Low Carb High Fat Diet

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Quantifying Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

There’s a very informative new video out by a geneticist, James McCarter, who was speaking at a Quantified Self meeting about his experiences with low-carb high-fat diets. This short video is really worth watching.

The Effects of a Year in Ketosis by James McCarter from Quantified Self on Vimeo.

In addition to talking about some of the very specific effects of following a low-carb high-fat diet, he touches on a few of the issues that we don’t address enough, Including dealing with muscle cramps, and the effect of salt on our health. He also discusses the way that low-carb high-fat diets can change our perception of temperature, making us colder sooner. (I know this is been an issue for me, and I’ll bet it’s been an issue for some of you as well.)

We have a lot of N=1 testimonials about low-carb high-fat living, but not all of them come from experience geneticists, and not all cite such extensive and interesting studies. If you have skeptical relatives, this is a great seven-minute video to share with them.

Being Fat on a Low-Carb High-Fat Diet

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this to any of you, but I’m fat. Why Is It All About Losing Weight? I didn’t start eating in a low-carb high-fat way just because I thought it was going to be healthy for me. I started eating low-carb high-fat because I thought it was going to help…

Vitamins and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

Vitamins are a controversial subject. There are some people who say that taking vitamins is just a way of making your urine more expensive. Other people say that vitamins are critical to getting full nutrition. On a low-carb high-fat diet, as with any diet where you are selecting some foods and avoiding others, it’s important…

Glycemic Index and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

It’s always fun to notice when the media are trolling your lifestyle choices. Sometimes it’s a rumor, sometimes it’s an appeal to common sense, and sometimes it’s a sneaky spin on scientific research. Recently one of the latter variety has been making the rounds in the blogs, based on a study pointing out that the…

Tolerance and Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

One of the things that’s most amazing that human beings is the variety of foods that we can survive on. It our genetically powerful adaptability that makes it difficult for people to choose one way eating or another, especially when there’re so many significant health implications being touted for one diet or another. As somebody…

Nuts About Nuts on a Low-Carb High-Fat Diet

I’ll admit it, I’m nuts about nuts. I know this won’t be the first time you’ve heard something like that, but it bears repeating because nuts are just so good. Working in an office where they people who stock the break room have decided that fat is the most evil thing you can eat, but…

How Sugar Affects the Brain

I was just browsing through TED videos on a lazy Saturday morning, and came across this little gem that I wanted to share with you. It’s great to see popular forums like TED getting wise to the issue of sugar and starch in the diet. Enjoy and share!

Invincible Coconut Chai Tea for Low-Carb High-Fat Diets

I love to follow the trends in popular nutrition. Lately I’ve been reading a lot about the Bulletproof Executive Diet, and in particular the new drink that’s becoming popular among my office mates, coffee with melted butter in it. Among the things that the people who follow the Bulletproof Executive say about their drink is that it…

Carbohydrates Solve Everything (NOT!)

This morning I was reading a book about writing. It’s a subject that I enjoy reading about–when I’m not actually writing. I like to read nonfiction the way that a lot of people read fiction, because it gives me a chance to imagine myself as the subject of a different reality. In this case, the…

Low Carb High Fat Diet Video by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt

I was just going through my archives, and came across this great video from 2011 that I’ve shared with friends and family to help them understand why a low-carb high-fat diet is so much more healthy and sustainable. Please feel free to share this link with anyone you know who’s still skeptical or confused about…