Comments on: More supporting evidence for the sugar hypothesis

By: David

David — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:01:21 +0000

You wrote, “To be completely accurate, it could be said that the drugs these subjects took are what is bringing about their decreased risk of death, but given the side effects of these drugs, I kind of think that is doubtful.”
While not really disagreeing in any way with the main points of this post, I think you might be too hasty in concluding conclusively that some significant part of this lower mortality could be a direct side effect of medications. There is significant evidence that metformin activates some of the biochemical pathways believed to be responsible for the benefits of caloric restriction, and therefore it could be partly responsible, apart from its effects on blood sugar.
Thanks for the blog!

By: Wati

Wati — Thu, 13 May 2010 04:08:02 +0000

Just saw a compelling lecture by Dr. Robert Lustig in which he said that glucose is actually not the problem, since it is the life energy giving force and all living organism uses glucose. What we need to watch out for is FRUCTOSE. According to him. fructose is metabolised in the body the exact same way as ethanol, except that the brain doesn't recognise fructose and only the liver can handle fructose. In his exact words, fructose is poison. You can watch the video here and interview here.

By: Cynthia Duke

Cynthia Duke — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:01:36 +0000

Dr. Eades,
I am 61 yoa, had 6 gestational diabetic pregnancies, and upon looking back have never had an acceptable blood glucose level. My fasting insulin is less than 1 and my HA1C about 13, I have never taken insulin, my BG stays in the 200′s unless I eat simple carbs. Would the no carb/low complex carb regimen work for me. I want to heal my pancreas and would like to contact you by phone for a consultation. Thank you

For medico-legal reasons I can’t do phone consults. Given your history as presented in your comment, I think a no-carb/low-carb regimen would work fine for you. As low as your insulin is, you may not be making a lot. You should find a physician who understands low-carb diets and work with him/her to get you going.

By: Carol Moore

Carol Moore — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:22:43 +0000

I am thinking seriously about the carnivore connection and was wondering …what caused the death of the hunters…how long did they live…how active were they?

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:33:02 +0000

I was in the eye dr.’s office today, and she had some sort of diabetes magazine published by Better Homes and Gardens. The cover photo was of some sort of apple cake, about 5 inches high. Inside it said (I swear) that to control your diabetes it is important that you eat a low-cholesterol, low calorie, low saturated fat diet. No mention of carbohydrates? How do they even have the gall to get away with that?? I have no concept of how the system could be THAT broken.

In other news I have been eagerly awaiting the posting of minutes from the 2010 Dietary Guidelines meeting from 29 Jan, and they have not yet been posted. http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/DGAsMeeting2.htm Hopefully they are having a tough time incorporating the low carb research that I sent them. Dare to dream eh?

Dare, indeed.

By: Trinkwasser

Trinkwasser — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:56:42 +0000

A sorry state of affairs it is. I wonder why Kirschenbaum thinks that those same 75 percent of genes didn�t cause kids to be obese 40 years ago when the percentage of fat in the diet was a lot higher than it is today?

$6350/month will help you think *anything*

Is this guy a financial genius or what? He has developed a reversible diet thus guaranteeing plenty of repeat business.

Give a man a cure and you have an income for a day. Give a man an incurable but treatable condition and you have an income for life.

By: heart disease prevention

heart disease prevention — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:09:54 +0000

Thanks for sharing this post! Very informative!

By: beth

beth — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:07:55 +0000

I’m glad to see your support for relying primarily on breastmilk for the first year of a baby’s life in a comment above. My son wasn’t big on solids until more like 15 months (ate a wide variety of tastes, textures, but small quantities). My daughter is approaching 2 and still enthusiastically nursing along with eating solids (she has always been more interested in them than DS, but prefers meats, cheese, sour cream, etc. to sweet tastes or carbs, funny enough). Neither child started on any solids until 6 months and we skipped rice cereal altogether.
I did want to add that while I am thrilled to see you actively encouraging moms to rely on breastmilk for the first year of life, many *non* primitive moms nurse their babies into toddlerhood (2-3 years or later), LOL. The AAP recommends a minimum of one year of breastfeeding (with no “upper limit” established), and the WHO recommends a minimum of 2 years of breastfeeding, including in industrialized nations.
Anyway, kudos for the overall support for BFing

Any chance you could do some posting on PCOS in the near future? I’m a woman without weight issues but with PCOS…I lowcarb and take metformin. Past tests for IR haven’t shown IR, but metformin helped me get pregnant with DD which was a pleasant surprise

It may not have come through in my response to the comments, but I am a proponent of breast feeding until at least age 1, but for however long beyond that mother and kid are happy with it. And you are right, many primitive cultures do breast feed until toddlerhood. I don’t see a problem with it – it’s probably the way our ancient ancestors did it, which means that’s the way we’re hard wired.

I’ll see if I can come up with a post on PCOS in the future.

Thanks for the suggestion.

MRE

By: gareth

gareth — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:18:25 +0000

Hi DrEades,

Can you comment on the soon-to-be-released diabetic medicine Liraglutide(GLP 1- glucagon like peptide 1) that promises to regenerate(to some degree) beta cells?

Also, what are your parameters for blood sugar and HbA1C?

Thank you for your great blog.

I don’t know enough about the new medicine to comment intelligently. I do know that a lot of good work has been done on GLP-1, but I don’t know exactly what this drug does. I’ll give it a look. Thanks for pushing me.

I like to keep blood sugar levels in the 75-85 level and HgbA1C as low as possible, somewhere below 5 if possible.

By: kris

kris — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:02:35 +0000

The antibiotic concern is due to the belief that cattle are given antibiotics and as a result we ingest them making us more resistent to them in general.

The concern for the planet is related to the enormous amount of cattle raised and how their waste breaks down into chemicals that end in rivers and water tables that upset the eco balance in a negative way. I believe this was explained in a book called “diet for a small planet”, a book from the early 80′s i believe, promoting vegetarianism.

Btw, I was a vegetarian for around 10 years and now trying to fight the obesity it caused by low carbing.

I think the antibiotic concerns and the planet-related concerns are total hogwash. But that’s just me. Others may think differently. I’ll try to do a post on my perspective on all this in due course.