
Although plant protein is
often described as “incomplete,”
it has been known for many
years that all plant foods contain
all of the amino acids. Different
plant foods may be low in a cer-
tain essential amino acid, but as
long you are eating a variety of
plant foods and taking in an ade-
quate number of calories, you
will get adequate amounts —
but not too much — of all the
essential amino acids.
Animal protein and plant pro-
tein both provide us with ade-
quate amounts of all of the
amino acids, but animal protein
is more concentrated in the
essential amino acids, and for
this reason animal protein
increases the body's production
of a hormone called IGF-1,
which is associated with aging
and an increased risk of several
different cancers.
One interesting study fol-
lowed over 85,000 women and
44,000 men for more than 20
years, (26 years in women and
20 years in men) recording over
12,500 deaths.
This research team found ani-
mal protein-rich diets were asso-
ciated with a 23 percent
increased risk of death from car-
diovascular disease and cancer,
whereas plant protein-rich diets
were associated with a 20 per-
cent decreased risk. In addition
to animal protein, a diet high in
animal products delivers addi-
tional harmful, pro-inflammato-
ry, or pro-oxidant substances.
Animal foods are higher in
arachidonic acid, saturated fat,
carnitine and choline, heme
iron, substances linked to dis-
ease pathologies, which should
be minimized for good health.
The number of grams of pro-
tein humans need in a day has
been estimated at .8g/kg/day
(about 36 grams of protein per
100 pounds of body weight).
However, it is not important
to count the number of grams of
protein in the food you eat to
make sure you reach this num-
ber.
If you are eating adequate
calories and a variety of foods, it
is almost impossible to consume
too little protein. For a typical
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SHS hosts
financial aid
night Dec. 14
Merry Christmas
and
Happy Holidays
Siuslaw High School
(SHS) ASPIRE is holding a
Financial Aid Night on
Monday, Dec. 14, at 6:30
p.m. in the SHS library.
The event will be open to
all area high school seniors
and their parents, including
students who are home-
schooled or from Mapleton
High School.
Lane Community College
will provide current updates
on filing for federal and state
funds and the Oregon
Promise.
Free Application for
Federal
Student
Aid
(FAFSA) is the key to open-
ing financial aid opportuni-
ties at any qualifying post-
secondary program, from
certificates to degrees.
The FAFSA offers the
PELL Grant, worth $5,750,
as well as others such as the
Oregon Opportunities Grant,
worth $2,100, and manages
student loans.
The Office of Student
Access and Completion
(OSAC) application makes
available over 400 scholar-
ships including the Ford
Foundation, which pays 90
percent of students’ college
costs.
OSAC also manages
Oregon Promise, where stu-
dents with a grade point aver-
age of 2.5 or better who
attend community colleges
within 6 six months of gradu-
ation get help with their
tuition.
At the event, find out addi-
tional information and sam-
ple food prepared by the SHS
culinary arts’ catering pro-
gram.
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day, a Nutritarian menu of 1700-
1800 calories provides approxi-
mately 60-70 grams of protein.
The point is that when you eat
an anti-cancer diet to promote
longevity, you strive to consume
more colorful plants, reducing
animal protein considerably.
It is both these features that
lead to the dramatic disease-pro-
tective lifespan benefits.
Eat
a
high-nutrient
(Nutritarian) diet, and forget
about protein, you will automat-
ically get the right amount.
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Relay For Life of
Florence, Oregon event lead-
ers have scheduled a meeting
for Dec. 14, to organize the
kickoff event, which will be a
chili cookoff.
The meeting will be from 6
to 8 p.m., at Craig’s Family
Barbecue, 1161 Highway
101.
Many committee positions
will be open. To volunteer for
a position and help plan the
kickoff, come to the meeting
and bring a holiday ornament
for the “ornament exchange.”
The goal this year is
$60,000 and so far, $1,700
has been raised.
The theme for this year's
Relay is: “Lights, Camera,
Cure!”
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
We are all taught that protein
is a super nutrient that will make
us lean, strong and healthy. We
do need protein, but more is not
necessarily better, and high-pro-
tein foods are not always health-
ful.
In every cell in the human
body, the DNA contains a code
that tells the cell which proteins
to make. Proteins have a lot of
different roles in the body, some
provide structure like collagen,
some facilitate contact or move-
ment, and others act as enzymes,
signals, receptors, or trans-
porters. In order to make all of
these proteins, we have to con-
sume protein and break it down
into its constituent amino acids.
High-protein foods do tend to
be low in glycemic load. This is
what the high-protein, low-carb
diets get right. They avoid dan-
gerous high-glycemic refined
carbohydrates-sugar, white rice,
and white flour products.
In the process, they also limit