Probably not a bad book in terms of explaining what Syndrome X is, but, knowing Reavan as I do, I doubt that there will be much useful information in terms of treatment.

Even people on high carb diets probably produce a few ketones at certain points in the day unless they’re up 24 hours eating carbs.

No, I don’t think that his problem was related to statin intake, other than the fact that they didn’t save him.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5215695644951404318

Is this a variation on Dean Ornish; does Dr. Esselstyn have something valid to offer?

Marly

Hey Marly–

MRE

Too bad indeed.

I’ve got some 18 year old Glenfiddich that I feel that way about, but it seems like I always reach for the Jameson’s.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,364863,00.html

Oh dear!

I am not sure if my comment went through on another posting so I will try again as this is really important to me (of course *lol*)

For my questions (if you can please answer). I got a sudden high fever this week (103F, I am 34 year old male) and went to the doctor. As I am rarely ever sick, I was pretty bewildered because I knew I was hot but not that hot as I didn’t have a thermometer. Pretty scary because I went to the doctor on Wednesday after I cooled down, I don’t want to know what my temp was on Tuesday.

The doc (actually a young girl from college i knew) was concerned because I didn’t have a sore throat but had a high fever. So I took a urine test and blood test and was told to watch the fever to make sure it came down and that I probably had the early onset of some strange viral illness.

Well, I went home and sweated and popped extra strength Tylenol for the next 24 hours and my temp dropped. On Friday, I got a call from the doctor indicating that the tests didn’t show anything and that it was good my fever went away. However, they want a repeat (in case of lab error) because my platelets and hematocrit were a bit on the low side (touching on the anemic) and that there was a trace of protein in my urine. I being a worry wart, asked her, let’s assume it is not a lab mistake, is it the end of the world? She said no, but wanted a retest anyways.

My questions. I am puzzled because I just gave blood a month ago and they test for hematrocrit and platelets to make sure you are ok – my scores according to the Stanford Blook bank were fine. Could my anemic-like readings have possibly, possibly, anything to do with the iron storage mechanism during a viral infection as described in PPLP? (the story of your friend with the girlfriend with the peg pig). I find it hard to believe that after a year of eating a pound of beef a day that I am suddenly slightly anemic after one blood donation.

Also, I didn’t share with the doc that I am on an essentially zero carb diet. Do ketones or protein by products show up as ‘trace protein’ in urine? Of course, now my parents are freaking over the organic grassfed meat I eat and want me to ‘eat by my blood type’, which being A+ is an opposite diet of high carb, low fat, veggie stuff… (my concession to them for my next test is to eat a lot of chicken and more salads – this I can do, no way i am eating carbs for health)

Can I get your thoughts on these topics Dr. Eades? I know it is not medical advice, I just wanted your thoughts. If one is on a low carb diet, can one simply eat a bunch of carbs in the morning of a afternoon blood test to not have ketone state by the afternoon?

It went through, and I answered it on the other post.

“Mistakes Were Made–but not by me” was a wonderful book. As I read it, I wondered if the authors are now willing to admit that since General Petraeus took over we are finally winning the war in Iraq, or if they might be using confirmation bias to justify their belief that we still need to pull our forces gradually out of that country. But that’s another story.

As I read through example after example of the mechanisms we use for self-justification, I realized that the low carbers among us have very little chance of converting the majority of mainstream academicians, politicians and members of the media to our way of thinking. But studies keep coming out and confirming the value of low carbing. People keep following the lowcarb lifestyle, losing weight and feeling better. Eventually the tide will turn, and eventually people will say, “Low carbing? Why we’ve always believe that’s the best way to eat!” Until then, please continue to be the good-humored voiced in the wilderness that you are.

I came to the same conclusion about the difficulty of converting the lipophobes. But, with enough evidence, it will finally happen. And your right that they will then say that they had known it all along. The Schopenhauer quote at the start of the Protein Power LifePlan says it all:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/07/health/research/07diabetes.html?ex=1213502400&en=1a1c31035c4556bc&ei=5070&emc=eta1

This, I think, is the same issue I mentioned to you in my email, that it may be that insulin is the culprit in heart disease, not blood sugar. I would really appreciate if you could comment on this.

Thank you,
Stefan

I believe that you’re right. I haven’t read this paper yet, but I suspect the reason that the tight blood sugar control didn’t help is because the tight blood sugar control came as a consequence of higher insulin levels.

MRE