Everybody sinking together. We're doomed. We're a 100% Protein Power household now.
Enjoy! this funny video.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Weekend Reading
I just found Dr. Jack Kruse's new blog this weekend, and good thing I am now a carnivore, as the posts are quite meaty. I hope you will visit here:
I first heard about Dr. Kruse on Jimmy Moore's recent podcast. It is a very interesting discussion, and important for anyone who is overweight, insulin resistant or has osteopenia.
Here's the podcast.
I first heard about Dr. Kruse on Jimmy Moore's recent podcast. It is a very interesting discussion, and important for anyone who is overweight, insulin resistant or has osteopenia.
Here's the podcast.
Friday, June 10, 2011
More Plate-y goodness! Better than Plate o' Shrimp?
Looks like everyone is having plate-y fun this week. What's not to love about the USDA plate?? Tom Naughton is at it again. You can laugh here:
http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2011/06/06/the-usda-explains-my-plate/
I know why the little sector's aren't even. It has nothing to do with the amount of each food we should eat. (In fact, the whole idea has nothing to do with what we should be eating, IMHO.)
It's really a copyright thing. Check this out:
http://www.rockypeaklc.com/hbdi.html
I have used the Ned Hermann Brain Model extensively in my career, back when the USDA was still tinkering in the land of the pyramids. Note the plate shape, the Jungian Four-ness, and all the pretty colors. There is blue for protein (to match the blue that is used as a molecule in all those chemistry model kits.) There's even a green zone for green veggies, a yellow zone for the higher-carb yellow and orange veggies, and a red zone for tomatoes, watermelon and raspberries. And you don't have to worry about that little dairy planet, circling around the real plate like Neptune.
Here's some history, and a new and better plate:
http://www.fitbomb.com/2011/06/its-not-that-hard.html
And another favorite of mine (warning, may by unsuitable for some eaters):
http://paleozonenutrition.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/myplate-alternatives/just-eat-real-food-myplate/
I still have a fondness for plate o' shrimp. Please take the time to visit my earlier post and scroll to the bottom to get the link for the Repo Man vid:
http://exceptionallybrash.blogspot.com/2011/06/plat-o-shrimp.html
(I just can't get enough of Repo Man! "Put it on a plate son, you'll enjoy it more...." Makes you think that the USDA plate was developed by a walk-on.)
http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2011/06/06/the-usda-explains-my-plate/
I know why the little sector's aren't even. It has nothing to do with the amount of each food we should eat. (In fact, the whole idea has nothing to do with what we should be eating, IMHO.)
It's really a copyright thing. Check this out:
http://www.rockypeaklc.com/hbdi.html
I have used the Ned Hermann Brain Model extensively in my career, back when the USDA was still tinkering in the land of the pyramids. Note the plate shape, the Jungian Four-ness, and all the pretty colors. There is blue for protein (to match the blue that is used as a molecule in all those chemistry model kits.) There's even a green zone for green veggies, a yellow zone for the higher-carb yellow and orange veggies, and a red zone for tomatoes, watermelon and raspberries. And you don't have to worry about that little dairy planet, circling around the real plate like Neptune.
Here's some history, and a new and better plate:
http://www.fitbomb.com/2011/06/its-not-that-hard.html
And another favorite of mine (warning, may by unsuitable for some eaters):
http://paleozonenutrition.wordpress.com/2011/06/04/myplate-alternatives/just-eat-real-food-myplate/
I still have a fondness for plate o' shrimp. Please take the time to visit my earlier post and scroll to the bottom to get the link for the Repo Man vid:
http://exceptionallybrash.blogspot.com/2011/06/plat-o-shrimp.html
(I just can't get enough of Repo Man! "Put it on a plate son, you'll enjoy it more...." Makes you think that the USDA plate was developed by a walk-on.)
Monday, June 6, 2011
Carb Flu, or is it just allergies???
Here's a great new post by Dr. Mike Eades:
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ketones-and-ketosis/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-i/
I didn't know anything about low-carb flu the first time I tried Atkins. At the time, I was a long-distance runner. I felt terrible on the diet, and abandoned it after two weeks. I didn't try lower carb for another thirty years.
Regular readers probably remember that I didn't just decide to go on a low carb diet. I started taking a sleep medication and the amount of carbs I wanted to eat decreased dramatically. But it wasn't without an adjustment period.
I lost a ton of weight very rapidly, and was quite dizzy and unsteady. I had a terrible headache, foot cramps, digestion changes, and woke up flushed and anxious. But, I also got rid of all my aches and pains, hot flashes, skin break-outs, salt-sensitivity and cravings. I wish that I had known about the addition of salt and other minerals. This information probably would have saved me lots of misery.
Now, I can restart my aches and pains by eating a large evening meal of wheat and other carbs. I can start the break-outs by eating a combination of carbs and animal fat. I can restart the hot flashes by eating a ton of carbs or protein in one sitting. I can restart my cravings by eating a higher carb diet for several meals in a row, or by eating only one piece of bread. I can restart my weight gain from one carby meal.
At the time, I attributed the wonky side-effects to the sleep medication. If I had reduced my carb content on a low-carb diet plan, I would have attributed the changes to the diet and abandoned it. At least, if I had been listening to my body.
My Rheumatologist Fired Me
Well, not really, she still wants to see me once a year, that's just CYA. But she took my lupus diagnosis off the chart. There's no lupus, no Sjogren's, no aches and pains, no symptoms like that at all. Done. Gone. I don't have carb flu anymore.
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/ketones-and-ketosis/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-i/
I didn't know anything about low-carb flu the first time I tried Atkins. At the time, I was a long-distance runner. I felt terrible on the diet, and abandoned it after two weeks. I didn't try lower carb for another thirty years.
Regular readers probably remember that I didn't just decide to go on a low carb diet. I started taking a sleep medication and the amount of carbs I wanted to eat decreased dramatically. But it wasn't without an adjustment period.
I lost a ton of weight very rapidly, and was quite dizzy and unsteady. I had a terrible headache, foot cramps, digestion changes, and woke up flushed and anxious. But, I also got rid of all my aches and pains, hot flashes, skin break-outs, salt-sensitivity and cravings. I wish that I had known about the addition of salt and other minerals. This information probably would have saved me lots of misery.
Now, I can restart my aches and pains by eating a large evening meal of wheat and other carbs. I can start the break-outs by eating a combination of carbs and animal fat. I can restart the hot flashes by eating a ton of carbs or protein in one sitting. I can restart my cravings by eating a higher carb diet for several meals in a row, or by eating only one piece of bread. I can restart my weight gain from one carby meal.
At the time, I attributed the wonky side-effects to the sleep medication. If I had reduced my carb content on a low-carb diet plan, I would have attributed the changes to the diet and abandoned it. At least, if I had been listening to my body.
My Rheumatologist Fired Me
Well, not really, she still wants to see me once a year, that's just CYA. But she took my lupus diagnosis off the chart. There's no lupus, no Sjogren's, no aches and pains, no symptoms like that at all. Done. Gone. I don't have carb flu anymore.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Plate o' Shrimp
Wow! Just Wow! I was JUST thinking about what to eat for dinner, and I opened the freezer, and I saw the shrimp all wrapped up in a blue container, and I thought, "Hey, I think I'll have a plate of shrimp." And then I get on the internets and find out that there is a new food plate to replace the old food pyramid.
Cool Huh? (So cool that they bought a whole new domain name in all it's plate-y goodness.) Here it is:
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
I really liked the Metabolism Society's truncated icosohedron food "thing" because I really like all the Buckminster Fuller stuff, like domes and pyramids. Remember this?
http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/1750/old-news-for-april-1-2011
Then again, I was also a fan of the four food groups from years ago, since it was so Jungian. I guess we have covered all the appropriate nutritional geometry and have come full circle, back to Carl Jung.
Plates are cool. Who wouldn't like a plate graphic to remind me what to eat?
Here's my favorite plate: http://www.fredsmusicandbbq.com/category_s/54.htm
Hmmm, how about a plate o' shrimp for every meal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGrXGEMOSo&NR=1 Enjoy!
Cool Huh? (So cool that they bought a whole new domain name in all it's plate-y goodness.) Here it is:
http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
I really liked the Metabolism Society's truncated icosohedron food "thing" because I really like all the Buckminster Fuller stuff, like domes and pyramids. Remember this?
http://www.carbohydratescankill.com/1750/old-news-for-april-1-2011
Then again, I was also a fan of the four food groups from years ago, since it was so Jungian. I guess we have covered all the appropriate nutritional geometry and have come full circle, back to Carl Jung.
Plates are cool. Who wouldn't like a plate graphic to remind me what to eat?
Here's my favorite plate: http://www.fredsmusicandbbq.com/category_s/54.htm
Hmmm, how about a plate o' shrimp for every meal?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLGrXGEMOSo&NR=1 Enjoy!
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
More on Gary Taubes
Here's an audio of Gary Taubes on the radio. I just love Sonali Kolhatkar in the morning, love her accent!
http://ia600602.us.archive.org/3/items/DailyDigest-053111/2011_05_31_uprising.mp3
http://ia600602.us.archive.org/3/items/DailyDigest-053111/2011_05_31_uprising.mp3
Saturday, May 28, 2011
A Really Sticky Smoking Gun
Well, here's something interesting! A game-changer, perhaps? Researchers have known for quite awhile awhile that total cholesterol doesn't really mean much as far as heart disease is concerned. Then they fingered LDL. But, it turned out that LDL isn't all bad either. There are different kinds of LDL, and some are good.
In this study, researchers "discovered" a really bad kind of LDL. It is a super-sticky kind implicated in heart disease. So, you are probably wondering, what is this "ultra-bad" LDL? It is an LDL with a sugar attached to it. Now if you are already a diabetic, your doctor has probably already been measuring something called HbA1c, which is a fancy name for a blood molecule with a sugar attached to it. Sugar attaches to all sorts of things in our bodies. It's really bad stuff! That's why our bodies have been designed to remove excess sugar and provide gate-keepers to keep excess amounts out of our cells.
Try this at home with your cat. Get a bunch of packing peanuts, rub them, and then call your cat over. He'll walk by, the peanuts will attach themselves, and then your cat will start to walk and act funny. Same with LDL apparently. When the glucose attaches to the LDL, the LDL changes shape and starts to act funny. Eventually, if enough of these "ultra-bad" LDL's are made, it can lead to heart disease.
The researchers are probably positively giddy that they now might have a new use for a drug called metformin. It is currently used for diabetics and people with PCOS. It reduces blood sugar. Although, people who are regular readers of this here blog probably already know that unless your metabolism is really messed up, you can just reduce your amount of blood sugar by just reducing the amount of sugar and carbs you eat.
Here's an article written for the populace: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/05/28/Sticky-ultra-bad-cholesterol-discovered/UPI-14841306560212/
Here's the original preliminary abstract: http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2011/05/18/db11-0085.abstract Even reading the abstract is a slog, so again, here are the notes:
1. We got a bunch of human LDL
2. We modified it in a test tube just like what happens in your body
3. Basically, we attached a sugar to an LDL
4. Not good! The LDL particle was smaller, stuck to stuff and to itself more
5. We think we have discovered why diabetics have a higher risk of heart disease and also why metformin reduces heart disease risk.
Now, if you are a real glutton for punishment, you might want to visit this blog by Petro Dobromylskyj: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/search/label/AGE%20RAGE%20and%20ALE%20%281%29%3A%20The%20AGE%20of%20LDL If and when you can get through this blog post, scroll down to the blog list on the right for similar posts. This will give you more information than you will want to know about LDL. Here's another especially interesting post on modification of LDL. http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2008/07/age-rage-and-ale-age-of-ldl.html Notice the date this was posted. Researchers have known about this for a long time, but the media and the dietitians haven't kept up. Petro Dobromylskyj follows a low carb, lower-protein and high fat diet (and he also has a most adorable kitty!)
In this study, researchers "discovered" a really bad kind of LDL. It is a super-sticky kind implicated in heart disease. So, you are probably wondering, what is this "ultra-bad" LDL? It is an LDL with a sugar attached to it. Now if you are already a diabetic, your doctor has probably already been measuring something called HbA1c, which is a fancy name for a blood molecule with a sugar attached to it. Sugar attaches to all sorts of things in our bodies. It's really bad stuff! That's why our bodies have been designed to remove excess sugar and provide gate-keepers to keep excess amounts out of our cells.
Try this at home with your cat. Get a bunch of packing peanuts, rub them, and then call your cat over. He'll walk by, the peanuts will attach themselves, and then your cat will start to walk and act funny. Same with LDL apparently. When the glucose attaches to the LDL, the LDL changes shape and starts to act funny. Eventually, if enough of these "ultra-bad" LDL's are made, it can lead to heart disease.
The researchers are probably positively giddy that they now might have a new use for a drug called metformin. It is currently used for diabetics and people with PCOS. It reduces blood sugar. Although, people who are regular readers of this here blog probably already know that unless your metabolism is really messed up, you can just reduce your amount of blood sugar by just reducing the amount of sugar and carbs you eat.
Here's an article written for the populace: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2011/05/28/Sticky-ultra-bad-cholesterol-discovered/UPI-14841306560212/
Here's the original preliminary abstract: http://diabetes.diabetesjournals.org/content/early/2011/05/18/db11-0085.abstract Even reading the abstract is a slog, so again, here are the notes:
1. We got a bunch of human LDL
2. We modified it in a test tube just like what happens in your body
3. Basically, we attached a sugar to an LDL
4. Not good! The LDL particle was smaller, stuck to stuff and to itself more
5. We think we have discovered why diabetics have a higher risk of heart disease and also why metformin reduces heart disease risk.
Now, if you are a real glutton for punishment, you might want to visit this blog by Petro Dobromylskyj: http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/search/label/AGE%20RAGE%20and%20ALE%20%281%29%3A%20The%20AGE%20of%20LDL If and when you can get through this blog post, scroll down to the blog list on the right for similar posts. This will give you more information than you will want to know about LDL. Here's another especially interesting post on modification of LDL. http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2008/07/age-rage-and-ale-age-of-ldl.html Notice the date this was posted. Researchers have known about this for a long time, but the media and the dietitians haven't kept up. Petro Dobromylskyj follows a low carb, lower-protein and high fat diet (and he also has a most adorable kitty!)
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