I actually really appreciate and respect that you take the time to do this. I didn’t see that you had answered my question when I made the second comment, or that it was still waiting to be moderated. I wasn’t meaning to sound impatient in any way, sorry if it did.

Best of luck with the book.

Alex

Hey Alex–

MRE

I posted a question on here a few days ago about that “geek to freak” weight gain and saw that it was waiting to be moderated, but now I don’t see it.

Like I said I couldn’t really find a great spot to ask you about that, so I thought your blog would be OK. I realize it’s not really relevant to this blog, so would there be a better place to ask you about that? Should I email the question somewhere?

I understand you have a lot on your hands and if this isn’t something you can answer for free I am willing to pay you. The thing is that I want to try and replicate what he did, but I don’t want to waste my time if it’s not possible.

Thanks,

Alex

Hey Alex–

MRE

“This is absurd, not only is he a real doctor, but he is an expert on statin research. Statins are not controversial to anyone in the medical establishment, the fact is they lower your cholesterol and lower your risk of atherosclerosis and resultant MI. I am a medical student and find absolutely no problem with this ad. Look, the people on the herpes commercial probably don’t have herpes, and certainly don’t have medical degrees, but people don’t get up in arms about them. Dr. Jarvik is an expert in the area he is endorsing. Who cares if patients go to their doctor and say “oh, I saw the Lipitor commercial doc, could this drug work for me?” It will only accomplish 2 things 1)increased awarenes and discussion and evaluation of hypercholesterolemia and 2)the physician prescribing a drug he sees fit.”

Figured you’d be happy to know that statins aren’t controversial to anyone in the medical establishment! Maybe establishment is the key word.

Looks like we’re training up a whole new generation of statinators.

MRE

Certainly a lot. When I was a student I lived on the 17th floor in one of the highest buildings of Metz (France) we threw a lot of paper planes and had only 1 in 5 fly so smoothly. I even had once a case, absolutely unique and nobody believed me but I know what I saw. The paper plan made an incredibly straight flight, almost no deviation from a beautiful line, it went stuck in the tree placed at the building across.
Here on google maps
http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&geocode=&q=metz,+1+rue+charles+nauroy&sll=49.148226,6.166162&sspn=0.020688,0.059052&ie=UTF8&ll=49.136038,6.162981&spn=0.002587,0.007381&t=h&z=18&om=0
you can see where the 17 story building stood (the cranes are still visible) and the plane flew to the large building to the north. That’s approximately 500ft.

I read your book after seeing it on the recommended books from the best-selling author Tim Ferriss on his website regarding his diet. He claims he gained 34lbs of muscle in 28 days. Is that possible without steroids like he says? The reason I bought your book was I was hoping to get some insight — and I did learn a lot — but now I am beginning to think that wasn’t even possible. I mean, he looks 10 years older in his “after” picture.

Here is the link to his “experiment”. http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2007/04/29/from-geek-to-freak-how-i-gained-34-lbs-of-muscle-in-4-weeks/
I would like to try to replicate it.

Thanks Doctor Eades.

Hi Alex–

MRE

I just tried it, and it works fine. Make sure you’re clicking on the YouTube video at the bottom and not the picture of the paper airplane at the top of the post.

We fed our own kids the same stuff we ate. They complained bitterly about it but pretty much hew to the low-carb way as adults. The two who have children of their own limit the amount of carbs their kids get. It’s a tough row to hoe, but it pays off in the end.