The best sandwich I've ever had. Sigh.
Posted on 12/30/2016 6:41:44 PM PST by pa_dweller
Behind-the-scenes, so much is happening to help progress the science supporting a low-carb, high-fat, ketogenic diet. One of the leading voices helping bring this about is investigative journalist Nina Teicholz, New York Times bestselling author of The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet, who came under fire in 2015 for her British Medical Journal article “The scientific report guiding the US dietary guidelines: is it scientific?” This brought on a media firestorm with public pressure being applied to the BMJ to retract Nina’s column. A bright light of hope happened recently when the BMJ stood behind Teicholz’ original article. Listen in as Jimmy and Nina catch up on what’s been happening in the world of LCHF, including the exciting BMJ news, what’s happening to low-carb doctors facing fire around the world, Nina’s direct role in supporting Professor Tim Noakes in South Africa, her work at Nutrition Coalition to affect change in the U.S. Dietary Guidelines, and more! Tune in to hear these two have an engaging conversation about the latest going on with low-carb.
It is mentioned that HRC staff were on the payroll of Coca Cola pushing a no-tax-on-sugary-drinks position.
All you need to know is that the gubbermint supports high fructose corn syrup, and backs it with our tax dollars.
I have been low carb for about 4 years. Weight lost and never came back. I eat as much meat, cheese, nuts, green vegitables as I want. I limit those things high in carb. And I almost never eat flour or sugar.
My weight is down 25 pounds and has been off for 4 years. My blood sugar is very low. My cholesterol is low and my triglycerides are very low. I feel great and I am never hungry.
I never exercise. I eat as much as I want and I am 55. The doctor thinks I am working out and eating their diet. I don’t tell them because they just don’t understand.
The head of Nutrition at Duke and Standford suggested this diet. And that is why I started it.
I’ve been on this diet for just over a year. My A1C went from 7.3 to 5.6 in 2 months, my total cholesterol to a well balanced 99, and my weight dropped from 210 to 165. My son went on it and lost 150 pounds in 6 months.
And the best part, I’m never hungry and have much more energy... And I’m a septuagenarian.
I stayed kind of “in the closet” about my Ketogenic diet because family & co-workers just didn’t get it - told everyone I was eating “low carb”. But after losing 70 lbs. in 18 months and turning my health completely around, now they all are curious and want to learn more.
You’re a septuagenarian??
What in the world do your religious beliefs have to do with your diet?
Just kidding. God willing, I’ll be joining your ranks in May.
My husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes around 12 years ago. He has been keeping it under control with a low-carb diet, despite the advice of his doctor and his doctor’s nutritionist.
The best sandwich I've ever had. Sigh.
“progress the science supporting”
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The science is settled! Buy low-carb credits!!
In 2008 decided that as a medical/dental pro, my 218 lbs was too much for my frame. Went on an exercising regimen, cycling up to 150 miles a week. Weight went down to 195 but would fluctuate greatly (up) depending on that cycling regimen. Then in 2012 I decided to greatly reduce my carb intake and increasing saturated fat in my diet. Since then I have been between 178-184 lb range....irregardless of the amount of exercising I engage in. My dietary model has been based on the nutritional values found in the ordinary egg which recent UCLA studies has found to be the near perfect food.....50+% fat, 40+% protein, and 10-% carbs.
Heart attack 3 years ago, been on a low carb diet ever since. Turn 65 next week and never felt better.
You can also use mostly ordinary spices to boost a better blood chemistry.
CLOVES (1g/day) improve glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus
http://www.fasebj.org/cgi/content/meeting_abstract/20/5/A990-b
The Effects of GINGER on Fasting Blood Sugar, Hemoglobin A1c, Apolipoprotein B, Apolipoprotein A-I and Malondialdehyde in Type 2 Diabetic Patients
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4277626/
Gymnema sylvestre: A Memoir
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2170951/
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Been LCHF for 3 years now. Lost over 100 pounds with really no effort, just minimize the carbs.
I started LCHF in December 2012 as a 1.59m 56year old female with a small build weighing 70.2kg. Now, at 60, I weigh 55kg with the weight being lost during that first year and then maintained in spite of straying occasionally. When I started losing the weight, I thought I would have to educate my doctor in South Africa. As it turned out in recent years he had been totally converted to LCHF. He has since specialised in diabetes and nowadays treats his diabetic patients with diet as far as possible. He is also on the Tim Noakes Foundation which does research into this way of life funded largely by the sale of his books on the subject.
Noakes is currently the subject of a major investigation (witch-hunt from the dietary “establishment”) regarding his dietary advice with the results coming out in April. He could possibly lose his medical licence, although he has not practiced as a doctor for decades.
It's stuff like this that makes me ambivalent about soda taxes. The intrusion is distasteful but, the looming health crisis engendered by massive sucrose intake is scary too. I'd rather see the government make a place at the table for the LCHF point of view and present the data dispassionately. That'll be an uphill battle with all the entrenched opposing interests.
Happy to read of others' successes with this approach. Perhaps the Trump administration will be more amenable to popularizing low carb eating.
What you need to understand is that the carb intake causes something like a sine-wave reaction in your blood glucose levels, whereas the high fat intake is a flat-line thing (no spiking).
Not a medical professional - this is just how I understand it.
Do some research using that as a starting point.
My understanding is that the long-term bodily damage comes from the sine-wave thingee, and insulin resistance which comes from the spiking and bottoming of blood glucose levels.
My mom on her 90th birthday said “Oh - to be 84 again!”. (But even at 90, it was just a few more pills, a touch of arthritis, and a slower 2-mile walk each day!).
Recent research has shown that low carb diets beat out the USDA guidelines and Mediterranean diet when it comes to weight loss and improving cardio risk factors.
Additionally, the Triglycerides/HDL ratio is one of the most important indicators of cardio vascular health. Carbs raise the Triglycerides-not good. Low fat diets lower the HDL.
Healthy fat is needed for HDL. That’s olive oil and butter/dairy from grass fed cows. Eggs are also healthy. Two eggs will give you half the Vit. K2 you need for bone health and to prevent calcium build up in the arteries.
Saturated Fat is actually somewhat protective of liver with respect to alcohol and fructose.
The bitter truth is that sugar in the amounts we have been consuming is just poison to our system. I followed the low fat diet for years - cardio panel was never good. Within 2 months of doubling my good fat intake, eliminating sugar, and reducing daily carb grams to 60 (not including the low glycemic green veggies-which I can eat as much as I want), all my cardio indicators improved to normal!
The USDA pyramid is just wrong. It also is totally contrary to nutrition that was taught to me in my high school home economics class, which is what I have gone back to.
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