Dear Friend, In today's edition of InfoQuest*, we'll look at a nutrition system that I've begun, look at some updates to the InfoQuest* website, and take note of some evil legislation that's moving quickly through Pennsylvania, which is applicable to all states in the Republic. CONTENTS: (1) Turning The Food Pyramid Upside Down! (2) InfoQuest* Website Updates (3) Pennsylvania ALERTS (Lookout for Your State!) ==================== ==================== (1) Turning The Food Pyramid Upside Down! Note: I'm not receiving anything from promoting this nutrition system, even if it sounds like a commercial. ;-) Dear Friend, I've looked at different nutritional programs; the no sugar diet, the blood type diet, and now the Atkins Nutrition System. Being O+ blood type, the Atkins Nutrition System works well with the blood type diet (low carbs high protein). From what I've learned from the Atkins Nutrition System, everyone may benefit. I have always suffered from tiredness throughout the day, so I usually have at least six trips to the coffee room each day. Now that I'm totally off of sugar and quick-process carbs that make sugar levels in blood spike and dip, I don't get tired! I never thought that it could be this good, but it just makes sense. The FDA food pyramid has meats, fats, and oils at the little top and carbohydrates at the wide bottom. Now that I've read the medical studies on the Atkins website http://atkins.com , it makes perfect sense why the U.S. is top of the world for obesity. Here are just some snips of info from the Atkins website: The Atkins Nutritional Principles http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/15-217072.html By permanently adopting the Atkins Nutritional ApproachTM, you will achieve four things that will change your life. 1. Weight Loss Your body burns both carbohydrates and fat as fuel for its energy needs. Carbohydrate is the first fuel to be metabolized. However, when you cut down sufficiently on your intake of carbohydrates, your body converts from the metabolic pathway of burning carbohydrate to burning fat as the primary energy source. This results in weight loss. 2. Weight Maintenance For each individual there is a tightly regulated carbohydrate threshold below which fat burning and weight loss occurs. This is called your Critical Carbohydrate Level for Losing (CCLL). However, your carbohydrate intake exceeds this threshold, carbohydrate burning predominates, allowing fat to be accumulated resulting in weight gain. Each individual also has a level of carbohydrate intake at which he/she will neither gain nor lose weight. This is known as your Critical Carbohydrate Level for Maintenance (CCLM). 3. Good Health People following an individualized controlled carbohydrate nutritional approach that includes nutrient-dense foods are more likely to meet their nutritional needs and promote good health than people following low-fat, calorie-restricted diets. By adhering to an individualized controlled carbohydrate nutritional approach that combines food sources with vitamin and mineral supplementation as needed, you can safely achieve a nutritionally complete diet. Regular exercise is also essential for controlling weight, toning muscles and maintaining a sense of well-being. 4. Disease Prevention By following an individualized controlled carbohydrate nutritional approach that both lowers carbohydrate intake and insulin production, people who are at high risk for or diagnosed with chronic diseases can see improvement in clinical parameters. http://atkins.com/Archive/2001/12/15-217072.html Another low-carb website that I've found is here: http://www.lowcarb.ca/ So far, I've been on this system for only three days. Just being totally alert 100% of the time is enough for me to use this nutritional system for a long, long time (if not for life). I'll report back on my progress week to week. When I began this nutritional system, I weighted 188 lbs. I don't go much by weight but by measurements, because if you exercise and build muscle, muscle is heavier than fat, and I'm hoping to gain muscle too! Have you benefited from any particular nutrition system? Let me know, and I'll share it with us all! ==================== ==================== (2) InfoQuest* Website Updates The Government page has been reorganized for easier navigation: http://users.netreach.net/InfoQuest/government.htm I've been asked why InfoQuest* has headed a bit more toward civics. It's because I believe that I have been called into serving Jesus the same as Daniel. So, naturally, what I do leans toward my calling. I believe that Jesus wants us to do more than just pray for things to get better. Did Jesus and His disciples just sit in the upper room and pray for people to be saved and for the world to be cleansed by His Word? No. Jesus and His disciples put the leather to the road, when they had sandals, and faced persecution for speaking the Truth. By having my letter to the editor published in the Bucks County Intelligencer regarding checks and balances between the Federal Supreme Court and the State Supreme Courts, my family received a message on our answering machine from someone who acknowledged himself as a sodomite and told me to "get the f*ck out of their country." So, we now have an unlisted number. I never even wrote that sodomy was wrong, but just quoting truth, civics, constitutional law, led to persecution. I was interviewed today by the Morning Call on my plea to Perkasie Borough Council to pass a resolution against the unconstitutional Patriot Act. The reporter asked me what got me into politics. I told him that I began going to Calvary Chapel of Phila.'s singles group because my Presbyterian Church U.S.A. in Doylestown didn't have one. Through singles, and then by attending Pastor Joe Foch's sermons, I studied the Bible and learned that my home church didn't follow the Bible. My favorite quote by Pastor Joe is when he would stop reading from the Bible, sometimes in mid-sentence, and ask, "Are you following along in the Bible to hold me accountable to the Truth?" Wow! I now apply the same reasoning to the Constitution and what is going on in our legislature. I went into more depth. My prayer is that the Holy Spirit touched the reporter and that through Christ, I was able to plant a seed in him that will grow as a mustard seed. I believe that the Church has been conditioned to leave politics, which is why you'll probably never see an alter call to serve Jesus in politics, but only in missions work. When we read American history and walk through the Capitol buildings, we can easily see images of the Ten Commandments, Moses, and other Judeo Christian imagery everywhere. Now, they are being removed, literally. Why? Proverbs 29:2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan. ==================== ==================== (3) Pennsylvania ALERTS (Lookout for Your State!) A. Pennsylvania Private & Religious Preschools Will Be Replaced! http://users.netreach.net/InfoQuest/education.htm#HB1290 B. Seniors on Fixed Incomes May Lose Homes Due to School Land Tax Increases! http://users.netreach.net/InfoQuest/education.htm#Stop_PA_HB1221