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Vitamins A, C, and E, plus selenium, are not the only antioxidants. These substances are powerful partners for the 4 ACES:

♦ Alpha lipotene (a brand of alpha lipoic acid)—The most powerful universal metabolic antioxidant.

♦ Coenzyme Q10—Helps each cell make energy, also a strong antioxidant.

♦ Proanthocyanidins—Flavonoids which have a powerful antioxidant and anti-heart attack effect. Pycnogenol is a
standardized form of the proanthocyanidins which comes from the bark of the Pinus pinaster in France.

♦ Epigallocatechin gallate—A very strong antioxidant with anticancer and anti-cardiovascular disease properties, found in Japanese green tea.

Other nutrients I have found to be of value for the Fat Blocker Eating Program include zinc, the B-complex vitamins, and magnesium. I generally recommend that my patients take

♦ Alpha lipotene—50 mg. twice a day.

♦ Coenzyme Q10—30 mg. once daily, taken with the largest meal, if you’re under 50. If you’re over 50 and have absolutely no health problems, 100 mg. once a day. If you’re over 50 and have high blood pressure and/or heart disease, 200 mg. once a day.

♦ Proanthocyanidins/Pycnogenol—30 mg. twice a day.

♦ Epigallocatechin gallate—I suggest drinking 2-3 glasses of Japanese green tea a day to get epigallocatechin gallate.

♦ Zinc—20 mg. once daily.

♦ B-complex vitamins—A B-complex containing 50 mg. of the major B vitamins (B_lr B₂, B₃, B₅, B₆), plus B12, and folic acid twice daily.

♦ Magnesium—300-350 mg. twice a day.

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Of course, not all fat adults were fat when they were babies. Excess food and excess drink taken for social reasons or because they are enjoyed, rather than because of hunger, supply more energy than is needed for daily activities and this is turned into fat.

As a man (or a woman) grows older, the energy needed for the basal body functions decreases, so that even if he keeps to the same diet, he is likely to put on weight. This is recognized in tables of ideal weight.

By referring to Figure 26 you can calculate if your weight is within the normal range for your age, if you are overweight, or if you are obese.

If a man is obese does it matter? It does. Obesity is a health hazard! Obese people are more likely to develop gall-bladder disease and arthritis. Obese people are more likely to become diabetics. Obese people are more likely to develop high blood pressure. And obesity adds indirectly to the risk of having a heart attack.

In our society, a large proportion of the population is overweight and an important minority is obese. Investigations in the U.S.A. and Britain show that nearly 30 per cent of men are overweight and about 12 per cent are obese. (An even larger proportion of women is overweight and obese, but that is not really relevant to our present discussion.)

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It is clear that Paul condemned homosexual acts only in a list of other evils, as an example of what would happen if people forsook God for idols. The passages also suggest that he only condemned heterosexual men who abandoned their heterosexual relations for homosexual relations. He neither states, nor implies, any strictures on men who had always been homosexual.

The early Christian Fathers condemned homosexuality frequently, relating the fate of Sodom to its acceptance of homosexuality as normal. Again, a study of the Bible does not support this belief. Sodom was depraved; there was a lack of justice there (Isa. 1:10; 3:9), the people lied and were adulterers (Jer. 23:14); they were proud, slothful gluttons (Ezek. 16:49). Jesus said Sodom was wicked, but did not say why(Matt. 10:14-15; 11:23-4; Luke 10:12; 17:29). Even Jude (1:7) is only vaguely explicit, saying that Sodom was burned because the people ‘committed fornication and followed unnatural lusts’.

Secondary impotence may be due to stress and fatigue, particularly if associated with a heavy use of alcohol. This is shown by the case of Tom.

Tom is an advertising executive whose job demands that he entertain a good deal. He is not averse to this for he enjoys the company, the food, and the drink. Tom is not an alcoholic, but he drinks a good deal. His wife is considered to be an asset to his career. They used to enjoy sex in the early years of their marriage. Recently, because of the frequent parties, and the alcohol, their sexual encounters have been less frequent. All too often, Tom has fallen into a deep sleep the moment his head has hit the pillow – and next morning has been hung-over.

One night after a long lunch engagement, at which his friends were in top form, and an evening party, at which he was in top form,

Tom and his wife drive home. More accurately, Tom’s wife drives home, as Tom is tight. But tight or not, he decides that tonight he is going to be the male sex expert. He will fix their marriage with a good ‘screw’.

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Many people either do not know, or reject, the normalcy of human sexuality. It is as normal as any other physiological response, such as breathing or eating or moving. It also has a marked emotional and psychological element, mainly directed to pleasurable feelings. In one way the sexual response is unique. It can be delayed or denied during a person’s entire life. But for most people a functioning, happy sexual relationship is important. Sexual dysfunction mars an important human relationship. While a sexual relationship is not the only form of relationship between two humans, it is an important one.

Because the sexual response is not only a physiological event but has a psychological component, much sexual dysfunction is due to distorted learning about human sexuality or to early, hurried, ill-understood sexual experiences. The correction of sexual dysfunction is largely a matter of directed re-education in human sexuality. The importance of the involvement of the partner in this re-education is paramount.