Best articles to take to clinician?

(Lauren Lake) #1

TLDR: what articles would you send along to a clinician who recommends a low fat high carb diet and statins to a pre-diabetic?

My husband recently went in to review his lab results with his doctor.

Test results:
fasting glucose 108
Cholesterol 253
Triglycerides 241
HDL 42
LDL-C 163
AST 72
ALT 139

These results are consistent with his prior results over the past 4 years. He has a BMI of 28, hypertension, and eats the SAD.

She sent him home with a diet recommendation called the “Power Plate” (thepowerplate.org). It’s a four quadrant plate with fruits, grains, legumes, and vegetables. And mentioned she was considering a statin prescription, depending on his next round of test results.

What would be good information to send along with him to his next visit (whIle we try to find a better doctor).

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #2

Try either Good Calories, Bad Calories or Why We Get Fat, both by Gary Taubes. The latter is more condensed—it’s the book people asked Taubes to write so that they could give it to their doctor (or their patients!)—and both contain exhaustive references to the scientific literature. In both, he explains how the dietary guidelines came about, and the science—particularly the lack thereof—behind them.

The Big Fat Surprise, by Nina Teicholz, also has a lot of scientific references. I haven’t read The Art and Science of Low-Carbohydrate Living, by Stephen Phinney and Jeff Volek, but that also might be a good choice.

(Karl) #3

Most clinicians are too proud to read any literature you show them, particularly about Keto.

I hate doctors. It’s a rare find when your doctor takes note of your keto diet and says “Just keep doing what you’re doing”. But that’s the best-case scenario for most.

No doctor is going to risk their license to practice because of a “controversial diet”. If you care about what your doctor or clinician says about your keto diet, then you probably should never go keto. Most doctors are never going to go along with it. You might find Dr. Unicorn out there, but chances are, you won’t.

Not yet, anyway.

If you’re convinced that Keto is the way to go for you, don’t expect your doctor to go along with it. You’re on your own (and that’s just fine with me. I don’t put doctors or clinicians on any sort of pedestal. They’re human, and just as prone to error as I am.)

(Mark Rhodes) #4

I have. It was one of the first I read as I began my keto journey. It was written for the medical profession first, the layperson second. It is great for not just explaining keto/LCHF but addresses common complaints about our food choices. It was the book I used to turn my doctor’s head onto our path.

I would also recommend Ivor Cummings and Jeff Gerber’s Eat Rich, Live Long_ as it too focuses on clear explanations with wonderful graphics and excellent links to the actual data to refute any naysayers.