332: Dr. David Friedman Discusses Chews4Health, Dr. William Yancy On Low-Carb Research

Written on February 8, 2010

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

In today’s episode, Jimmy presents two great interviews for your listening pleasure. Our main interview is with Dr. David Friedman, who explains that vitamins in the form of “soft chews” are inherently better than either solid or liquid vitamins. He also shares the benefit of his product line called Chews4Health.

But first, in a surprise interview we weren’t expecting to do (but that we couldn’t say no to), Duke University researcher Dr. William Yancy who recently completed a medical study of outcomes for two different dieting populations. One group was given a low-carb ketogenic diet of approximately 20 grams of carbs daily and the other group went on a low-fat diet and took regular doses of orlistat (the prescription strength of the over-the-counter weight loss medication called Alli). Listen in for all the details!

LINKS MENTIONED IN EPISODE 332
- Dr. William Yancy’s comparison research of low-carb vs. low-fat plus orlistat
- Visit our sponsor: LO-CARB U
- Dr. David Friedman bio
- Chews4Health.com

Andy

Thanks for 2 more interviews. It would be nice if chews4health.com listed how many chews in each box and the weight for the chews.
http://www.livinlavidalowcarb.com/blog Jimmy Moore

I think there are 30 per box and they’re the size of a SweetTart.
Chad

So Jimmy…is there any merit to these chews? Better than liquid? I find a lot of info on Dr. Friedman…but not any about the chews. Finding a lot about the MLM plan of the Chews4Health…but what if you are just wanting to take the pills and not make money at it? Just wondering if there is any benefit of taking these instead of liquids. Thanks.
Marylou Montgomery

Dr. Yancy said that bad LDL levels would be the only reason for choosing Orlistat over low carb, as LDL levels worsen (rise, I’d assume) with the low carb diet. However, I understand that if LDL is broken down into the dense versus fluffy types, this change is not a negative result in low carb diets. Can you ask Dr. Yancy if there was a breakdown of the LDL, and what his opinion is of the dense/fluffy difference?
http://www.carbohydratescankill.com Robert Su, M.D.

In my self-experimentations and continuing literature review, I have concluded that the roles of hyperglycemia are at least (1) inflammatory and proinflammatory, (2) prothrombotic, (3) vasoconstrictive and hypertensive, (4) arteriosclerotic and atherosclerotic, (5) glycation.

Maintaining a stable blood glucose level around 100 mg% or below with the carbohydrate-restricted diets avoids the above pathological consequences. Therefore, the carbohydrate-restricted dieters would experience a significant improvement in their cardiovascular system including reduction in both the systolic and diastolic blood pressure.

Although the number of LDLs of the carbohydrate-restricted dieters is not decreased in a regular blood test, the particle size of LDLs is increased with fewer VLDLs and triglycerides, which are the most dangerous in the process of atherosclerosis. Studies have shown higher carbohydrate intake increases the number of both VLDLs and triglycerides.

Dieting is not for weight loss, rather is for avoiding spikes of postprandial hyperglycemia, which is the cause for diabetes mellitus and many diseases. Thus, the logical prevention and treatment for obesity, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, and many others are restricting digestible carbohydrates.

If you want to link the following articles, please add http and www ahead of the provided URLs

1. Koichi Node and Teruo Inoue, “Postprandial hyperglycemia as an etiological factor in vascular failure.” Cardiovascular Diabetology 2009, 8:23doi:10.1186/1475-2840-8-23 cardiab.com/content/8/1/23
2. Su, R. “Carbohydrate-restricted Diet for The Therapeutic Paradigm.” Cardiovascular Diabetology. December 31, 2009. cardiab.com/content/8/1/23/comments
3. Su, R. “When Obesity Doesn’t Always Mean Diabetes.” What’s New, Doc?” February 3 & 10, 2010. carbohydratescankill.com
http://www.carbohydratescankill.com Robert Su, M.D.

Mr. Moore:

An excellent interview with Dr. Yancy. I posted the above comment on the news article in The Heart.Org at http://www.theheart.org. I hope that it will publish, because it is shared with physicians and other health professionals.
http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes Jimmy Moore

Chad, I personally enjoyed taking them, but I don’t see any added benefits to using this one over other vitamins. Stick with the ones YOU like.
http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes Jimmy Moore

Great point MaryLou. I can tell you that Dr. Yancy is abundantly aware of the particle size difference of LDL cholesterol. There is some debate over whether particle size or number is most important and his study showed a greater decrease I’m the number of LDL particles with the LF + orlistat vs. LC.
http://www.thelivinlowcarbshow.com/shownotes Jimmy Moore

Thank you Dr. Su!
http://pagan-hayes.tumblr.com/ Pagan Hayes

I certainly like the idea of the chewable vitamin but i found Dr. Friedman’s over-the-top sales pitch somewhat off putting and some of his ideas suspect….

The natural is good/synthetic is bad argument is very simplistic – I would not like to ingest datura – natural, but the synthesized atropine could save my life. yes, the production of Vitamin c involves solvents and other nasties, but they are removed – quality control as opposed to “natural extracts” which can vary in potency from batch to batch. Does Dr friedman not wear synthetic fibres because of the solvents and toxins involved in their manufacture?

The same with the sea vegetable argument – I eat seaweed but not because the salts found in sea water mimic those found in the human body – wouldn’t it then be more natural just to drink sea water…. oh no, wait…
In the same vein, yes sea vegetables may not be genetically modified, but they are more likely to have mercury contamination as well as other aquatic pollutants.

Again, the chewing argument is simplistic – yes, chewing will start digestion sooner – but is that entirely a good thing? – some supplements we actually want to pass through the gut without being denatured or broken down…

Again, I’m not saying that his supplement is not excellent – though i will not be ordering any until i can actually get a full ingredient breakdown – something that is not available on his website, but I am saying that on a podcast of this high standard ( and I LOVE this podcast) I expect more than a simplified sales pitch aimed squarely at the “consumer”