I encourage John P to watch the documentary Cereal Killers. It is available online for free. It highlights the work of
Dr/Prof Timothy Noakes, the experience of
Dr. Peter Bruckner and the Australian Cricket Team (world class atheletes who've changed their eating habits), and Donall O'Neill who tries to avoid following in his father's footsteps of heart disease.
If John P were really interested in learning more about this, he'd watch the film. I am a person who has been successful on a new way of eating. I am not a research scientist who is equipped to have an academic conversation about a subject. I am not being defensive. I am pointing John in the direction of learning.
Suffice to say there is a paradigm shift happening in the field of nutrition.
Paradigm shifts are huge. Change doesn't happen easily. From another horizon in my life, I've had to learn a little bit about how change happens in a community. First there are the innovators, then the early adopters come on board. These groups are sometimes referred to as the visionaries and enthusiasts. Once the word spreads, then the early majority comes on board, the late marjority and then the laggards.
The chart attached illuminates this more.
Also, as a side bar to this -- I can eat 2 pounds of butter in one week and not gain weight as long as my carbs are strictly in check.
Grass fed butter would be a better choice because it's not built out of corn == a primary ingredient that's now become mainstream in North American agriculture (if you are a cattle farmer, you'll know that the fastest way to fatten up cattle for sale is to feed them corn.)
I don't want to eat 2 pounds of butter in one week. But my experience since being in maintenance on Ideal Protein is that my body is a lot more forgiving of fats than it is of carbs, sugars and too much protein.
Lisa, n = 1 -- absolutely. This is the only body I have good knowlege of. The reading and documentary film watching I have done in addition reinforces/validates what has been my experience.
Insulin resistance, not producing enough insulin, etc are health issues that challenge proper functioning of the body's digestive system.
Mars -- I really like what you say, 'Cells and organisms are not closed systems. Trying to explain weight loss by applying 'calories in/calories out' it to an open living system like the human body seems simplistic and misguided'
I'll offer another read for JohnP. It's called
KetoClarity -- the first book that actually focuses on explanation of nutritional ketosis alone!
