Here’s the challenge for you, Dr. Kendrick, the Atkins foundation, Dr. Cordain (he’ll come around soon), etc.: Make your own version of this cartoon with the correct information on fats, protein, carbs and make educated fun of the AHA, ADA, NIH, etc. pointing out the glaring inconsistencies and downright lies that these orgs are disseminating and the damage they perpetrate.

Counter-propaganda is called for in these desperate times! If not, we’ll see Statin Water on the menu at restaurants and the word ‘steak’ will be stricken from the English language.

You and others have the power. Count me in as infantry.

Hi Fred–

I and others may have the intellectual power, but we don’t have the funding.  The AHA is awash in money, and the several hundred thousand dollars required to write, animate, and produce the Bad Fat Brothers cartoon is a drop in the bucket for them.  Not so with Cordain, Kendrick, MD and me.  We’re any of us to have control over even a fraction of the funds that the AHA has, we could wreak some real havoc.  Until then, I’m afraid all we have are our books, blogs and the knowledge that we are in the right.  Doesn’t sound like much, but, remember, with Goliath bearing down on him, all David had was a slingshot. 

Cheers–

MRE 

soooooo many questions! thanks
Lynne

Hi Lynne–

1. I’m not familiar with the diets you mentioned. I, myself, am not a big fan of snacking, but for reasons having nothing to do with serotonin and/or HGH. In fact, I don’t know why you wouldn’t want your serotonin to be increased–it improves mode and reduces hunger. I like to avoid snacking to let the liver do its thing and clear itself of fat.

2. All the business about eating all the time to keep your metabolism up is, in my opinion, nonsense. Your metabolism is a function of your body weight and composition, not of how often you eat. Certain foods do indeed contribute to your total metabolic rate, but it doesn’t really matter whether they are eaten throughout the day or over several meals.

3. You can do other things to burn calories if weight loss is your goal. What we wrote in Slow Burn was that the benefit of exercise come from the increased strength. If you want to increase strength, then resistance exercise is by far the best way. And, in my opinion, Slow Burn is the best way to do resistance exercise. If what you’re wanting to do is simply burn calories, then, by all means, work out 6 hours per day.

4. In Slow Burn we wrote that OVERstretching was not good. Many people try to increase their flexibility by stretching their joints beyond the point to which they should be stretched. They achieve an increase in joint flexibility, but at the expense of a less stable joint. Doing mild stretches to warm up is totally different. I don’t particularly think they help, but they don’t over flex the joints causing joint-capsule looseness.

Hope this helps.

MRE

Progress and enlightenment regarding fat? I don’t think so.

Hi Hellistile–

We’re still in the pre-enlightenment days as far as fat is concerned, but things are changing.  The amount of research accumulating will soon be hard to ignore, although many will try.  We’ve just got to keep fighting the good fight.

Cheers–

MRE 

From http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/opinion/16teicholz.html?ex=1177560000&en=e1a5bb34fd75f57a&ei=5070

“Consuming that much trans fat is far
too easy. The Danish study found that a
large order of McDonald’s French fries
in the United States contains almost six
grams of trans fats, while a large
portion (10 pieces) of Chicken McNuggets
serves up almost four grams. Eaten
together, they deliver nearly 10 grams
of a substance considered so unhealthy
that the National Academy of Sciences
concluded, in 2002, that the only safe
amount of trans fats in the diet is
zero.

In Denmark, that same combination of
McDonald’s fries and chicken contains
less than one gram of trans fats. That
is because, since 2004, the Danes have
limited trans fats to no more than 2
percent of a food’s fat content, by
weight. Now, even the famous Danish
pastry is virtually free of trans fats.”

Hi Vagn–

I’m sure it’s full of the same saturated fats it was full of before the switch to trans fats.  It’s impossible to make good, flaky pastry without either saturated or trans fats.

Cheers–

MRE 

Hi Simon–

I’ll pull the actual paper to see if there is anything to it.

Cheers–

MRE