Scientists and Clinical Experts
Note from Shelley – Seven years ago, Amber O’Hearn wanted to lose weight, so she decided to stop eating plants for a few weeks. She did lose weight. But something else unexpected happened. On this “zero carb” no-plant diet, Amber’s 20-year struggle with major depression and bipolar disorders went away. Since then, Amber’s stayed on her diet.…
“Our job to stay healthy and reduce the risk of cancer, is to make cancer’s job as hard as possible. Don’t feed it. Make it hard for cancer to eat and divide.” – Ron Rosedale
“By taking away the carbohydrate in the food, I can pretty much fix every gastrointestinal problem that affects people today.” – Eric Westman, M.D.
“As modern people, we may have to be cautious about moving back to a very high fiber diet. . . . are there going to be deleterious consequences of trying to recapture aspects of an ancient diet in such a different environment context as the modern world?” – Justin Sonnenburg.
“Our data indicates that with regard to carbohydrate, specifically those who harbor mutations in mis-matched repair genes, a high carbohydrate diet is not a good thing.” Alberto Martin
We know a lot about what’s needed to be healthy . . . if only people wouldn’t keep messing with it. And by one example of “messing,” I mean the big emphasis today on adding into the diet more, so-called “safe starches.” – Ron Rosedale, MD
I’ve been helping Loren with these podcasts. The newest ones require a membership to thepaleodiet.com. Podcasts that are a year old are free, including a full transcript.
LISTEN (1 hour) Last week, the FDA issued new rules regarding what it means to offer a food that’s “gluten free.” Their new ruling requires that these products contain fewer than 20 parts per million of gluten, a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and related grains. The FDA reports that this new definition…
“The laws of thermodynamics say nothing about obesity. They’re completely irrelevant. They’re always true, Jillian! (LAUGHTER) But they say nothing about why we get fat.” – Gary Taubes May 2013
“When you say ‘nutrition bar,’ is that just another term for candy bar?” Ron Rosedale
