Comments on: Taubes: Is Weight Loss From Exercising Or Are You Exercising Because You Lost Weight?

By: cookie

cookie — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:59:50 +0000

To Barbara Berkley, MD

Wow did you really read Taubes book or are you just a medical mafia troll?

By: David

David — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:48:50 +0000

Ref: Exercise advice- As an ex personal trainer & ex- exercise physiologist, and an Atkins / Taubes supporter / preacher, I find it difficult to assume anything without the real data and / or without the clinical conclusion that allows for multiple health concerns. I understand the the confusion between calories consumed and calories burned. The LPL inhibition of Glucose uptake to the muscle while insulin is high has always been my favorite language, and I also feel that Gary Taubes could well blow the fitness industry away with another well researched book of his. I, for one would welcome it, i believe that exercise is not only contributing to our malnutrition, but filling our lives with competitive resentment and denying us of time and money. Just a thought. DA

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 06:18:06 +0000

Purely anecdotal but I started a resistance and cardio training programme at the beginning of the year and after six months had lost no weight (but had lost inches). Two months ago, I started low-carbing and immediately lost three kilograms, which I have kept off.

Now I am trying to work out how to lose more!

By: Katy

Katy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:33:26 +0000

Re: meal timing– Although Atkins didn’t set a precise meal schedule, I’ve assumed that the direction to eat only when truly hungry and only to satiety would permit insulin levels to go down.

By: CC

CC — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:59:17 +0000

Well insulin stays high for 2.5 – 3 hours in healthy people after eating a medium size meal. It can be > 3 hours longer than that if one has a genetic “lively” insulin response, or if the metabolic organs are tired from years of trying to handle too many whites and sweets.

3 meals 5-6 hours apart to me seems ideal (and is working for me). That way, each meal can be medium, I can be satisfied, and it gives insulin enough time to come down before refeeding.

The question always comes up: how come some people thrive on eating every 2-3 hours? My personal take on that is, a) I can’t; b) they might not have genetic lively insulin; c) their muscles might take up glucose better; e) they might be able to do sugar-burning exercise without excess cortisol, unlike me; d) they might be younger with less internal damage; e) they might be cruisin for a bruisin; f) their insulin system is different; g) they are satisfied on meals so small as to make insulin small too (ugh). I wouldnt do it any more is all I know.

Disclaimer: neither Atkins nor Eades talks about meal timing in this way. I got this more from recent research and I would recommend Byron Richards’ “leptin diet” as a good intro) so perhaps not traditional low carb in Jimmy’s Atkins tradition

By: Ginger

Ginger — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:37:15 +0000

Now I’m confused, CC…first it’s not good to only eat once or twice a day protein-wise, then it’s not good to eat frequently?? Some clarification Please?