Comments on: Digest Some Bologna, Readers

By: Sierra Skye

Sierra Skye — Sat, 16 May 2009 06:18:58 +0000

I read your blog in a regular manner, and your way of writing is just awesome.
Please keep going, smile
your sierra

By: Stephy Garmola

Stephy Garmola — Fri, 01 May 2009 04:43:15 +0000

Hi there. Not totally agree with you, but you just gave me an idea for a new eBook regarding \”d » Digest Some Bologna, Readers\”. It is related to cocoa puffs nutrition facts. Thanks.

By: Trinkwasser

Trinkwasser — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:39:01 +0000

To be pedantic, many people do find that low carbing will increase LDL. However the crucial part is that it will almost inevitably slash trigs and increase HDL thus making the LDL less harmful, and tweaking the amount and type of fats, especially those yummy sat fats, in the absence of toxic levels of carbs and insulin, may well bring down the LDL and further increase the HDL. So they came a bit close to a fact there but turned away at the last moment.

There was something not dissimilar on Mayo, I think this one

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/low-carb-diet-diabetes/MY00539

they even did a followup which was equally savaged – and bear in mind the comments that are left have been seriously edited.

Pedants welcomed.

Yes, the LDL figure is meaningless unless you also know the particle size. Big, fluffy LDL doesn’t penetrate the arterial wall. It may even have anti-inflammatory properties. Cutting carbs tends to produce fluffy LDL.

I remember reading up on the egg study. Buried fairly deep in there was a throw-away comment that the subjects who are more eggs were also more likely to smoke. At that point, I had a very strong WTF reaction, given that smoking is probably the #1 cause of heart disease.

Makes sense, though. Since eggs have been demonized, people who eat a lot of them (excluding those of us who know they’re not harmful) are likely to be unconcerned about their health in general.

By: Jason K.

Jason K. — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:41:10 +0000

Tom, I love your DVD its ideal for the people who are just everyday people – I read G.Taubes’ Article ‘What if its been one big fat lie?’ Then I watched his lecture and it made me reflect why i lost weight on Atkins’ diet. Then why i put it back on as quickly as i lost it (went back to HC after missing the bread etc…)
I lost lots of weight and my family were interested in how I’d lost it etc.. I tried to get them to watch G.Taubes’ Lecture on the net but they found it too scientific for them to grasp – Luckily, i found FATHEAD and they watched the whole of it, as it was funny, and they’ve now followed LC and they’ve finally lost the weight they wanted to get rid of !
What angers me is the Medical Profession won’t accept they’ve made a mistake.
People say I’ve just lost muscle – (14.5st / 203lbs) of it apparently.
Those who say I’ve just lost water – its amazing that loss of water also means loss of adipose tissue waist 54inches to 36inches !
FATHEAD was great, my family finally understand that to lose weight they’ve got to cut C as they’ll make the body produce Insulin (the fat producing hormone) which has Alpha Glycerol Phosphate – which binds triglycerides & fatty acids together to produce Adipose tissue.
Keep up the good work Tom ! When they’ll admit they’ve been putting us on the wrong diet – one which makes our bodies produce VLDL i do not know – It’ll probably be wishfull thinking that they will.
Then again losing my fat was once wishfull thinking its not anymore !

As someone pointed out, scientific progress is often the result of funerals. The old guard has to go away and take their biases with them.

Gary Taubes had to decide early on if he was writing a book for the general public or the academic/scientific crowd. He chose the latter because they’re the ones who are driving the misguided agenda.

I like to think we’re fighting the same war, but on two different fronts.

By: Billy

Billy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 14:13:05 +0000

Its no wonder major media companies(newspapers, magazines, tv) are going out of business. People can see straight through the crap they write and pass off as journalism. Thank you for posting this.

They are definitely shooting themselves in the foot.

By: Weekend Link Love

Weekend Link Love — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:27:58 +0000

[...] Reader’s Digest publishes an informed smear against low-carb eating. Thankfully, Fat Head gives the digest article a proper schooling. [...]

By: Judith

Judith — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:23:35 +0000

Sorry, I didn’t make myself clear in my comment above: I meant that the comments on the Reader’s Digest site are all trashing the article. Not one single comment agrees with Dr Anonymous. I enjoy your blog very much, and I loved Fat Head when it was shown here in NZ.

Ah, I see. I haven’t seen the comments on the RD site. That is encouraging. Maybe the tide is turning.

I’ve heard media pundits decry the loss of “community” that we supposedly all shared before the internet and alternative media splintered the audience. Given how often what we “shared” was a biased message from a few sources, I’m personally delighted by the change.

By: Razwell

Razwell — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:24:44 +0000

I LOVE your stuff Tom and support you 100%.

I appreciate the support. The blogging is a new venture for me, and I’m really enjoying it.

By: Judith

Judith — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:29:14 +0000

It’s interesting to see that every one of the 10 comments on the RD article come out in defence of low carb diets, and trash the article. The good word must be getting out somehow.

Let’s hope. But we’re a bit of a self-selected group here; people who liked Fat Head are pre-disposed to disagree with the RD article. I keep expecting to hear from the PETA crowd.

By: Arlo

Arlo — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:38:48 +0000

How do rights work on blog posts and comments? Can I print this and mail it to Readers Digest as long as I specify where it came from?

Ah, I’m going to anyways.

Feel free to pass it along.