I find this very funny. Gary Taubes is famous for writing about the benefits of high fat and high protein diets. To prove their effects he published his lab data showing that his lipids are good. Problem is that Taubes is not a physician and does not seem to be aware that he has an anion gap acidosis, meaning his body is actively having to clear acids. You see this on his labs where his CO2 is 19. Over time the body has to buffer the increase acid he eats which it often does by taking calcium from muscles. Chronic metabolic acidosis like this is associated with eventual insulin resistance and disease. It causes inflammation and can impact immunity. He may genetically be able to tolerate high fat from a cholesterol standpoint but cholesterol is not everything. And we arent even discussing his bowel flora. I would love to get a hold of some of his stool to study! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21481501 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23841017 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21352078 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12450898 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11842945 garytaubes/2011/04/before-sugar-were-talking-about-cholesterol/
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:43:39 +0000
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