Here is my weekly newsletter. This week we discuss the Broken Science Initiative, statins, lipids, a new book, and building and maintaining lean body mass.
The event in Montecito seems perfect for someone like Ivor Cummins. Ivor's mention of The Arrow in a Gettr post is the reason I started reading The Arrow, having been a longtime reader of the brilliant Dr. Eades. Pleasantries aside, with the benefit of hindsight I am grateful for being introduced to LCHF more than 20 years ago. Being able to stick with that way of eating "primed" me to be skeptical of mainstream medicine.
When my doctor pushed me to take statins, I read the studies and the "ATPs" (Adult Treatment Panel II and III) and realized that Pharma was creating the market for reducing LDL out of thin air. It was my first exposure to watching doctors ignore higher all cause mortality for the treatment group than the control in pushing a drug.
Without those prior experiences and authors like Dr. Eades, I would not have been attuned to see through the mRNA injection propoganda. I suspect many others had a similar experience.
When I first heard about the mRNA vaccines, I thought the idea was extremely clever. Then I started reading the literature. It's a shame that we can't trust our supposed watch dogs--FDA, CDC, NIH, etc--and have to figure it out on our own. Especially since a part of our tax burden goes to pay those agencies to look out for us.
Yes. Ivor and Dr. Eades (who I'd read for many years) and Matt Briggs (who I found in the very early stages of the covidiocy) have been invaluable in retaining my sanity in recent years.
This was one of the reasons that I was asking about amino acid supplements. They are saying that it can give you a boost as a source of protein if you don’t eat enough... 🤔
Yes, we'll definitely cover it in depth. Probably more here as well. It can be done, it just takes effort. I don't know who said it first, but one of my favorite sayings is: You can only coast when you're going downhill.
Much appreciated the info on aging and sarcopenia. I have been eating predominantly OMAD for a while now and was wondering if I am at a disadvantage only getting my protein in once a day? I exercise fasted, including resistance.
Depends upon how old you are. If you're under, say, 25, you can do eat pretty much however you want, and you'll do fine. If you're older, then you really need to push some animal protein a couple of times per day.
I am reminded of an observation that I was taught in 6th grade science class: If you measure the wrong thing, the answer you get will be meaningless, even if correct.
Most informative post. You mentioned consuming Whey. Is there a particular whey product that you recommend. I consume beef bone broth collagen. Is that a good source of protein and essential amino acids?
Beef broth is not as good as whey. Collagen doesn't have as much leucine as does whey. And leucine stimulate mTOR, which triggers muscle protein synthesis.
The event in Montecito seems perfect for someone like Ivor Cummins. Ivor's mention of The Arrow in a Gettr post is the reason I started reading The Arrow, having been a longtime reader of the brilliant Dr. Eades. Pleasantries aside, with the benefit of hindsight I am grateful for being introduced to LCHF more than 20 years ago. Being able to stick with that way of eating "primed" me to be skeptical of mainstream medicine.
When my doctor pushed me to take statins, I read the studies and the "ATPs" (Adult Treatment Panel II and III) and realized that Pharma was creating the market for reducing LDL out of thin air. It was my first exposure to watching doctors ignore higher all cause mortality for the treatment group than the control in pushing a drug.
Without those prior experiences and authors like Dr. Eades, I would not have been attuned to see through the mRNA injection propoganda. I suspect many others had a similar experience.
When I first heard about the mRNA vaccines, I thought the idea was extremely clever. Then I started reading the literature. It's a shame that we can't trust our supposed watch dogs--FDA, CDC, NIH, etc--and have to figure it out on our own. Especially since a part of our tax burden goes to pay those agencies to look out for us.
Yes. Ivor and Dr. Eades (who I'd read for many years) and Matt Briggs (who I found in the very early stages of the covidiocy) have been invaluable in retaining my sanity in recent years.
Yes, Matt is great. I read him just about every day.
I found your section on lean body mass, weight loss and protein as we get older very interesting. More please.
Will do. You'll probably get tired of reading about it before I get tired of writing about it.
This was one of the reasons that I was asking about amino acid supplements. They are saying that it can give you a boost as a source of protein if you don’t eat enough... 🤔
Yes, but the amounts in the particular supplements you asked about were negligible.
I hope that reversing sarcopenia in those plus 65 through resistance training is still a possibility. Will you cover that in PP2?
Yes, we'll definitely cover it in depth. Probably more here as well. It can be done, it just takes effort. I don't know who said it first, but one of my favorite sayings is: You can only coast when you're going downhill.
Much appreciated the info on aging and sarcopenia. I have been eating predominantly OMAD for a while now and was wondering if I am at a disadvantage only getting my protein in once a day? I exercise fasted, including resistance.
Depends upon how old you are. If you're under, say, 25, you can do eat pretty much however you want, and you'll do fine. If you're older, then you really need to push some animal protein a couple of times per day.
I am reminded of an observation that I was taught in 6th grade science class: If you measure the wrong thing, the answer you get will be meaningless, even if correct.
When will Protein Power 2 be available?
By the end of this year. Or my wife will kill me.
Most informative post. You mentioned consuming Whey. Is there a particular whey product that you recommend. I consume beef bone broth collagen. Is that a good source of protein and essential amino acids?
Beef broth is not as good as whey. Collagen doesn't have as much leucine as does whey. And leucine stimulate mTOR, which triggers muscle protein synthesis.