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[...] low-carb blogger Dr. Michael Eades (he of Protein Power) posted a message from his friend and fellow low-carb guru Richard Feinman as sort of a call-to-action in public policy-making for upcoming 2010 USDA guidelines. Dr. Eades [...]

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By: kitty

kitty — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Dr. Atkins died from slipping on an icy sidewalk in NYC during a freak April ice storm…he did not die as a result of following his own diet…

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How Many Carbs are Too Many? | Shoreline CrossFit — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:38:26 +0000

By: David

David — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 19:27:45 +0000

Dr. Eades I was 40 lbs overweight and continuing to gain weight following the heart healthy diet recommended by the AHA after being diagnosed with high blood pressure. Frustrated I started researching nutritional info on the internet and fortunately found the answers I was looking for in your blog, Gary Taubes book and other great sites. Since my enlightenment I have lost the 40 lbs and my weight is now stable, I am feeling great and regained the energy of my youth by following a healthy low carb diet. I have also successfully indoctrinated my neighbor (an MD) who is now a believer.

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Day 2 (Week 1) | — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:17:36 +0000

By: DAY 11: Carbohydrate Curve - Markus Willard Fitness & Nutrition Consultant

DAY 11: Carbohydrate Curve - Markus Willard Fitness & Nutrition Consultant — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 02:29:53 +0000

By: Geoff Smith

Geoff Smith — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:47:42 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with you Adriana but the question is how?
Every single day there is something new in the news in some form of media still spouting the old line.
The media seems willing to spout the latest anything as long as it does not go against general consensus making them a target for possible ridicule.
Its the same thing with global warming. There is several good sites re-evaluating the data and showing how it is wrong, how the science was done wrong and yet the media will not cover it.
Both of these cases, the carb issue and the global warming, are almost religions in their own right and you know how that is going to turn out if you try to get folks to change their mind.
Then there is the whole economic issue. What happens if we don’t need the grains for bread, no more rice or potatoes etc, the sugar industry as well If our mest uptake increases as a population what happens to the size of the already disgusting feed lots….
I know economics does not come before health I’m just pointing out a few of the major stumbling blocks that politicians will not want to deal with.
So the question remains how?

By: Adriana G

Adriana G — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:31:09 +0000

I am a 57 year old female who has eaten “healthy” for the past 25 years. Healthy was defined as:
- Lots of fruits and vegetables
- Whole grains – whole wheat, oatmeal, brown rice, etc.
- Legumes
- Lean meats – primarily chicken and fish
- Low fat – Only healthy oils – olive and canola, minimal saturated fats
- Low fat milk, very little cheese
- Minimal processed foods
- Minimal sweets

Despite this “healthy” diet, my weight crept up from 120# to almost 190 over the past 32 years. Not only did my weight creep up, but so did my cholesterol levels.

On at least 4 different occasions over the past 30 years I have lost 30 to 40 pounds following a variety of diets – low fat AND low-carb – Scarsdale, South Beach, LA Weight Loss,Ornish and Weight Watchers. As soon as I stopped “dieting” and went back to my “healthy” diet which exceeded the the FDA guidelines of the day, the weight would start creeping up. The only way to keep the weight off is to be a slave to the treadmill, etc…creating a host of other problems.

Eight months ago I embarked on yet another diet, this time I followed Weight Watchers. I successfully lost 30 pounds over a 5-month period bringing my BMI out of the “obese” range and into the “overweight”. Imagine my surprise to find that my cholesterol numbers had not budged, and my doctor was insisting I take statins!

It was at this point that I decided to do extensive research on diet, cholesterol and fat metabolism. Among the most valuable sources of information are pioneers like Drs. Eades, Atkins, Agatston and Gary Taubes.

Obviously, there is either a flaw in my metabolism and that of 70% of Americans who are overweight or obese, or there is a flaw in the dietary recommendations being promulgated by the public health authorities or the medical establishment..

It is time for the FDA and the medical establishment to recognize the fraud that is being promulgated on the American people, with a huge current and future cost in terms of health and medical costs for the consequences of the obesity epidemic and other diseases related to the high consumption of carbohydrates. What we are doing now is not working! New guidelines should include:
- Minimal sweets
- Minimal starches
- High protein – red meat, white meat, fish
- Leafy greens and fibrous vegetables
- Limited fruit
- Healthy oils and saturated fats

It’s time to turn the pyramid up side down!

By: Geoff Smith

Geoff Smith — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:43:40 +0000

I am T2 diabetic now for 8 years. NO family history at all. Was going to the gym 4-5 days a week doing 40 carido and heavy weights, super low fat diet, 6 small meals a day, the whole “super healthy living thing”
Ya right. I took a couple months off and my blood sugar peaked at 27mmol when I finally got tested.
Cholesterol was found to be all out of wack as well.
Now on low carb everything is back to normal BETTER THAN NORMAL.
I no longer sweat like I use to, remarkably less.
Arthritis in my toe…. gone.
never get a hunger headache.
IBS gone.
All this with out medication and with out cortisone shots are any other nonsense the doctors want to use.
The truth of the matter is this will never bee adopted by the FDA who surely is controlled by or influenced by drug companies and the various marketing boards.
Can you imagine the fall out to the US and Canadian economies if we don’t eat corn or wheat to the same degree. What happens to the millions employed by the drug companies if we don’t need their products.
When a report on sugar was going to be released by the WHO the US gov’t declared it would pull out its 30 million dollars of funding. The report was not released through the WHO but did make it out in other ways.
I think a class action suit should be brought against the gov’t for it’s current food guide. NOT FOR MONEY but to force it to admit the truth about carbs,
Ever look at when the first food guide came out……what was the gov’t doing at the same time to promote agriculture in the US??? Very interesting indeed.