Does a high animal protein/fat diet forestall obesity?

Don Matesz had an interesting blog post the other day that I tweeted:  Grass-Fed Animal Products Prevent Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease?  He writes:

Not for Mongolians.

Mongols eat a diet largely composed of milk products, meat, and fat from free-ranging, organic, grass-fed animals. They consume few plant foods because few edible plants grow in the cold continental climate of Mongolia. The climate forced them into a natural experiment in low-carb nutrition based on grass-fed animal products.

I have an interest in Mongolians because there's definitely some influence of these people in my husband's ancestral line.   I went looking for any peer review literature that might address the Mongolians and found an interesting article.  But before that, I also found some other info.  Don points out in a note to WAPF (presumably aimed at their promotion of raw milk) that the Mongols boiled their milk and made cheese from it.  But one of the accountings of the diets comes from the WAPF site:  Diet of Mongolia.  

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Jimmy Moore: Unwavering Dishonesty, The Early Years

Apparently some people belonging to a private paleo FB group aren't receiving Jimmy's recent message of divisiveness too kindly.   One of the reasons I blogged on his latest attempt at dividing the paleo community is because most people -- paleo or low carbers -- who are new to the community, have no clue who this Jimmy Moore guy is and what he stands for.  I would still be hugely surprised to learn that most of the paleo peeps weren't caught off guard when they met Jimmy at AHS11, PaleoFX or any of the other events in the past couple of years.   Just listening to his original podcast or reading the odd blog post (that I'm convinced few if any ever do), it would be easy to see how one might have no clue what really makes this huge influence in the community tick.  And it is exactly his continued influence over the dialog that will keep him on my radar here, especially since he has been so contradictory and disingenuous over the years.  So on IPMG, Jimmy responded to some criticism with two questionable statements:

Anybody who reads my blog regularly knows I am dead honest in all of the things I share there. That's something my readers expect and I give it to them straight.

and 

I've remained quite consistent in my position since the very beginning of my blog in 2005: find what works for you, follow it exactly as prescribed and then keep doing it for the rest of your life. I've never wavered from this message one iota.

These sorts of statements are nothing new for Jimmy, I could have sourced similar from any number of blogs and comments and podcasts over the years ... but these two particular versions are important for their certitude and lack of any wiggle room left for clarity.  Adding in the frequency with which he has repeated such sentiments over the years, and his insistence on continuing to repeat them is rather damning to Jimmy's credibility as any sort of "leader", as well as his personal and professional integrity.   

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Dysregulation of Glucose Handling: Underlying Defect, Permanent Damage or Fixable Milieu?

How many times have you heard some version of the following?

• Sure starches are OK for 20-something CrossFitters
• My body just can't tolerate carbohydrates
• If I hadn't damaged my metabolism, maybe I could eat carbs now, but I can't
• I used up my carb allotment as a kid so I can't eat them now (I blew out my pancreas)
• Type II diabetes is a disease of carbohydrate intolerance

The list could go on.

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yippee!!  it's friday!  as soon as i finish packaging a ton of boxes, i'm off to the mountains for the weekend.  ryan offered to drive us there but i'm not sure his ride is safe for the kiddos :)  have a great weekend!! xo- Shannon

5 Gol Tangan Dalam Dunia Sepakbola

Kali ini You'll Never Walk Alone akan memberikan informasi seputar gol yang pernah dilakukan dengan menggunakan tangan. Apa saja? Berikut informasinya. 

1. Diego Maradona (Argentina)   

                                                    
Inggris vs Argentina, Perempat final Piala Dunia 1986 Diego Armando Maradona menjadi public enemy penggila sepak bola di Inggris setelah gol “tangan Tuhan” dilakukannya ke gawang Peter Shilton di perempatfinal Piala Dunia 1986 Meksiko. Perjalanan Argentina semakin sempurna dengan merebut Piala Dunia untuk kedua kalinya. Sementara bagi Inggris, kejahatan Maradona menjadikannya tersingkir sekaligus mengubur impian The Three Lions untuk merebut gelar untuk kali kedua.

2. Thierry Henry (Prancis)
                                     

Irlandia vs Prancis, Play-off Piala Dunia 2010 Mimpi Irlandia untuk berlaga di Piala Dunia 2010 harus terkubur akibat ulah kapten Prancis, Thierry Henry. Dua kali handball dilakukan Henry sebelum mengirimkan umpan pada William Gallas dan berujung gol. Gol tersebut membuat Irlandia tersingkir di babak play-off karena kalah 2-1.

3. Tangan Luis Suarez (Uruguay)
                                    

Ghana vs Uruguay, perempatfinal Piala Dunia 2010 Jika saja Luis Suarez tidak menahan bola dengan
tangannya, bukan tidak mungkin, Ghana menorehkan sejarah untuk pertamakalinya tampil di semifinal Piala Dunia 2010. Namun sejarah yang seharusnya sudah dalam genggaman sirna ketika Luis Suarez menahan bola yang menuju ke gawangnya. Walaupun Ghana memperoleh penalti, namun tendangan Asamoah Gyan gagal, dan Uruguay menang melalui drama adu penalti untuk memastikan ke semifinal.

4. Tangan John Collins (Skotlandia)
                                 

Skotlandia vs Belanda, Penyisihan Grup Piala Eropa 1996 Belanda nyaris saja teringkir dari penyisihan grup Piala Eropa 1996 saat timnya hanya bermain imbang 0-0 melawan Skotlandia. Padahal dalam pertandingan
tersebut sebuah tendangan Ronald de Boer sudah berada di garis gawang. Namun bola digagalkan John Collins dengan tangannya. Belanda akhirnya terselamatkan Inggris yang mengalahkan Skotlandia 2-0. Belanda lolos ke putaran final berkat unggul selisih gol atas Skotlandia.

5. Tangan Joe Jordan (Skotlandia)
                                  

                                

Skotlandia vs Wales, Kualifikasi Piala Dunia 1977 Sebelum John Collins menggagalkan tendangan Ronald de Boer yang nyaris menjadi gol, tangan pemain Skotlandia yang menuai kebencian adalah Joe Jordan. Dalam babak play-off Piala Dunia 1978 di Anfield Stadium, Jordan melakukan handball di dalam kotak penalti Wales. Namun wasit Robert Wurtz (Prancis) menunjuk penalti untuk Skotlandia yang menduga pemain belakang Wales, David Jones yang melakukan handball. Jordan selaku penendang penalti menuntaskan tugasnya dengan baik, sekaligus mengubur mimpi Wales berlaga di Argentina ’78.