Hi Bob–

Alcohol definitely has a metabolic effect that lies somewhere between that of fat and that of carbohydrate.  The comment section probably isn’t the best place to lay out the specific effects, so I’ll save it for a more comprehensive post in the future.

Cheers–

MRE 

I have spent a lot of time in Mexico as a result of my consulting business, and, I must tell you, I’ve never had a hard time eating low carb in Mexico. The Mexican food we get in the US, they consider peasant fare, and the higher end restaurants don’t serve anything like it. My favorite dishes in Mexico were cabrito, which is roast kid, and huachinango en sal, which is snapper baked in salt. Also, anything called veracruzano is likely to be good. If you can find machaca sonorense, dried beef beat to airy thinness, don’t turn it down.

Mexican food tends to be very regional. like Italian food, so I don’t know if these dishes are available in Puerto Vallarta. I suspect that hotels in a resort town are catering to American tastes. I got to travel all over provincial Mexico, and found both the food and the cultural variety wonderful and fascinating.

If we meet in LA, we can go to a Oaxacan restaurant, some of which serve fried grasshopper.

Hi Chuck–

Puerto Vallarta has a lot of restaurants that cater to the tourists, but a lot of more traditional ones as well.  It’s pretty easy to low-carb there if you make the effort.

Let’s do Oaxacan.  Sounds good, even the fried grasshopper.  Which I have eaten.  They tasted like grass when I last had them. 

Cheers–

MRE 

Enjoy the weather and all.

Hoping that you might talk about this study when you get back if you haven’t already.
The replacement for Transfats apparently has some insulin response issues, as well as the HDL lowering fun we associate with transfats.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Hi Max–

The study you referenced is on my blog-worthy list.  I’ll try to get to it this week.

Cheers–

MRE