The Low Carb Nugget

In this episode, Jim sketches out the goals, plans, methods, and tools for his keto diet reboot.

Today is the start of the 5th month of this podcast, and we're half way to a hundred episodes. It seems like a good time to reflect, and lay out some plans.

Evidence continues to come in that undermines the Lipids Theory of Cardiovascular Disease. The latest evidence was in a big, global study published online this week by the respected medical journal, The Lancet.

Those who eat a diet that includes meat and other animal-based food sometimes face criticism on two grounds. First, the diet is deemed cruel. Second, it is deemed unsustainable. Is either objection valid? Can we live on soy-burgers and indoor-lettuce alone?

There's a growing consensus that two square meals a day are better for us than three or four, but the issue is the timing. When should you eat your first meal of the day, and your last?

Which foods good for an LCHF diet are also good for your brain's health and staving off dementia? Jim runs through the list. Look for show notes at LCHFGazette.com.

For weight loss, accountability is the key, not just accountability to others, but to yourself. Some argue that weighing in every day is a way of taking account every day of your behavior as it relates to your body weight.

The standard advice for dieters regarding their bathroom scale is to step on it as infrequently as possible. Once a month might be ideal, or once a week at the most. Weighing in once a day is asking for psychological abuse. Or so the theory goes.

When you encounter an article about a dietary study, it pays to read more than just the headline and summary, which are often more alarming than the details warrant.

One of the great things about adopting an LCHF diet, other than losing weight and inches around the middle, is that you can drink your coffee with cream in it. Not "creamer," not "milk," not "half-and-half," but real heavy whipping cream.