Comments on: Is the mainstream starting to turn?

By: HGH Bench Press

HGH Bench Press — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:36:37 +0000

Excellent post and nice explanation of the main sources that gave me the confidence to go down this dietary route.
Thanks,
Darwin

By: fatboymuscleman

fatboymuscleman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:36:44 +0000

“Get plenty of L-leucine and consume a lot of calories. And do resistance training. I have a friend who is underweight (6′ tall and about 125 lbs) who started this regimen, and he has gained 10 lbs over the past two months.”

Dr. Mike, please post more about this! Also, what about minimum protein requirements to build muscle? I’m sure it isn’t as high as what bodybuilders typically consume (2 grams of protein per lb of weight).

I’m glad you pointed out the l-luecine as it is a ketogenic amino, something I learned a lot about when I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t in ketosis after 5 days. I was taking 2 grams of l-arginine (for NO), 2 grams of l-glutamine (for increased HGH production), and 4 grams of beta-alanine, all glucogenic aminos! I stopped taking these and sure enough, my urine had ketones in it two days later.

By: GulGnu

GulGnu — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:10:39 +0000

“Sounds to me as though your carbs would be low enough.”

Just a passing comment. Both from my own experience and from, for instance, the Israeli study, it appears that the low-carb approach is a very forgiving diet.

I myself lost about 35 pounds in a few months earlier this year by just cutting the high-carb ingredients (pasta, rice, etc.) from dinner every day and laying off snacks and sweets. This largely happened during a period when my exercise habits went south (I got started again towards the end of the period).

As you have also pointed out, the Israeli diet wasn’t terribly strict at all with regards to carbs. And still it works. That’s perhaps the greatest advantage of the low-carb approach: It seems pretty damn robust.

Also, an aside directed to the commenter above describing the whole low-carb vs. low-calory back and forth as a “war”: That kind of attitude and prestige-laden thinking is what got us in this spot in the first place. Let’s all just try to relax, read the data, and draw appropriate conclusions.

By: daniel

daniel — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:18:34 +0000

This is great news!!! I have just started the paleo diet and it seems to be working really well. I am feel the tides are slowly changing also. Although the mediterranean diet did well too but thats ok because I have lots of olive oil, nuts, fish etc.

By: Nicky

Nicky — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:36:10 +0000

Medscape, bless them, will allow you to sign up for their newsletters as a student – and what’s more, as a student in a particular specialty – without any corroborating evidence at all. I get their endocrinology, nursing and med student newsletters. Whilst I have no plans to become any of these things, I’m completely comfortable about admitting to a student’s interest in all of them! Plus, I’ve never had spam as a result of the Medscape account.

By: Ken9

Ken9 — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:56:08 +0000

here’s a video that might be of interest: “Dr. Beatrice Golomb, UCSD Department of Medicine discusses her work with cholesterol drugs effects on other aspects of health and well-being…”

It’s from around the year 2002, but at roughly minute 10 she talks briefly about carbs being bad, and TG, and LDL particle size. The video is about an hour, and seemingly is one of the efforts that doctors do to get trial volunteers. I wish she had a more recent one out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG-IARKXS4Q&feature=related

In my opinion, a slight nod to reducing high-glycemic carbs can’t overcome 59 minutes of pro-statin/the lipid hypothesis is right blarney.

By: Kathy from Maine

Kathy from Maine — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 12:11:26 +0000

Why not 1/4 cup of heavy cream added to those whey protein shakes? Low in carbs and adds some heft and staying power to the shakes.

I use the whey protein powder, 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1 or 2 egg yolks, and a smidgen of vanilla extract and nutmeg. Tastes just like eggnog.

By: David

David — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:30:32 +0000

Hi Dr Eades! lets say my goal is to consume around 1800 calories a day for weight loss purposes. Does it make any difference to eat 3 or 8 meals a day keeping that 1800 calories? Sometimes I am not hungry at all and would rather have a piece of something here and there. From a metabolism point of view in your opinion is it better to just eat 3 square meals or eat as many times as I want as long as calories are within range and carb are low?

Most of the studies I’ve seen indicate that skewing caloric intake toward earlier in the day seems to promote better weight loss. I’m not sure that spreading 1800 kcal between many small meals or three regular ones would make much difference.

By: steve

steve — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:13:32 +0000

Sounds to me as though your carbs would be low enough. The only problem I have is with the soy milk – I don�t really think soy is something that should be consumed in large amounts on a daily basis. I would find another drink.

Would skim milk be ok to add whey protein powder to instead of soy, or is there to much carbs and sugar in it? Plain water with protein powder not as filling.

Thanks for the input! Will see if the LDL profile changes to large particles from low carb route!

In my opinion, skim milk with added whey is better than soy if you can tolerate it. It don’t think it’s any higher in carb than soy milk.

By: peter

peter — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:30:06 +0000

Great description of your workout, doctor. It sounds like Fred would make a great training partner. I find that training with heavy weights while using fewer reps causes far less wear and tear on my joints in comparison with using light weights. just out of interest, since i started training heavy with lots of rest, my bench press has gone up from 135 pounds to 200 in a short timespan. I had been stuck on 135 for, well, what felt like 135 years.