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Here’s a picture from my hotel room in Boston. I had one bigger than usual for a specific reason: to set up a decent recording studio. My 100+ pound luggage contained light and sound equipment, three video cameras and a ridiculous number of tripods.
The result? In the corner above I did long interviews about LCHF and Paleo with Mark Sisson, Peter Attia and Gary Taubes – in the best quality I’ve achieved so far. They’ll be on YouTube soon, for free as usual.
The painting on the wall was fitting. The AHS-conference is about what humans are genetically adapted to and how the clash with modern lifestyles affect our health. So the text on the painting, “Evolution in action”, was well suited for the background during the interviews. There wasn’t space enough for the flying pig though.
EHI DOC COULD I POST A LINK TO THEIR SLIM FARM IN MY NEXT POST ON YOUR BLOG? They are also big fans of this blog and follow the general paleo/lchf community!
thank you..
PS Ironically we were staying in a converted granary....I think this old building could not have found a better use!
Could you please comment on this article http://www.spiegel.de/gesundheit/ernaehrung/diaeten-low-carb-erhoeht-... - another attack on LC.
Thank you.
I don't care much about whether it is LCHFor LCHP. Whatever good for my health is great.
It seems, now a days most people are side with LC community..... :-)
For me, LCHF helped initially, had great result & now LCHP helps me to get rid of remaining stubborn belly fat.
"Low-Carb bedeutet häufig weniger Obst, Gemüse und Vollkornprodukte" (Low-carb means mostly less fruits, vegetables & whole-corn products)
When you read such a statement, do you need to care the report??? Or read further?
There is new research on egg. I think, we should read carefully the study (the research paper) first.
Egg Yolk Consumption Almost as Bad as Smoking When It Comes to Atherosclerosis, Study Suggests.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/08/120813155640.htm
I haven't yet read the original paper. So I can't make any comment on it...
If anybody does, please share.
"Our findings suggest that regular consumption of egg yolk
should be avoided by persons at risk of cardiovascular disease. This
hypothesis should be tested in a prospective study with more
detailed information about diet, and other possible confounders
such as exercise and waist circumference"
Moreover, it mentioned 'Ansel Keys' ...... ""Ansel Keys, who first drew attention to the
Mediterranean diet, commented that “the heart of this diet is
mainly vegetarian, and differs from the American and Northern
European diets in that it is much lower in meat and dairy products
and uses fruit for dessert” [46].""
It seems, another "China study".
here is the pdf:
http://pdn.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=MiamiImageURL&_cid=2710...
"Data were available in 1262 patients; mean (SD) age was 61.5 (14.8) years; 47% were women. Carotid plaque area increased linearly with age after age 40, but increased exponentially with pack-years of smoking and with egg-yolk years. Plaque area in patients consuming <2 eggs per week (n = 388) was 125 ± 129 mm2, versus 132 ± 142 mm2 in those consuming 3 or more eggs per week (n = 603); (p < 0.0001 after adjustment for age). In multiple regression, egg-yolk years remained significant after adjusting for coronary risk factors."
An increase of 5.6% using food questionnaire data in a population with known CVD in a study conducted by vegan evangelists. Nothing to see here, folks, keep moving along.
I think the data in the tables of this study speak for themselves. The people in the study all already had had a "heart event" - ischemic or the like. Most of them had T2D, and many smoked.
Gosh, do you think smoking is a confounding factor for heart and artery disease? Why, the authors of the study have no idea! They certainly don't appear to correctly adjust the data for it. What about the T2D? That might also be a confounder. . . sheesh, these guys need some help with their study design.
The difference between the "low yolk" folks and the "high yolk" folks was about 2/3s a yolk a week - assuming you can believe they remember how many eggs they ate over the past 20 years. I'm sure we all have adequate recall of the eggs we ate for breakfast in May 1992?
But if we are generous enough to take the data tables on their face, what they tell you is that people who eat more eggs have slightly lower LDL and BMI - but have slightly higher HDL. Sounds good to me! They also, despite smoking and T2D, are older when they have their cardiac event.
Gosh, if I weren't a vegan evangelist, I might say the data suggest a very small protective effect from egg yolks. Oh wait. . .
My FIL (just diagnosed as prediabetic) was somewhat on board with the direction I gave him (eat less starch/grain - eat more healthy fat and stop eating bread for breakfast and have eggs). Then he met with the diabetes dietician his doctor referred him to (we're in Canada FYI) and then this study hit the news.
He's in his seventies and it's torture trying to explain it all to him. He sees this dietician as an "expert" on diabetes (she poo poo'd the advice I gave him, said she'd never heard of Dr. Ron Rosedale, firmly told him Dr. Rosedale's approach was not for him - duh, advised him to eat everything in moderation and that we actually "need" some sugar for our brains).
My MIL called here to inform my husband and I that the news said eggs were dangerous (something she already believed even though we tried to explain the truth). This new "study" just solidified for her.
It's beyond frustrating. I told them to eat whatever makes them comfortable ... what can you do?? I'm actually angry this week (between the dietician spewing Canada's Food Guide and this article ... argh). I didn’t know Spence was a vegan … why am I not surprised … it’s clear that guy has a thing against eggs (or funding from a statin maker).
with Mark Sissons.
The production values are much improved. The lighting is terrific. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for your efforts, Doc.
Thanks! Glad you like my happy amateur lighting setup! ;)
Learned more about the ketogenic diet.
THANK YOU
( Your amateur lighting setup was super good :)))
Trina: I feel for you with this difficult situation. I've just managed to get my husband to embark on a low-carb diet - he's still eating a little bread/pasta occasionally but I'm having to let him find out slowly. He's already getting results, so he's quite happy about it. I've been trying to get him to ask the doctor about not taking statins, but he's not happy to ask and feels very pressurised when I go on about it, so I've had to stop, even though I think those things are dreadful and would never take them myself.
Thanks for the endorsement. Lorraine and I enjoyed the experience on the camp just as much as you. Ironically, it was held in an old granary, and we have even used old bakery before. Luckily no grains were to be found :). We have been looking for a converted Abattoir for future paleo camps, but you don't find so many of those around at the moment ;).
All the best
Stuart