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Can mixing 2 healthy ingredients = 1 unhealthy combo?
Wondering about timing and combining of LCHF staples - anyone have any do's & don'ts? (Curiosity triggered by this odd menu item...)
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Coconut Oil, MCTs, Ketones & Alzheimer's
FYI - Just ran across this gripping presentation by neonatologist Dr. Mary Newport on the revival of some aspects of her husband's cognitive abilities and personality after starting him on coconut oil (an idea stimulated by federal MCT therapy trials): https://youtu.be/feyydeMFWy4 There's also a website....…
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Saturated Fat + Inflammatory Carbs = Heart Attacks? AND Loren Cordain & Stephen Phinney exchange
Here is an interesting discussion of saturated fats and the danger of mixing SFs and simple, inflammatory carbs. Cordain is the main guy here, but there's an good exchange of views with Stephen Phinney as well.
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Official diabetes diet misinformation - any candidates for the Darwin Awards?
In trawling for good summaries to share, the first site I came across looks like a worthy candidate for the booby prize. But there must be others..... Of all the publications one might not expect to rival Mad Magazine or The Onion, the National Diabetes Education Program has some pretty funny writers. From 4 Steps to…
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Insomnia? Sleep expert Dan Pardi interviewed (w transcript)
It seems there have been quite a few discussions about sleep in various threads lately, so I thought I'd post a separate item. Here are a couple video interviews with sleep researcher Dan Pardi. He conveys a lot of knowledge but also offers some basic practical suggestions, like installing f.lux blue light regulator on…
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Ketogenic Diets - Pros & Cons (2015 article)
Adverse Reactions to Ketogenic Diets: Caution Advised http://www.thepaleomom.com/2015/05/adverse-reactions-to-ketogenic-diets-caution-advised.html Literature review http://www.thepaleomom.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Ketogenic-Diet-Literature-Review.pdf (FYI - Skeptical comments from keto fans follow the article. The few…
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T2Ds - Protein, Insulin & Glucose, Oh My! (Marty Kendall)
"Controversial and complex issues often require more detail than you can pack into a Facebook post. One such area of confusion and controversy is gluconeogenesis and the the impact of protein on blood sugar and ketosis." https://optimisingnutrition.com/2017/06/03/why-do-my-blood-sugars-rise-after-a-high-protein-meal/…
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Magnesium supplements ranking
Thanks to @Mongo5918 for posting about labdoor.com, which evaluates (and sells..) supplements, including magnesium. https://labdoor.com/rankings/magnesium There's quite a gap between the top and bottom of the list (in contrast to fish oil, for example).
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For diabetics - Dr. Bernstein on LC and the danger of reducing protein for weight loss
Dr. Bernstein often warns against the HF part of LCHF, preferring LCHP to preserve muscle mass during weight loss. He makes the point again toward the start of his July Teleseminar. (There's lots of other great info, too, including quite a bit on using insulin and yet another recommendation to use brand Glucophage, not…
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Sports nutritionist Dr. Alan Aragon on Low carb v. High carb
Interesting 12-minute YouTube video. Good accompanying notes (For weight loss, set your calories and protein level, then choose between carbs and fat for the remaining calories. Try it for a full month, and see how it works for you.) https://youtu.be/zcur7eMI-cg
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Probiotics for Weight Loss and Metabolism?
Here's an interesting post from SelfHacked: https://selfhacked.com/blog/probiotic-for-weight-loss-belly-fat-metabolism/ Here's the TOC:
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Fortune Feature on Virta
Fighting Diabetes With Food http://fortune.com/2017/06/29/trulia-virta-health-diabetes-app/ "The goal is to create a plan dramatic enough that it lowers blood sugar, but not so extreme that it’s unsustainable. In a clinical trial conducted in partnership with Indiana University Health, researchers found that 56% of the…
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Keto clothing ?
I rarely meet other ketophiles, but they've gotta be out there, since servers in restaurants ask me if I'm into keto or LC when I start asking about menu subs. So I got to thinking maybe I need a keto hat or shirt, and voila! this vendor popped up on Amazon.
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Vitamin K study - another strike against reduced-fat dairy
"Conclusions: To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of MK contents of U.S. dairy products. Findings indicate that the amount of vitamin K contents in dairy products is high and proportional to the fat content of the product." http://cdn.nutrition.org/content/early/2017/06/01/cdn.117.000638
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Which nutrients is your diet missing?
From Marty Kendall: https://optimisingnutrition.com/2017/03/11/which-nutrients-is-your-diet-missing/ Lots of interesting information! Here is his "optimal foods" summary for T2Ds: https://optimisingnutrition.com/2015/04/06/optimal-foods-for-blood-sugar-regulation-and-nutritoinal-ketosis/
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www.Endotext.org - Free endcrinology / lipidology texts
Here's a sample: http://www.endotext.org/chapter/risk-assessment-and-guidelines-for-the-management-of-high-triglycerides/ Lots of interesting stuff. (Haven't looked through much of it yet.)
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NPR story - Grocery Stores: 'The Best Of America And The Worst Of America'
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/15/528461703/grocery-stores-the-best-of-america-and-the-worst-of-america "I think the grocery store is sort of a nostalgic place. We want to think the people who care about our food care about us. It goes back to that corner grocery store. But I don't think they do anymore."
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Diabetes and Alzheimer's Disease
Here's an interesting article on the connection between Diabetes and Alzheimer's: Unraveling Alzheimer’s: Making Sense of the Relationship between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s Disease https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4927856/
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Carbohydrate addiction - for real?
Here's a riveting 5-part presentation by low-carb advocate Jackie Eberstein, RN. https://youtu.be/8X8boLYmVo8 https://www.youtube.com/embed/videoseries?list=PL449805AB8C1964B8 @baconslave @Dragonwolf
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10 Essential Diabetes Management Practices
Insights from Dr. Bernstein on how to stabilize your blood glucose. https://youtu.be/qQc2H26T98E
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T2Ds - How to fine tune your eating and control your BG on a ketogenic diet (video)
Here's a good video for diabetics on tailoring their meals to their individual scenarios. (This is for T2Ds - he refers T1Ds to Type1Grit on FB.) Of course, you'll need your meter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hA7tWMF0k2A @baconslave for Diabetic Discussions
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Sulfur deficiency - another piece of the malnutrition puzzle?
Here's an intetesting (and long) article on sulfur deficiency and its possible impact on a range of chronic diseases. http://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/sulfur-deficiency/ Note that protein-sufficient keto diets are generally not sulfur-deficient. (Nevertheless, Prof. Wahls in the keto section of…
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Gomer blog (in case you missed it!)
Providence, RI: Police were called to Quintac Hospital yesterday to subdue a ‘violent and deranged physician’ according to a department spokesperson. Details are still unfolding, but several witnesses report seeing Dr. Jay Hudeman of the Family Medicine department disembowel and eat several administrators before escaping…
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Chris Masterjohn's Tips for Tracking Calories on MFP
(First tip? Use a food scale.) https://youtu.be/H3Whwt9S_V8
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Coronary artery calcification (CAC) Scoring?
Anyone have interesting experiences with coronary calcium scans? I'm wondering whether the info this test provides is worth the dose of radiation. Thanks for any insights.
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Onion in cooking substitutions
http://www.theonion.com/video/healthy-cooking-substitutions-55856
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Fiber - friend or foe? Here's something for everybody
Jeff Volek raised the interesting idea that people in ketosis might not need as much fiber as folks eating a high-carb diet. The gut and colon thrive on butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid produced when fiber is consumed in the gut. But perhaps the gut can just as well use liver-produced beta-hydroxybutyrate (ketone).…
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Scientific American - Saturated fat, carbs, and heart disease
Not exactly hot of the press, but still something to keep in the radar. Carbs against Cardio: More Evidence that Refined Carbohydrates, not Fats, Threaten the Heart http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=carbs-against-cardio Excerpt: In March the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition published a…
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A+ presentation - Cardiac Risk & Dietary Fat, Carbs, ApoB/A1 + other lipids, Salt, BP & more! )
Highly recommended lecture by Prof. Salim Yusuf: https://youtu.be/C60eEO0Kyfc
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Metformin ER timing - any secrets?
Ok, intrepid low-carbers, here's a puzzle. For those of you who have seriously experimented with the timing of your daily Metformin ER dose - what have you learned? There's an excellent article here by Jenny Ruhl of Blood Sugar 101, but I suspect others' mileage has varied..... Thanks in advance for your thoughts and whims.
