1/ My thoughts on #Satiety & @DietDoctor 🧵
If you've followed me a while, you know I try to avoid the "diet debates" (tho not always successfully)
However, I have been getting a high frequency of DMs/messages/calls regarding DD's new endeavor for a #lowcarb alternative
If you've followed me a while, you know I try to avoid the "diet debates" (tho not always successfully)
However, I have been getting a high frequency of DMs/messages/calls regarding DD's new endeavor for a #lowcarb alternative
2/ Let me first start off by saying I don't think any diet is inherently superior to all others.
I *do* think the #lowcarb diet is under-utilized for populations that can uniquely benefit from it.
However, I also believe most of us have many more options than is often assumed.
I *do* think the #lowcarb diet is under-utilized for populations that can uniquely benefit from it.
However, I also believe most of us have many more options than is often assumed.
3/ Moreover, I consider @DietDoctor's long history of providing a "one stop shop" platform for all things #lowcarb/#keto with high quality guides, videos, and tools to be without equal.
It made it extremely easy to refer everyone in DD's direction, particularly beginners.
It made it extremely easy to refer everyone in DD's direction, particularly beginners.
4/ Lately, I'll concede I have been in more of a wait-and-see mode with their new expansion into the Satiety Per Calorie (SPC).
It seeks to provide more flexibility for folks who find #lowcarb isn't working for them by focusing on satiety itself as scored in individuals foods.
It seeks to provide more flexibility for folks who find #lowcarb isn't working for them by focusing on satiety itself as scored in individuals foods.
5/ Up to now, I haven't commented much on this model or satiety overall.
But I'll concede I actually have a strong opinion on it derived from many of my experiments. I'd like to share a few in the following tweets and others can feel free to share if any of this resonates...
But I'll concede I actually have a strong opinion on it derived from many of my experiments. I'd like to share a few in the following tweets and others can feel free to share if any of this resonates...
6/ In my original "Added Sugar Experiment" I did identical meals that added Skittles as the intervention -- but it was a crossover where the only thing changed was the order of when I consumed it (before meal vs after) cholesterolcode.com/sugar-and-chol… 
7/ Again, same meals, same calories -- everything was the same except the order. This changed the satiety of it substantially for me.
In my famous "Weight Gain" experiment, I literally gained 19lbs (#ForScience) and carefully tracked both entering the mixed diet and exiting.
In my famous "Weight Gain" experiment, I literally gained 19lbs (#ForScience) and carefully tracked both entering the mixed diet and exiting.
8/ In the last 5 days of the Standard American Diet (SAD) phase, I was eating 4,217 calories from two footlong subs and a medium pizza -- with a whopping 300g of protein (28%)
9/ Then I went from that phase (May 2-6 2018) to a fixed #keto diet (below) that was 2,437 calories with 128g of protein (21%) and found myself (to my own surprise) much more satiated.
In fact, I was remarking to @siobhan_huggins throughout the 1st day how much less hungry I was
In fact, I was remarking to @siobhan_huggins throughout the 1st day how much less hungry I was
10/ Also note I continued this exact meal plan through to the 19th (hence the Groundhog Day joke in my slide).
It's quite striking when you realize I was only having slightly more fat with the #keto diet (205g vs 177g from SAD), yet carbs were 20g vs 356g, respectively.
It's quite striking when you realize I was only having slightly more fat with the #keto diet (205g vs 177g from SAD), yet carbs were 20g vs 356g, respectively.
11/ Anyway, it's worth noting that while this is strictly anecdotal, these experiments have the benefit of being a planned intervention, as opposed to one that arose from a life event, holidays, etc that typically confound psychological context.
12/ In other words, I don't have any specific personal investment on the topic of satiety -- but the change is unmistakably obvious given it can arise against an otherwise clean baseline.
13/ To be sure, I have many other experiments that touch on satiety which I've commented on (Added Sugar 2, White Bread & Processed Meat, EVOO vs Butter, etc)
And -- as unpopular as it is to say this -- I think satiety is just much more complicated than we'd like to believe
And -- as unpopular as it is to say this -- I think satiety is just much more complicated than we'd like to believe
14/ The topic itself is extremely interesting and worth exploring. But I'll concede I'm skeptical of attempts to simplify it substantially to a basic scoring algorithm.
I'm in a wait-and-see mode with these new efforts by @DrEenfeldt and his team.
I'm in a wait-and-see mode with these new efforts by @DrEenfeldt and his team.
15/ I readily concede I shouldn't expect DD to remain "all things #lowcarb/#keto" if @DrEenfeldt would like it to cater to other plans as well -- I just loved that level of simplicity in the subject matter alongside varieties of expertise
(I know there's subsections for it, ofc)
(I know there's subsections for it, ofc)
16/ If I can finish with one more thought, @DrEenfeldt and @DietDoctor deserve a great deal of respect for remaining very engaged in feedback from the community.
I know there's been a lot of passionate responses on this direction, so I can appreciate Dr. E's effort especially.
I know there's been a lot of passionate responses on this direction, so I can appreciate Dr. E's effort especially.
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