Yes kind of but he goes for the body beautiful effect (have you seen him?) rather than the controlling Type 2 and insulin resistance but looking ordinary..
While I agree re his emphasis on exercise and 'body beautiful', he's also a firm believer in the protein leveraging hypothesis and he's not the only one. There's a good explanation of the effect in a recent blogpost by Amy Berger of Tuit Nutrition on Designs for Health:
This study has yet to report, so is a pipe dream list of protocols at present. When it draws to a conclusion, then the report should be of great interest to many of us here, and we wait in eager anticipation. Till then we cannot draw any conclusions.
Well, the video I recall seeing (again, wish I could remember exactly which one it was) was some time ago and he was reporting on the trial/s that had already taken place. There were MRI images with shaded colours and an explanation of how the MRI technicians determined exactly how much fat was lost from both liver and pancreas.
Was he using his own trial data, or just general MRI scans used to demonstrate the principles of what they expect to see ? This is important. The trial only got funding a month or so ago, so it is unlikely to be showing results from the current trial, which would also have possible confidentiality issues with early release? I have no problem with a discussion on how an MRI can show fat reduction, but I would hesitate to take it as a Slam Dunk yes it works conclusion at this stage. My ultrasound showed my prostate was still walnut sized, and that one I believed, but I still had to go through the finger up the bum to satisfy the GP. (I know, TMI)
If I have time, I'll try and review the video. I seem to also recall him raving about the cleverness of the technicians in the Newcastle Uni Magnetic Resonance Unit. I think it was more than theoretical, but my recall may be wrong of course.
Measuring NAFLD is something they already use the MRI for on a daily basis, so yes they know their onions. What is new and excititng is applying this technique to observing the results to a particular diet plan to verify it reduces a fatty liver.
Pretty sure the first is a lecture given at a diabetes conference in Europe. I think the second one was a lecture (not sure who the audience was) at the University. He was reporting on the results of the earlier trial/s.
OK, the first lecture is to the FEND conference, Berlin, 28 September 2012. He was reporting on the results of the Counterpoint study. Following are slides he used to explain the MRI work. I forgot that I'd saved a few slides from another Youtube lecture, can't recall which one it was:
This is one of the reasons I tend to avoid the "bro science" blogs etc. for the most part. Nothing they espouse will likely apply to a 65 year old female with Type 2 diabetes who is never gonna "lift heavy". Just not gonna happen
Thank you for achieving this. It seems that the report I discovered was an interim , possibly draft, that was in a different archive, I suspect it was a 2015 release. The section on Body Composition and triglycerides was smaller and did not reference the Magnetic Resonance Centre (ref #1) Your copy certainly has more in depth analysis that clearly does use MRI data properly.
Yes but if one has lost a lot of weight including muscle more fat when you eat a lot is not the answer. It looks as if I'll exercise when I can and eat more protein and less fat to build glucose absorbing muscle. At my age I'll not get much muscle but at present I'm just the shadow of the guy I used to be. Derek
I agree with your second point. My research this year also showed that the adipocytes used to store the lipid fat are created as required by reprogramming stem cells to turn them into fat storage types, but once created they are effectively impossible to remove again, and as you say can only be filled or emptied. This is why diets can reduce weight, but leave the love handles behind, leading to liposuction or surgery to get rid of the folds of flesh (TMI?). Thus, the evidence in the [Newcastle Diet] study report that the fat did not return in the 6 months follow on maintenance stage is significant since these fat cells did not fill up again on the return to 'normal diet'Couple of things.
Firstly I thought Prof. Taylor was part of the MRI department at Newcastle so assumed that he would be using the technology wherever possible.
Secondly, if the liver can reduce so dramatically in size over 8 weeks of very low calorie diet, what is it losing if not fat? As far as I can understand it the number of fat cells may not change dramatically but fat cells can fill up or empty.
