< RANT WARNING > This post is a compilation of several that have been lying in the draft bin. Consider it a response to a perfect storm of the arrogance and pitiful whining by staunch low carb advocates in past months. I've had enough of the absolute abomination that is Jimmy Moore orchestrating the rhetoric, but also many of the attendant hangers on. So yes, I'm going on a rant here folks. You've been forewarned. Fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride, or just hit that "X" button up there on the corner right of your browser. < /RANT WARNING >
Most readers are probably aware of Jimmy Moore's latest demonstration that he's LLVLClue to the hilt lately: Jimmy Moore’s n=1 Experiments: ‘Safe Starch’ Sweet Potato. I mean really, I cannot imagine that this experiment resembles in any way what Paul Jaminet would construct for someone adding starches back to a low carb diet. The pricking begins on day one of adding some sweet potato. It is never consumed in what would be a normal meal for most people. Let's look at the sweet potato -- on the first two days he eats 1/2 with 1 T of honey (fructose!), the remaining days with stevia except for the last day when he eats just a half of a sweet potato. Each day except the last he adds an unbelievable "copious" amount of butter: 3T!! Yes, to half a sweet potato he adds over 1/3rd stick of butter. Now let's add in the variable meals of mostly 2 brats with sauerkraut or chicken smothered in cheese. This is DISHONEST folks. If you're going to do self experiments and publish results, learn to do it right. And if you're testing the effect of starch on your body, you have to consume it as plainly as possible, or at least with a normal amount of added fat. Even sweet potato fries from a family restaurant don't hold a candle to that absolutely ridiculous added fat-to-whole food ratio!! With reservations stated, Jimmy soldiered on ...
