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Chris Kresser and Dr Joel Khan, a vegan i believe, had a discussion online. General consensus was that the former won. Naturally vegans and low fat fans were not happy. However I came across this which seems to offer a particularly detailed analysis of the sience regarding sat fats. I'm deeply...

According to this: https://drmalcolmkendrick.org/2018/07/03/why-saturated-fat-cannot-raise-cholesterol-levels-ldl-levels/amp/?__twitter_impression=true There was a BBC study of some rigour that seemed to show Butter raised LDL. "The group who ate butter saw their bad LDL levels rise by about...

Just had mine checked and I'm told this is pre-hypertension/almost high blood pressure. They want me to be tested again inc ase it's anomalous. Assuming it's not, why would this be the case with a low carb diet?

This has been a problem for some time. I'm not sure what causes it. After breakfast I often have some discomfort, sometimes it can be more pronounced than others. I added fibre at the start of the year to ease constipation. However I seem to have developed almost the opposite symptom. the...

There's an article on this site that reports on a study alleging a link between Heme Iron, ostensibly from red meat (iirc), and heart disease. As a low carber I eat a lot of meat as I'm sure others do. Has this study been debunked?

Are there any good sources of Magnesium and Potassium that don't rely on chemicals and bulking agents? Losalt, like table salt, has some scary looking anti-bulking agents added, and I've yet to find a Magnesium supplement (I take Citrate capsules from Holland and Barrett) also have these kinds...

In this article about protein a few claims are made that seem counter productive https://optimisingnutrition.com/2017/06/03/why-do-my-blood-sugars-rise-after-a-high-protein-meal/ If you want to lose weight you need to eat endogenous ketones - less dietary fat in other words. But consequenlty...

I've seen a lot of people talk about this as well as advocate it. There seem to be two arguments: 1. meat and animal products contain enough to effectively render eating veg superfluous 2. plant food is actively bad for you or at the very least much less efficient a source of said nutrition. I...

seems to be a real problem for me on low carb eating. Unfortunately there seems to be no consensus on whether fibre is the answer, and most fibre rich foods are high carb. Then there's the issue of soluble vs insoluble. Some people swear that fibre is bad for them, but frrom what I can tell the...

Is it the case that the body burns dietary fat prior to body fat?

I don't really understand those that argue calories don't matter. Surely if you are low on energy, then it must be because you aren't getting enough calories. And if you don't eat enough, you risk losing too much weight.

Sometimes I get a strong burning sensaiton when I pass urine. Is this ketones? Is it ketoacidosis (can't be the really svere kind otherwise I wouldn't be here typing about it)? Is there anything that can be done about this? Low Carb seems great, except for how the body deals with waste!

I've been experiencing some very difficult bowel movements. When I ate more fibre, as was part of my old diet, this wasn't an issue - for all the ills associated with wheat and the like. Some people are against fibre in the LC community, others aren't. It's difficult to know what the truth is...

Seems that meat is a dominant component of a LCHF diet. Not exclusively, there are some vegeterians i gather. My question is, do we know that eating a high/higher amount of meat is healthy?

I'm sure discussed before but I'd like to be sure that she's a credible resource, a few people have pointed out (across the internet) that she's contradicted herself and have made claims her qualifications aren't as good as perhaps they should be, Her diet seems strange, if considered in the...

So after almost 4 months I find I'm eating a lot more protein than many LCHF people advocate. Whether or not this is a good thing is up for debate as there's seems to be a lack of clear information. I've also not lost any weight in the last couple of months. It has fluctuated around 82-83KG. I...

This may not be entirely the right place to ask this, and it may have been mentioned here before I can't quite remember. Is it true that any burger made in the UK, whether at the local butchers or some fast food corporate, has to include a minimume percentage of wheat in some form? If so how...

What do we know about this guy? This presentation is powerful

Is this necessary on LCHF? Is it bad or good for you? Standard dietary advice recommends between 20-30g fibre, does that apply here also?

Is this real?