316: Professor Brian Peskin Tells ‘The Hidden Story of Cancer’

Written on December 21, 2009

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

In today’s episode, Jimmy speaks with former Texas Southern University adjunct professor Brian Peskin. Brian is the author of The Hidden Story of Cancer: Find Out Why Cancer Has Medical Science on the Run and How a Simple Plan Based on New Science Can Prevent it. His work is primarily influenced by the research of German Nobel Lauriate Otto Warburg, whose studies posit that:

“Cancer, above all other diseases, has countless secondary causes. But, even for cancer, there is only one prime cause. Summarized in a few words, the prime cause of cancer is the replacement of the respiration of oxygen in normal body cells by a fermentation of sugar.”

Listen in for a wild ride of a conversation that covers everything from Diabetes prevention and why commercial fish oils are bad for you, to how pharmaceutical companies fudge their numbers to make Statins look good. All this and much, MUCH more can be heard in today’s don’t-miss episode!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 316
- Professor Brian Peskin bio
- The Hidden Story of Cancer: Find Out Why Cancer Has Medical Science on the Run and How a Simple Plan Based on New Science Can Prevent it
- BrianPeskin.com

Cancer, Diabetes, Disease, Fatigue, Low-Carb Lifestyle, Physiology, Research

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greg

now thats all and said ive opened myself up for attacks. i dont mean heart attacks so pick on me if you want. but then again i dont have any degrees so maybe i dont count. maybe im so stupid im smart
Sid Aust

Greg…
well said Greg……..

No I am not Brian Peskin or do I equal Brial Peskin . I live hundreds of miles from Texas where Brian lives but I am a big supporter of Brian and his science that no one can disprove. and god knows many Phds, MDs etc have tried, but he has one thing on his side and that is the science to back everthing he says up if you care to read and study his research and thats a fact. Like Greg said it is hard to see in simple terms because we try to make things so complicated. I remember from my photography of 30 years from one of my great teacher Bill Stockwell who use to say “in simplicity there is awesome grandeur”. No, Brian is not an MD, Phd, MS
I don’t understand every little thing in his reasearch but I don’t got so hung up on one little aspect or question that someone feels he did not answer to thier satisfaction and not to be able to see the overall picture of what he is teaching us with his research. That is exactly what a lot of you on this discussion have done in the last several days.
So with this, I wish every one good health and prosperity for the coming year…….
http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

Holy cow, you guys! I think I created a monster with this interview.

Whether we agree with the interview guests or not, the fact that this much commentary can result from a 55-minute interview means he said something that made people think. And in the end, this is why I do this podcast.

Maybe later in 2010 I’ll have Brian Peskin back on to respond to the many questions people had for him just from the comments in this section alone. I’m sure he’d be thrilled to do another interview. THANKS again everyone!
sss

had you actually conducted an interview instead of an infomercial, perhaps numbers of us wouldn’t have been compelled to ask the obvious in order to point out all that doesn’t square with the best in this field. at the very least you could have addressed mary enig’s objections to his assertions. taubes’s carbohydrate – insulin – igf explanation of cancer could also have come up in the conversation.
Boudi

Please DO, Jimmy. I ordered his books, have looked at and listened to everything on the internet by him and gotta say this guy is on to something. It is beautiful in its simplicity/complexity.

I wish he didn’t pack his bags and leave, though – it only adds to the impression that he’s not sincere. I get the impression he is very sincere and really wants people to get the message; however, who can blame the guy for being frustrated? He’s up against the prevailing system. As I recall Atkins was often pushed up against a wall and simply packed his bags. I also wish he’d stop using accolades etc to boost his theories. Stick to the science, which he’s got down pat. Here’s what I understand him to say:

We get too much adulterated omega 6, which leads to cellular malfunction (leading to cancer, heart disease etc) due to cell membrane damage. To compensate we must take supplemental, unadulterated omega 6. Omeg 3s are easy to get, just eat some fish – the omega 3s aren’t damaged, because they are so fragile that they are rancid/smelly and we wouldn’t eat anything made from adulterated omega 3. We need the omega 6s and 3s not the derivatives because the body is best at determining how much of the derivatives an individual at any given time needs. Taking fish oil is taking derivatives and, therefore, like taking a pharmaceutical without knowing proper dosing, which leads to overdoses and the associated problems.

My comments/questions for Brian:
1. I’m interested in learning more about what he has to say about fiber. When I eliminate fiber, I eliminate the ability to eliminate! Possibly when I get the books I’ll understand what’s going on here and steps to eliminate the elimination problem.

2. If one is eating “clean” – grass fed, organic etc, is there still a need for omega 6 supplementation?

3. How’s his Iowa study going?

4. What’s the underlying science behind Essiac?
greg

by the way brian peskin is easily available through his email. he usually responds within 2 to 3 hours. i know i have emailed him. how many doctors do that. all the answers to the questions are in his books. i am not brians friend or have anything to do with him. brian even said he doesnt care if you like him or not. everybody is looking for some kind of a leader or guru. like the old saying kill the messenger, if you dont like what you hear. i have applied most of what brian is showing. taking the correct ratio of omega 6 and 3 is very significant even if you dont change anything else. if anybody wants to contact me my email
mrlimo29@yahoo.com.
Roger

An interesting clinical trial of ketogenic diet therapy for cancer was described in TIME magazine a few years ago:

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1662484,00.html
http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

Well sss, I’m sorry my interview style isn’t as perfect as your lofty expectations require them to be. Perhaps you should create your own podcast to show me and everyone else how its done. In the meantime, I’ll keep doing my awful podcast which just happens to be in the Top 20 Nutrition & Fitness podcasts on iTunes with tens of thousands of listeners weekly.
http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

Thanks for the link to the Time Magazine article, Roger. I wrote about that column in my new book and even contacted the researchers about coming on my podcast show. One of them said she would do a blog interview, but didn’t speak English well enough for a spoken interview. I haven’t had a chance to send her questions yet, but will be doing that soon.
kevin

When you are an autodidact in a field and you make exceptional claims, expect to be closely scrutinized. Expect people to ask hard questions. Don’t expect that you can get away with not answering questions, but rather tout what others have said about your work.

Another controversial autodidact Jimmy has interviewed is Konstantin Monastyrsky, author of Fiber Menace. I won’t say that Brian Peskin reminds me of him, but his possible sock-puppet, Syd Aust, does.

Brian, If you want your controversial claims to be taken seriously, ditch the “Professor” credential and get your website re-done by someone who hasn’t previously worked for Ron Popeil. These shady-seeming lapses of judgment completely undermine your credibility.

After listening to the interview, I was intrigued by what you said, but one quick visit to your site left me cold. Taking a point from an earlier commenter, ask yourself this: why hasn’t that call from Oprah come yet?
Sid Aust

If you are going to call me a sock puppet. At least spell my name correct ….It is Sid instead of Syd

(After listening to the interview, I was intrigued by what you said, but one quick visit to your site left me cold.)

Thats because you are!!!

(When you are an autodidact in a field and you make exceptional claims, expect to be closely scrutinized. Expect people to ask hard questions. Don’t expect that you can get away with not answering questions, but rather tout what others have said about your work.)

Just because you don’t like what he says does not make it false. Everything is backed by science and what you say is backed by BS
kevin

Actually, SID, I called you a POSSIBLE sock puppet.

Further, I have no idea what your ad hominem attack (“Thats because you are!!!”) means. I suspect it flows from the Rubber vs. Glue school of debate. Perhaps you could elucidate this point.

In response to your point: “Everything is backed by science and what you say is backed by BS”, all I can say is that I never attempted to critique his science. Rather I outlined a way he could improve his credibility.

Let me ask you, SID, and please answer this clearly and honestly: do you think the average person will be more or less inclined to trust his scientific conclusions when they learn that the credential he claims (“Professor”) comes from one brief stint as an adjunct professor?
Steve L.

OK, so Brian Peskin has made a couple of statements that are at least very clear regarding his view the meaning of his zero heart scan score. Here are a couple of quotes from his comment earlier in the thread:

“Regarding the CT scan, a 0 calcium score in a 52-year-old male is a very unusual result — not very common at all. ”

“Personally, i rate decades lower than my chronological age.”

The information that others have quoted earlier from Dr. William Davis was that, population-wise, 50% of heart scans scored zero. I recalled that my own heart scan report also contained detailed information regarding the prevalence of various scores in the asymptomatic population at large, stratified by age and sex, so I dug it out to refresh my memory. So let me first address Brian’s comment of how unusual a zero score is for a 52-year old male. In a study of approx. 10,000 asymptomatic patients, the 25th percentile for 50-54 year old males was a score of zero. That is, at least 25% of them scored zero. The 50th percentile for these males is a heart scan score of 8. So somewhere between 25% to 50% of the men score zero. Hardly the “very unusual” result described by Brian. Just for additional perspective, zeros are even more common in younger age groups, with the 30-34 year old males recording zero as the 75th percentile score and a score of 1 as the 90th percentile. In other words, almost everyone was zero. For women it’s even better. For women 50-54, the 75th percentile score is zero. 90th percentile is 29. I invite Brian to cite a study refuting these statistics. Won’t take but a few seconds, just paste the link here in a comment.

Obviously, in the context of the stats I’ve quoted, Brian’s other statement about his zero scored rating him “decades lower than his chronological age” becomes hyperbole. That’s not intended as a personal attack, though it may sound like one. From where I sit, that’s just the facts. Anyone with a zero score rates the same as an infant. So what? If Brian were instead, 72 years old, and had a score of 88 (25th percentile) than I suppose he might have a weak case that he rated ONE decade younger, since 100 is the 50th percentile score for age 60-64 males. But even that would be a stretch, since there’s still lots of 75 year-olds (a quarter of the males) with scores of 88 or less.

I remember being surprised myself when I got my heart scan that zero is such a common result, but those are the facts.
http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes Jimmy Moore

If I got this kind of response with every podcast guest I interviewed, then we’d have to take it to TV! Thanks for the lively debate everybody!
Sid Aust

I know this is a lively friendly debate and thats good.. I have never even thought about he being a professor as that has been a non isssue to me..That to me is just a nick name. I had a good friend that we called Scooter and that is a motor bike. I never thought of him as a scooter. The name professor stuck when he was asked to lecture and Brian would probably say the same thing. But i do know he lectures to cancer doctors and heart doctors all over the country. I did not mean to insult you and hope you understand and all I ask that you look at the science seriously. Both my wife and I had cancer with a year a part, but doing great now…
Anyway thanks for the comments and the friendly debate and your time for responding…
Best to you for the coming year…
Vadim

Sid Aust, I am curious as to how you are following Brian’s protocol. Can you share more of your story. What changed before and after you were diagnosed with cancer. Did your diet change, were you on low carb diet before and how long? Or you started on low carb living after the cancer diagnosis. Did you need chemo, surgery or was it at the earliest stage? Are you taking omega 6/ omega 3 oils mix every day? Have you noticed any difference in your overall health since you started doing it? I know I asked a lot of questions and I appreciate your time and efffort in here. Thanks
Sid Aust

In Response to Vadim..

‘Sid Aust, I am curious as to how you are following Brian’s protocol.’

Will be happy to tell you….and what the PEOs have done..
I did have surgery and they took 10 inches of colon from me. I had never had a colon exam at 57. Any it had not spread and did not have to have radition, the surgeon recomended as a precaution some chemo and it was about once per month for about 5-6 months and never lost my hair and got sick etc. but some of the side effects were bothersome, but not bad. I am very much a reader and constantly read health books,all kinds and all opinions etc. I am considered a health nut by all my friends and always taking lots of supplements. but did over the years let the weight slip up on me. While reading one day in an article it mentioned Brian Peskin. So naturally I looked him up and was so impressed by what he was saying and thinking he is really on to something here…This was after my surgery and chem..I got through with chemo in Aug and found Brian’s info in Feb of the next year. The point of my reading was to find out how to keep cancer from ever coming back…I was not doing low carb till Brian’s books. My whole interest in my health became more focused on low card and his research. His research made so much sense to me and have become more of a health nutt than ever before after discovering his research. Cancer and Heart disease related or caused by the same thing and research to back it up and connecting the dots like he did …Wow. This guy is on to something..
I lost close to 60 pounds this year want to lose a few more. using low card and applying his recomendations in his book with low carb…I had always known about low carb but never took notice much till now.
The thing I noticed about the PEO’s is that cut my desire for food and that is just a side effect of the oils. I take the oils every day and will from now on….to get lots of oxygen to the cells as Brian says in his research. I will continue to take the PEOS…In his books it tell you how to mix the oils etc at a 2-1 mix..There is a formula available that is already mixed etc. but I mix my own and also take some Evening primrose capsules called (Efamol) That is omega 6.
According to the recomendations of the mix 1 tea spoon per 160# of body weight unless there is a issue.. It does not hurt to take more…So I take and may differ some on days but it is always the same…1-2 teaspoons of the mix per day..
and Also 6-capsules of Efamol 1000mg (omega 6) and 2 capsules of Flax oil…Since I had an issues I want to take more…So total I take what amounts to 1 tablespoon…

3 capsules of 1000mg of Evening Primrose (Efamol) and 1 capsule of Flax oil =1 teaspoon
2 teaspoons of the mix and all this = to 1 tablespoon

If I want to change it a bit…I will take 6 capsules of omega 6(evening primrose) and 2 capsules of the flax and 1 teaspoon of the mix it still will equal 1 table spoon. i try to keep it in balance…2-1…The Efamol brand is the best in the world…90 capsules is only $12.73 and last a month..
So that is what I do…if anyone has any questions I will be glad to answer if I can…but I am no doctor…But on that note I purchased The Hidden Story Of Cancer and gave it to my doctor several months ago..When I went back to him and asked him if he had had a chance to read the book..He was on fire with the book and was doing a study as he purchased the oils and gives it to patients(already mixed) who are overweigh. He informed me that it has been beyond exceptional..He told me amost all in the high 80% lost weight. He has seen blood pressure dropped, reduced the amount of medications, or stopped some and has seem many positive benifits from the oils. He said he refers to the book all times and was greatly impressed with the infomation…my email is sid_aust@msn.com
if anyone wants to contact me…hopes this helps
thanks again…
Billy

Great post, Sid. Thanks for sharing your story. Very powerful. I would recommend that anyone who questions Peskin’s findings to actually READ his material, most notably his book, “The Hidden Story of Cancer.”
Vadim

Thanks for your sharing your personal story.
Boudi

Got the book today. It’s amazing. (The format’s a bit odd, but it’s all supported) Again, to hear a well versed scientist/aware Dr. hash it out with Brian would be priceless. Not in a debate, but in an academic discussion where both Brian and a colleague, who could possibly bring up other research that contradicts the works Brian cites,or shows where Brian’s understanding of physiology is incorrect, but is willing to hear Brian and consider his work. Brian really does back up his statements.
Rusty

For those who know engineers with poor social skills just look into Asperger’s, high functioning autism of various degrees,and you’ll find all your answers.
dougb

If you go on this guy’s web site he has all kinds of things to sell, much of it for pretty high prices….I will continue to look into it, but I wonder about someone when they may have a hidden agenda (ie books and “packages” to sell)…also, why can’t we find his book on Amazon?…..
Boudi

Well the Eades sell stuff (at insane prices), Mark Sisson sell stuff and promotes many products, Dr. Graveline is self published… Brian’s books appear to be self-published (Pinnacle Press). To me this just means the establishment didn’t want to hear it, or may be Brian wanted more of the profit, or it was a way to help people who heard his lectures and wanted it in writing. Whatever the reason, isn’t it great to live in a time when we can get word out without depending on big publishing houses?

By the way, go back and listen to Jimmy’s interview with Dr. Graveline. I think he mentions that he, too, is seeing the need for omega 6.

He tells you in the book what to do, so no need to buy supplements if you don’t want the convenience. I downloaded his free recipe book – the pudding was fabulous (all in the family enjoyed it).

Really, buy the book (get 24 hr diet 1/2 price). I’m enjoying them, and so is my 17 year old who wants to study biochem. As I said, they are a bit odd in their layout, and his voice is strong – no third person voice here, but he does document what he says. I haven’t looked the articles up and read them, though – possibly he’s citing falsely (doubt it), but when I worked as a research librarian for a government agency and did literature searches for scientists it was not totally unusual to find some studies cited references that didn’t exist! The other possibility is he misunderstands them. That is why I’d love a physiologist or someone versed in this stuff to READ and then address/discuss his work.
Billy

Peskin’s books tell you how to buy the necessary oils and supplements in any health food store. You don’t have to buy them from the companies he recommends, and he’ll be the first one to tell you that.

As for selling books on his website, well, I have no problem with that at all. Anyone prominent in their field publishes books (or should). I’m betting he used his own publisher to have complete control over the content and how it’s sold. Very smart, actually.

I’m always amazed how people gripe about people selling books on health topics . . . but don’t even consider the conflict of interests inherent in a mainstream health care system that advocates things like chemotherapy that costs tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars per patient.

My wife’s oncologist is a great guy, and we are happy with his expertise, but the guy knew NOTHING about any alternative approach whatsoever. He didn’t even have a single thing to say about nutrition. Not one thing! That flabbergasted me.

The current mainstream protocols for cancer have hardly changed in 40 years, and the progress made is absolutely dismal. The progress we’ve made is nil. All these walks for cancer, all these benefit events . . . would love to see some of that massive amount of money go into research on nutrition and alternative approaches, but that’s just a pipe dream, I guess. (Cue John Lennon’s “Imagine” . . .)
Sid Aust

Great Post and totally agree…How is your wife doing now? Are you taking the oil now and how long…just wondering..
would love to correpond with you as I had colon cancer before…sid_aust@msn.com
best to you…
Sid Aust

Thats
sid_aust@msn.com
if anyone wants to correspond…
thanks
Meeses

Hi guys,

I emailed Brian Peskin a slew of questions over the last few days, and he was good enough to answer really promptly and give me permission to post his answers here. Below are the excerpts, edited for formatting.

Best,
- M

Q: The paleo community (which generally tends to be pro-omega 3 and anti-grain)

Brian Peskin: **anti-grain is fine AND you do need parent omega-3 — NOT fish oil derivatives EPA and DHA.

has raised some issues regarding how paleolithic man would have obtained your recommended PEO ratios if he had little access to seeds, grains, and the like.

Brian Peskin: **from the MEATs, eggs , etc. remember — no processing back then and all the issues are in harmful processing

Would limited and seasonal access to these plant sources have supplied our evolutionary ancestors with the correct PEO ratio, or is the ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 fats pretty much ideal in grassfed meat?

Brian Peskin: **yes —- 2-3:1 in favor of parent omega-6 — very good.

(Obviously, it’s impossible to know exactly what our ancestors did, but what would be the most plausible source of PEOs? The Inuit weren’t taking sunflower oil…)

Brian Peskin: **correct.

Q: What are the origins of the idea that we need SO MUCH supplemental DHA and EPA (the health industry’s current recommendations for fish oil)?

Brian Peskin: **likely the fact that the brain and retina have large amounts of DHA (although insignificant EPA). what they all overlook is the fact that the DHA can be replaced in brain and nervous system slowly….i have never seen an analysis of what the doses of the derivatives are as high as they are in spite of being pharmacological overdoses.

Q: You seem to say that proper PEO supplementation in effect mimics the amount and ratio of PEOs available in grass fed meat. If one were to consume adequate amounts of grass fed meat (8 ounces or more daily?), would one still need to supplement with PEOs?

Brian Peskin: **needs to be organic/natural with no pesticides, hormones, etc. theoretically you should , especially if you also eat organic eggs. however, i know of no one who isn’t taking a supplement to do an analysis on. it would be most interesting.

What if one consumed primarily grain fed or feedlot meat instead? Does grain fed or feedlot meat provide either inferior or inadequate supplies of LA/parent omega 6?

Brian Peskin: **adulterated!

Q: When simultaneously exposed to both functional, undamaged PEOs AND adulterated, nonfunctional PEOs, do our cells preferentially incorporate the the organic, unprocessed versions, or does the rate of incorporation reflect the percentages consumed? What becomes of any excess PEOs (both functional and nonfunctional)?

Brian Peskin: **ONLY in proportion of overall intake — that’s why so important to ensure you get lots of function ones.

Q: I’ve read that at certain levels of intake, protein does stimulate some insulin secretion (though not in harmful amounts).

Brian Peskin: **INSIGNIFICANT!

With this in mind, what is your opinion of a Jan Kwasniewski type diet of a protein:fat:carbohydrate ratio of 1:2.5:0.8? (Good – unnecessary – silly – harmful?)

Brian Peskin: **what is this based on and in my opinion, completely unnecessary….no need to make eating your “second job” — simply makes carbs “last on list” and have few.

Q: What is your opinion of intermittent fasting (such as one or two 24-hour fasts per week, or a daily eating window of 4-9 hours)?

Brian Peskin: **fast is fine — also, eating once a day is best! twice at most….we are not designed to be human billygoats eating all the time….leads to diabetes.
Meeses

Oh, and I tried to post this earlier, but it seemed not to have gone through. Apologies if it’s just caught up in the server and ends up posting thrice!

*****

Jimmy – first of all, thank you for your courage and all that you do for the low carb community – here are some thoughts on the Brian Peskin interview.

Guys, I’ll start off by saying that I have no scientific background whatsoever and I am just trying to make sense of the available information like everyone else. No doubt I am mistaken about a lot of things, but I’m trying to keep an open yet critical mind. I’m open to challenges and debate, and thanks in advance for not attacking me.

Having listened to the podcast and subsequently reading The 24-Hour Diet, I was actually struck by some similarities between Brian Peskin and Gary Taubes. (Again, please don’t attack me!) Obviously, their personalities are pretty much opposite, and I haven’t educated myself well enough (yet) to compare the quality of their scientific analyses, but 1) They are both men who have extensively researched the scientific literature, and 2) They came to virtually IDENTICAL conclusions about insulin, carbohydrates (down to the level of glycerol 3-phosphate!), the lipid hypothesis, the diet-heart hypothesis, and the effectiveness of fiber and exercise for fat loss.

If we believe Taubes, and Peskin independently has made some of the exact same arguments as Taubes has, perhaps we owe it to ourselves to consider Peskin’s ideas about PEOs. Not that their agreement on the above topics means that either of them is necessarily right, or that Peskin is right about PEOs, but it seems like we have little to lose and much to gain by testing this out. (Though it would be incredibly interesting to know what Taubes would think of Peskin’s books.) We don’t have to buy any specific recommended brand. Nutiva sells an organic, cold pressed hemp oil that looks like it has a ratio of LA to ALA that falls within Peskin’s recommended levels (http://nutiva.com/products/9_oil.php). If Peskin is right, then many of us are doing ourselves harm by taking fish oil that raises blood sugar. If people are interested in testing the effect of switching fish oil for an organic, unadulterated LA/ALA blend for 2 weeks or a month, I don’t think they would harm themselves in such a short time frame, and they might experience some benefits. It would be easy enough to stop supplementation if no benefits occur.

And, to play devil’s advocate for just a moment more… I know we oppose conventional wisdom when it is wrong. But we too have our version of “low carb conventional wisdom.” Not that we are wrong (like high carb advocates…), but we should always continue to be skeptical of our assumptions, right? Dr. Eades tweeted a link to the following article the other day, and I found it pretty inspiring: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/12/fail_accept_defeat/all/1

Okay, thanks for not hating me!
- M

http://silentevidencespeaks.wordpress.com/
Sid Aust

Great post…enjoyed reading it…I have heard Brian in many talks and he does not recommend Hemp oil,soy or canola…Hemp has not been used as a cooking oil traditionally, but it can be used to produce non-toxic diesel fuel, paint, varnish, detergent,ink and lubricating oil therefore he does not recomend it as one of the omega 6 oils…cold pressed and organic sunflower,safflower,sesame oil. pumpkin oil, evening primrose oil, borage oil.. are the ones he recomends mostly are sunflower and safflower…I use both in my mix and also take Evening Primrose oil (Efamol)capsule 3-1000mg capsules and 1-1000mg flax oil…The choice is yours..but hemp in not recomended..I did not say it was bad. just not enough info on it. The hemp people do a lot of slick advertising….just cautious..They can’t legally grow it in the US..has to come from Canada…
enjoyed the post…great comments..and reading..
once again a great post..
http://silentevidencespeaks.wordpress.com/ Meeses

Thanks, Sid! By all means, if hemp is a questionable product, we should avoid it. The U.S. industrial farming complex has such problems that it’s hard to believe Canada is worse – but I suppose nothing would surprise me anymore!
Glenn

Thanks Sid_Aust, Meeses, Billy etc…

I have followed these comments more closely than usual.. since hearing Brians machine gun style interview a couple of days ago. I have been intrigued by his “truth”
He does seem to make a bit of sense on many things, it has been common amongst the anti-cholesterol enthusiasts that cholesterol is bad when it is oxidised. This guy seems to have taken the explanation further. LDL and VLDL are just the carriers and it does carry fatty acids. It makes sense to me that amongst what LDL carries is adulterated omega 6 oils.. aka. oxidised cholesterol.
I don’t have a problem either personally buying the book from his website. If i like what i read and want to know more, I will get it from somewhere.. His books are on Amazon by the way (in response to an earlier post)
Overall, we are all on learning curves and take information from all different sources. There are many people out there playing the same tune as Brian, with slightly different perspective. Personally i love it, there is a vast information on nutrition and no one man can cover it all.
I’m off to buy the book to learn more.
Glenn

update: since i posted last, i have got the book now and half way through it. I must say i did have thoughts of regret buying it just to find out more about Omega 3s. Now that i have it.. all i can say its a brilliant book. It not only covers PUFAs and why fish oils not the best source of omega 3s, it also has an excellent critique of the fields nutritional and medical research.. its spectacular failings and the time it takes for new and correct information to get to us the consumer. The information is not that profound and outside the circle, it is however remarkable that the industry has wasted so much time and money on research that would never go anywhere, while science and research from the turn of last century has been scorned and ignored. He cites many examples of “medical breakthroughs” that we have today have taken 30+ years to be taken up and accepted by the establishment. Many of the discovers of these breakthroughs have been awarded prestigious awards decades after the discovery.
I believe that Brian has disseminated a complicated and confusing field very efficiently and with clarity. He has mentioned the and understood the work of many amazing people. To me its a breathe of fresh air, knowing its based evidence based science that can be replicated 99%+ of the time. All we need to do as the reader is to park what we think we know at the door and read his work.. check it, verify it, if we can replicate it.. then we have our answer.
Nancy Morris

I don’t feel anyone has the ultimate answer on cancer and on Omega 6 to Omega3 ratio involvement. Not one mention has been made of the severe exposures to toxic chemicals that we all receive from environmental exposures from over 100,000 chemicals now used in our modern society. Hardly any studies of the chemical mixtures effect on humans have ever been completed. This includes exposures to fabric softeners, pesticides, personal care products, GMO foods, fragrance chemicals used in numerous products, air fresheners in public restrooms, dryer sheets, nail polish, flame retardants, mercury, and so many others too numerous to list here. Cancer is the biggest killer of kids 14 and under. I believe Brian has only touched on one aspect of a major disease syndrome known as cancer. If we don’t stop poisoning our biosphere and reverse what we have done, it won’t matter what natural oil mix you use.
Sid

These things you mentioned are possibly secondary causes, but there is only one cause and that is lack of oxygen to the cell. Everything else leads back to the original cause as stated by Dr Otto Warburg MD Phd and 2 time nobel prize winner in medicine…If you can purchase the book at http://www.brianpeskin.com you will know more about the subject than 100% of the doctors you know..

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Sylvia

I think his view is interesting, though a little one sided. He seems to really like himself and think he is doing a great job in life!
-Sylvia
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Nick

Jimmy -

I really enjoyed this Podcast. It would be great to have another follow up session with Brian Peskin.

As everyone above is debating, Brian’s conclusions have made me think harder about what could be right.

I would love to hear from Brian.

Jimmy – Thanks again for the great work and having guests that challenge our understanding!!!
http://www.rawpaleoforum.com Edwin Casimero

Brian Peskin merely “discovered” in his studies what every RAW PALEO DIET practitioner already knows: PEO = RAW FAT.

This is why we eat raw animal fat as a daily staple and is totally superior to those seed oil PEO supplements being sold in the market.

I’m inviting you to see our forum at http://www.rawpaleoforum.com

Please do an interview with our founder Geoff Purcell aka TylerDurden