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Nor me. But since doing the LCHF thing, my scales tell me I've lost a good chunk of core/visceral fat. But that's something I'm reading up on, ie how fat is deposited, white vs brown fat cells, and then how we use fat. Maybe it's as simple as fat stores get laid down close to the liver during...

Plastic? Don't tell the government or they'll be slapping a plastic tax on brains. As for training, I guess it could be a case of Pavlov, pavlova and a taser. Or doing the LCHF or keto thing, which can reduce hunger pangs, especially if we eat high satiety stuff. And don't give in to social...

I've not used one of those, but do you have to stand up on them for them to work? I'm kinda wondering if that would be practical for an elderly person with foot problems already. I'm also curious if you could get a device prescribed or supplied via the NHS, or some assistance towards the cost...

I swear by, and sometimes at Saurkraut. If you've got a Polish deli near you, or just a section in the supermarket, it's cheap pickled cabbage. Handy to add into a soup with some chopped sausage, bacon, tomatoes, peppers. As for bacon.. Decent bacon's fine as long as you don't overdo it...

This is my favorite example:- https://www.nutrition.org.uk/nutritioninthenews/headlines/pioppidiet.html They're not the trade body, but they're a typical NGO 'influencer'.

Thanks for the YT link. It was a strong low carb promotion, and I liked the comment at the end that the Royal College is going to be pushing out this advice to GPs. So the UK may eat well after all. Of course this may also promote a bit of a bun fight given the Nutritionists have been critical...

Sensible to not trust militant vegans.. Especially when they're 'advising' HMG. It's not exactly a sustainable diet. But here's an old study I found:- http://www.jbc.org/content/80/2/461.full.pdf From 1928, where they could starve Inuit without falling foul of ethics committees.. That suggests...

A bit of both I think. I'm thinking more from an NHS perspective. So telling a patient to cut from 150g+ per meal down to <20g per day is a pretty drastic change, and a doc would want to be pretty certain it wouldn't harm the patient. Or in the US, result in a huge malpractice liability...

Most famous (or infamous) example is probably the Inuit diet. Studies have found that to be higher in carbs than first assumed, and not always ketogenic. Plus the people may be adapted to that diet, ie larger than normal livers. So it doesn't necessarily follow that I can embark on an Inuit diet...

Indeed. It's also sad that if you've got the money, you can get a personal trainer & nutritionist. If you don't, you'll get an Eatwell guide and wonder why it's not working.. Which is a national tragedy given the huge social and psychological costs of people struggling with their weight. Or...

I'm sure there is, and every little helps. I'm also not sure that a low RMR is necessarily a bad thing as it can be a measure of how efficient the body is. So if you take a group of people and give them 24hrs on a Kreb's cycle, the ones that can do the most work for the fewest calories would be...

Walking is decent exercise, both for cardio and resistance. Pulling your dog back to heel gives your arms a bit of a workout, as would throwing a ball or stick. Dogs are good exercise aids and personal trainers :)

Ah, it's the freezer diet! :) So the paper talks about thermogenesis, which is the body producing heat. So NEAT for Non-Exercise Adaptive Thermogenesis and EAT for Exercise Adaptive Thermogenesis. Muscle is a big energy user, even at rest and also for warming, ie shivering. Then during EAT, we...

Nope, it's not fun.. although as you get close to the terminal stage, it can feel like it. There have been some fun studies using room-sized calorimeters to measure energy expenditure while doing different activities. One of my favorites showed that doing exams raised the temperature because the...

I think the issue is still perhaps oversimplification. So taking wiki's definition of a calorie:- * And I remember testing this in school with the good'ol bomb calirometers. But the problem with suggesting we cut calories is that not all calories are equal. So if we ate 2,500cal of sugar, that...

I think that's due to pragmatism. An OGTT may be a better indicator, but administering it would mean scheduling patients to come in, drink the glucose and then test/monitor over 2hrs. And to make it more challenging, they'd need to be morning appointments. By comparison, an HbA1c's a simple...

Yup. It's looking at the insulin/glucose response. Measuring the insulin level itself would be fun, but not the kind of experiment we can do at home. Well, most homes anyway.

I think it's about eating smarter, not necessarily eating less. So 100g of potato will provide around 17.5g of carbohydrate, whereas 100g of lettuce is 2.25g, or 6g for cabbage. But 100g of potato will look a lot smaller on a plate, and spike BG higher than an equivalent quantity of greens...

Be cautious with drinking alcohol, especially if the medication says don't. It can either negate or increase the effects of medicines and be potentially dangerous. But like others have said, it takes some trial and error, and some time to find a diet that works for you. So nag your GP for a...

No fair, mine's 8 after 7 months of logging:- It's also interesting to be able to see the effects of increasing my exercise. So weight loss slowed, but then I've increased muscle mass by 3kgs since beginning this journey. And I feel so much younger! Or I should given what the scales think my...