I've decided to waste some time writing some short articles for the LCHF thread. Posters often ask LCHF-related questions in other threads, so I figured I could point them over in that direction, and they'll find some relevant stuff - posted by me - that's less than six months old.
The first article is an intro to the science and practice of LCHF, plus a bit of a sneer at the establishment:
Do you ever eat any fruits? Nuts? I'm just curious. (I vaguely recall you bake loaves of bread and store them in your freezer). 
I commented this to lighten the tone.
I saw your thread. The following was, in particular, quite interesting.
Do you have any references for what you described on the other Hub? If you don't mind me asking this, that is, of course. TIA. "Establishment" has some major faults. I am not a negative individual as such but have seen enough posts that decent people were let down by the NHS. They do need to make some relevant improvements and shift their priorities to get people better fast instead of keeping patients ill for several decades.
"Most bits of your body have all the metabolic machinery to derive acetyl-CoA from any of the possible inputs, although a small number of exceptions have more limited options – notably, your nervous system, your red blood cells, and your retinas. "
Thanks for the comment. I'm pleased to see the article got some reactions! I agree with you about "decent people let down by the NHS". As I think I mentioned somewhere, an acquaintance of mine just had most of his toes amputated. His diabetes nurse is still telling him to eat lots of carbs, which if I didn't know better ("never assume malice where incompetence is an adequate explanation") I would interpret as an attempt to drum up business for the surgeon. But yeah, that makes me mad as hell.
As for bread, fuit, etc: I'm in maintenance mode, so I can actually eat almost anything except for large, regular doses of starch. Bread is kept to about once a month - did you see Rignold 's post about toast? I'll post another article with exactly this kind of detail in it, since there's been some mild expression of interest.
I deliberately boiled down the article to the bare minimum details on the science - as simple as possible, but not too simple. People have short attention spans, and (as moreless said over there) are easily turned off by technical detail. Nevertheless I felt I had to include it from the start, because if I hadn't, it would be impossible to explain WHY it's perfectly OK to eat fat instead of carbs.
My personal opinion is that references are useless: almost nobody ever follows them up, and where an author includes them, it's usually just to bolster his position (ie., he's cherry-picked something). If anyone wants to verify (for example) the paragraph you quoted, Wikipedia is the best bet.
"As for bread, fuit, etc: I'm in maintenance mode, so I can actually eat almost anything except for large, regular doses of starch. Bread is kept to about once a month - did you see Rignold's post about toast? I'll post another article with exactly this kind of detail in it, since there's been some mild expression of interest."
I deliberately boiled down the article to the bare minimum details on the science - as simple as possible, but not too simple. People have short attention spans, and (as moreless said over there) are easily turned off by technical detail. Nevertheless I felt I had to include it from the start, because if I hadn't, it would be impossible to explain WHY it's perfectly OK to eat fat instead of carbs."
Nobody would disagree that fats are essential. Yes, I have seen the other thread on "toast". You are probably the most open and selfless in trying to help others. I have never seen anyone else, describing his or her personal dietary practice. Others may/might prefer to keep their intentions not as clear as you openly do (perfectly their choice).
I was never big with Carbs (as they often made me sick since infancy) so I never had any metabolic syndromes or any illnesses associated with these. My interest is the maintenance of bone/muscle mass/preventing muscle waste/loss amongst others. We tend to have our own goals, don't we? Thank you for sharing.
I have so far found this link. I find the subject rather interesting.
It’s interesting that several NHS doctors have gone on record to say that a new approach is needed to tackle obesity, type 2 and heart problems.
Michael Mosley and Rangan Chatterjee have both had prime time TV slots to show how a low carb diet can reverse health problems. The cardiologist Aseem Malhotra has stated that eating sugar causes heart problems and that fat is not to blame.
The latest program “The truth about Carbs” also showed NHS doctors putting their obese, type 2 patients on a lower carb diet.
Perhaps times are changing?
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