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The Battle of the Diets: Is Anyone Winning (At Losing?)
January 17, 2008 presentation by Christopher Gardner for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. The case for low-carbohydrate diets is gaining weight. Christopher Gardner, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, has completed the largest and longest-ever comparison of four popular diets using real-world conditions, which he discusses - the lowest-carbohydrate Atkins diet came out on top. Stanford University School of Medicine: med.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com
January 4th, 2010 - 19:47
okinawans, the pork farmers of japan? a diet high in lard.
January 5th, 2010 - 03:10
wrong, the average person in okinawa pre 1950 consumed only a small percentage of meat in their diet.
January 9th, 2010 - 14:27
Waterbury and Berardi are both smart guys. In fact, I do have books by both of them. They’re both first and foremost businessmen though. They’re both selling you something as their primary objective.
January 9th, 2010 - 14:29
You’re using the standard vegetarian definition of meat. They ate a great deal of fish, which is meat. Just not “red” meat.
January 10th, 2010 - 19:21
You must be exceedingly stupid then
January 10th, 2010 - 19:22
coastal oki,s ate fish not the inland oki,s
January 18th, 2010 - 04:46
@Stonewalljackson7
check out “metabolic typing” by wolcott
it will explain alot about how certain cultures eat certain foods and thrive.
inuit indians consume mostly meat and fat and very little carbos- and have exceptional health and longevity.
January 18th, 2010 - 17:30
The inuit have a relatively short life span
January 18th, 2010 - 17:45
I did check it out, took the test and it said i’m a carbo type. and recommends exactly the diet i’m on.
January 19th, 2010 - 02:09
dont know where u pulled that out of- but ok.
February 2nd, 2010 - 09:09
“If they all reduced the amount of calories they say they did, they all would have lost 40 pounds. So they exaggerated.” Well, no. Reducing calories reduces basal metabolism. For some people, it reduces basal metabolism quite dramatically.
February 5th, 2010 - 05:56
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February 5th, 2010 - 18:58
why is this shit partially blocked off around 5 1/2 min?
February 22nd, 2010 - 01:21
No they didn’t actually. many live into there 100′s
February 22nd, 2010 - 12:33
and your source?
April 15th, 2010 - 16:21
Great talk!
April 16th, 2010 - 23:26
Thanks Dr Gardner for following the scientific method rather than rationalizing the data into what you want to believe. A lot of people would be healthier if public health policy studies were conducted this way back in the 1950s-1970s when the lipid hypothesis was created by cherry picking uncontrolled data. Too much insulin is probably the cause of many health problems today, but we need more studies like this to prove it.
April 30th, 2010 - 14:00
@tune5k maybe to avoid copyright infringement?
May 30th, 2010 - 22:51
John Denver !
June 3rd, 2010 - 22:48
Great video its nice to see some really honest science.
This video is rather old and what Dr. Gardner has done further with this study as a base as far as genetics and diet goes hase been quite interesting.
June 4th, 2010 - 16:52
@vzamaze
I agree with Dr. Gardner. Ketosis is simply too hard for the body to achieve in this day and age. Most people cannot do it. This study wasn’t about the diet followed to its ideal. It was about what people can reasonably accomplish.
June 30th, 2010 - 03:26
@IskurBlast
i got into ketosis in one day…im 5’11 180 and exercise everyday and before getting into ketosis i ate mostly lean meat vegetables and occasionally grains…and desert at night …
for me the hardest part was feeling EXTREMELY tired/low energy at night because i that bowl of icecream/peanut butter…but i imagine it would be even harder for a heavier person who is more addicted to carbs
July 18th, 2010 - 22:45
@IskurBlast
any links to his newer work?
August 28th, 2010 - 04:02
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September 9th, 2010 - 10:23
Really great presentation from Doctor Gardner.
I appreciate his intellectual honesty in presenting evidence that went again not only his preconceptions, but his own dietary lifestyle choices and those of his children. He seems to have an open, curious mind and to be an experimental scientist of the first order.
I learned that my less than 100% compliance in the real world is probably natural … and rather than be strictly low carb, I’ll aim to get any carbs from vegetables and fruits.