07 Jul 2021 Ep. 64: The True Cause of Fatty Liver (NAFLD Part 2)
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In this episode we discuss:
4:54 – why fructose doesn’t cause leptin resistance
11:56 – the physiology of triglyceride (fat) synthesis in the liver
28:03 – the role of inhibited, inefficient mitochondrial respiration in triglyceride synthesis in the liver
46:06 – the role of inhibited, inefficient mitochondrial respiration and stress pathways in NAFLD
Chris
Posted at 03:02h, 02 NovemberIn this episode, you referenced your article “The mythical calorie equation”. https://www.jayfeldmanwellness.com/the-mythical-calorie-equation/
In your article, you referenced two studies. One of them was a 6 day study. https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2015.07.021. My research shows that it takes two weeks to reverse insulin resistance. Also, the reduced carb diet included 29% carbohydrates, but the typical low carb diet includes around 10% carbs. Would you please provide links to studies with a much longer duration, and include studies with lower carbs? This is the core of your message, so it should be easy for you to provide those studies.
The other study you referenced was a 9 day study from 1971. It is true that the authors stated, “No adequate explanation can be given for weight loss differences.”
*However*, You lied about the study results. You wrote “In fact, those on the diet that was highest in carbohydrates lost 14 pounds more of body fat than those on the lowest carbohydrate diet during the 9-week intervention!”
Your statement above is FALSE. The study results were:
“Group A with 104g carb daily lost an average of 11.85kg (or 26.12 lb)”
“Group B with 60g carb daily lost an average of 12.78kg (or 28.17 lb)”
“Group C with 30g carb daily lost an average of 16.18kg (or 35.67 lb)”
“Thus, there seems to have been a slight increase in weight loss as carbohydrate in the diet decreased.”
Group C with the lowest carb intake lost an average of 9.55 pounds more than Group A, yet you claimed that the group with the highest carb intake lost 14 pounds more?
Here is a link to the study to prove my claim.
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1093/ajcn/24.3.290
If you are telling the truth about the true cause of fatty liver and lowering carbs will not lead to healthy weight loss, then why would you need to lie about anything?
Jay Feldman
Posted at 10:35h, 02 NovemberI already responded to your other accusatory comment on that article explaining that you are, in fact, incorrect, and I did not make a mistake (or lie, which is an especially ridiculous accusation considering that a 9.55 pound difference would still support my point) about that study.
Here was my response:
I said body fat, not weight. The values you cited were total weight loss. The group on the diet lowest in carbohydrates lost a considerably higher percentage of lean mass, so the difference in body fat lost was greater.
If you look at Table 6 you’ll see that those on the diet that was highest in carbohydrates lost an average of 14.85kg of body fat, whereas those on the diet lowest in carbohydrates lost an average of 8.38kg of body fat. That’s a difference of 6.47kg, or 14.26 lbs.