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Springfield College Assistant Professor of Exercise Science and low-carb researcher Dr. Richard J. Wood is our guest today on “The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore.”
Dr. Wood has been busy the past few years investigating the impact of low-carbohydrate and low-fat weight loss diets on the human body and his findings are astonishing. Listen in as he and Jimmy talk about his research and a whole lot more!
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LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 458
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– Dr. Richard Wood bio
– Dr. Wood conducting low-carb vs. low-fat diet research in Massachusetts
– Dr. Wood’s response to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines
– “In the face of contradictory evidence: report of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee” published in the October 26, 2010 issue of Nutrition
– RELATED BLOG POST: “Survey: Vegetable Consumption Doubles On A Low-Carb Diet”
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Love the interview thanks Jimmy – especially Dr. Wood’s theory-statement that carbohydrates mask satiety, or like Courtney Thorne Smith would put it “Low-carb makes you trust your hunger!”
Amen to that.
Another interesting interview. Thank you. I am sleep deprived because I am reading a wonderful book Tell Me the Truth by oncologist Ranjana Srivastava.
J
I really enjoyed this interview. I am curious about HDL & Triglycerides. I hear a lot about low HDL and high triglycerides but what does it mean if both are low. At my last lipid test my HDL was 38 and my triglycerides were 78. My total cholesterol was 143 and my LDL was 89 so everything is low and I just wonder if I should be concerned about the low HDL. Anyone know?
Some excellent points made by both Jimmy Moore and Dr Wood.
Two slight areas of disappointment:
1) I would have liked to hear more about how well people do (or not) while exercising on low-carb, from the point of view of an exercise-scientist. (We hear a lot from the carbophiles about this, so I would like to hear a more informed view).
2) Dr Wood (when he talked about demythologising low-carb diets to skeptical audiences displayed a worrying “fat fear”. That’s THEIR game. We shouldn’t play it. Lower carb diets can indeed be higher in both absolute and percentage terms of fat (especially animal fat) than previous high-carb diets. (What about people formerly on low-fat diets for instance?). We should not be afraid of this. N.B. I am NOT saying that fat calories can be unlimited – that’s a whole other discussion – but typically (as was mentioned) appetite tends to be self-limiting on low-carb diet, so calories tend to take care of themselves.