Comments on: Request for help promoting our new book

By: Kirsten712

Kirsten712 — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:05:40 +0000

I think am a perfect candidate if you still need people. I just turned 43, have fat around my middle and would love to do this. Email me and I’ll give you my weight stats. I am well proportioned (but still considered an apple) but could lose 30 pounds and look much much better. I am 5′9.

email me…

Thanks Dr. Eades

By: Lyn P

Lyn P — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:25:46 +0000

Pre-orered the book & announced it to my friends…just waiting for it to be delivered. Got a question re LDL particle size. I know that as we consistently eat low carb (30-50 gms/day), the LDL particle size is supposed to change to more of the large, fluffy ’safe’ size and less of the small, dense danerous size. I’ve been under enormous stress (laidoff last March, apnea probs/chngs were needed less pressure & more complex mask ’cause lost 53# which changed airways), for last 6 months TSH has been lingering at 4+ (normal free T3& T4), TC 221->205->231 HDL 47->57 TRI 189->119 LDL 129->124->150, fasting BG 115-125, taking sm dose Maxzide & 1500 Metformin ER & ton of supps, exercise 35-70 mins/day. Cardio talking statins, I reply no way & no study shows bennies for women & mention particle size; he says not convinced re the diabetes…does diabetes affect the typical switch to larger particle size? No one seems concerned about my TSH yet I don’t feel good if it’s not around 2; I blame the higher TC on the higher TSH & low thyroid function (I have symptoms, no one takes me seriously *sigh*) but I may be mistaken. Wt loss stalled last 6 months (sure hope the new bk has suggestions to get me back losing again as I have lots more to lose). What to tell cardio doc, he’d like me at least on red rice yeast (I’m resisting)…suggestions? Spending $80 for a Lab Corp test for LDL particle size is just not part of my unemployment finances *G*!

So curious re the new secret project!

By: David

David — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:23:19 +0000

What about middle aged males that struggle losing the last in of BF around the waist? At 6′ and 154 lbs. I don’t need to lose weight but want tolose the flab. Crossfit 3x a week, sprint 2x week and follow Mark Sisson’s PD diet. also, IF once twice aweek. Any way I could tweek my plan to lose the last inch of flac and gain 5 lbs of muscle I’ve lost to atrophy the last few years?

Thank you for a response.

By: Simon Fellows

Simon Fellows — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:43:57 +0000

Squire i was given it by someone i work with.
I know of the anthro stuff vis h-g cultures and what they ate but i know sweet phuq-all about physiology and hence asking.

I do think its rather important that someone with knowledge of physiology counters things like this else like the ‘Truth movement’ cos they shout loudest they are heard and like so many myriad other myths they become part of mass consciousness and taken as verbatim with all the potential calamitous results.

Any particular dietary tips please for someone with atrial fib please ?

Hope you’re both well

For atrial fib, check the thyroid before thinking about diet.

By: Kathy from Maine

Kathy from Maine — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:16:06 +0000

Dr. Mike, the next time you guys upgrade your blog site, would it be possible to have all the new comments added at the end? It seems like now they’re added in here and there, so that I have to go back through and re-read them all to find any new ones.

Granted, what YOU have to say is my reason for reading your blog, but you seem to attract intelligent, clear thinkers who often have a lot to offer in their comments.

Just a thought . . .

PS: I just remembered that you did a post once on enhancements we’d like to see in your blog. Any updates on that? Thanks!

I fear the comments being added here and there instead of at the end is my fault, not the blog software’s fault. When I sit down at my computer and find 20 new comments, I go through and deal with the ones that I can deal with quickly, even if it means skipping several that are for the same post. Then I go back when I’ve got a little more time and deal with the ones requiring more attention. When I approve these, they go in in the order in which I received them, not in the order in which I approved them. So, they’re all over the place.

When the new website gets operational (in a day or two I hope and pray), I’m going to set the software to approve immediately and send me an email with each comment. So comments can go up as soon as they are submitted and I can answer those that need answering with my own comments, which will be in a different color so they stand out. And all the comments will be up in the order in which they came in.

I hope I will have incorporated many of the changes readers recommended in the new site and blog.

By: Meliss McDowell

Meliss McDowell — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:21:21 +0000

On second, third and fourth thought, I don’t think I’m a good candidate for the Middle Aged Weight thing. I got fat before I was 30 and I don’t have a big belly, just big legs and arms.

Unless you really need people like this in your trial I figure I’m not the demographic, though I’d like to somehow be of assistance at some point.

Thanks!

Look on the bright side. Big arms and legs are a lot more healthful than a big belly.

By: Mike in Mis'sippi

Mike in Mis'sippi — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:35:39 +0000

Hi, Dr. Eades. I’ve preordered the 6 Week cure, and look forward to giving it a go. I tried to get in on your test program, but was too late. I have a question, though. Is there any chance this program is the “secret” one that Rush Limbaugh is on? He refuses to go into any detail about his program. I wondered if maybe he was being secretive, because it’s yours, and the book isn’t out yet. I enjoy your blog very much. Thanks for all you do.

If it were the secret one Rush is following, and I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret, would it?

By: Karen J

Karen J — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:37:32 +0000

Shucks, it looks like I picked the wrong time to go on vacation. Would have loved to try this, as I’m much fatter than I was before vacation and I fit all the requirements.

Taubes was right on about weight gain that follows smoking cessation. It’s awful. Being middle aged and quitting smoking has been a double whammy for my tummy.

I am anxiously awaiting Sept 8.

Hope you enjoy it when you get it.

By: Simon Fellows

Simon Fellows — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 05:11:27 +0000

Just read th comparison between man, dog and sheep and I noticed they conveniently left out the small intestine comparison. The small intestine, as you know is tremendously important in digestion. It is responsible for absorbtion of nutrients and is very long in herbavores and very short in carnivores.
There’s a good reason he left that out of the comparison. Ours is very very long and dogs are very very short. Here are a few comparisons you might also be interested in.

* Meat-eaters: have claws
Herbivores: no claws
Humans: no claws

* Meat-eaters: have no skin pores and perspire through the tongue
Herbivores: perspire through skin pores
Humans: perspire through skin pores

* Meat-eaters: have sharp front teeth for tearing, with no flat molar teeth for grinding
Herbivores: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding
Humans: no sharp front teeth, but flat rear molars for grinding

* Meat-eaters: have intestinal tract that is only 3 times their body length so that rapidly decaying meat can pass through quickly
Herbivores: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.
Humans: have intestinal tract 10-12 times their body length.

* Meat-eaters: have strong hydrochloric acid in stomach to digest meat
Herbivores: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater
Humans: have stomach acid that is 20 times weaker than that of a meat-eater

* Meat-eaters: salivary glands in mouth not needed to pre-digest grains and fruits.
Herbivores: well-developed salivary glands which are necessary to pre-digest grains and fruits
Humans: well-developed salivary glands, which are necessary to pre-digest, grains and fruits

* Meat-eaters: have acid saliva with no enzyme ptyalin to pre-digest grains
Herbivores: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains
Humans: have alkaline saliva with ptyalin to pre-digest grains

Any comments on this Dr ? i know too little about this stuff

Where did you read this drivel? I’m working on a post to deal with all this that I should have up before long.

By: BJ

BJ — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:55:44 +0000

I tried to sign up for this, but my mail was returned.

Very very anxious to buy the new book – appreciate the information on your blog.

Hmmm. Don’t know why your mail was returned.