I missed my 4 twelvemonth blogversary!
My weblog has existed since August 2012. I would take away hold celebrated sooner, but August 2016 blew correct yesteryear me. (Probably because I was mired inwards a deep as well as longstanding depression, which I thought I was starting to come upwards out of, but which is genuinely dorsum inwards total forcefulness as well as only lifted temporarily.) As of this writing, at that topographic point are 242 posts. I don’t yell upwards I hitting my pace until sometime mid-2013, but at that topographic point are a dyad of gems going dorsum every bit far every bit September 2012.
For those of you lot who institute me a few years into my blathering blogging, as well as since novel people stumble upon my weblog every week, I thought it would hold upwards overnice to start the novel twelvemonth yesteryear sharing a alternative of my personal favorite posts for those of you lot who take away hold only late tuned in, every bit good every bit for whatever of you lot who are wondering what the “must read” posts are. (In my opinion, anyway.) I tried to purge all my depression carb as well as keto-related anger inwards a few posts prior to the closed of 2016 then that I could start 2017 on a to a greater extent than positive note. I can’t hope I won’t post whatever to a greater extent than rants inwards the hereafter (I yell upwards nosotros tin ship away all concord I’m non physically capable of belongings it in), but I am going to attempt to stick to things that are a picayune to a greater extent than scientific, every bit good every bit posting tips as well as insights that are helpful for next these types of diets inwards the existent world.
With no farther ado, hither are my pinnacle 10 favorites, inwards no detail order, except that the firstly i is in all likelihood nearest as well as dearest to my centre as well as resonates alongside me, personally, the most deeply:
A takedown of the thought that obesity causes the myriad other weather condition it’s “associated with” (such every bit type 2 diabetes, centre disease, infertility, etc.), rather than it beingness yet some other effect or symptom of underlying metabolic or hormonal dysfunction that is the true cause of health problems, as well as which occurs inwards people of all shapes as well as sizes, including those who are underweight or at a “normal” or “healthy” BMI (whatever the heck that fifty-fifty is, anyway). If, similar me, you lot are tired of everything from cancer to a broken arm to a hangnail beingness blamed on somebody’s trunk weight, as well as you’re tired of people thinking they tin ship away brand assumptions nigh someone’s dietary as well as exercise habits based on zero but the size of their body, this one’s for you!
An 8-part serial (so far…there volition hold upwards more) that explores the underappreciated role of insulin inwards driving chronic illness inwards the industrialized world, as well as why a myopic focus only on blood glucose has blinded us to a much to a greater extent than insidious as well as widespread problem. (Click hither for an editorial I co-authored alongside Dr. Jason Fung on the topic.)
Within the insulin series, I honestly love all the posts, but if I had to pick favorites, I’d tell they are part 6 (in which I wrote nigh the concept of “TOFI” – sparse outside, obese inside, as well as how beingness “thin” does not hateful someone is immune to the horrible consequences of chronically elevated insulin); part 3 (in which I wrote nigh the underappreciated role of glucagon inwards problems alongside blood carbohydrate regulation, inspired yesteryear this video, which is absolutely worth your fourth dimension to lookout adult man when you lot take away hold 45 minutes to spare); as well as part 2 (in which I wrote nigh associations causal relationships betwixt chronic hyperinsulinemia and/or hyperglycemia as well as a whole slew of wellness issues: hypertension, centre disease, PCOS, erectile dysfunction, kidney disease, gout, pitiful eyesight, as well as inner-ear as well as residuum disorders (e.g., vertigo, tinnitus, Ménière’s disease), which are typically deemed “idiopathic,” important no i knows what causes them. (Um, I yell upwards nosotros produce now.) Really, though all 8 parts are worth reading, if I produce tell then myself.
An eye-opening hold back at the not-at-all surprising link betwixt statin drugs as well as increased peril for type 2 diabetes. (Sneak peek: inwards add-on to lowering cholesterol [which is problematic inwards itself], statins interfere alongside synthesis of special proteins required for proper pancreatic beta-cell function. Nice, huh?) I volition in all likelihood write a scathing post roofing novel as well as fifty-fifty to a greater extent than terrible things I’ve learned nigh statins since writing this one, but if you lot desire to become direct to the source on the novel stuff, this newspaper volition brand you lot furious. (Email me if you’d similar the total text.)
A science-heavy (sort of) serial roofing just what it says – the metabolic theory of cancer. (That is, the thought that cancer is non caused yesteryear genetic mutations, but rather, yesteryear metabolic aberrations stemming from rampant mitochondrial dysfunction.) This serial contains lots of explanations of biochemical processes. If you lot prefer my rants, this is non for you. On the other hand, if you lot are looking for plain-English explanations of some semi-high-level biochemical “stuff,” this is guaranteed to blow your heed a bit.
Within the cancer series, my favorite posts are Aerobic Fermentation (a.k.a. “The Warburg Effect”), Glycolysis Run Amok & Mutant Hexokinase, Mutations Vs, Mitochondria (my personal #1), as well as Cancer every bit a Protective Mechanism. Unfortunately, if you lot don’t take away hold at to the lowest degree a picayune steeping inwards the biological scientific discipline of cancer cells, you’ll take away hold to start at the beginning as well as progress through the serial inwards order. But it’s totally worth the toll of admission, I promise! (And considering admission is free, you lot are genuinely making out similar a bandit on this deal!)
My speculation on why some people coast through life never having to give a thought to trunk weight regulation, acre others (like me!) seem to accumulate 2nd chins as well as extra-large saddlebags just looking at a cupcake. Why are at that topographic point people who seemingly don’t gain trunk obese no thing what or how much they eat, acre others seemingly can’t not gain trunk fat, fifty-fifty when they “eat less as well as motion more?” Why, oh WHY, is getting to as well as maintaining a lean physique completely effortless for some, as well as so, so damn difficult for others? (But I’m non bitter or anything…) ;D
The phrase “calories out” is besides oftentimes used to covert only the calories that are “burned” during deliberate exercise or low-level physical activity, rather than the myriad biochemical processes over which nosotros take away hold no witting control, as well as which are responsible for expending the vast bulk of calories nosotros burn loose energy our bodies use. When nosotros lay trunk weight rule downwardly to eating less as well as exercising to a greater extent than – that is, taking inwards less loose energy than nosotros expend through deliberate physical action – nosotros completely ignore the massive amount of loose energy our bodies expend just to maintain us alive, whether we’re running a marathon or lying on the sofa. Why produce some people’s bodies seem to usage then much to a greater extent than loose energy for the unconscious processes than others’? That is, why are some people’s basal metabolic rates then much higher than others’? It’s non only nigh having to a greater extent than skeletal musculus mass. Something else is at work, as well as until nosotros admit this as well as uncovering ways to address it, many attempts at forcing obese loss inwards the brusk term (by eating less as well as moving more) volition neglect inwards the long term.
A deep-dive (a.k.a. extra-long post) into the concept of vitamin J. (Spoiler alert: it’s joy.) You tin ship away take away hold the most pristine diet, the most hardcore workout program, a stockpile of fancy-schmancy super-expensive supplements, walk barefoot on the grass, article of apparel special light-blocking goggles at nighttime to assistance entrain your circadian beat better, as well as estimate what? None of that matters if you lot abhor your life. I could tell more, but, well…just read the post if you lot take away hold been trying—and failing—to “fix” your life only yesteryear addressing your wellness as well as physique. Contrary to what nosotros take away heed via social media, there’s to a greater extent than to life than avoiding carbs as well as vegetable oils.
As I reiterated inwards my epic year-end rant nigh strict ketogenic diets, some folks usage these damage interchangeably, as well as they’re non interchangeable. There are of import distinctions, as well as acre some people mightiness scrap this is only semantics, inwards my estimation, lumping these 2 approaches together every bit if they’re the same is leading to problems when people attempt to follow these diets over the long term, or when detail circumstances postulate tweaks as well as changes inwards application.
A shorter as well as much lighter version of the aforementioned keto rant. Contrary to what some mightiness believe, at that topographic point are, inwards fact, human beings who tin ship away eat potatoes, fruit, legumes, as well as grains without becoming diabetic, obese, infertile, depressed, or keel over straightaway from a centre attack. Really, there are.
My thoughts on why the backlash against depression carb high obese diets is non based inwards science, but rather, inwards the prudish as well as puritanical attitudes nosotros take away hold inwards the USA toward rich, fatty, succulent fauna foods. Can you lot imagine an Italian turning his olfactory organ upwards at prosciutto? H5N1 Spaniard maxim no to a sizzling chorizo, alongside a chunk of manchego cheese on the side? Or a Greek human being passing upwards a nice, juicy slice of roasted lamb leg inwards favor of fat-free feta? Please. Some of the backlash against depression carb diets comes from people who are withal brainwashed yesteryear the depression fat, healthywholegrains “thing,” as well as who avoid obese fauna foods for ostensible wellness reasons, but inwards my opinion, it’s much to a greater extent than a production of people simply non beingness able to wrap their heads to a greater extent than or less the thought that it’s neither sinful nor downright deadly to indulge inwards the delicious flesh of a dead animal.
Honorable Mentions:
Why produce then many medical professionals either ignore the stunning efficacy of low-carb diets, or worse, actively warn patients against implementing this potentially lifesaving nutritional strategy? Do they e'er experience similar failures when patient afterward patient only continues to acquire worse, as well as requires ever-increasing doses of medications alongside unsafe side-effects? Do they e'er halt to wonder why their patients’ wellness deteriorates? Do they assume patients don’t follow their advice, rather than stopping to interrogation if perhaps the advice, itself, is the problem? (There was a follow-up post every bit well, inwards which I pointed out that many of the physicians who usage depression carb as well as ketogenic diets inwards their practices take away hold come upwards to produce then afterward trying to acquire salubrious or lose weight alongside the conventional advice themselves, and failing.)
An exploration of the construction as well as business office of the entire digestive tract, north-to-south, from the encephalon to the bunghole. (No, the brain is non technically part of the digestive tract, but it’s definitely a actor inwards what, when, as well as how much nosotros eat, as well as how good nosotros produce or produce non digest what nosotros eat.) Ever wonder just what the heck your gallbladder is for, or what your pancreas does aside from helping to regulate blood sugar? This is your run a peril to uncovering out. I covert it all: leaky gut (and the connexion to autoimmune conditions), hypochlorhydria (low breadbasket acid, as well as why antacids are a terrible idea, because stomach acid is proficient for you), constipation (and its connections to depression), as well as more!
Some of my real firstly posts, from dorsum inwards 2012!
Saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated. What produce these damage mean, as well as what are the implications for the unlike fats nosotros should favor for hot applications versus mutual depression temperature applications, as well as which oils nosotros mightiness desire to avoid ever eating. (Sneak peek: there’s a argue you lot never encounter recipes calling for deep-frying anything inwards flaxseed oil, as well as you lot don’t brand salad dressings alongside beef tallow.) Also: what, exactly, are trans fats, as well as why are they then undesirable inwards the nutrient supply? And omega-6 & omega-3s – where produce these damage come upwards from? What produce those numbers mean? I become through all of that as well as more! (Gets a picayune technical, peculiarly inwards the post nigh trans fats, but if you’d similar a proficient layman’s intro to the chemical scientific discipline of this materials [or demand assistance falling asleep], this volition hold upwards up your alley.)
Happy Reading!
P.S. Did I immature adult woman anything? Do you lot take away hold a favorite post I didn't mention? Are you lot a fan of being inwards ketosis versus beingness fat-adapted?
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