The only thing that makes you metabolically healthy is proper blood glucose regulation because every other pathology is downstream from it.
Once you lose proper blood glucose regulation, your body will automatically begin to increase fat mass at the expense of muscle. So just because you have a high muscle mass now, does not mean you will continue to have it later. All it takes is for the body to begin a spiral of uncontrolled catabolism and you can kiss all that muscle goodbye.
Aside from that, you can have a high muscle mass and still be obese. The obese have to lug around quite a bit of weight so their muscles tend to be larger and stronger. The only problem is that they are still mostly fat. So as long as you have a larger ratio of fat to muscle, you can be unhealthy, regardless of how much muscle mass you have.
2. You never want to give uncompromising dietary advice. People have to live in the real world.
No one wants to take responsibility for proper dietary advice. Even the American Diabetes Association (ADA) refuses to take responsibility for the very disease they continuously beg money for and claim to want to "cure". So, they will never tell you that you can't have ice cream. They don't want to cause you "psychological distress", if you are forced to refrain from a food item you want, simply because of your disease. They are so adamant in their belief, that diabetics can eat what everyone else can, that they rather you lose a leg, than lose your ability to eat ice cream. The ADA is much more concerned about you not having to be inconvenienced by needing to live like a diabetic, so they rather you die like one.
But, on this blog, I assure you that if you have metabolic syndrome/diabetes, you will not be able to partake in what healthy people can and one of those things is ice cream. You will have to go without, because of your disease. After all, your disease was caused by never going without, so going without is the first step to a "cure".
3. Pasta is okay, as long as it's not wheat.
It is mind boggling to me how people think that cassava, pea, garbanzo, rice and potato flours are "low carb". They are not. They are all still flours and just because they aren't grain flour, does not stop them from affecting your blood glucose in the exact same way.
There is no such thing as "low carb" pasta. That is impossible. Pasta is made of flour and all flour is, by definition, carbohydrate. There is no fat in flour. There is no viable protein in flour. That means that carbohydrate is the only thing left, as flour is not made of sprinkles and fairy wishes. All flours are refined carbohydrates.
4. Grains are fine as long as they have been fermented properly.
A grain by any other name is still just a grain. Fancy names like "ancient", "whole", "organic", "wild" or "super" are all meaningless terms. None of these labels will prevent blood glucose dysregulation and insulin level abnormalities.
5. Ice cream is fine as long as it's eaten occasionally.
Ice cream is not proper food, for anyone, that is trying to improve their metabolic function. This is because ice cream is either:
The macronutrients of sugar and fat, only feed your expanding fat mass. This is because there is no such thing as protein ice cream, unless you are eating a frozen ball of bone broth or a frozen meat ball.
All junk food is either a combination of both fat and sugar, or it's all sugar or all fat. Protein, which is what you should be prioritizing, is nowhere in the equation. We emphasize protein, on this blog, as it's the only macronutrient that does not contribute to obesity. Protein is the macronutrient of priority, because when you prioritize protein, you automatically stay away from junk food, as junk food is void of protein.
6. Caloric restriction and fasting produces sustained weight loss for the obese.
Starvation condemns the obese person to a weight loss/weight gain cycle, once the starvation protocol is abandoned. This is because obese people are much more sensitive to triggers for gaining fat, so they are very sensitive to the consequences of refeeding after starvation. This fat gaining sensitivity is not just limited to the effects of starvation alone, but to any condition that stimulates the body to produce new/expand fat cells, such as pregnancy. This is why many women gain an abnormal amount of weight during pregnancy and then find it nearly impossible to lose that weight, after giving birth.
People who are obesity resistant typically respond to starvation by losing weight and then maintaining that weight loss, within the lower range of their initial baseline weight, once they refeed. But, lean resistant people respond to starvation by losing weight and then regaining all of the weight they lost, once they refeed. Then they continue adding even more weight on top of that, past their starting baseline. In other words, starvation only made them fatter. Soon, there is no weight loss, even with starvation. The starvation must continue for longer and longer periods in order to lose any weight at all. The body has become "starvation resistant".
This is why the best diet is one that promotes obesity resistance (long term), not just simple weight loss (short term).
No one wants to take responsibility for proper dietary advice. Even the American Diabetes Association (ADA) refuses to take responsibility for the very disease they continuously beg money for and claim to want to "cure". So, they will never tell you that you can't have ice cream. They don't want to cause you "psychological distress", if you are forced to refrain from a food item you want, simply because of your disease. They are so adamant in their belief, that diabetics can eat what everyone else can, that they rather you lose a leg, than lose your ability to eat ice cream. The ADA is much more concerned about you not having to be inconvenienced by needing to live like a diabetic, so they rather you die like one.
But, on this blog, I assure you that if you have metabolic syndrome/diabetes, you will not be able to partake in what healthy people can and one of those things is ice cream. You will have to go without, because of your disease. After all, your disease was caused by never going without, so going without is the first step to a "cure".
3. Pasta is okay, as long as it's not wheat.
It is mind boggling to me how people think that cassava, pea, garbanzo, rice and potato flours are "low carb". They are not. They are all still flours and just because they aren't grain flour, does not stop them from affecting your blood glucose in the exact same way.
There is no such thing as "low carb" pasta. That is impossible. Pasta is made of flour and all flour is, by definition, carbohydrate. There is no fat in flour. There is no viable protein in flour. That means that carbohydrate is the only thing left, as flour is not made of sprinkles and fairy wishes. All flours are refined carbohydrates.
4. Grains are fine as long as they have been fermented properly.
A grain by any other name is still just a grain. Fancy names like "ancient", "whole", "organic", "wild" or "super" are all meaningless terms. None of these labels will prevent blood glucose dysregulation and insulin level abnormalities.
5. Ice cream is fine as long as it's eaten occasionally.
Ice cream is not proper food, for anyone, that is trying to improve their metabolic function. This is because ice cream is either:
- All fat and sugar: traditional - (lots of fat people eat this)
- All sugar: fat free, yogurt, sherbet - (lots of fat diabetics eat this)
- All fat: low carb/keto - (lots of fat "keto" people eat this)
The macronutrients of sugar and fat, only feed your expanding fat mass. This is because there is no such thing as protein ice cream, unless you are eating a frozen ball of bone broth or a frozen meat ball.
All junk food is either a combination of both fat and sugar, or it's all sugar or all fat. Protein, which is what you should be prioritizing, is nowhere in the equation. We emphasize protein, on this blog, as it's the only macronutrient that does not contribute to obesity. Protein is the macronutrient of priority, because when you prioritize protein, you automatically stay away from junk food, as junk food is void of protein.
6. Caloric restriction and fasting produces sustained weight loss for the obese.
Starvation condemns the obese person to a weight loss/weight gain cycle, once the starvation protocol is abandoned. This is because obese people are much more sensitive to triggers for gaining fat, so they are very sensitive to the consequences of refeeding after starvation. This fat gaining sensitivity is not just limited to the effects of starvation alone, but to any condition that stimulates the body to produce new/expand fat cells, such as pregnancy. This is why many women gain an abnormal amount of weight during pregnancy and then find it nearly impossible to lose that weight, after giving birth.
People who are obesity resistant typically respond to starvation by losing weight and then maintaining that weight loss, within the lower range of their initial baseline weight, once they refeed. But, lean resistant people respond to starvation by losing weight and then regaining all of the weight they lost, once they refeed. Then they continue adding even more weight on top of that, past their starting baseline. In other words, starvation only made them fatter. Soon, there is no weight loss, even with starvation. The starvation must continue for longer and longer periods in order to lose any weight at all. The body has become "starvation resistant".
This is why the best diet is one that promotes obesity resistance (long term), not just simple weight loss (short term).
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