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Hello and welcome back to The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!
Today we are proud to present Jimmy’s amazing chat with Dr. Rob Thompson, author of the Glycemic Load Diet, The Glycemic Load Diet Cookbook (with The Grande Dame of Low-Carb Cookery, Dana Carpender), and his latest book The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution. Listen in as they discuss: The difference between glycemic load and glycemic index, the role of statin drugs, beer, cholesterol, Metformin, Acarbose, Dr. Thompson’s controversial stance on sugar and so much more! This is a BIGGIE interview today, so don’t you dare miss it!
LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 357
– Join The Nutrition & Metabolism Society and take part in the planning meeting this Saturday, May 8, 2010 in New York City
– The Glycemic Load Diet
– The Glycemic Load Diet Cookbook with Dana Carpender
– The Low-Starch Diabetes Solution: Six Steps to Optimal Control of Your Adult-Onset (Type 2) Diabetes
– LowGlycemicLoad.com
Aloha Jimmy! Nice job with Dr Thompson. I realize his position with the drugs is not what most listeners will want to hear and at the same time I am thrilled to hear of all the suggestions and information he gives to his patients hopefully prior to suggesting the drugs. I as a nutritionist have had clients in Metformin and they ALL had stomach upset like yourself. I enjoyed his looking at starch foods as the ones you can patent. Might be a good way for me to remind clients to keep out of the inner aisles of the supermarket. Mahalo for another great interview!
THANKS Gina!
–Jimmy
Very interesting. Since I am a T2 also I got alot from this. Am going to check out the starch blockers and am thinking about requesting Metformin. I have been proud of not having to take meds but it may be in my best interest to take them. I have heard this before. I wonder if he ever really read Atkins or if it was media learn. Even in induction there is veggies. Now fruits do come later but veggies always. Thanks
Maybe I was able to enlighten him a bit. 🙂
I think the term “starch” has great value in selling low carb. I have recently been asking some friends and family for their gut level reaction to the term “whole grains” versus the term “starch.” Universally positive for whole grains and negative for starch. So here’s to making “starch” the new “sugar.”
He lost me on the sugar discussion. I understand where he’s coming from on a population level, that we don’t eat as much carbs from sugar as carbs from starch, but individuals can certainly gorge on sugars. I know I did with Coca-Cola. Though he does give a nod to soda as a problem, I think his answer on sugar detracts significantly from the overall message (hopefully it’s handled differently in the book).
He’s certainly mixed up on the sugar issue, but I agree Steve the starch verbage is a good thing for the low-carb message.
Another great interview, Jimmy!
That is, until he went all Twilight Zone on us at the end, lol. What is up with that?!
He’s ALMOST there…maybe we’ll convince him otherwise.
Sugar isn’t a problem? Hmmm.
Interesting interview! Thanks, Jimmy. I agree that prevention is so much important! People should focus more on that. There should be more education on prevention.
In June 2007 I had an e-mail conversation with Dr. Thompson about his claim that Atkins overly restricted vegetables in his diet recommendations. He told me that he had indeed read the book. He also said “Atkins restricted high glycemic index/low glycemic load vegetables such as carrots, which the low glycemic load diet allows.”
He also told me that he has seen people practice a sort of Induction yo-yo dieting, and that they wind up shortchanging themselves on vitamins and minerals because they don’t eat vegetables. Also that they fall off the wagon because they crave vegetables, among other things.
I continue to believe that his blanket statement that Atkins restricted vegetables is misleading and unhelpful. I was surprised to hear, on the podcast, that he’s still putting it that way.
Also, I find it hard to accept that a craving for vegetables is a significant factor in falling off Atkins, considering how paltry an amount of vegetables (not including potatoes and corn) most people eat in the first place.
Starch blockers? Medication? Protein no influence on insulin? Sugars not bad? Atkins no vegetables? Only look at glycaemic load and forget about the other sugars like fructose? From which planet does this doctor come? It gives me the creeps.
I agree. This guy looked at everything through the lense of glycemic load numbers, and is completely oblivious to everything else. Starch is bad but sugar is perfectly fine, is the most ignorant/naive thing I’ve ever heard spouted from a professional’s mouth (especially regarding diabetes). Someone needs to point him towards the work of Taubes and Lustig. Insulin is the enemy, but type 2 diabetics should take insulin; sugar is okay, but don’t drink soda, low carb is effective, but Atkins doesn’t work; you can eat all the meat/protein you want (without effecting blood glucose) with no problem, but Atkins doesn’t have enough veggies, cholesterol doesn’t effect heart disease, but we have to lower cholesterol, diet and lifestyle are the most important for prevention, but lets all take medications (statins included) anyway… how many non-logical, self-conflicting ideas did he actually spout??? Did anyone else notice he kept contridicting himself…?
You have to pick and choose, but overall, I found this interview helpful and enlightening. I’ve never had a huge weight problem, probably because I’ve never really enjoyed the high glycemic foods.