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[CXRAndy]

Have a read, if you have not already, of the pioppi diet by Dr Malhotra. I did after my heart issues last year and then a stupidly high cholesterol reading. The word diet is a funny one. Doesn’t feel like a diet and the science appears sound. Anyway, I have rejected my GP’s insistence I take statins despite the text reminders!

After being on stations for 7+ years. I felt much better, regained mental sharpness immediately.

Big Pharma talk about cholesterol as it's a bad thing. They make billions promoting a 45-50% reduction in death. That is the statistical reduction. The actual difference is 1% difference in increased chance of early death from having high cholesterol. But they don't tell you that you have increased risk of impaired cognitive function, kidney function reduced and cramps, legs mainly.

It's good to have high cholesterol as we age to protect against dementia.

I have been watching his videos Bob. So many are financially incentivised to promote statins.


View: https://youtu.be/qwovXFzUvfg

 

[alex_cycles]

i fear my views on weight loss and all things nutrition might be deemed a little simplistic in a world where every thing is sold in monetised form. But if I eat more than I burn as fuel then I put on weight. If I eat less than I need, I believe they call this running at a deficit I lose weight. If I eat food that is not good fuel then I get nothing from it other than perhaps the pleasure of consuming it. Am I missing something?

Why do we have to make it anymore complicated? I feel like it’s because you can’t make a sellable book out of that paragraph. But as I say, maybe I’m missing something. Maybe crack open a pack of cookies while sploshing down a sugary drink and tell where I’m going wrong 😄

I call that the “move more, eat less“ diet, and none of my fat friends like hearing about it, or the 12kg I’ve lost since I took up cycling in 2017 well, they’re ok with the -12kg, but less so the 18,000 miles 😂

I’m a firm believer in permanent, sustainable lifestyle change. Extreme fad diets are never sustainable.

 

[CXRAndy]

Tell I'm in London

 

[bobinski]

Fancy heading out in the morning mate? It should be nice and quiet. We could have a coffee afterward and toast the republic.

RP? Or elsewhere?

 

[mjd1988]

After being on stations for 7+ years. I felt much better, regained mental sharpness immediately.

Big Pharma talk about cholesterol as it's a bad thing. They make billions promoting a 45-50% reduction in death. That is the statistical reduction. The actual difference is 1% difference in increased chance of early death from having high cholesterol. But they don't tell you that you have increased risk of impaired cognitive function, kidney function reduced and cramps, legs mainly.

It's good to have high cholesterol as we age to protect against dementia.

I have been watching his videos Bob. So many are financially incentivised to promote statins.


View: https://youtu.be/qwovXFzUvfg

That guy is a wee bit notorious in medical circles, don't think the British heart Foundation were too keen on that diet for example. That said i think diets tend to be very specific to a person, intermittent fasting works for me because I just...eat less

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aseem_Malhotra

 

[<Tommy>]

I call that the “move more, eat less“ diet, and none of my fat friends like hearing about it, or the 12kg I’ve lost since I took up cycling in 2017 well, they’re ok with the -12kg, but less so the 18,000 miles 😂

I’m a firm believer in permanent, sustainable lifestyle change. Extreme fad diets are never sustainable.

I couldn’t agree more Alex. As a caveat I get that different people have different and maybe more complex issues. But generally I see so many friends over complicating what to me at least seems like a very simple formula. Find whatever works for you and see if you can sustain it. Dunno…

I might have some time on my hands…

 

[<Tommy>]

RP? Or elsewhere?

I’m thinking just a few laps of the park to be honest. Maybe head out at 7:30 for a couple of hours? I have to work in the afternoon.

 

[bobinski]

I’m thinking just a few laps of the park to be honest. Maybe head out at 7:30 for a couple of hours? I have to work in the afternoon.

Will give you a shout when there. It’s the getting through the closed roads of London that may be an issue.

 

[Peter Salt]

I call that the “move more, eat less“ diet, and none of my fat friends like hearing about it, or the 12kg I’ve lost since I took up cycling in 2017 well, they’re ok with the -12kg, but less so the 18,000 miles 😂

I’m a firm believer in permanent, sustainable lifestyle change. Extreme fad diets are never sustainable.

With you on that all the way. Have a friend that did the 'Pedigree Pal' diet and ended up in hospital.







Got hit by a car when he stopped to lick his balls in the middle of the road

 

[bobinski]

I call that the “move more, eat less“ diet, and none of my fat friends like hearing about it, or the 12kg I’ve lost since I took up cycling in 2017 well, they’re ok with the -12kg, but less so the 18,000 miles 😂

I’m a firm believer in permanent, sustainable lifestyle change. Extreme fad diets are never sustainable.

I dropped from 85 kilos to 72 ish with that approach. Everyone amongst friends and colleagues asked how but strangely no one wanted to follow. We all like a treat and to eat a bit of crap but people seem to assume they deserve to do so every day and that and the lack of movement is awful. Malhotra, and others, are often only advocating the Mediterranean diet and a bit of common sense. Eat less sugar, avoid too many carbs unless you are active, avoid processed foods and move a bit .
I am definitely not in the anti medical camp at all. I was asked to assist a journalist looking to support a vaccine denier and chose not to but so much of medial orthodoxy is built on 50-70’s research funded not by government but pharma and its right to q it especially when the raw data from the research is not made available to modern researchers.
Medical students are told that 50% of what they will be taught will turn out to be wrong. They just don’t know what 50%.

 

[CXRAndy]

Medical students are told that 50% of what they will be taught will turn out to be wrong. They just don’t know what 50%.

My GP informed me my kidney function was subpar, had been declining for 5 year's.

Following me dropping all my long-term meds, my kidney function returned to normal range.

My triglycerides were extremely low, my ldl high and HDL normal. Overall cholesterol high. All they were bothered about was my cholesterol and LDL. Not the triglycerides to HDL ratio.

I was exhibiting no signs of heart issues

I explained I'd employed high fat, low carb regime, lost 4 stone since my last check up. He had never heard of intermittent fasting of Keto.

Needless to say I've not been back to have follow up tests. I do my own privately.

 

[CXRAndy]

Special experience, wonderful crowds.

50 years since I last attended a royal event.

 

[JuhaL]

My condolences for your loss.

 

[JuhaL]

Just installed new ultegra hoods to my trainer bike. Hand sanitizer made installation much easier.

 

[mjd1988]

Good luck all in the wtrl league tonight