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Comparing Low Carb vs Ketogenic Diets

Posted on October 20, 2015 by BJJ Caveman

I came across this article via Bill Lagakos’ twitter feed titled, “Ketogenic low-carbohydrate diets have no metabolic advantage over nonketogenic low-carbohydrate diets,” published out of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in 2006.

In this study 20 overweight subjects were randomly placed on ketogenic or non ketogenic low carb diets for 6 weeks and had various biomarkers tested.

The macros of the ketogenic diets consisted of 60% fat, 30% protein, and 5% carbs as percentages of total energy requirement. They started these guys off eating less than 20 gm carbs per day, something Kiefer would’ve been proud of.… Read More

Did My Anti-Cholesterol Gameplan Work? YES!

Posted on October 5, 2015December 29, 2016 by BJJ Caveman

Last week I introduced my 12 pronged gameplan to bringing down my stubbornly high cholesterol. I followed these 12 steps rigidly for 4 weeks and did a follow up NMR Lipoprofile. I was literally BLOWN AWAY by the results.

My LDL-P, which has been stratospherically off the charts for the past 3 years has finally come down to Earth.

Something I did worked.

Since I have readers that are just finding this site, I’m going to go into some of the background behind my journey up to this point.… Read More

My Anti-Cholesterol Gameplan

Posted on September 28, 2015May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

In my last post I reviewed the results of all the labs my lipidologist ordered in which we learned:

I am somewhat insulin resistant
I have increased cholesterol synthesis which is possibly related to my insulin resistance
I also have increased cholesterol absorption which is possibly related to an underlying gut issue
I am ApoE 3/4
My Lp-PLA2 is still elevated and we’re not sure if this is due to actual vascular inflammation or other causes like exercise or my dental issues.

Before going straight for prescription medications, the lipidologist suggested a few things for me to try which I was all over… but since I’ve been dealing with these cholesterol issues for so long and eager to get it under control, I decided to do every possible thing I could think of to help bring it down.… Read More

Cholesterol Update from May 2015: What did taking anti-inflammatory supplements and increasing my carbs do?

Posted on June 29, 2015May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

When I saw my blood panel from March 2015, I wasn’t entirely sure what to feel. I felt better that my LDL-P, LDL-C, and total cholesterol were coming down, but was a little worried at the elevation of my small LDL-P to it’s highest level.

While I was assured that my overall inflammation was low because of my CRP of 0.7, I didn’t know what to make of the state of my vascular inflammation because my Lp-PLA2 was high. The high ferritin also seemed to point to possible underlying inflammation (or hemochromatosis).… Read More

My Health Test Results from March 2015

Posted on June 22, 2015May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

After a little over three months since I stopped working as a shift worker and fixed a lot of my sleep issues and settled into a fairly regular routine, I thought it would be a good idea to check some of my labs to see where I stood. I checked my NMR Lipoprofile, Apo B100, Lp-PLA2, Ferritin, fasting Insulin, CRP, Vitamin D, Thyroid Panel, and Testosterone. Before going into the health test results, here is a brief bit of background.

My last series of tests was in October 2014 when I was trying another round of strictly following the Carb Nite protocol.… Read More

Her Body io Notes Part 1

Posted on June 1, 2015June 25, 2015 by BJJ Caveman

Kiefer recently launched a series of podcasts focused on women hosted by Andrea Jengle (AJ) and Alex Navarro, both of whom were former clients of Kiefer’s and are now coaches in his Body IO Coaching program.

Alex along with Mary Gines, authored a series of cookbooks published under Body IO:

AJ can be found on her website at HERfitnesssolutions.com

Since people seemed to find my prior notes helpful, I thought that it’d be a good idea to put my notes from all of these shows together in one place. … Read More