Recently I've managed to secure an increase in the amount of hours I work at my employer, which is awesome considering the economy. Naturally this means I have less time for zero carb web-logging. I'm sorry to say that this post will be another link fest. I'm still working on new content, it's just coming together rather slowly. Perhaps I'll get a swift kick of inspiration soon. 

In the meantime here are some links I've been digging. Enjoy!

Lex Rooker's Journal - Lex has been engaged in a very high fat, low protein diet for several weeks in a effort to lower his HbA1c. Head over to his journal to find out his rhyme and reason as well as a crash course in how to conduct proper self experimentation.

Due to an elevated HBA1c of 6% I've decided to drop protein intake to 85g and raise fat to 210g. I'm currently eating 600 grams of food (that's 1.3 lbs) in one meal per day with total calories around 2,200.  I find this to be more than enough. I will have another HBA1c test done in December or January to see if glycation products drop.  I can say that in one month BG has dropped from an average of 100 to around 85 so I expect A1c will show improvement as well.

The reason I'm doing this is that A1c and blood levels of vitamin D seem to be more closely linked to death from heart and artery disease than HDL and LDL.  From what I've read, people with low levels of Vit D and an A1c level of 7% have a 19% chance of dying over a 12 month period.  People with adequate levels of Vit D and a 5% A1c level the mortality rate drops to 3% in a 12 month period.  Vitamin D also plays a critical role in maintaining bone density.

NephroPal - I'm late to the party, but this blog is fantastic. Admittedly some of the content is over my head, but with all the media it makes some of the harder to grasp concepts achievable for the layman. I especially liked Dr. T's post on Summer vs Winder Mode. The term nutrigenomics is introduced in this post, which I'm betting will be growing in popularity over the next several years.

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A couple of members of the ZIOH message board have asked me how to exact proper fat to lean ratios for pemmican making. If you're into this kind of thing, I have attached a "pemmican calculator" spreadsheet that will easily help you find the proper amounts of fat to lean to make your desired ratio. I use this handy tool every time I make a batch. Hopefully it's as helpful to you as it is to me.

Pemmicancalculator.xls (Excel, Numbers)

Next up is Charles Washington's new ZIOH video on why exercise is not the answer for weight loss. Check it out and tell him and others what you think.

*I would have posted the video here, but I seem to be having some trouble with the format. Follow the link above.

I apologize for the lack of updates recently. Work combined with finishing up Takota's album has sadly taken a chunk out of my blogging time. I'm working on some larger posts that require a bit more attention on my part. A couple of commenters have encouraged me to get more serious about my sources, so I'm challenging myself.

The good news is I can take this time to share some links that I've been reading over the last few weeks. Enjoy!

Charles Washington has summarized every chapter of Good Calories, Bad Calories by Gary Taubes.

Chris Norton, my former fruitarian brother, has created what some are calling "the greatest website on the web". I always knew Chris Norton was too big to live solely on the Zeroing In On Health forums. Here it is... Unleash The Beef.

If you have not already done so, check out Gary Tabues's talk at Dartmouth.  I have an MP3 version that I will try to have up on the site in a few days

Kurt Harris over at the PāNu Weblog wrote a fantastic breakdown of the latest caloric restriction (CR) research that hit the front of the New York Times.

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