Hello friends. Greetings from Dallas. Where it has been bitterly, brutally cold for the past five or six days. Warmed up a little today, but still cold enough. As I write these words, it’s about 35F, which may not seem like much if you’re in the frozen north, but it is cold for Dallas. The 10F it was a couple of days ago was
Hey Mike! Really ... enjoyed? (NOT quite the word) your bit on Chauvin. I have struggled with my own... disconcerting thoughts and will definitely watch as you suggest. Please let me add what I have found to be a HUGE counterbalancing 'weight' in the event.
I respect the absolute HELL out of Dr Pierre Kory (head of the FLCCC) and have followed him since 2020... He is a senior and very respected pulmonologist and intensivist (well, he WAS, until he spoke truth about covid and Ivermectin!) He has run ERs in NYC, and is -- he wrote when I challenged him once -- VERY experienced in dealing with fentanyl ODs and drug addicts... After he mentioned in passing somewhere, that HE had been asked and served as the expert medical witness (as he had done before many times, been an expert witness) in the civil trial that resulted in the taxpayers giving various blood-related people TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION dollars! The so-called ghetto lottery!
(A TV-bit that absolutely infuriated me: in conjunction with the (wrongful, in my view) criminal trial not yet even being OVER, the cops had not been found guilty, and yet the 'civil authorities' doled out the cash winnings! The media interviewed a woman who was discussing that her teen son, standing next to her in the video, DID NOT EVEN KNOW that Floyd was his father, and Floyd had never been around as the kid grew up! So, quite the unexpected bit of change, eh? Clearly, 'buying off' the 'black community' did NOTHING to stop the rioting and burning and destruction -- worldwide!)
And, when I challenged Kory's medico-legal determination that it was, in his medical determination, the restraint position *in total*, (rather than the supposed "knee on the throat," which we all can see did NOT occur) that had resulted in in his support of the 'police caused' not mainly drug caused. (I am, I'm sure, somewhat misrepresenting Kory's very careful expert witness report.)
In his excellent book, which I strongly commend to you, "War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic" (by Dr. Pierre Kory and Jenna McCarthy; pub. June 2023) he provides an entire chapter on the Floyd 'affair' in his doctoring life, but his being asked to serve, his personal thoughts and feelings about it (including how difficult it was to have to watch the death over and over and over, from every body cam and phone video, to ascertain what was present or absent that could be medically pertinent).
(I DO try to ... stay open minded ... that Kory had provided the expert medical view (and he is an absolute expert, no qualms there!) -- but I'm pretty sure the medical review leaves out entirely the POLICE procedure view and effects. These three young cops (well, young to me!) have had their lives destroyed because of malign media, evil lawyers (notice it's ALWAYS the same race-hustling lawyers who show up to inflame the public by lying and mis-presenting information that is not yet even determined?! -- and threaten the civil authorities?), and so very very many folks HOPING to prevent or lessen rioting and burning by accepting lies and misleading / wrong direction-pointing!
Anyway, I commend to you Kory's expert witness reports; and his book (both for the larger tale of his involvement -- and for his EXCELLENT contemporaneous reporting of (oh hey! THE SAME) lying and mis-representation and flat-out world-wide EVIL that was used to herd literal BILLIONS into accepting poison-vaxxx and total tyrannical control!
Hi. Mike - another home run! Glad to hear you're from a long line of Border reivers - one of my favorite Faulkner novels is The Reivers which won a Pulitzer in 1963. It's also the last one he wrote after which he "broke the pencil." His other "winner" - that I'd more aptly call a "pullet surprise" - was A Fable. He thought it was his masterpiece, an opinion not everyone shares. (Annoying autocorrect - it changed reivers into rivers - and reverse.)
From what I've read about Fauci's visit to the CIA, he went there without signing in; doesn't that mean he could deny the visit and not be in contempt of congress or any judicial proceedings? The bugger.
Re: UPF - what I would love to know is what "natural flavors" are: i.e., what can they put on a label under the term "natural flavors" that we might not want to ingest? My guess is lots of things and it's the dose that allows them to use that umbrella term, but it's used on so many things that otherwise seem okay I'd really like to be able to find out what is actually in it.
A cardiologist I once saw told me, when I brought up dense LDL versus light, fluffy LDL, that there was no difference in LDL numbers and that I shouldn't "spend a lot of silly money" trying to figure out which I mine was, but that I should avoid red meat and saturated fat. It was the only time I saw her.
That bad-lip-reading video is, as Joe Rogan would say, dope. Can't wait to show it to my British husband who despairs everything about the royal family, especially their vast numbers, all of whom taxpayers support.
Will definitely watch The Fall - maybe with a glass - or four - of neat scotch.
LMHR! Loved your whole newsletter, as usual. Thanks to you, I've known for many years a high HDL to TG ratio meant fluffy LDL cotton balls bouncing around, but my various relatively intelligent (got through med school) but ignorant doctors believe I am about to drop dead of a heart attack. Naturally, I used this to get the particle test I do not need.
Oh, and my TG were a bit high this time - usually lower, but HDL 96, TG 73! ESR 3 and CRP less than 1. Total cholesterol 410 (yay! protective in women like me - over 50). And LDL-C 305.
Anyway, of course LDL-P was pattern A, though head of endocrinology (they send the biggest pain in the ass to the top guy!) said it was a problem because I have "a lot of particles." But note ESR (sed rate test I learned about from you) of 3 (usually lower, but now in menopause so maybe that). And CRP of less than one. And blood pressure that's usually something like 114 over 65. And lean and healthy. Athletic.
So, the notion that I would have oxidized LDL - with zero signs of metabolic syndrome - just doesn't compute.
Anyway, thank you -- without all I've read from you over the years, I'd probably be fat and sick. (Sick in the bad way!) -Amy
source document citation for the “Low Carbohydrate Diet Outcomes” chart: Diamond DM, Bikman BT, Mason P. Statin therapy is not warranted for a person with high LDL-cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity. 2022;29(5):497-511. doi:10.1097/MED.0000000000000764
The truth about Floyd has always been available for those who were interested enough to learn it. No question that Chauvin ands the other officers are martyrs to the "mob". That the Chauvin trial judge acted in the way he did was beyond despicable; he should be criminally prosecuted for his rulings during the proceedings designed to deliberately deny Chauvin a fair trial.
The Chauvin case is instructive for another reason as well - it tends to demonstrate the correct actions for the individuals to take in the event that they find themselves on the receiving end of an impending "political prosecution".
PIerre Kory (who you praise) has a chapter in "The War on Ivermectin" about George Floyd. He was brought in as a medical expert to review the cause of death. It is fairly technical, but he had no doubt that asphyxiation was the cause of death. Might be worth re-reading and reconciling with this documentary information.
You wrote: "NOVA group 4 foods are not modified foods but formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives, with little if any intact Group 1 food"
Lately, I've been looking with misgivings (and a bit of sympathetic horror) at the "sudden" massive push in the low-carb/keto world of bamboo flour as a substitute for legit-avoided grains... Bamboo is GRASS!!! Grass is food for ruminants, NOT humans!
On the other new thing: if you'd like to try a small quick allulose recipe useful for many purposes: this caramel sauce is very quick and easy to make and INSANELY good! “Serious Keto” has done a video (5 min.): “Keto Caramel Sauce - Only .1g Net Carbs per Tablespoon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g980jhFVBfs
GREAT in morning cawfee, great licked off the spoon! I don’t make / eat low-carb desserts or pancakey stuff – so I have no use for it there. But – as a wee spoon of deliciousness now and again: boyo! It hits the sweet spot!
'Serious Keto' (Steve) also did a video testing our fake/modified sugars called "Kitchen Science - Keto Sweeteners and Caramelization" (8 min.) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLCgFn6yVY)
Very interesting the link to the study about hyper responders on low carb diet…I’ve been waiting for more info to become available about that. My BMI is low (17.5) and soon after I adopted very low carb/keto/paleo way of eating in 2007 my lipid profile went from conventionally normal to very high total cholesterol eg 8.2 (317) with high LDL eg 4.89 (189) high HDL 3.16 (122) and very low triglycerides 0.32 (28) …those results are the most recent ones but they’ve been similar for 17 years now as I have continued doing this way of eating. My lipid levels are tested every six months along with a load of other blood tests due to age….GP, endocrinologist and cardiologist all accept these levels as okay for me because the ratio of the total cholesterol to HDL is in the protective range. I’ve also had several CT angiograms (for an unrelated reason) and those angiograms have incidentally shown no coronary plaque or calcium.
I would still like to know more about this as I’d like to know what else affects the individual numbers. (I know Dave Feldman has done/is doing a lot of research on this in his Cholesterol Code website.) It’s quite clear that the triglycerides are a reflection of carbohydrate consumption, but what about HDL ? Once my HDL went up to 3.9 (151) and I would love to know why that was - I’d like to get it up to 4 ! But really it would be good for the majority of the medical profession to know that LDL can be benign, and probably mostly is so even in those people who do not have this type of lipid profile.
I liked the discussion of the new LMHR study. I have fit this description ever since I went low carb in 2012. I think high HDL and low trigs are a great indicator of CVD risk. However, people like Attia go on endlessly about APOB being the one and only metric of interest and cite mendelian randomization studies as "proof". For LMHR folks I suspect APOB tracks with LDLc, I know it does for me. It would be extremely helpful if you could critique Attia's logic and show where he may be flawed. He also totally ignores the negative impacts of omega 6 fats and advocates increasing omega 3 fats to compensate. It would be nice if you could address this too, maybe at another time. Attia has a huge audience and it would be great to hear some counter arguments.
Wired to Eat, by Robb Wolf does a good job highlighting ultra processed food and how the food industry engineers hunger, desire and yearning. It’s an easy read with good old fashioned snarky humor as well.
There was a long period of ongoing wars along the Scots-English border and this resulted in severe social disruption. Institutions, including marriage, education, and religion disintegrated, and the inhabitants just managed to physically survive--taking pleasure where they could.
Some of these survivors did manage to emigrate to the US and ended up in Appalachia, continuing their recent free-wheeling habits. One writer says that this culture is now continuously disseminated in America by coast-to-coast truck drivers.
I appreciate your being able to look at new evidence and change your mind. That's pretty rare.
I'm from a liberal educated family and I had a shock after reading The Coddling of the American Mind and The Cancelling of the American mind, to find that "liberals" can be as anti free speech as anyone.
My oldest sister, who belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Church (mostly white, upper class, well educated) says there is a storm brewing about free speech in the church family. A minister (can't remember his name) in Spokane wrote a series of papers (The Gadfly Papers) raising concern re the limiting of free expression in the name of protecting people. Very similar to the themes of the books I cited. His reward was to get kicked out and so did his supporters, including losing their income, pensions. Since I'm no longer a member of that organization I don't have any skin in the game, but I am curious to see how it plays out.
As we LMHR people say, “I’m not fat, I’m fluffy”.
Hey Mike! Really ... enjoyed? (NOT quite the word) your bit on Chauvin. I have struggled with my own... disconcerting thoughts and will definitely watch as you suggest. Please let me add what I have found to be a HUGE counterbalancing 'weight' in the event.
I respect the absolute HELL out of Dr Pierre Kory (head of the FLCCC) and have followed him since 2020... He is a senior and very respected pulmonologist and intensivist (well, he WAS, until he spoke truth about covid and Ivermectin!) He has run ERs in NYC, and is -- he wrote when I challenged him once -- VERY experienced in dealing with fentanyl ODs and drug addicts... After he mentioned in passing somewhere, that HE had been asked and served as the expert medical witness (as he had done before many times, been an expert witness) in the civil trial that resulted in the taxpayers giving various blood-related people TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION dollars! The so-called ghetto lottery!
(A TV-bit that absolutely infuriated me: in conjunction with the (wrongful, in my view) criminal trial not yet even being OVER, the cops had not been found guilty, and yet the 'civil authorities' doled out the cash winnings! The media interviewed a woman who was discussing that her teen son, standing next to her in the video, DID NOT EVEN KNOW that Floyd was his father, and Floyd had never been around as the kid grew up! So, quite the unexpected bit of change, eh? Clearly, 'buying off' the 'black community' did NOTHING to stop the rioting and burning and destruction -- worldwide!)
And, when I challenged Kory's medico-legal determination that it was, in his medical determination, the restraint position *in total*, (rather than the supposed "knee on the throat," which we all can see did NOT occur) that had resulted in in his support of the 'police caused' not mainly drug caused. (I am, I'm sure, somewhat misrepresenting Kory's very careful expert witness report.)
On his substack, (which, noting a possible conflict: I support financially), Kory provides his expert witness report. https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/expert-witness-testimony-of-the-george
In his excellent book, which I strongly commend to you, "War on Ivermectin: The Medicine that Saved Millions and Could Have Ended the Pandemic" (by Dr. Pierre Kory and Jenna McCarthy; pub. June 2023) he provides an entire chapter on the Floyd 'affair' in his doctoring life, but his being asked to serve, his personal thoughts and feelings about it (including how difficult it was to have to watch the death over and over and over, from every body cam and phone video, to ascertain what was present or absent that could be medically pertinent).
(I DO try to ... stay open minded ... that Kory had provided the expert medical view (and he is an absolute expert, no qualms there!) -- but I'm pretty sure the medical review leaves out entirely the POLICE procedure view and effects. These three young cops (well, young to me!) have had their lives destroyed because of malign media, evil lawyers (notice it's ALWAYS the same race-hustling lawyers who show up to inflame the public by lying and mis-presenting information that is not yet even determined?! -- and threaten the civil authorities?), and so very very many folks HOPING to prevent or lessen rioting and burning by accepting lies and misleading / wrong direction-pointing!
Anyway, I commend to you Kory's expert witness reports; and his book (both for the larger tale of his involvement -- and for his EXCELLENT contemporaneous reporting of (oh hey! THE SAME) lying and mis-representation and flat-out world-wide EVIL that was used to herd literal BILLIONS into accepting poison-vaxxx and total tyrannical control!
On your poll, I think "Majestic!" should have been "Made me ripple!"
Hi. Mike - another home run! Glad to hear you're from a long line of Border reivers - one of my favorite Faulkner novels is The Reivers which won a Pulitzer in 1963. It's also the last one he wrote after which he "broke the pencil." His other "winner" - that I'd more aptly call a "pullet surprise" - was A Fable. He thought it was his masterpiece, an opinion not everyone shares. (Annoying autocorrect - it changed reivers into rivers - and reverse.)
From what I've read about Fauci's visit to the CIA, he went there without signing in; doesn't that mean he could deny the visit and not be in contempt of congress or any judicial proceedings? The bugger.
Re: UPF - what I would love to know is what "natural flavors" are: i.e., what can they put on a label under the term "natural flavors" that we might not want to ingest? My guess is lots of things and it's the dose that allows them to use that umbrella term, but it's used on so many things that otherwise seem okay I'd really like to be able to find out what is actually in it.
A cardiologist I once saw told me, when I brought up dense LDL versus light, fluffy LDL, that there was no difference in LDL numbers and that I shouldn't "spend a lot of silly money" trying to figure out which I mine was, but that I should avoid red meat and saturated fat. It was the only time I saw her.
That bad-lip-reading video is, as Joe Rogan would say, dope. Can't wait to show it to my British husband who despairs everything about the royal family, especially their vast numbers, all of whom taxpayers support.
Will definitely watch The Fall - maybe with a glass - or four - of neat scotch.
Only one I found (but some others may find more):
And it’s not as bad a some.
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LMHR! Loved your whole newsletter, as usual. Thanks to you, I've known for many years a high HDL to TG ratio meant fluffy LDL cotton balls bouncing around, but my various relatively intelligent (got through med school) but ignorant doctors believe I am about to drop dead of a heart attack. Naturally, I used this to get the particle test I do not need.
Oh, and my TG were a bit high this time - usually lower, but HDL 96, TG 73! ESR 3 and CRP less than 1. Total cholesterol 410 (yay! protective in women like me - over 50). And LDL-C 305.
Anyway, of course LDL-P was pattern A, though head of endocrinology (they send the biggest pain in the ass to the top guy!) said it was a problem because I have "a lot of particles." But note ESR (sed rate test I learned about from you) of 3 (usually lower, but now in menopause so maybe that). And CRP of less than one. And blood pressure that's usually something like 114 over 65. And lean and healthy. Athletic.
So, the notion that I would have oxidized LDL - with zero signs of metabolic syndrome - just doesn't compute.
Anyway, thank you -- without all I've read from you over the years, I'd probably be fat and sick. (Sick in the bad way!) -Amy
source document citation for the “Low Carbohydrate Diet Outcomes” chart: Diamond DM, Bikman BT, Mason P. Statin therapy is not warranted for a person with high LDL-cholesterol on a low-carbohydrate diet. Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Obesity. 2022;29(5):497-511. doi:10.1097/MED.0000000000000764
The truth about Floyd has always been available for those who were interested enough to learn it. No question that Chauvin ands the other officers are martyrs to the "mob". That the Chauvin trial judge acted in the way he did was beyond despicable; he should be criminally prosecuted for his rulings during the proceedings designed to deliberately deny Chauvin a fair trial.
The Chauvin case is instructive for another reason as well - it tends to demonstrate the correct actions for the individuals to take in the event that they find themselves on the receiving end of an impending "political prosecution".
PIerre Kory (who you praise) has a chapter in "The War on Ivermectin" about George Floyd. He was brought in as a medical expert to review the cause of death. It is fairly technical, but he had no doubt that asphyxiation was the cause of death. Might be worth re-reading and reconciling with this documentary information.
You wrote: "NOVA group 4 foods are not modified foods but formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives, with little if any intact Group 1 food"
Lately, I've been looking with misgivings (and a bit of sympathetic horror) at the "sudden" massive push in the low-carb/keto world of bamboo flour as a substitute for legit-avoided grains... Bamboo is GRASS!!! Grass is food for ruminants, NOT humans!
On the other new thing: if you'd like to try a small quick allulose recipe useful for many purposes: this caramel sauce is very quick and easy to make and INSANELY good! “Serious Keto” has done a video (5 min.): “Keto Caramel Sauce - Only .1g Net Carbs per Tablespoon” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g980jhFVBfs
GREAT in morning cawfee, great licked off the spoon! I don’t make / eat low-carb desserts or pancakey stuff – so I have no use for it there. But – as a wee spoon of deliciousness now and again: boyo! It hits the sweet spot!
'Serious Keto' (Steve) also did a video testing our fake/modified sugars called "Kitchen Science - Keto Sweeteners and Caramelization" (8 min.) here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkLCgFn6yVY)
Very interesting the link to the study about hyper responders on low carb diet…I’ve been waiting for more info to become available about that. My BMI is low (17.5) and soon after I adopted very low carb/keto/paleo way of eating in 2007 my lipid profile went from conventionally normal to very high total cholesterol eg 8.2 (317) with high LDL eg 4.89 (189) high HDL 3.16 (122) and very low triglycerides 0.32 (28) …those results are the most recent ones but they’ve been similar for 17 years now as I have continued doing this way of eating. My lipid levels are tested every six months along with a load of other blood tests due to age….GP, endocrinologist and cardiologist all accept these levels as okay for me because the ratio of the total cholesterol to HDL is in the protective range. I’ve also had several CT angiograms (for an unrelated reason) and those angiograms have incidentally shown no coronary plaque or calcium.
I would still like to know more about this as I’d like to know what else affects the individual numbers. (I know Dave Feldman has done/is doing a lot of research on this in his Cholesterol Code website.) It’s quite clear that the triglycerides are a reflection of carbohydrate consumption, but what about HDL ? Once my HDL went up to 3.9 (151) and I would love to know why that was - I’d like to get it up to 4 ! But really it would be good for the majority of the medical profession to know that LDL can be benign, and probably mostly is so even in those people who do not have this type of lipid profile.
I will definitely watch all the videos and the link. Thank you.
My starting point is different than yours... I would always try to "back the blue"
The Floyd case seemed to always have the feeling of a smarmy political hijack.
I liked the discussion of the new LMHR study. I have fit this description ever since I went low carb in 2012. I think high HDL and low trigs are a great indicator of CVD risk. However, people like Attia go on endlessly about APOB being the one and only metric of interest and cite mendelian randomization studies as "proof". For LMHR folks I suspect APOB tracks with LDLc, I know it does for me. It would be extremely helpful if you could critique Attia's logic and show where he may be flawed. He also totally ignores the negative impacts of omega 6 fats and advocates increasing omega 3 fats to compensate. It would be nice if you could address this too, maybe at another time. Attia has a huge audience and it would be great to hear some counter arguments.
Wired to Eat, by Robb Wolf does a good job highlighting ultra processed food and how the food industry engineers hunger, desire and yearning. It’s an easy read with good old fashioned snarky humor as well.
About the "Borderists".
There was a long period of ongoing wars along the Scots-English border and this resulted in severe social disruption. Institutions, including marriage, education, and religion disintegrated, and the inhabitants just managed to physically survive--taking pleasure where they could.
Some of these survivors did manage to emigrate to the US and ended up in Appalachia, continuing their recent free-wheeling habits. One writer says that this culture is now continuously disseminated in America by coast-to-coast truck drivers.
I appreciate your being able to look at new evidence and change your mind. That's pretty rare.
I'm from a liberal educated family and I had a shock after reading The Coddling of the American Mind and The Cancelling of the American mind, to find that "liberals" can be as anti free speech as anyone.
My oldest sister, who belongs to the Unitarian Universalist Church (mostly white, upper class, well educated) says there is a storm brewing about free speech in the church family. A minister (can't remember his name) in Spokane wrote a series of papers (The Gadfly Papers) raising concern re the limiting of free expression in the name of protecting people. Very similar to the themes of the books I cited. His reward was to get kicked out and so did his supporters, including losing their income, pensions. Since I'm no longer a member of that organization I don't have any skin in the game, but I am curious to see how it plays out.
Can you let us know when ProteinPower 2.0 will be coming out?