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We hear a lot that cholesterol is mostly genetic, alluding to, there might not much we can do about it and I'm here to give you my opinion on this based on the science as I understand it and please feel free to interject an opinion. Cholesterol is by mechanistic action, generic by definition, it can't be any other way.…

It's been a well choreographed ideology by the USDA from the beginning based on earlier flawed data which supports their agenda that animal protein should be limited and their obvious bias toward a plant based diet. Fortunately we have access to actual data for anyone willing to do the work since the WWW became the vessel…

Watching The Sopranos for the first time.

I had IBS type symptoms all my life until I removed most of the fiber in my diet using a keto diet which resolved all of it, literally. Addressing the fiber intake of Americans due to such a high level of UPF's the new 2025 guidelines want the emphasis to be on replacing what's left in the guidelines for meat consumption,…

Yeah, it basically comes down to the difference in regulatory philosophy. One uses a "reactive approach" the USA, and says prove it's unhealthy with conclusive proof because emerging evidence is not enough while the other (Countries) use "precautionary principles" requiring additives to be proven safe before they are…

The US has around 3000 allowable food additives compared to Europe who have around 300 so if we drop some food dye from our list I'm sure most of the population won't miss it, I could be wrong though.

It's mostly propaganda and confirmation bias and the feeling of social belonging within a group where they can get a collective high five when it's mostly just a lack of awareness. It's been this way for about the 20 years that I've been involved in nutrition and now using a ketogenic diet for over a dozen years with…

Yeah, I was responding to the question of "glucose is damaging in the blood", and how the body supplies glucose in the absence of food or carbs and not what people should eat, people have been consuming carbs for thousands of years and have lived long lives. Unfortunately about 75% of the US population have a problem with…

Yup, I'll go along with that. Glucose is not only needed but required for certain bodily functions and the big one is the brain. Also red blood cells don't have any mitochondria, so glucose is needed for energy which is produced from glycolysis. Glucose is also required by other glucose dependent tissues, like the kidneys…

Eating leaner options like 90/10 ground beef doesn’t directly lead to burning stored body fat (adipose tissue) unless you're in a caloric deficit. Basically the meal in and of itself is just added to the bolus consumed and partitioned accordingly and has nothing to do with the immediate breakdown of adipose tissue, just…

I'm one of the weird people here that doesn't count calories so for me when I need to lose weight I just eat less food but just do it a different way. To do that I normally consume 2 meals a day and maybe another small meal which might be considered a snack. Anyway, the plant food I eat is mostly veg so I basically…

Also, to address your question "It would seem to make more sense to have that goal be listed for Unsaturated Fats and have Saturated listed with a goal of 0." A goal of "0" for saturated fat intake would be impossible simply because anytime we find any kind of fat naturally in any food, plant or animal, we'll find a…

Actually reading those points with the exception of trans fats really addresses the disconnect the USDA has from the actual scientific data and a good reason to do your own research, imo. I will give them credit though for saying "synthetic trans fats" which excludes the natural ones. Anyway why saturated fat shows up is…

Your allergic to eggs but can eat them if you mix them into food, so basically your allergic looking at an egg, is that is? j/k Anyway most recipes all over the internet don't have eggs or nuts in them. Can you be more specific as to what kind of food you like, people would be more inclined to help.

Well the medication is suppose to slow digestion and I certainly wouldn't be adding that much traffic to an already jammed up highway, try reducing traffic. Less fiber solved my lifetime constipation problem which also bears out in the scientific literature, it's just not a popular opinion at the moment where fiber has…

LOL, ok, never mind, carry on.

Scientific interpretation is a carnivore diet will cause heart disease from all that saturated fat and red meat. Scientific truths are like I said the hard sciences like bio chemistry where saturated fat actually influences particles size of LDL which is less atherogenic and reduces heart related events when used to…

Do research on statins which might save a lot of people a lot of money and the side effects, let alone the overall reduction in the cost of healthcare in general. Instead of medication a symptom try reducing chronic inflammation because the simple fact is that cholesterol has pretty much no effect on arterial damage…

I'll put this in your "and other things" category For me after years of struggling to maintain any weight loss it was to actually consume foods that contain a lot of fat and animal protein while at the same time removing most carbs, almost all. I just ate until I was full then just repeated that process, so hunger was a…

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Hard boiled eggs do it for me.

Learn to be more creative which could help the overwhelming desire, and I won't go as far as saying addictived to consuming carbs. Here's some recipes that are not just hamburger patties or plain steak. Here's around 1300 keto and low carb recipes.

A 3 egg omelet with a side of about 100g's of smoked salmon, red onion, capers and sour cream and some fancy sparling water from some mountains in another country, lol.

If it just for weight loss, then you'll probably crash and burn, if it's for health, then that would make more sense considering the vast majority of people that are on carnivore do it for that, and where weight loss is not very high on the list, actually quite far down the queue. .

That's about right. If you have a lot of body fat then prioritizing dietary fat might not always be necessary simply because body fat can serve as an energy source and is essentially the principal behind fat adaption where the body transitions using both dietary and stored as an energy source. This also helps to assist in…

It's also a cornerstone of democratic societies.

To quote Voltaire "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." cheers.

It's like being a kid in a candy store. I'm still amazed at how much there is to learn and that's after many many years. I'll only say that one of the most important tenants of nutritional investigation is to seek out truth, that is what science is and in order to do that it's imperative that what you think you know should…

Yeah , not tempted at all. Travelling with friends on a 15 hour golf road trip 4 years ago, late at night it was going to be McDonalds and I ordered a Big Mack and fries with a coffee. Anyway, took a bite of the burger and spit it back into the bag and finished a few fries and tossed them as well. Enjoyed the coffee which…

Not sure what your eating but consuming mostly whole foods with a focus on quality protein, which is animal or should be animal based and reducing as much as you can any processed foods while also reducing "some" starchy carbs generally help with satiety a lot, which helps quite a bit while working with intermittent…