If you want to be thin and stay thin (and avoid Metabolic Syndrome), then you have to eat high fat

that's something completely different than Scorpion tells... I'd like to hear a book recommendation from OP himself..

Good thread here, thanks Sorp! I would like to do some more reading on this, but it seems like something I can work with.

I love ice cream, can I have a scoop or two a week and not wreck my eating habits too much? How about a "cheat day" or meal once in a while?

So when it's all about animal fat and avoiding vegetable fat, this is not an eating style for vegetarians...? Or is it just about the different kinds of fats?

Last Edited by R... on 08/10/2010 03:25 PM

NO PUFA's!

or Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Saturated fats @ 60-80%
with protein at approx. 1gram per kilo, and carbs? Well lets just say that 'carbs' are the New Junk Food!

fruits are known to PREVENT consumption through their by products, and any WE'VE 'adjusted,' ie., the difference between a granny smith(we made,) compared to an 'original' apple, ie, 'Crabapple,' and the difference is ASTRONOMICAL.

so, the fruits lose mostly, and eggwhites too, even cooking dosen't completely diminish the 'weird' parts, of which the Yolks have NONE. Egg yolks are the staple. I'm looking into the differences, sans size, of the duck, goose, and any other forms of yolks. If truly a Paleo, which this surpasses, I guess I cannot eliminate Ostrich(sp,) but that's like 2doz., well there was this guy who ate 24+ eggs for over 13 years, and he was 80yrs. when relating this story.

agri~B U S I N E S S, has N O 'business' in your family.

I was just gettin' into Alkaline adjustments, when I remembered I DID have SOME senses left, and I left it behind.

A major theory about all this is basically the 'SUGAR PARASITE' that lives inside of you 'helping' YOU feed IT sugar, and it will 'adjust' your thinking to do so.

when there is little sugar it will
'ALLOW' SOME fats to be burned(you,) but ONLY until you feed it again, sugar of course, and fructose is one of the most easily absorbed sugars there is.

so look it up.

so far I've gained 6lbs., I'll just betcha it was the ice cream, gotta make my own, think I'll try out Coconut Sugar, NOT PALM SUGAR, too often it has cane sugar in it.

also wondering why there's a COUPLE mcbucks on every corner?

SUGAR CRAVINGS, ie., INSULIN RESPONSE/RESISTANCE, ie., hormonal puckups!!!

really LOOK into it.

for a new day.

so no carbs
no fruit
no polyunsaturated fats
no grains

how about veggies? greens, all buttered heavily?

I don't eat reheated corps, so gotta take shitloads of fatty fish? (corps too, I know)
So it's all fat, fat, fat, nuts and seeds and some veggies?

do you guys think about vitamins and minerals you need? Or is it all about energy to you?

Last Edited by R... on 08/11/2010 03:50 AM

Great info, Sc0rp10n. Thanks.

I’m still reading the links to get more information but what I read so far on this thread has helped me immensely to open up my mind. I really want to give it a try to see if I can lose 9kg (I’m 67kg and want to get back to 58kg, height 1,69m btw) but I do have two big problems to implement this diet.

The first one is about fruit… I don’t think I can stop eat it, especially in summer when we have such a variety of fruit. I can eat less or stop eating for, say, two weeks (done that), but more than that I don’t think I can. Do you know of anyone who was successfully in losing weight with this diet with a bigger percent on the carbs? With 20g carbs I can’t even introduce a piece of fruit (lemons don’t count for me and berries are so rare here they get too expensive). I’m already used to eat plenty of vegetables.

The second one is not exactly a question, it’s more a request. It’s about the amount of fat. I love fat (mayo, cream, butter, olive oil,…) but since I started with diets a few years ago I almost stopped eating it. Yes, I know, kind of stupid. But how does one go from not eating it to eat loads! I’m scared! LOL! How did you and others do it?

I lost 15kg (in 13 months) two years ago doing a diet similar to the Zone (complex carbs, no sugar, lots of vegs, protein, seeds, nuts, yogurt, not too many fruits, few grains, few beans). I put on 5kg this year with white flour and sugar… then I went back to my somewhat healthy diet but still it’s not easy for me to lose. Maybe I’m lacking the fat so I’m inclined to try it.

Anyone’s tips are very welcomed.

I found this site [link to homodiet.netfirms.com] with lots of interesting information, including replies from Dr. Jan Kwasniewski himself.

Hi everyone,

I am still here, but had a really busy day. Off on holidays early tomorrow morning and will be back on 31st August.

I will respond to all these posts when I get back, but in the meantime it would be fantastic if everyone who has started can post progress reports and ask any questions.

Look forward to continuing to participate in this thread when I get back.

Take care everyone
~S

Meat will pretty much give you all the vitamins and minerals that you need when combined with dairy and a few types of nuts, etc (though even those are optional).

Research your material on a guy called Vilhjamul Stefansson.

You can make a start here :

[link to drbass.com]

This piece has some of his musings on diet based on his experiences of living with Eskimo's.

It is by no means an isolated example. Vitamin and mineral deficiencies are a curse of civilisation, much as they would have you believe the opposite!

my 2nd day. still not going well. I need to plan better. so far the combination of foods I've used puts me over the carb amount by double and i've had 4 out of 5 meals.

food type serving size cal. fat, g carbs,g prot., g
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
egg, lg. egg 1 70 4.5 1 6
Heavy Cream 1120 72 16 96
Provolone Cheese Dairy 1 3040 265 51 95
Butter Dairy 1 tbsp 80 9 0 0
Half-n-Half Dairy 2 tbsp 40 3 1 1
Half-n-Half Dairy 1 tbsp 20 1.5 0.5 0.5
Cheese, Polly 2% String Dairy 1 70 4.5 1 8
Dill Pickles veg 2/3 spear 0 0 4 0
Provolone Cheese Dairy 1 3040 265 51 95
dressing, orig. italian Condiment 2 tbsp 90 8 3 0
Red Pepper veg 1 46 0 9 1
tuna fish 3 oz. 80 1 0 18

Look forward to your return.

tnx for that link!

but...erm... I don't eat meat...I'm a vegetarian... (do eat fish though)

I have no science behind this other than what I know works by triple cycle experimentation.

No COOKED starches.
No processed sugars or sugar substitute anything
No processed flours, grains, seeds, or nuts.
80-100 grams of clean animal protein (egg whites are best for breakfast) per day.
Low sugar LIVE fruits, high fiber LIVE veggies.

Arthritis... gone within 3 days.
Workouts at least 10% more available capacity.
Weight stays kinda low, nothing I can grab (that's the TRUE test. Don't use a scale. Use a mirror and handholds.)

uh can you explain in more detail?

What is 'triple cycle'?
examples of the foods you mentioned
what is a LIVE fruit?
Handholds - do you mean how much fat can be grabbed?

what great information in this thread and great links. On the eskimo diet I was fascinated that it said on the all meat diet, there were no more headaches, no more gas. I remember seeing a t.v. show years ago about some tribes people eating a really high fat diet and being very healthy and the researchers couldnt account for it or understand it, decided it was some kind of genetic glitch to keep them alive.

and, on above about live fruits, Im guessing he means fresh fruits, not canned or dried

BUUUMMMMMPPPPP!!!!! Great thread, shouldn't die so soon

I eat A LOT of saturated animal animal fats, but coconut oil is the best for keeping the thyroid working properly. I eat 2 meals a day, do not snack in between when very active, but I do use coffee.

Years ago, when I ate a lot of carbs and very little sat fat I was very hypoglycmic, snack all day, hungry a lot. I was more than slightly underweight. Underweight, pound for pound, is a more dangerous situation than overweight

I am now only SLIGHTLY underweight and need to gain 6-9 lbs. We'll see what happens in the winter. The situation may resolve itself, but I may add oatmealm, as that has added lbs in the recent past.

I'll start tomorrow. Still not know how I'll eat 120g of fat daily.

me neither
still wondering if I can get all the right fats together without restarting eating meat. 've been a vegetarian for ages now... but I'm getting a new outlook on food, tnx to this thread: got a book on the physiology of food, and on Atkins and South Beach (those purely to look into their arguments of more fat, less fruit/grains, less carbo) and am thinking about buying the (quite expensive) books of Krasniewsky

How to keep to 65 grams protein, and 20 grams CARBS??? THATS the hard one for me.
Atkins allows 20 grams carbs on the induction only.

I decided not be so strict on the carbs, at least for the time being, and I'm following Dr K. formula 1 : 2.5 - 3.5 : 0.5 which gives me 58g:116g - 159g:29 - 49g
Still, 58g of protein is much less than I was expecting but 29g (I'm trying not go up this limit) is a bit more than 20g.


My first day. I ate a lot of protein (fried eggs, prosciutto, avocado) at breakfast and after lunch when I did the math I realized I had no protein left. So my dinner was a big green salad with cucumber with a very nice dressing with 1 oz of extra olive oil, 50g of mayo, a pinch of organic mustard and fresh coriander. That's more or less 50g of fat. Not that difficult to eat fat after all. For my first day I got 58,5:143:27. Not bad for a newbie.



I also made the sponge-cake bread ( [link to homodiet.netfirms.com] down the page) for breakfast for the week. It was really easy to make and it looks great. I'll tell you how it tastes tomorrow.

Triple cycle means two weeks on a typical diet, two weeks on no sugars diet, three cycles.

Not cooked or processed means live fruit.

A handhold of fat means you can grab some and your conscience tells you, "man, I've got to loose this."

I agree with OP.

I bought the following book which is very good and informative.

[link to www.amazon.com]

Insulin resistance is a condition in which the body is unable to use its own insulin properly to convert sugar into energy. Medical journalist Williamson believes that 75 percent of the world's population suffers from some degree of insulin resistance, which is considerably higher than other estimates. She details her rationale for advocating a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet through a historical look at food habits, employing alarmist language and dubious research. She lists hidden triggers of insulin resistance without mentioning obesity, one of the major identified causes. Most of the volume indicts high-carbohydrate diets for common American diseases such as obesity, diabetes, gallstones, yeast infections, irritable bowel disease, and more, in direct conflict with current American Dietetic Association guidelines. Low-carb recipes, a small food diary, Internet sites, and a bibliography are included. Gerald M. Reaven's Syndrome X: Overcoming the Silent Killer That Can Give You a Heart Attack (LJ 2/1/00) is far superior. Not recommended. Janet M. Schneider, James A. Haley Veterans' Hosp., Tampa, FL
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

I should have fully read this before I posted (sorry) I don't agree with the above review of the book. There are other better reviews listed at amazon and I myself read the book and believe in it's premise.

this diet does not really work for all blood types. It's great for blood type O, but not so good for blood type B or AB. Something to consider.

A balanced diet higher in carbs is still fine for maintaining weight. You're not gonna die from it, but yeah, the average diet is too carb heavy.

Week 3 now and lost 20 pounds in 21 days :O) All going great but I keep forgetting to drink enough water - my only problem now is my knee joints have suddenly started aching over the last 2 days, so much so it is making it hard to sleep, it is like a dull throbbing - it may be uric acid build-up do you think? I will defo drink at least 8 glasses a day from now on - I also take 2 splenda tablets in my coffee with cream, about 2-3 mugs a day, so 6 splenda tablets, I wd really rather not take splenda at all, as it is said to cause joint aches in some people, plus God knows what else it is doing to me ref brain toxicity - but I crave a sweet taste in my coffee - any other healthy sweeteners out there? Lastly i hear joint aches could be due to low potassium? Any thoughts on sorting this out wd be greatly appreciated - the diet/change of eating has been a breeze, no hunger at all - 20 pounds in 3 weeks is great, and that with no exercise, just bought a bike so will be on that most days, be interesting to see how the losses continue :O)))