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Sodium, Blood Pressure, and the Russian Nephrologist
By way of background, I established my goal of losing weight about 10 months ago in order to rid myself of "metabolic syndrome," which was elevating my risk of heart disease and other problems. I had 4 of the markers of MetS:* high triglycerides * low HDL * high fasting glucose * high blood pressure Weight loss and…
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Thinking about a cheat meal?
By now, you're probably convinced that eating low-carb is good for you, right? But you know that it changes things. Physiological insulin resistance, for example. So what happens when you decide to have a high-carb cheat meal? Your body is like "whoa!" one week of low-carbohydrate high-fat feeding that leads to a relative…
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Cardiac Arrest and Kidney Stones
Oh, that got your attention, didn't it? :) Way back when I first joined this board, I read about those two side-effects of keto in the scientific literature. Quite a puzzle. Selenium deficiency was blamed for the heart problems: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19027591 I thought it might be due to keto-induced…
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The Diet Wars Ended Today
Great study just released by everybody's favorite nutrition scientist, Kevin Hall: https://osf.io/preprints/nutrixiv/w3zh2 The perpetual diet wars between factions promoting low-carbohydrate, keto, paleo, high-protein, low-fat, plant-based, vegan, and a seemingly endless list of other diets has led to substantial public…
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New Study Needs You! (maybe)
As somebody who's been (mostly) LC for nearly 4 years, I don't quite qualify, but maybe you do. Obesity researcher looking for subjects that fit following criteria: 1- Weight loss > 10% on #LCHF 2- Maintain weight loss for 5 years or more. Background and contact info here:…
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The latest NuSI study: LF vs LC
Gary Taubes' NuSI funded this study from Gardner at Stanford: https://examine.com/nutrition/low-fat-vs-low-carb-for-weight-loss/ Pretty cool study. Both groups started out at legit levels of LC (20g) and LF (20g), but they self-adjusted to whatever level they felt they could sustain (about 115 g/d is where the LC group…
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Weight loss effects vs LC effects on metabolic health
In the Virta thread, I lamented the lack of studies that let us separate the benefits of weight loss vs benefits of a specific diet. Somebody heard me. :) News blurb: How a carb-restricted diet battles fatty liver disease These guys tried to get the patients to GAIN weight. 3115 kcal/day. Less than 30g/d carb. Subjects…
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Virta long-term results: reversing diabetes with keto
Sorry if somebody already posted this -- didn't see it after a quick look. Impressive 1-year results from Virta! Study is here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13300-018-0373-9 Good summary from Dr Ethan Weiss (cardiologist at UCSF) on twitter: https://twitter.com/ethanjweiss/status/961339219862958080…
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Dr. Stephen Phinney live chat Dec 11 noon
https://about.virtahealth.com/Phinney-Dec2017-Facebook-Live
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3 Years
MFP recently reminded me of my 3-year anniversary. And Kevin Hall reminded me that maintenance is a bear. Here's Hall's recent article (free access for the next month or so): Maintenance of Lost Weight and Long-Term Management of Obesity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0025712517301360 Here's his model…
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Kidney Stones
You guys may know that I am fascinated by diet-induced physiological changes. One of those associated with ketogenic diets is kidney stone formation. They are reported frequently in studies, but I don't remember anybody reporting an incidence in this forum. Until now! :( I was feeling GREAT on Friday. Wasn't hungry at all.…
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How Low-Carb Diets Actually Work
Original source: https://www.facebook.com/smarttrainingandflexibledieting
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Exercise for Maintenance
Everybody knows that 90% of successful long-term weight-loss maintainers are exercise maniacs, right? http://www.nwcr.ws/Research/default.htm 90% exercise, on average, about 1 hour per day. It seemed logical to me, but I sometimes wondered if successful long-term weight-loss maintainers might just be the obsessive types,…
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Two PhDs Discuss Ketogenic Diets
Great discussion between Dominic D'Agostino (runs a lab making ketone esters) and Rhonda Patrick (aging, cancer, and nutrition). Including some discussion about lipid profile impacts, inflammatory cytokines, gut microbiome, etc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ7pSXIWHrI&feature=youtu.be
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Eat and Grow Thin (1914)
You can download this for free on Google Play: https://books.google.com/books?id=S0YQYvGpleAC&dq=inauthor:"Vance Thompson"&pg=PP12#v=onepage&q&f=false
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Insulin resistance and obesity
Great post and even greater discussion of insulin resistance here: http://caloriesproper.com/insulin-resistance-and-obesity/ Included in the discussion is the theory recently posted by @Cheesy567 that insulin resistance is a result of inflammation caused by (or coincident with) obesity.
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Buy a T-shirt, help fund cancer research
https://www.booster.com/support-research-on-ketogenic-diets-for-cancer?type=1&side=front Or help fund the experiment here: https://experiment.com/projects/part-2-can-low-carbohydrate-ketogenic-diets-inhibit-cancers More info at Feinman's blog:…
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Fat Burners + Crossfit vs Sugar Burners + Crossfit
6 weeks of crossfit (4X per week). Keto vs non-keto. http://caloriesproper.com/keto-crossfit/
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New Movie: The Big Fat Fix (and see Run on Fat for free)
Trailer for the upcoming movie with Drs. Aseem Malhotra, Stephen Phinney, et al. http://www.thebigfatfix.com/?kid=AKZ4J And you can sign up to watch "Run on Fat" for free.
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Rheumatoid arthritis and diet – what worked for 10 people (AIP / Paleo content)
A post-doc runs an experiment on 10 people and finds which foods trigger pain and inflammation for them: http://paleozonenutrition.com/2016/07/02/rheumatoid-arthritis-and-diet-what-worked-for-10-people/
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The last 10 pounds
Low carb and not yet "done?" Here's a facebook post from Dr Naiman on how to lose the last 10 lbs. How do you know if you're in the home stretch? Here's a guide to ideal body fat percentages: http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/ (According to that chart, I'm "ideal!" According to the mirror,…
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The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes has spent the last 6 years writing a new book: https://smile.amazon.com/Case-Against-Sugar-Gary-Taubes-ebook/dp/B01DRXCPJ0/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1466232506&sr=8-1 It won't be out for a few months, but you can hear some interesting points from him here:…
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A New Paradigm of Insulin Resistance
Dr Jason Fung explains insulin resistance! No idea if he's right, but it sounds pretty good. :) http://www.dietdoctor.com/a-new-paradigm-of-insulin-resistance
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Dear Friend
Just saw an old friend after about 8 years. He asked me "what's your secret?" I told him to read Art and Science of Low Carb. I also told him the secret to avoiding the "low carb flu" was to ensure sufficient sodium intake, especially in the first couple weeks. His wife is an MD, and she was nodding her head through-out…
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Wearable Willpower
Hmm, maybe an alternative to dog food as a negative feedback source? http://pavlok.com/pages/how-it-works
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The Changing American Diet
Cool data visualization! http://flowingdata.com/2016/05/17/the-changing-american-diet/
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Keto Goes Mainstream via Dr Oz and FitFatFit Guy
http://www.examiner.com/article/dr-oz-ketogenic-diet-boosts-weight-loss-and-fat-burning-prevents-cancer?platform=hootsuite
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Taubes responds to Hall
The drama continues. Taubes has one more trick up his sleeves: place your bets. :) Why do we get fat? But perhaps we could ratchet up the stakes a bit for the Boston study if we asked America's obesity experts to publicly predict what will happen. We could establish a website and a betting line in Las Vegas. Which obesity…
