Comments on: Weekend Link Love http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/ Serving up health and fitness insights (daily, of course) with a side of irreverence. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 04:22:50 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-282470 Daniel Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:02:23 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-282470 Hi Mark and everyone, What do you make of the comment in the Fitness Fixation post about a low-carb diet causing dehydration? Daniel Hi Mark and everyone,

What do you make of the comment in the Fitness Fixation post about a low-carb diet causing dehydration?

Daniel

]]> By: Anna http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-277080 Anna Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:29:07 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-277080 I made the Bacon Explosion this weekend to serve at a brunch for neighbors (meat lovers). Assembled it the night before, fired up the grill to smoke at 7:30 am. Made the BBQ sauce while the BE smoked on the grill. It was OK, nothing great, basically a novelty. I agree with SOG's hunch, the BBQ sauce isn't needed at all, though it does make a nicer looking presentation (smoked bacon stays a bit gray). The rub, too, probably, isn't needed and isn't the right flavor for Italian sausage. I probably wouldn't make it again (though I did look at smokers on the BE's website ads, which I guess is why they lure us there in the first place). I've been eating LC for 5 years this month and it has never been that very hard to stick to. When I have strayed (either from temporary temptation or due to circumstance) it's always so great to get right back to LC! But I do think it's easiest to chooose LC foods if one has a good understanding of biochemistry and food macronutrient content, and isn't reliant on too many packaged or prepared foods. But perhaps that's me. Once I can see a former favorite in another light (as a huge dose of blood sugar damage), much of the allure is gone. I made the Bacon Explosion this weekend to serve at a brunch for neighbors (meat lovers). Assembled it the night before, fired up the grill to smoke at 7:30 am. Made the BBQ sauce while the BE smoked on the grill.

It was OK, nothing great, basically a novelty. I agree with SOG’s hunch, the BBQ sauce isn’t needed at all, though it does make a nicer looking presentation (smoked bacon stays a bit gray). The rub, too, probably, isn’t needed and isn’t the right flavor for Italian sausage. I probably wouldn’t make it again (though I did look at smokers on the BE’s website ads, which I guess is why they lure us there in the first place).

I’ve been eating LC for 5 years this month and it has never been that very hard to stick to. When I have strayed (either from temporary temptation or due to circumstance) it’s always so great to get right back to LC! But I do think it’s easiest to chooose LC foods if one has a good understanding of biochemistry and food macronutrient content, and isn’t reliant on too many packaged or prepared foods. But perhaps that’s me. Once I can see a former favorite in another light (as a huge dose of blood sugar damage), much of the allure is gone.

]]> By: Dave Hodges http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-276652 Dave Hodges Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:45:14 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-276652 I am not surprised about the HFCS and the mercury. Though at this point, I'm not sure which is more harmful: the syrup or the mercury. I am not surprised about the HFCS and the mercury. Though at this point, I’m not sure which is more harmful: the syrup or the mercury.

]]> By: Chris - zen to fitness http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-276540 Chris - zen to fitness Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:55:08 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-276540 Great inks. I always look forward to this on Sunday's as I know you pickup on loads of stuff missed out on during the week. The HFCS and mercury is shocking, and to think I'm concerned about Mercury in tinned tuna imagine the amount in HFCS. Also MOD's article is superb and earnt a worthy place in this weeks links. Looking forward to what's coming this week Mark! Great inks. I always look forward to this on Sunday’s as I know you pickup on loads of stuff missed out on during the week. The HFCS and mercury is shocking, and to think I’m concerned about Mercury in tinned tuna imagine the amount in HFCS. Also MOD’s article is superb and earnt a worthy place in this weeks links. Looking forward to what’s coming this week Mark!

]]> By: Ryan Denner http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-276120 Ryan Denner Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:07:35 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-276120 I think the bacon explosion is primal - excessive, but primal. I also agree with you on the low carb/low fat thing... I think the bacon explosion is primal – excessive, but primal.

I also agree with you on the low carb/low fat thing…

]]> By: Son of Grok http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-276056 Son of Grok Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:37:21 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-276056 Bacon Explosion: I think if you replace the italian sausage with some good ground grass-fed beef, buffalo or lamb and scratch the bbq sauce, it can be perfectly primal. I am actually considering trying it that way myself. The SoG Bacon Explosion: I think if you replace the italian sausage with some good ground grass-fed beef, buffalo or lamb and scratch the bbq sauce, it can be perfectly primal. I am actually considering trying it that way myself.

The SoG

]]> By: Trinkwasser http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-276026 Trinkwasser Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:59:21 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-276026 It's really not a comparison between a Low Carb Diet and a Normal diet, but between a Normal Carb Diet and an Excess Carb Diet. Well that's what my BG meter tells me and my full lipid panels agree with it. So does most 21st century dietary research. You want a Food Pyramid? http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html That's a big step in the right direction. 60 - 70% carbs will in time I suspect be seen as an unwise experiment and directly responsible for the "epidemics" of Type 2 and other cardiovascular diseases and obesity which it has obviously failed to "cure". Increasingly it's the dieticians who are being left out in the cold. It’s really not a comparison between a Low Carb Diet and a Normal diet, but between a Normal Carb Diet and an Excess Carb Diet. Well that’s what my BG meter tells me and my full lipid panels agree with it. So does most 21st century dietary research. You want a Food Pyramid?

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html

That’s a big step in the right direction. 60 – 70% carbs will in time I suspect be seen as an unwise experiment and directly responsible for the “epidemics” of Type 2 and other cardiovascular diseases and obesity which it has obviously failed to “cure”.

Increasingly it’s the dieticians who are being left out in the cold.

]]> By: jays http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-275928 jays Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:44:43 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-275928 I think is is unfortunate that any low carb system is often only seen as a diet, a short term option to fix a problem. It needs to be viewed as a livestyle, as the Primal Blueprint says. Really the Paleo diet should have been called the Paleo lifestyle too. Few people become Vege for the purpose of a diet, they choose a Vegetarian lifetsyle, a whole package. I think choosing the PB, Paleo or a more generic low carb regime as a diet will often lead to failure because the reason for starting it is perhaps wrong. Unless people change their lifestyle then long term gains are unlikely because they will creep back to the same old habits. I think is is unfortunate that any low carb system is often only seen as a diet, a short term option to fix a problem. It needs to be viewed as a livestyle, as the Primal Blueprint says. Really the Paleo diet should have been called the Paleo lifestyle too.
Few people become Vege for the purpose of a diet, they choose a Vegetarian lifetsyle, a whole package. I think choosing the PB, Paleo or a more generic low carb regime as a diet will often lead to failure because the reason for starting it is perhaps wrong. Unless people change their lifestyle then long term gains are unlikely because they will creep back to the same old habits.

]]> By: Mara @ What's For Dinner? http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-275811 Mara @ What's For Dinner? Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:24:10 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-275811 If only competitive grocery shopping existed... I'd ROCK THAT! If only competitive grocery shopping existed… I’d ROCK THAT!

]]> By: Mike http://www.marksdailyapple.com/weekend-link-love-35/#comment-275792 Mike Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:56:53 +0000 http://www.marksdailyapple.com/?p=2812#comment-275792 As for the bacon explosion..I don't see why it can't be primal...Making your own sausage isn't hard, and you can use your own bbq sauce with no sugar...so why not..if you can find quality bacon that doesn't have nitrates(or again make your own, but thats kinda time consuming) As for the bacon explosion..I don’t see why it can’t be primal…Making your own sausage isn’t hard, and you can use your own bbq sauce with no sugar…so why not..if you can find quality bacon that doesn’t have nitrates(or again make your own, but thats kinda time consuming)

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