Tag: ketogenic diet
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Heat acclimation & ketogenic diet
What does heat acclimation do to ketogenesis or is there any effect of the ketogenic diet on heat acclimation that is different from a more common SAD diet? I recently have been exposed to a hot climate and observed some weight loss (sweating, appetite loss, higher cycling mileage, …) and what felt like a reduction…
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Rebuttal of the Lipid Energy Model hypothesis
On the 20th of May 2022, the Lipid Energy Model (LEM) was published in an attempt to explain the drastic elevation seen in LDL-c amongst lean individuals who are on a high fat diet with low carbohydrates. The purpose of this rebuttal is to open up discussion on some aspects of the hypothesis so that…
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Bone health on a ketogenic diet
Pulling the final plug on attacks Attacks? I follow up on all published papers related to ketosis and although the execution may be done correctly and data may be generated correctly.. the circumstances are often specific and the conclusions are stretched beyond the scope of what the data is representing or can represent. All to…
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Pathologic LDL cholesterol
Throughout all my investigations on the ins and outs of cholesterol, energy metabolism, diseases such as T2 diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, ageing etc.. I learned a lot about the environment of which the circulating lipids can be seen as a proxy for it. In the low carb community, as people get leaner there is a tendency…
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The key to enhance performance on a high-fat diet
There is a professor (Louise Burke) who looked at athlete performance extensively in elite race-walkers. Shamefully the high-fat community has criticized her and attacked her because the results that she came up with showed that when it comes to world class athletes, there is no performance benefit and more likely there is a slight decrease.…
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The case for fat adaptation in endurance
– Pointing out the obvious – It is pretty obvious by now in sports is that if the body requires something then you need to give that in order to enhance performance. Be it vitamines, minerals, energy… whatever it needs to produce that wattage, make sure it doesn’t fall short to sustain the performance. Except…
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LMHR and the elevated LDL cholesterol
For those who don’t know, LMHR stands for Lean Mass Hyper Responder and refers to the lipid profile of people who achieve high LDL cholesterol, high HDL cholesterol and low triglycerides. Hyper responder refers to the high LDL that is achieved and lean mass because most of these people appear to have low body fat.…
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