Bye-bye, Fathead. I've enjoyed the blog, but can't endorse the high-fat, high-carb Perfect Health Diet that somehow makes so much sense to some otherwise bright people. An astrophysicist makes some rookie mistakes on a LC diet, misdiagnoses them, makes up "glucose deficiency," and creates a diet that's been shown in intervention studies to increase small LDL, which can lead to heart disease. A computer programmer believes in the diet and doesn't seem eager to refute it because, perhaps, scientists are freakin' liars and while he's good at spotting logical inconsistencies, lacks some intermediate knowledge of human biology. To Tom's credit, he says it's not the right diet for everyone, but given the truckload of food that has to be prepared and eaten, impracticality of following it while traveling (or even not traveling), and unsuitability for FODMAPs sufferers, diabetics and anyone prone to heart disease (i.e., much of the population), I'm...
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Is age all in the mind? Well some days perhaps yes?
I can feel 10 years younger on good days or 10 years older on bad days - well perhaps a slight exaggeration! But the likes of Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Bowie and a whole host of others do well - and long may it remain.
All the best Jan
Personally, eating the wrong thing or going too many days with too little sleep really does take a toll on me--and I'm young enough to be Alice Cooper's kid.