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Is Your Dog Low Carb?
Mine is. So I figured I'd sign her up for these two aging studies: Dog Aging Project Radio interview: Longevity Researchers Launching World's Largest Dog Aging Study The rapamycin study will be of interest to anyone familiar with anti-aging research.
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Weight Loss: A Patient and Physician’s Perspective
Weight Loss: A Patient and Physician’s Perspective Patient: In 6.5 years since implementing a very low sugar/very low starch approach (from November 2009 to current, May 2016), I have lost over 200 lbs. and kept it off. Thanks to Dr. Westman, I have learned to eat a well-formulated very low sugar/very low starch diet. I…
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A cardiologist tries keto and ...
FAILS! Kind of sad. He tried it with good intentions so he could advise patients. Then he bailed after a week due to the "keto flu." https://theskepticalcardiologist.com/2016/04/21/adventures-in-ketoland-or-how-i-learned-to-love-the-purple-stick/…
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Jogging: Good or Bad?
We've been bombarded with messages that jogging is bad and HIIT is good. I've never been convinced by the "don't jog" fad, so I jog. I also run fast sometimes. But I like to limit my sessions to under an hour to minimize oxidative stress. No marathons for me! A video posted by @wanderinjack referenced a couple of upcoming…
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Tim Noakes on LCHF
Probably the most no-nonsense FAQ on LCHF I've seen: http://foodmed.net/2016/04/18/noakes-the-idiots-guide-to-lchf-and-banting/ For those who don't know him, he's a well-regarded scientist in South Africa. "Banting" is what some call LCHF in the UK and her former colonies. Is LCHF a diet? No, it’s a lifestyle.
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Obese people can maintain stable weight loss
You've heard the evil stat: "95% regain lost weight." That's why I've been hanging out here during maintenance. To keep myself on track. If I can maintain for a year, that's considered "long term" by some. New study: Obese people can maintain stable weight loss This study shows that if an overweight person is able to…
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Stop Cooking Yourself Internally
This audience probably isn't the target for this article: https://www.t-nation.com/living/9-ways-to-live-longer-and-look-better-naked But Doc Naimain summarized the main point for you:
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Blood tests after 10 months maintenance
OK, I admit it. I've been a little lax in terms of carb restriction lately. I'm sure I've hit 200g some days. So, I wondered: after maintaining for 10 months, am I more carb tolerant than I used to be? Is it OK for me to eat this much carb intake? Or should I "reboot" and shoot for a lower level? How would you know? How…
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Oh, I just noticed we have new options at the bottom of each post. Awesome! :)
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Butter Bob Briggs Clarifies Butter :)
Butter Bob, how much butter should I be eating? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoaWbgOeyRU
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Which of your ailments was cured by low carb?
I started LC mostly for the blood lipid effects. I wanted to fix my low HDL and high TG. But those are asymptomatic, so I was pleasantly surprised by the skin changes, the sleep changes, and the bathroom changes. Data is coming out supporting the idea of high insulin and high blood sugar causing all sorts of problems.…
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My doc is a rockstar!
I first tried low carb in 2004 after a young doc, fresh out of med school, said "d00d, you've got metabolic syndrome" and then recommended that I read Protein Power. He moved to Seattle and I switched docs. 12 years later, it turns out he's a rising star in the low-carb world: http://www.burnfatnotsugar.com/about.html You…
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What Does Superwoman Eat?
Interesting story, especially for those who are trying to lose those last 10lbs. http://blog.grasslandbeef.com/what-does-this-superwoman-eat http://blog.grasslandbeef.com/bid/92930/Strongwoman-Maureen-Quinn Within weeks my body underwent a transformation like I had never experienced before. The allusive lean “bikini…
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Calories Don't Count
"Calories don't count." Sound familiar? How about "By following this plan you get better skin condition and resistance to colds and sinus trouble. You also lose weight." It's a book. Written in 1961. Low carb. High fat. http://www.amazon.com/Calories-Dont-Count-Herman-Taller/dp/B00176DRMY
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Fat Loss for Women
Good title for a book, eh? Coming soon! Podcast with Lyle McDonald on his upcoming book: http://www.irakinutrition.com/blog/podcast-with-lyle-mcdonald/ He doesn't cover menopause in the podcast, but it sounds like he will in the book. He does cover PCOS, birth control pills, and the monthly cycle that makes you gals kinda…
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Protein Powder
I was philosophically against the idea of consuming protein powder just because it doesn't seem like real food to me, but I got a one-month gym membership, so I was thinking about trying some pre- and post-workout protein shakes. Costco had a sale on Muscle Milk, so I grabbed a bag. When I got it home, I read the…
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Old guy (62) + keto + home gym = ?
Meet Ian "Rambo" Newland. http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/health/article/2016/01/06/aussie-rambo-meet-wild-62-year-old-muscle-guru
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Hummus
Nobody every mentions hummus around here. Too carby? I just got a container of this stuff from Costco: http://www.hopefoods.com/products/hummus/spicy-avocado 3g carbs (2g net), 4g fat, 1g protein per serving. Basically garbanzo beans + avocado + EVOO + salt and other spices. I think I'm in love. :)
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What Happens When You Eat Nothing But Bacon for 30 Days Straight?
What Happens When You Eat Nothing But Bacon for 30 Days Straight? I expected that even though I was eating 2500 calories a day, an increase of 500 calories a day for me, that I would not gain much weight, I already knew that eating fat and protein doesn’t make you fat. ... bacon has a great fat to protein ratio and if…
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Good News, Everyone: It’s OK to Eat Salt
Nothing new here for LCD readers, but it's cool to see articles like this appear. First butter, now salt. The walls are coming down. Good News, Everyone: It’s OK to Eat Salt These studies provide mounting evidence that most Americans shouldn’t continue cutting salt. Luckily, government policies have begun to reflect the…
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What's your secret?
At a family gathering over the weekend, there was a lot of interest in my weight loss. I love talking about the mechanisms involved, but surprisingly there wasn't much interest in that topic. :) Anyway, somebody asked me (from across the room): "What's your secret? Are you running marathons?" All I could say was "Low…
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Ketones as Statins
Definition of statin : any of a group of drugs (as lovastatin and simvastatin) that inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol and promote the production of LDL-binding receptors in the liver resulting in a usually marked decrease in the level of LDL and a modest increase in the level of HDL circulating in blood plasma Recent…
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Kids raised on low-carb protected from obesity for life?
I pissed off a low-carb blogger. Me: you really believe obesity is 100% about insulin? She: yes, read this study: Suppression of hyperinsulinaemia in growing female mice provides long-term protection against obesity OK, kind of interesting. Keep insulin levels low when they're young, and they're protected from obesity when…
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Noakes LCHF Trial is back on
You can follow the coverage here: https://www.biznews.com/category/low-carb-healthy-fat-science/
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Quelling Inflammation with Ketosis
New paper. Prestigious journal. Quelling Inflammation with Ketosis It's just a short article, but it touches on the mechanism of ketones quelling inflammation: The authors ultimately show that BHB turns off NLRP3 activation of caspase-1 by inhibiting potassium efflux from cells, similar to its putative active function in…
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Want to be a fat burner? Exercise!
Mini-rant: the idea of people using a ketogenic diet to become "fat burning machines" makes me a little nutty. We're all capable of burning fat. And, of course, if there are no carbs available, you'll burn mostly fat. But if you really want to be a fat-burning machine, you need to exercise. I finally found Volek's FASTER…
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Over-50 ladies: melatonin study
Reduced fat mass and increased lean mass in response to 1 year of melatonin treatment in postmenopausal women: A randomized placebo-controlled trial. In response to treatment, fat mass decreased in the melatonin group by 6·9% compared to placebo. A borderline significant increase in lean mass of 5·2% was found in the…
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Type 2 diabetes as a disease of ectopic fat?
Everybody here probably already knows this, but it looks like doctors are finally going to believe it. Type 2 diabetes as a disease of ectopic fat? Is type 2 diabetes reversible via loss of fat or ectopic fat? The simple answer to this is ‘yes’. Looks like a nice review.
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Zero Carb vs Fasting
This study is behind a pay wall, so all I've got is the abstract: Comparison of a carbohydrate-free diet vs. fasting on plasma glucose, insulin and glucagon in type 2 diabetes Short-term fasting dramatically lowered overnight fasting and 24 h integrated glucose concentrations. Carbohydrate restriction per se could account…
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