Trying not to be boring….

….and what’s a bigger turn-off that people talking about their diets?  So I’ve been trying to be quiet about my current campaign to lose about 40 pounds (3/4s of the way there).

But I did want to note this column by Peter Ballerstedt in Kit Pharo’s weekly newsletter.  Ballerstedt makes the point that, even if you don’t lose weight, a low carb, high fat diet is good for you.  For the science, be sure to click on his link.

Do you (or someone you love) have three of following conditions? 

• Abdominal obesity: a waist circumference over 40 inches in men and over 35 inches in women.
• Serum triglycerides 150 mg/dl or above.
• HDL cholesterol 40mg/dl or lower in men and 50mg/dl or lower in women.
• Blood pressure of 130/85 or more.
• Fasting blood glucose of 110 mg/dl or above. (Some groups say 100mg/dl) 

If so, you likely have Metabolic Syndrome.  A low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet is very effective at correcting that condition (here’s a good paper on this).  Even if you’ve only got one or two of these conditions, a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet will treat those conditions.  This isn’t what we’ve been told by the so-called “experts.”  Once folks have this experience, they’ll begin to question a lot of other “expert” advice.  Once you look outside the box, you begin to see how many other boxes there are.