Push up | 0 | 26 | Bench | 105-125-140-105 | 5x5x5x5 | Press | 65-75-95-85-65 | 5x5x3x2x5 | Tricep Stack | 65-67-70-65 | 5x5x5x5 | DB Lat Raise | 10-15-20-10 | 5x5x5x5 |
Jan 23, 2023
Jan 22, 2023
TotalGym Row | #4 | 30 | Face Pullback | #3 | 10 | Back Extension Machine | 105 | 14 | |||
Pulldown | 75 | 14 | Ab Pulldown | 75 | 14 | Back Extension | 0 | 14 | Twists | 55 | 16 |
The other side of the coin:
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Good morning!
WHY I’M NOT A FAN OF KETOGENIC DIETS
For about 1.5 years I ate a strict carnivore diet of meat, organs, animal fat and salt… this put me in ketosis because I was eating essentially zero carbohydrates, and I ended up with some pretty bad muscle cramps, palpitations, sleep and hormone issues.
I was also living in San Diego at the time and always a little cold, which was another sign my hormones were off. No bueno.
I knew there were benefits to leaving vegetables out of my diet (the more toxic plant foods IMO), but I had to reevaluate my perspective on long term ketosis in humans…
Because as soon as I incorporated carbohydrates in the form of fruit and honey back into my diet everything got better.
And I started looking at the research and came to the conclusion that long term ketosis is not good for humans.
This of course got a bunch of carnivore and keto panties in a bunch…
But I say if you are thriving don’t change a thing, but if you aren’t, then start questioning your beliefs. That’s what I did and my health improved massively.
And in this week’s newsletter I’m going to share some studies that give me concern about the harmful effects of a ketogenic diet in humans.
Firstly, studies show that ketogenic diets can be harmful for bone health:
A Short-Term Ketogenic Diet Impairs Markers of Bone Health in Response to Exercise concludes:
“markers of bone modeling/remodeling were impaired after short-term LCHF diet, and only a marker of resorption recovered after acute CHO restoration.”
And this study shows that a ketogenic diet can contribute to kidney stones, reduced bone density and increased bone resorption.
Another huge concern I have with ketogenic diets is the impact on hormonal health. Because something that happens to essentially everyone I’ve seen on a ketogenic diet is that their thyroid hormones go a little bit wonky and their T3 goes low.
And you don’t want low T3 guys. It negatively impacts your basal metabolic rate and your hormones.
And we see this with ketogenic diets in the research…if you look at the thyroid labs of anyone who’s done long term ketosis, you will see that they are typically out of whack and their T3 is low.
It happened to me on my carnivore diet but resolved when I included carbohydrates back in my diet.
Check out this study: Isocaloric carbohydrate deprivation induces protein catabolism despite a low T3-syndrome in healthy men
According to this study, not only did a low-carbohydrate diet decrease T3 levels, but it also led to increased protein catabolism, which is loss of muscle. Not good.
Here’s another fascinating study:
Modification of immune responses to exercise by carbohydrate, glutamine and anti-oxidant supplements
“An athlete exercising in a carbohydrate-depleted state experiences larger increases in circulating stress hormones and a greater perturbation of several immune function indices…
Consuming carbohydrate during exercise attenuates rises in stress hormones, such as cortisol, and appears to limit the degree of exercise-induced immunosuppression, at least for non-fatiguing bouts of exercise.”
So again this study shows that having more carbohydrates in your diet, especially consuming them during exercise resulted in improvement in stress hormones, after exercise.
And I think it’s hard for anyone to argue that carbohydrates don’t have a benefit in situations like this.
Because you don’t want post-exercise immune suppression, and you don’t want huge spikes in your cortisol.
These things only serve to limit your progress long term and carbohydrates help with this.
One more paper from 2010:
And what it showed is that after intensive exercise, free testosterone: cortisol ratios looked way better for people eating carbohydrates vs people who were not.
And I know for me, I’m surfing 2-3 hours every day and it’s intense. The last thing I want is for my free testosterone: cortisol ratio to be negatively impacted.
This free testosterone: cortisol ratio is a super important thing to know. Because it really doesn’t matter how high your testosterone is if your cortisol is also through the roof from overtraining.
And it’s not that easy to check. It would be great if there was something akin to a continuous glucose monitor for doing this. Something you could put on your sleeve and you could tell if you’ve overtrained.
So again, this study showed that consuming carbohydrates after intensive exercise had a positive impact on the free testosterone: cortisol ratio. Very cool.
But this has been part of my journey and going down the rabbit hole as I lost my religion of ketosis over the last few years.
It’s not to say that I don’t appreciate some benefits to ketosis and how it helps us understand the molecular mechanisms of obesity, satiety and nutritional paradigms that are ideal for humans in general…
But I don’t think it’s ideal for humans at all. I believe humans do WAY better with carbohydrates.
WHICH SOURCE OF CARBOHYDRATES?
I am not a fan of carbohydrates that come from the stem, root, leaf or seed of plants, because these are going to come with a bunch of defense chemicals.
I prefer to get my carbohydrates from the least toxic sources, which is fruit, fresh fruit juice, honey, maple syrup, and raw milk.
And like I said, I’m surfing 2-3 hours every day and I’m eating a significant amount of carbohydrates every day now.
Sometimes 300+ grams which I can pretty easily get from fruit, raw milk, maple syrup, honey, and fruit juice.
I don’t eat any grains because I believe fruit is a better source of carbohydrates.
But if you were going to eat grains then I would suggest white rice above anything else. It’s better than brown rice because the hull has been stripped off.
I am not a fan of oats or wheat. These plants have a lot of defence chemicals like gluten, lectins and phytic acid which can cause issues for a lot of people. I don’t think they will serve you well.
So I think white rice is potentially the most benign of grain-based carbohydrates. But I do not eat it myself because I think fruit, honey, maple syrup, fruit juice and raw milk are the best sources of carbohydrates because the lack defence chemicals.
Jan 20, 2023
Jan 18, 2023
Leg Press | 215-230-215 | 6x6x6 | Toe Raise | 230 | 14 | Deadlift | 135-155-170-135 | 5x5x1x5 | Hammer Pulldown | 110-115 | 5×8 |
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Jan 17, 2023
What do the Academy’s internal documents reveal?
Public health researchers and U.S. Right to Know assessed the Academy’s dealings with food, pharmaceutical and agribusiness corporations, and reported these findings:
- The Academy accepted millions of dollars from food, pharmaceutical and agribusiness companies, and had policies to provide favors and benefits in return.
- The Academy and its foundation have invested in ultra-processed food and pharmaceutical companies.
- Academy leaders have been employed by or consulted for multinational food, pharmaceutical and agribusiness corporations.
- The Academy has discussed policies to fit the needs of its food, agribusiness and pharmaceutical industry sponsors.
The documents are posted here.
Jan 16, 2023
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This quote
“It pisses me off that I spent thousands of dollars over the years on insulin, even with insurance, that I have been off of completely for the last six months. Simply by changing my way of eating for life. I was following doctors and diabetic nutritionists’ advice, and continually getting worse. Totally ridiculous.
Eating medium amounts of protein, low carbs from vegetables only, no grains, sugar or high carb veg. and healthy fats without restriction. Going on 4 years, and my diabetes is well controlled, and I’ve lost over 150 lbs. I’m never changing back!”
from this article gives an interesting perspective: namely, what actually works??
Jan 15, 2023
jog/walk | 0.79 | 22:00 | Back Extension Machine | 105 | 14 | Hammer Row | 80 | 14 | Pulldown | 75 | 14 | DB Clean | 15-20-25 | 5x5x5 |
Ab Pulldown | 75 | 14 | Face Pullback | 30 | 14 | Back Extension | 0 | 14 | Twists | 55 | 16 |
01/07/23 | LH Caps LB Caps | NY strip | NY strip | ||||
01/08/23 | 170.4 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger fat trim | hamburger | steak | ||
01/09/23 | 168.4 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | steak | steak | bagel | |
01/10/23 | 170.4 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | chuck steak | berries | T-bone | |
01/11/23 | 170 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | hamburger | hamburger | ||
01/12/23 | 168 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | T-bone broccoli | |||
01/13/23 | 168.4 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | sirloin broccoli | sardines | ||
01/14/23 | 167.8 | LH Caps LB Caps | hamburger | salmon | rib eye | ||
01/15/23 | 167.2 | LH Caps LB Caps | rib eye | squid in butter only | hamburger |
Jan 14, 2023
Older people with higher cholesterol live longer
Interesting article posted here.
NO studies show otherwise.
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Jan 13, 2023
Somehow this seems to the point: List of largest pharmaceutical settlements These are the people putting out the drugs you take and the food you eat and “educating” the MD’s you trust.!!!