Silicon Valley's elite are flocking to an extreme high-fat diet in hopes of living longer

CNBC ^ | April 29, 2017 | Christina Farr

[rb22982]

I’ve had both and in fact I worked for an upscale grocery chain at the HQ level for a long time (in 2008-2009 I could buy grass fed ribeyes for $3.2/lb with employee discount basically two straight summers). I prefer grain fed both for taste, marbling, and price. To get grass fed anywhere near as tender as good marbled grain fed, you have to marinate it overnight. But hey, my old industry loves people like you that pay 2x for organic, “natural” and “ABHF” - probably paid my salary for a while.

[Castlebar]

ditto

[tinamina]

It is the Atkins diet. Without the chemicals. If you buy Atkins protein bars or whatever they are filled with junk like aspartame. I have been doing a KetoDiet for years and even those still overweight I have lost and I am not diabetic my A1 C is dead normal according to my doctor. I love this diet because it keeps you from being hungry. And you can eat lots of bacon

[BlueYonder]

**... but the parents I know who have kids**

You know some who don’t?

Lol. Sorry, couldn’t help it.

[Windflier]

I really need to invent The Next Big Thing for rich liberals to squander their money on.

They’re such herd animals.

[PA Engineer]

I originally reviewed numerous medline veterinary studies. This one from nature does a pretty good job of identifying the changes in feedlot cattle.

Fatty acid analysis of wild ruminant tissues: evolutionary implications for reducing diet-related chronic disease

The practice of feeding cattle grain during the feedlot fattening process is directly responsible for the differences in fatty acid composition between grain and pasture-fed cattle. Grain feeding increases the absolute saturated and monounsaturated fat content of beef while it concurrently lowers the absolute n-3 PUFA content (Table 7). Corn and sorghum are frequently the predominant cereal grains fed to cattle in the feedlots, hence the inherently high ratio of n-6/n-3 FA (70.7 and 16.2 respectively) of these grains (Cordain, 1999), along with the dilution of the phospholipid fraction by increases in triacylglycerols, is responsible for the higher n-6/n-3 FA ratio in grain-fed beef (Table 5).

Comparison of pasture-fed and grain-fed cattle (Figure 4) shows that the total fat content in the muscle tissues of pasture-fed steers are similar to or slightly higher than values in wild ruminants. However, the absolute PUFA and n-3 PUFA content of pasture-fed beef remains lower when contrasted to elk, deer or antelope. Despite these differences, the overall lipid characteristics of pasture-fed cattle are closer to values found in wild ruminants, and from a health perspective, the meat from these animals would probably be superior to meat from grain-fed cattle.

[PA Engineer]

There is mounting evidence that artificial sweeteners alter gut bacteria and promote glucose intolerance. Stevia is the only one that I know of that does not. For your reference:

Artificial sweeteners induce glucose intolerance by altering the gut microbiota

[FreedomPoster]

BFL

[tinamina]

I make unsweetened kefir, fermented turmeric and ginger, kombucha and use them all, along with green tea and whey protein in a daily morning drink, with a bit of stevia and lemon for flavor. So I get the probiotic thing.

[rb22982]

That study seems to believe saturated fat is bad for you and will increase your cholesterol. However, quite a few studies have shown a HFLC diet improves cholesterol on all fronts and nearly all of the anti-fat studies were supported by the carb industry.

Have you ever heard of the 80/20 rule? It works for just about everything. You get 80% of the benefits solving 20% of the problem, 80% of your profits from your best 20% customers, 80% of your problems from your worst 20% customers, etc. IMO - you'll get 80% of the health benefits just from going HFLC or paleo in general - regardless of what types of high fat and low carb / natural products you eat. Micromanaging beyond that is silly IMO - especially given that most studies don't show organic, etc to have any increase in vitamins or produce any results and the increase in costs. But to each his own.

[Diapason]

BFLR