Comments on: Hard at work on Orcas Island

By: Eivor Baillie

Eivor Baillie — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:53:37 +0000

Hello,
Thanks for your wonderful book (Protein Power). I first saw it when I had visited a friend on Orcas Island, hence this mail! It was funny to see you being there now, like a circle closing!
Liz, my friend, being a nurse, had got your book from somewhere and she lent it to me. Going back on the ferry I could not put it down. Now I have my own copy and often refer to it. Liz has moved to Anacortes, but we are still good friends so I sent her this link, she will enjoy it.
I had radiation 1983, chemo 1985 (Hodgkins) and and my thyroid was affected. Have taken medication since then, For many, many years I have had very high cholesterol (299 tops) levels, but when I do protein diet it is always going down. I had just changed thyroid medication and have been doing “the diet”, my cholesterol is now a mere 228 (HDL59, non-HDL 169) ! I eat healthy, move a lot and no family history of high cholesterol, so I refuse to start taking statins! Now I will renew my efforts regarding diet and read your book again. Unfortunately the new medication I started in March is not available now (Armour) so just changed again, to Syntroid and Cytomel), will be interesting to see how that goes. Thank so much, Sincerely Eivor Baillie in Sacramento

I’m glad you got the book no matter how you got it. I’m writing these very words as I sit overlooking the sound on Orcas Island, so it has come even more full circle.

By: SassaFrass

SassaFrass — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:25:14 +0000

I love our great Puget Sound. Wish I lived out in the islands and had a boat though. Oh well, Mountain dwelling is close enough to heaven for me anyway.

I’ll have to take a look at the name of the book again (still working on bringing my memory up to par!)

Love your blog. I wish more professionals were as knowledgeable as you, instead of being brainwashed by non-scientific junk.

Have a great day!

Thanks. You, too.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:22:50 +0000

I LOVE YOUR BOOKS, Blog and ideas. I’ve just read ‘The Vegetarian Myth’ and last year I read Taubes’, ‘Good Calories, Bad Calories’. I’ve had a year of being more of a reading dervish than normal. I have been eating high fat food for an annum and thinking, observing and teaching BETTER. I made a stunning observation this week. I am around an autistic girl. I have overheard her say (only) these words. “ice cream, snack, lollipop, brownie, orange, french fries, potato chip”. Pre-Eades, Pre-Keith, Pre-Taubes, Pre-Fat Head, I would not have paid any attention to this. I think in this child’s foggy autistic mind and body her cells must be SCREAMING for some FATTY BRAIN FUEL. (I teach biochemistry at a women’s college and I am preaching the high-fat, low carb gospel).

I suspect you’re right about this child’s need for more fat, although fat doesn’t really penetrate the blood brain barrier. Ketone bodies, however, do. Many autistic children have gluten intolerance, so if her diet is reflected in her language choices, I would suspect she’s getting more than enough grain.

By: LCforevah

LCforevah — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:02:30 +0000

Golooram

If it’s okay to eat dairy, 2 oz of pure cream cheese, 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream, and then, 1/4 cup of macadamia nuts, for a total of 1200 to 1500 calories through out the day, in five small meals. Atkins considered cream cheese and mac nuts the best for conducting a fat fast, which should last no more than 3 to 5 days due to the lack of protein.

http://www.carbsmart.com/fatfast.html There are a lot more details at this site.

Ramona

Thanks for another fab fat fast recipe.

By: SheRa

SheRa — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:47:16 +0000

Ordered my copy today and Fathead through your link. Hope you go to #1.

Thanks. I do, too.

By: Ramona Denton

Ramona Denton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:52:41 +0000

Dr. Mike,
Great post!! Thanks for the review. I’ve just ordered my copy.
I have been looking for a book like this for a while. I will be very glad to dig in when I get it.
Ramona Denton

By: Ramona Denton

Ramona Denton — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:50:07 +0000

Golooraam,
Can you eat milk products on these meatless days?
If you don’t object to dairy fat, and need some extra fat on your meatless days, try this to improve your satiety level: mix a generous 2 TBS each of sour cream and whipped cream cheese. You can add vanilla, a few berries and/or sugar free flavoring. This is a delicious yogurt/pudding-like dessert without all the carbs. I find this to be very satisfying, and it keeps me from wanting to indulge in those deadly carbs! If you like coffee, it is especially good with a cup of coffee – coffee and cheesecake, right?
Protein powder adds some protein, but changes the texture, so I usually get my protein elsewhere.
Ramona

By: Luca Bolognese

Luca Bolognese — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:41:37 +0000

Mike: thanks for your reply. I agree that comments aren’t the right format for describing your supplement regime. A blog post would be great.

Pete: I did go through the blog and read PPLP, that’s how I came up with my list. The blog and PPLP don’t talk about:
1. Krill oil
2. Curcumin
3. R-lipoic acid
4. Why coQ10 taken occasionally, not daily
5. Why multi taken occasionally, not daily
6. Why the appendix on supplements of PPLP is different in content than the product sold on this web site (or Mike’s regime)

If these are described and I miss it, please correct me. In any case, it would be good for Mike to blog about it, instead of us trying to infer his reasons from scattered comments here and there.

By: ida

ida — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:14:42 +0000

dr. eades,

just had to say thank you! i so appreciate the advice on supplements…i’ve always taken multis, never took separate supplements…will now try to take them individually and see what happens. and in my 49 years you are the first doctor to suggest this….!

Good luck. Hope you discover the culprit that’s causing your nausea. It’s a sort of expensive and time consuming process, but it should pay dividends in the long run. Start off testing magnesium and potassium, because those are important supplements that you should be taking if you can.

By: pete

pete — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:24:29 +0000

Golooraam,

Rather than eating olive or coconut oil by itself, why not boil a bunch of cruciferous vegetables, such as a head of broccoli or cabbage, and pour the oil overtop. You could do this a few times during the day. The carb count of the veg will be miniscule, given the deduction of fibre. Makes more sense to me than eating, or rather, drinking, oil. And, far more palatable.

Luca,

Not to sound condescending, but I think PPLP goes into good detail about the importance of different supplements. Also, Dr. Mike has, in this blog, explained previously the importance of most, if not all, of the supplements you listed. I suggest surfing through the blog using the search function.