A reader reports that he has lost a staggering 75 pounds in eight months on a low-carb diet. His experience confirms comments in the entry Carbs Kill that the real cause of obesity in America is high-carbohydrate diets and the misleading medical advice that focuses on fats instead. Bad science has made America fat.

James H. writes:

I’ve just lost 75 pounds restricting sugars and carbs and feel like I’m in my 30s again. My wife cooks wonderful meals making my weight loss challenge considerably easier. The reason I mention this is because of your posts on obesity. I am absolutely convinced from my own experience that people like Taubes, Eades, Atkins and Kendrick are zeroing in on dietary truths. 

I’ve got another 15 to get to my goal of 175. I started in April of 2009 and have been stalled for a couple of months – probably the holidays. I’ve had no difficulty whatsoever since my insulin levels have remained steady without the constant assault of sugars and starches to whipsaw my glucose levels – no hunger or discomfort whatsoever. Tonight for instance my wife is roasting a pork shoulder with a rub she discovered on the Internet. Had an Angus burger at McDonald’s this afternoon (no bun) and 3 eggs for breakfast with blueberries and blackberries. So, as you can see, no suffering or deprivation. 

My only “secret” is avoidance of sugars and starches which is precisely the advice my dad used to give to my sisters growing up: “avoid sugars and starches if you want to lose weight.” You said in one of your posts that this is a well known approach. I would disagree: It used to be a well known approach before the war (WWII). Now people look at me like I’m some sort of kook when asked how I lost the weight. I carefully avoid invoking Atkins name for this reason. The best, however very technical, book I’ve read on this subject is “Good Calories, Bad Calories” by Gary Taubes. I read this after losing most of my weight. 

The really difficult part is getting going. The amazing thing to me is I’ve done it without any fatigue, discomfort, irritability, extreme hunger or misery. Sure, I’m tempted to chow down on carbs, but the downside far outweighs the momentary pleasure. 

Studies indicate consistent weight loss with high fat/low carb diets without attendant symptoms associated with “balanced” diets. Semi-starvation “balanced” diets invariably fail because of the symptoms I’ve mentioned above and the weight loss is markedly reduced. Carb restricted diets consistently result in more weight loss with more calories and none of the attendant symptoms. Taubes explains all of this in his Good Calories, Bad Calories and I’m here to tell you, it works just as a huge body of scientific literature says it should. 

High saturated fat diets are tasty, healthy and slimming. Now, what else could one ask for? I haven’t felt this good for years, just avoid the starches and sugars. 

The medical literature does indeed create confusion and lay the groundwork for just about any cockamamie weight loss theory. Furthermore, the controversy over cholesterols and diet has been clouding the issue of weight loss since the war. I wrote a lengthy paper on it while in medical school. 

Personally, I tend to agree with Eades and his conclusions regarding high-fat diets and statins – I’ve read at least two of his books. The three best books I’ve recently read on this topic are Taubes’ book, The Great Cholesterol Con by Kendrick and another book by the same title The Great Cholesterol Con by Anthony Colpo – all three read after the weight loss. 

The confusion in the heart and weight loss controversy is exactly analogous to that found in the AGW controversy and both share the same root cause, namely the debasement of science itself. In my opinion, the proximate cause of this corruption of science is politicization caused by the unholy alliance between big government and the scientific community.

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