297: Diane Kress Shares More On ‘The Metabolism Miracle’ (Part 2)

Written on October 15, 2009

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Hello and welcome back to The Livin’ La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore!

Today, we present Part 2 of Jimmy’s 90-minute interview with dietitian and bestselling author of The Metabolism Miracle Diane Kress. Listen in for more of Diane’s take on the evolution of the low-carb diet since Dr. Atkins came on the scene, her opinion of the South Beach Diet, why Metabolism B types shouldn’t exercise before breakfast, why it is vitally important that you eat if you get hungry late at night, why she recommends avoiding saturated fats for faster weight loss, and much, MUCH more!

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- Vote for your favorite podcast interviews of 2009! Send your top three along with follow-up questions for them in case they are selected for the January 2010 Encore Week to Jimmy by e-mailing livinlowcarbman@charter.net.
- Diane Kress bio
- The Metabolism Miracle: 3 Easy Steps to Regain Control of Your Weight…Permanently
- TheMetabolismMiracle.com
- “The Metabolism Miracle” blog

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One thing that caught my attention in Part 1 was when she said that no doctor today would publish a book with such antiquated ideas as promoting foods high in saturated fat. (When she was defending Atkins for having promoted fatty animal foods) Pretty funny for an interview broadcast within a month of the Drs. Eades latest book in which they do just that!

I was so glad that you questioned her directly on the question of saturated fat (starting around minute 30). But I was really disappointed in her responses. She never, ever said why she thought fat that was saturated was worse for you than any other type of fat.

When you brought up Dr. Volek’s work as an example of research showing that saturated fat is not bad for blood and health, her response was only to attack the methodology (although wasn’t familiar with the study). She said that the difference in blood saturates must result not from a difference in the types of fat eaten, but from a difference in the amount of complex carbohydrate. (She didn’t specify whether she meant complex vs. simple, or complex carbs versus less carb overall.)

She said that weight loss will be faster with a diet lower in saturated fat. Her example was prime rib versus filet, which just means less fat. That doesn’t have anything to do with saturated versus other types of types.

Then she talked about fat in the bloodstream after a meal high in fat. That was where she really lost my confidence. Up until then, I was interested in the things she was saying that I hadn’t heard before. But after she got this so wrong, I decided I had to put her in the category of people I can’t assume know what they’re talking about.

It’s carbohydrate that floods the bloodstream with fat after a meal. Dr. Michael Eades describes this in a fascinating post in which he deconstructs recent ABC anti-fat news segment.

http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/abcs-big-meal-propaganda/

Here’s an excerprt.

“It’s pretty impressive when the lab tech holds up the tube of blood taken after the meal and compares it to the one taken before the meal. There is a lot of fat swimming in the serum, that’s for sure. What the producers of this piece (and, sadly, the doctors commenting although they should know better) want you to take away from all this by the way they set it up is that all that saturated fat went directly into the blood. And how can you argue with them? It’s there for all to see.

“Problem is, that’s what blood samples look like after almost any meal, especially one that contains carbohydrates. The fat you see isn’t the fat the two reporters ate; it is the fat the liver has made from the carbohydrate. It’s the same picture a tube of blood would show after either of the two doctors had eaten a high-carb, low-fat lunch.”

Her point of view is promising, but she has a long, long way to go. Too bad she didn’t make the rest of the journey before her book became so wildly successful. With all the validation she’s getting for her halfway-there viewpoint, I can’t imagine her moving beyond it now.