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Can Coffee Raise LDL?

Posted on December 15, 2014May 9, 2017 by BJJ Caveman

I was listening to the podcast of Ben Greenfield (author of Beyond Training) and was finding everything somewhat interesting until I came across a specific segment where he links coffee to high LDL! This was something I had never heard before.

You can listen to the podcast here.

And read the transcript here.

It all happens around the 38:10 mark. The theory goes something like this:

Coffee contains ‘cafestol’ and ‘kahweol’ which are compounds called diterpenes. These are found specifically in the oils of coffee beans.… Read More

Ketogenic Diet with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino on the Fitness Nerds Podcast

Posted on August 8, 2014October 9, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Fitness Nerds Podcast with Dr. Dominic D’Agostino

Dr. D’Agostino was also recently on Kiefer’s Body IO podcast
It was interesting to hear that he is slowly being swayed by vegans around him and his pretty much cut out all meat from his diet except fish and insect protein
He also quoted a study that found that ketogenic diets can actually have a beneficial effect on the gut biome… which is not what Kiefer and Dave Asprey have been saying recently. Hopefully more will come out about this
In response to people who are concerned with the effect a ketogenic diet on thyroid hormone like myself and Ben Greenfield (whom D’Agostino actually referenced), D’Agostino felt that thyroid issues only arise because people are eating too hypocaloric AND/OR are over-training.

Even Ben Greenfield Has Thyroid Problems While In Ketosis

Posted on April 1, 2014October 9, 2014 by BJJ Caveman

Ben Greenfield

Even Ben Greenfield Has Thyroid Problems While In Ketosis

In the span of a week or so, Ben Greenfield appeared on Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof Exec podcast AND John Kiefer’s Body IO FM podcast where he discusses his experience training for and performing in Iron Man races while in full nutritional ketosis.

He describes one of the main side effects that he encountered being severe hypothyroidism… manifesting as severe sensitivity to cold, poor libido, and poor overall energy.

The way they treated this was to eat a lot of liver, dessicated thyroid, and sweetbreads which seemed to fix things for him.… Read More