The following video, "So You Want To Lose Weight?"is an amusing depiction of a conversation between a Dietitian and an Client seeking weight-loss advice.

It contains the obvious message, which is intended, which is that people don't want to do the work of changing the way the eat and exercise, and expect weight-loss Results without making an Effort to change that Behavior

together with a totally unintended additional message.

This video contains an excellent example of how the Health Care Industry continues to distribute erroneous information about low-carbohydrate eating which is based on "bad Science", and which has now been refuted. 

Which part of the conventional wisdom provided by the Dietitian is incorrect? The statement that the Atkins diet (low-carb eating) causes kidney damage in healthy people has definitely been proven to be wrong. 

How about the rest?  What is true? and What is untrue? I don't really know for sure. 
You'll need to judge that for yourself.

For more information on the low-carb issue, review the discussionof "Why We Get Fat" by Gary Taubes located at BOOKTALK, and if you feel like making some comments in that discussion, please do so.

                                                         

Recently I posted about the advantages of Online Friends. Online friends is the term I use for people online with whom I actually communicate via the net. I know who they are, and they know who I am.

There are also people online, rather famous people. People I know, but who don’t have any idea who I am. I call these people “my imaginary friends”.

Here I mention three of them, who I find are imaginary friends worth having.

One of my imaginary friends is Gary Taubes, the science reporter who has university degrees from Harvard, from Stanford, and from Columbia….and not just easy degrees, but in Physics, Aerospace Engineering, and Journalism.

I’ve read his two books, Good Calories Bad Calories (2007) , and Why We Get Fat And What To Do About It (2011), plus I’ve watched his university lectures on YouTube.  As a result of this, I’m convinced Taubes is an intellectual Genius.

Another of my imaginary friends is Tom Naughton, the comedian and writer who produced the movie “Fathead”. I got it from Amazon and watched it several times; watched his YouTube lecture; and have read his blog. As a result of this, I know that Naughton is both intelligent and amusing.

A third imaginary friend is Brad Pilon, a bodybuilder who wrote the e-book, Eat Stop Eat, about the subject of Intermittent Fasting. I bought that book, and read it.  I’ve also watched all of his YouTube videos, and read his blog. As a result of this, I think Pilon is articulate with muscles.

So, recently I saw an online connection between these three people. Tom Naughton did an excellent interview of Gary Taubes. For those interested, it can be found at:

Tom Naughton’s Interview With Gary Taubes

Then, imagine my surprise when Tom Naughton wrote a blog about Intermittent Fasting and mentioned that he had Brad Pilon’s YouTube video.

I suddenly realized….My Imaginary Friends are playing together.

 1 serving

Ingredients:

1 scoop (1/3 cup)  Designer Protein Powder - French Vanilla (26 grams)
1 TB heavy whipping cream
2 TB Torino's sugar-free Vanilla Syrup
2 pkg Splenda

Directions:

Spray 1/2 cup size bowl with non-stick coating
Put protein powder in bowl, add Splenda
Mix in cream, then Mix in Syrup

Tip: Stir batter together with a table knife
Batter should have the consistency of thick pancake batter.
To achieve this, make adjustment in amount of sugar-free syrup,
It's okay to use a bit more or a bit less.

Microwave for 1 minute.

Calories 150
Carbs 3 g
Protein 18 g

1 serving

Ingredients:

2 TB Designer Protein Powder - Chocolate (12 grams)
1 TB Hershey's sugar-free Chocolate Syrup
2 pkg Splenda

Directions:

Spray 1/2 cup size bowl with non-stick coating
Put protein powder in bowl, add Splenda
Mix in Hershey's Syrup

Tip: Stir batter together with a table knife
Batter should have the consistency of thick pancake batter.
To achieve this, make adjustment in amount of sugar-free syrup,
It's okay to use a bit more or a bit less.

Microwave for 45 seconds.

Calories 57
Carbs 3.5 g
Protein 9 g
 

1 serving

Ingredients:

2 egg whites
1/4 cup dry uncooked oatmeal
2 TB applesauce, unsweetened
1/4  tsp ground cinnamon
2 pkg Splenda

Directions:

Spray 1 cup size microwavable bowl with non-stick coating.
Put 1/4 cup dry oatmeal into bowl.
Mix egg whites with cinnamon and Splenda in magic bullet or blender
Pour into bowl with oatmeal and str together with applesauce.
Microwave for 2 minutes.
Remove from bowl and cut into 6 pieces.
 

Calories 118
Carbs 15 g.
Protein 9.7 g.