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  • Thanks DeadVim "Yes, some of it is personal responsibility but trying to just maintain a decent weight on a grain-based diet is torture for a lot of people." You are right-- because the advancing nutritional information is suppressed. Not by a censor per say, but by the difficulty of getting government grants to fund…
    in interesting article on Low carbs.. Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • One has to admire the MFP community, with so many varied interests, ideas -- and refreshing candor. You are absolutely correct that it is possible to lose weight while still drinking recreationally (what is "non-recreationally," anyway -- professional drinking?) and your advice is extremely helpful. I would like to add,…
    in Wine drinkers out there Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • An interesting sidelight to this and another item in the news ...Senator George McGovern, who died a few days ago. He was a classic big-government liberal, recognized almost universally as a politician who sincerely and deeply cared about what he saw as the poor quality of the American diet circa 1977. As detailed in Gary…
    in interesting article on Low carbs.. Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • Hi Salt? I've been in ketonemia (which I think is the scientific term for what we're all talking about) for three months now (as confirmed by the stix) and I for one have not experienced this particular symptom except perhaps a bit after very strenuous exercise. But I got that symptom sometimes after strenuous exercise…
    in A symptom of ketosis? Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • This is of course every guy's fantasy -- until it is real. Some years ago a 40-ish woman I liked (as a witty person) would come up behind me while I was at my desk and suddenly give me an un-requested neck massage and ask, purring, "How's your love life?" (She knew I was married.) It creeped me out. I wanted to gag. She…
    in Bumping Uglies during Zumba... Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • If she was taking in so few carbs (not to mention so few calories) she could not have been eating any vegetables at all, nor berries, nor nuts, nor tomatoes. Many vitamin pills have some fillers; she may have refused to have those as well. Essentially she was starving -- no wonder cortisol was through the roof. I feel for…
    in Ketosis/Ketoacidosis, extra info to share.... Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • Exercising (or doing anything at all) just because it is supposed to be good for you is not only boring, it is very hard work. It's usually better to work smart than very hard. A trick my friends and I use is to somehow always manage to trap ourselves by committing to a future event -- a bike tour, a modest triathlon, a 5K…
    in 23 year old female in desperate need of help Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • Sorry -- one more thing: Gary Taube's "Why We Get Fat" (2011, I believe) explores precisely the topic you are working on and includes many many references.
    in Carbohydrate Term Paper :/ Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • Thank you for such an interesting survey of the papers you have been reading. I have read a number of books on this subject (including one co-authored by one of the researchers you abstract, Volek), but it is great to know what the latest research is suggesting, since these post-date nearly all the books. Interestingly,…
    in Carbohydrate Term Paper :/ Comment by Timehope October 2012
  • New member -- wanted to introduce myself by briefly reporting on a nice 11-day tour in Central Washington State, completed a week ago (Sept. 18.) This is not a published route but was invented by three friends and me -- a big circle. --We started at the top of White Pass on Rt. 12 for a nice downhill run into Yakima and…
    in x- Ride Reports -x Comment by Timehope September 2012
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