Food

Is sugar a poison? Professor Lustig’s the number one enemy of the sugar lobby. According to him sugar is clearly poisonous in larger quantities. Now Lustig’s published a well written article in the prestigious scientific journal Nature.

The negative health effects of todays sugar consumption can no longer be ignored he argues. It’s time to act against sugar like we’ve acted against tobacco and alcohol. Read more »

Here is a single minute from 44 days of travel through 11 countries. All focusing on the food you can eat. Fascinating and very well produced.

This made me think of the tiny roasted birds I once ate in Malawi. What’s the strangest thing you have eaten while travelling?

OT: There are two more equally good short videos from the trip: MOVE och LEARN.

If you like this amusing video from the LCHF-chef William you may want to check out his other videos.

Some uninformed people are still calling LCHF a religion. They’re probably going to love this. A reader named Dina G-David has translated my dietary LCHF-guide to Hebrew.

Feel free to use it. I added a link among the other translations (German, Swedish) on the page LCHF for beginners.

Do you want to do more translations? Contact me.

This is encouraging news. Childhood obesity rates in America have been rising every year for a long time. Now that trend seems to have changed in one place. Read more »

Real Christmas food. Avoid the bread for bonus points.

I wish I wrote this: Feast Without Fear – on Real Food

“How much will we eat? As much as we want, no more, no less.” 

That’s exactly the way I’m thinking, whether it’s Christmas time or not. Counting calories isn’t necessary when eating real food. Mind the quality and the quantity will take care of itself.

This amazing TED story was published two weeks ago and already has about 60 000 views on YouTube. I suppose many readers have already seen it, but for the rest of you – here it is.

Dr Terry Wahls developed severe MS and despite cutting-edge medication she got worse and worse. A few years ago she could hardly move, couldn’t get out of her special chair. Then she started eating real food, hard-core Paleo. Probably the healthiest food you could find. She didn’t have time to discuss it in her talk but she also started taking vitamin D. She emulated a hunter-gatherer life.

Now, a couple of years later, she is walking, bicycling and riding again. Pretty amazing.

This is just an anecdote, it doesn’t really prove anything by itself. But there are many reasons to believe that our modern lifestyles and modern junk food is making millions of people sick. Dr Wahl’s story is a fantastic illustration of what could be possible.

Have you listened to the Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show podcasts? If not, you should.

Jimmy Moore has been interviewing the biggest names in diet and health for years now, and his pace is incredible. He is up to about four guests a week. That’s two guests per show. He should probably break them up to make it easier to listen to your favorites (also, attention spans are short on the internet), but I digress.

Every year Jimmy’s readers/listeners vote for five guests from the past year to return for “Encore Week”. This year’s returning guests are: Paul Jaminet, Gary Taubes, Dr. William Davis, Dr. Jack Kruse and, I’m happy to report, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt (that’s me). Click on the names for this year’s shows.

Encore Week will probably appear some time in January (and I’ll make sure to be recorded with excellent sound this time). If you have any questions that you’d like Jimmy to ask us you can mail them to livinlowcarbman@charter.net.

Protects you from cancer?

Do you want to lose weight and decrease the risk of breast cancer? We know that low carb diets are better for weight loss than low fat diets, that’s been demonstrated over and over. A new study of the highest quality (RCT) shows that low carb gives more weight loss than a Mediterranean diet as well. It also decreases the cancer stimulating hormone insulin more effectively:

Intermittent, Low-Carbohydrate Diets More Successful Than Standard Dieting, Present Possible Intervention for Breast Cancer Prevention

Yet another new study presented at the same conference, an observational study, points in the same direction when it comes to cancer risk:

Starch Intake May Influence Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrance