55 Years old
139 #
127/80 BP
LDL low
HDL Normal range

Now I want to work on muscle building and the coach says, “Add some more carbs.” His comment caused me to do some research. I have come to see carbs as the “fat” of the 50′s (that can be the decade and the age at which the fat really comes on – your choice.)

Thanks again

Allan

There is no difference in markers or fat loss after a year between low fat/high carb and high fat/low carb diets. But note that one year is short term from a health standpoint. Long term, a high carb diet may result in elevated triglycerides, insulin resistance and excess of small, dense LDL that definitely accelerates plaque formation. Small, dense LDL can be measured indirectly by the TG/HDL ratio. It is vastly a better market for heart disease risk than total cholesterol, HDL or LDL. But still not as good as CRP or AA/EPA.

Visit: http://www.westonaprice.org

P.S. There is also a very interesting (and long) article about the history of bodybuilding: http://www.westonaprice.org/men/splendidspecimens.html

Can you provide a key to the “new” food pyramid?

Thanks,
David

But, I understand your frustration as the media, conditioning, advertising are powerful tools. I mean look, people actually buy the dribble sold in those infomercials. Well, look, even worse example are everywhere. People actually believed for years that ‘Ribena’ was a super food, dripping with vitamin c. Well meaning mothers poured it down their kids throats! Heroin used to be in baby elixars! Asbestos was the new, greatest thing around!

So, for me, I like things uncomplicated, simple. Personally I use one tool above all else, actual real life example. For me, its simple. Bodybuilding champion X, get a heap of skinny or overweight people, use your systems, no drugs, lets see the results. Easy. Silence is bliss. Better still, bodybuilding champion X , no drugs, show us your ‘drug like’ results. Ever seen a truly natural Mr whatever, who looks remotely like Mr drugs Olympia. Yet people still swallow the dribble those guys pedal. Supplements…same deal. Get skinny or overweight people, no drugs, give them Nitrodribble with the steroid like effects, lets see it. Instead, we get a picture of Mr Drugs, holding a tin of Nitrodribble, claiming, ‘Look, look what Nitrodribble did for me! I swear by it (unless TestoglumpX is willing to pay me more)! Sylvestor Stallone swears by his super supplements, then gets busted with, guess what, bodybuilding drugs.

I hate seeing people ripped off! But I understand your frustraration Mark. Once, years ago, I trained along side a top sprinter, and a top cyclist, when the ‘Sports Science Clinic’ opened in Adelaide. At the time, I was eating virtually identically to what you espouse. I trained there because they had Adelaide’s first Nautilus machines. I am pretty passionate and driven by nature, had been interested in Nautilus for years, and had written to Arthur Jones, Ellington Darden etc, and had all of their material.

So, as recommended I was doing the 20-30 minute super intense workouts. Combined with your style of eating, I was powering. The other two guys mentioned, under the supervision of the ‘sports scientists’ were doing up to 2 hour workouts, on top of training load, daily! And shrinking, muscle wasting away before our eyes. We talked about it heaps, as they were dumbfounded how I was hardly there, growing, yet they…’Better do 3 hours, we aren’t working enough’!

I showed the head of the facility (now a top AFL coach) the books and info I had, and he was dumbfounded. ‘Where did you get that’ ? They bought the machines, they just forgot to find out about Jones’ whole reason for inventing them… how to actually make use of them! Yet even then, I saw the difficulty they had in letting go of something long believed, that was causing athletes to waste away.

People would say things to me like, ‘shit we are exhausted, flat, losing weight, you are looking so strong, performing so well, looking super fit and healthy, so cut and lean, but you hardly train… you must train heaps at home then’. I would do my best to convince them ‘no’, invariably to no avail. Then, the best bit, ‘What are you eating, what do you eat’?

‘Oh, 20-30 eggs, meat, pints of cream, butter, fish, milk, yoghurt, tons of cheese, a few green bananas, a tiny bit of veg and nuts, thats about it’.

‘#### ###! You’ll die!!!!! You must be really sick… what about your cholesterol’!!!!!

‘Its low. But, hang on, you just said I’m doing and looking amasing?

I’m 52 now and absolutely powering. And, still get the same scenarios! I was stoked when I saw your website Mark, but absolutely, completely stoked with your example. The actual, honest walk, demonstrating the talk!!! A total refreshing revelation in the unfortunately seedy world of, ‘fitness and health’.

Again, I’m writing this, because I hate seeing people ripped off, mislead. But it is frustrating when people allow themselves to be walking targets. Anyone out there interested in health and fitness, do yourselves a favour, have an honest look at this information available here. Honestly, look at the guy and his results. try it, thats the only way you’ll really know. Give it an honest go. I know what it did/does for me, so my views strong.

‘But Mr drugs international said he only used a little bit of drugs…well hardly any, once…years ago. And he swears by AnrdocarbupfactorX too, 14 scoops, ten times daily, for only $352.97 a bucket, combined synergystically with Gooprocarbtesto3, on sale for only $200.00 a packet…quick its selling out fast’!!!

Sorry for ranting, but I hate seeing people ripped off. I’m glad you’ve got big gills Mark.