CatHerder's Journal, 04 February 2016

This is why I'm a great fan of all my buddies at FS - MORE knowledge. Thank you so much for posting this. And as a side note, the marked increase in weight gain (circa 1980) also corresponds to the beginning of the GMO wheat...just saying... 

I'll read the link a bit later when I get home but I wanted to chime in and say that I've been following Dr. Eades for years! It was his Protein Power book and site, he's got a nice & lengthy blog setup, that got me interested in the Keto Eating Protocol. 

I've long since given up on vegetable oils. When I can, I wll. I think sometimes we get so tied up in scientific that we become blinded to obvious results. Let's face it, in this day and age common sense is a super power. Vegetable oils are just another variation in the processed food continuum of destruction.  

By the way. New dietary guidelines from government and government funded bodies? That's just silly. They can't balance a budget, how could we ever believe they could balance a diet. 

I looked at the article. I'm not a scientist, but I think there are four significant changes over the last 50 years that contribute to increased obesity levels in the population. 1) Portion sizes are bigger. Plates and bowls are bigger than they used to be. 2) People do eat out more. Again, restaurants give large portions, irrespective of how large the person is. 3) There's a lot more processed food around, both in restaurants and in supermarkets. Processed food is often dense in calories, whether from carbs, fats or both, also low in micronutrients, and often leaves you feeling hungry again 2-3 hours later. 4) People are less active in their daily lives. Work is more sedentary, people don't walk so much, housework is less due to machines, gardening too, if you do it, kids play on computers or watch TV rather than going outside, adults also watch TV or go out to eat as entertainment rather than doing something active. I wouldn't demonize any particular food group. I think it's better to look at the whole picture. 

The balance of the 350 calorie increase is more or less the diet I am presently on. Any increase or decrease will follow these values. It comes down, in my view, quite simply to calories in against calories out. People are not as active as they once were. You had to go out for your shopping, not do it online and have it delivered. Kids played outdoors. If they wanted to chat to a pal they ran round to their house, not Skyped them. If you wanted a fish supper you walked down to the chippy. You didn't text and have it brought to you. This is my opinion. You are welcome to it. I am not using it.