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Low-carb omnivores of the world, unite!

By Jim September 1, 2011 2 Comments

Over the months that I've been eating a low-carb diet, my views on what that diet is have evolved considerably. First, at the start, I thought my goal was simply to lose weight, and that any improvements in my health would be the result of eliminating the beach ball of blubber that was my middle. Second, I thought that eating a low-carbohydrate diet meant eating lots of meat relative to other kinds of foods. In other words, being more carnivore than omnivore. Now I see better health as my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured Posts, Low-Carb Basics, Personal Reflection Tagged With: bacon, diet, LCHF, low-carb, ominvore, red meat, Sweden

Is red meat guilty by association? Some at Harvard think so

By Jim August 14, 2011 2 Comments

The Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) giveth to the low-carb community, and it taketh away. In late June 2011, the HSPH published a study singling out potatoes as a particularly fattening food, especially in the form of french fries. Having sworn off fries forever as part of my low-carb way of eating, I applauded the brilliance of the findings.  I also liked the general conclusion that all calories are not equal when it comes to packing on pounds. Now I'm wondering what could have caused … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Food, News & Commentary Tagged With: cheese, eggs, fish, hot dogs, observational study, red meat, type-2 diabetes

Beliefs can cause inflammation of the brain

By Jim August 9, 2011 4 Comments

beef steak

How dangerous is that beef-steak? Beliefs, dogmas and habits of mind are powerful things. I'd sooner have them on my side in an argument than the puny forces of reason and evidence. Take the belief that saturated fat is the source of all evil in the modern diet. It's a deeply and widely held notion in the Western World. Somehow, we all just know that eating red meat will kill us by clogging up our arteries with its saturated fat. Doctors, nutritionists, media pundits and ordinary people have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Critiques, Featured Posts, Food, Media Watch Tagged With: conventional diet wisdom, grass-fed, inflammation, red meat, saturated fat, Taubes

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