Comments on: Bonus Footage: Diets & Hunger

By: Peggy Cihocki

Peggy Cihocki — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:42:24 +0000

@Dr. Latino, I don’t know if this comment section is even still open–I only discovered this blog fairly a few months ago and am still working my way through the archives. But if it is and you read this, I thought I would let you know that–now, at least–you can get pastured meat in NYC. My son lives in NYC and recently got a freezer full of pastured beef, pork, and I don’t know what all else delivered from a farm somewhere outside the city. I know it’s not cheap, but it’s available and my philosophy, even on a more or less fixed retirement income, is to cut corners elsewhere to be able to afford quality pastured meat that won’t compromise my health and the health of my family.

By: TomW

TomW — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:24:12 +0000

More of the Drs. Eades, if you have it, please. I love how they explain things.

Thanks, Tom, for providing these extra clips!

I love how they explain things too, which is why they’re on-screen so much in Fat Head. They’re also two of the nicest people I know.

By: Mike Callaghan

Mike Callaghan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:21:56 +0000

I was enjoying Felix’s post until the association between PETA and Mormons. Not sure where that came from. I can’t think of a single thing we’d have in common with PETA. Perhaps he was mistaking us for a similar faith that refuses to partake of meat. We often hold chili cookoffs and summer barbecues. Heck, my wife once catered a dinner for the women at church that featured steak tips and chicken kabobs. It was fantastic!

Tom, giving up caffeine wasn’t that bad. After the 2nd week, I didn’t even have the desire to start back up. I presume by your comments earlier that you saw my Eulogy for Diet Coke on my blog. I miss the idea of it, but I don’t actually miss having it. It’s weird. I want to want it, so it’s almost certainly 100% psychological.

Actually in an earlier post, I mentioned that Mormons eat meat but outlive Seventh-Day-Adventists, who are vegetarians and have longer-than-average lifespans. Some people have pointed to the Adventists as proof that a vegetarian diet is healthier. The fact that Mormons live even longer means it’s not shunning meat that makes the difference.

I’ve tried to give up caffeine a couple of times. Frankly, probably not going to ever happen. But did give up the diet soda, and yes, I enjoyed your eulogy.

By: phooey

phooey — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:02:55 +0000

Very good easy to understand interview. The part about the “chinese restaurant syndrome” caught my attention. Dr. Eades says it is caused by the carbs in the meal. I was thinking it was more of the glutamate that caused the hunger signal soon after eating at these places. Glutamate does stimulate an insulin response.

If it jack up insulin, that probably contributes too.

By: TonyNZ

TonyNZ — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:57:36 +0000

“I always was so jealous of people like you who somehow find a farmer near you”

I am a farmer near me. Not only do I get the raw milk, grassfed beef and lamb and freerange chickens and pigs, I get it largely at production cost, meaning cheap cheap cheap. Imagine fillet steak at under NZ$4 per kilogram.

And the chickens go nuts to eat meat.

I if ever leave Tennessee, I’m buying a place next to you.

By: Dr.LaTino

Dr.LaTino — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:33:29 +0000

I always was so jealous of people like you who somehow find a farmer near you and get to buy such great food. It’s not the same in cities like New York. Still, aren’t chickens supposed to on some veggie diet?

From what I’ve read, chickens allowed to graze freely eat grass, seeds, worms and bugs. Many “organic” chickens are raised without antibiotics, but fed mostly grains.

The availablity of locally-raised meats was one of the many reasons we chose this area. A friend took me to the farmers’ market during my exploratory trip, and I met some of the providers. I also buy raw-milk cheeses at the same market now, and I find them much easier to digest. Nearly double the price of the packaged/pasteurized stuff, but worth it.

By: Dr.LaTino

Dr.LaTino — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:34:40 +0000

“…their diets were probably 90 percent meat. Can’t convince me meat-eating is a bad habit we developed late in our history, as some vegan nut jobs claim.”
(I don’t know how to quote <.<)
The thing about meat eating is that it isn’t as safe as it used to be, plain and simple. I’m sure most people reading this know that. Grass fed beef is a pretty pricey option not available for all.

I’ve also found chicken and some other meats to be really high in Omega-6s. If someone would eat a lot of meat like that, ratios will really knock down.

I’m not saying we should stop eating meat, rather we shouldn’t feast on it like some do. Hence the sad reason I have to increase my carbs to max 200 g/day.

I agree that feed-pen meat isn’t as good as the pasture-raised variety, but my health is still better than when I ate too many carbs. We bought a subcription from a local ranch, so our per-pound price will be around $4. That’s for a variety of chicken, pork, burgers, steaks, sausages, etc., all grass-fed.

By: Phyllis Mueller

Phyllis Mueller — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 02:05:08 +0000

I agree with Debbie about the “6 Week Cure” book in that I also would have preferred to simply have guidelines (like numbers of carb grams), but I think I’m out of the mainstream here because lots of people to whom I recommend Protein Power find the calculations tedious and have a hard time figuring out what to eat. This book will probably work better for them so I do understand why the book was done the way it was. I’m not the target audience. (I also was surprised that the meals in the third two weeks of the six week plan contain more carbs than we typically eat at our house.)

The interview video is terrific, Tom. The Drs. Eades do a great job of explaining the physiology of hunger (as does the audiovisual interpretation in Fat Head–those little hungry talking Tom faces are particularly memorable).

Glad you enjoyed the hungry talking cells. My animator slaved over that sequence for days.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:33:49 +0000

I’ve been eating paleo/primal for about 8 months and have lost 40 lbs. I’ve hit plateaus a few times but after a few weeks, the weight loss has continued. I was at another plateau, so decided to use the plan in the Eades new book as a “kickstart” to losing again. So far, its worked. I’m on day 4 and lost over 5 lbs. I like to eat “real food” now, so doing the shakes is a bit of chore. I just keep telling myself it’s only for 2 weeks, so no big deal. I actually feel quite full and have rarely felt hungry at all. I will be glad when I can quit the shakes though!! After this, I don’t think I’ll ever crave a milkshake again!

I haven’t gotten that point in the book. I don’t suppose they recommend adding malt flavoring to the shakes …?

By: mezzovoice

mezzovoice — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:54:11 +0000

I ordered the book and I read it. Before I had it I commented on the Eades’ blog that I was looking forward to receiving the book but didn’t expect anything new – that’s because I am an avid reader of a number of blogs on Low-Carbing. And indeed -the book is well written, science broken down into digestible bits – but there is not a lot there that wasn’t in the first book published by Dr. Atkins. Cut the carbs, cut the dairy, cut the coffee, get your act together, get your butt into gear and you’ll be alright. So go ahead and buy the book if you are relatively new to low-carbing. If not – spend you money on something nice to eat.