Day 093 – 100 days of Keto (Chow)
- Weight: 204.7
- Blood ketones: 0.3 mmol/L
I launched the new front page yesterday, overall the reactions are positive; should have done that a long time ago =). (more…)
New US Dietary Guidelines out; not much changed, I’m apparently still dying
The methodology used to develop and update this Pattern continues to be grounded in that of the food guides USDA has developed for the last 30 years.
“we didn’t cause the deaths of millions of Americans by telling them to eat more carbs, so we’re going to continue the same way. But you should limit added sugar. Saturated fat and salt are still going to kill you”. In Appendix 7 they list out the new nutritional goals. Let’s see, for me they’re recommending:
- 2200 calories
- only 56g of protein
- 130g of carbohydrates
- 48 to 85g of total fat with less than 24g of saturated fat despite the evidence that saturated fat has nothing to do with heart disease
- There’s no recommendation anymore on cholesterol but they want to you know they still think it’s bad (even though the previous link says it’s not)
- I should keep my sugar below 55g a day
- RDI of 2300mg of sodium
So… apparently I’m dead or dying because the only one I adhere to is <55g of sugar a day. Goodbye cruel world or something.
The Effects of a Year in Ketosis (video)
Jim McCarter gave an interesting presentation at the Quantified Self Conference this year. You can check out the video at https://vimeo.com/147795263
13 things people on keto are tired of hearing
This is shamelessly stolen from this reddit post, with inline images. (more…)
Awesome article over at Art Of Manliness: Everything You Know About Cholesterol Is Wrong
This was published yesterday, it’s a really good read and does a great job distilling down how messed up the “Generally Accepted Dietary Wisdom” is on Cholesterol: http://www.artofmanliness.com/2015/08/25/everything-you-know-about-cholesterol-is-wrong/ Some of the things he wrote lead me to believe he’s at minimum aware of ketogenic diets and maybe even doing keto/paleo. (more…)
