In March 2008, I blogged about a new Canadian documentary about a revolutionary documentary featuring a whole community of Canadian Namgis First Nation people who went on a traditional high-fat, low-carb diet to see if that would help curb the trend towards obesity and disease that has afflicted them in recent years. It was an innovative and ingenious experiment to determine if the modern Western influence on their diet was responsible for their decline in health.
Did it work? Uh, DUH!
The results of this remarkable study were unbelievable in light of all the continued negativity about low-carb living that STILL occurs in the media and from so-called health "experts" in 2008. Led by Dr. Jay Wortman, along with assistance from some of the most prominent low-carb researchers and genuine low-carb experts in the world (Dr. Eric Westman, Dr. Mary C. Vernon, Dr. Stephen Phinney, Jackie Eberstein, etc.), the lives of these people experienced quite a turnaround thanks mostly to the healthy low-carb lifestyle they now enjoy which was the original diet of their early ancestors.
To help get the message out about this study featuring a high-fat, low-carb diet, Dr. Wortman had a film crew from Mystique Films come out to document what was happening to the people as they went on this "big, fat diet." As we heard in my podcast interview with the producer Mary Bissell and Dr. Wortman last month, the documentary was a big hit on CBC Newsworld when My Big, Fat Diet aired earlier this year and it has gone on to become one of the most-watched documentaries of the year in Canada. Not too shabby for a film about a dying "fad" diet, huh? :)
During my trip to Phoenix, Arizona for the ASBP/Nutrition & Metabolism conference in April, Mary and Dr. Wortman showed their documentary to a group of bariatic physicians on Sunday morning and these obesity doctors just ate it up! When an announcement was made that there were copies of the DVD available for purchase at the conference store, there were droves of bariatric physicians lining up to get their own personal copy like they were purchasing concert tickets for Hannah Montana for their kids! It was mayhem--and a beautiful thing!!! :D
Up until now, people in the United States have been unable to see this surprisingly funny documentary because it has neither been shown on television here nor has it been made available for purchase on DVD. But after Mystique Films received tons of public demand since it aired in Canada, the filmmakers have finally decided the time was right to release this groundbreaking documentary about the Canadian high-fat, low-carb diet study to the masses. And you're hearing about it first here today at my blog!
Be one of the first people in your area to own a copy of My Big, Fat Diet by clicking here. You can purchase an Individual View version of the DVD (which means for your personal use inside your home) or the Public View version of the DVD (for larger audiences in a group setting) by using PayPal. You can purchase this DVD by using your Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express, or PayPal account and the price includes your shipping and handling charges. I cannot think of a better gift for someone you love and care about who needs to hear about how low-carb has changed the lives of real people.
I've been inundated with e-mails from so many readers who have been waiting for this DVD to arrive. Well now it's here, so let's show Mystique Films how much we appreciate all their hard work in bringing this pro-low-carb documentary to us. ORDER TODAY and get extra copies for your doctor, your friends and family with weight and health issues, and anyone else who could stand to benefit from livin' la vida low-carb.
Special THANKS to Dr. Jay Wortman for conducting this study and to My Big, Fat Diet producer Mary Bissell who was at first skeptical about a high-fat, low-carb diet but became thoroughly convinced after she saw the changes happening to them right before her very own eyes. That's the power of this message of a healthy low-carb diet and I can't wait to hear what you think about this DVD!
In Episode 137 of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore," we will hear from Mary Bissell, an independent filmmaker in Canada who shot the hit CBC-TV Newsworld documentary which aired earlier this year called My Big Fat Diet. I met up with Mary in Phoenix for a few moments to talk about her movie which highlights what happened when a low-carb researcher and physician named Dr. Jay Wortman decided to put a community of First Nations people on a high-fat, low-carb diet (see my blog post about this documentary by clicking here).
Although I wasn't able to meet with Dr. Wortman at the Nutrition & Metabolism conference in Phoenix last month, he managed to squeeze in a few minutes over the weekend for me to interview him about My Big Fat Diet while he was visiting New Zealand. I sincerely appreciated his sacrifice to appear on this podcast and I think you're gonna like what he has to say regarding this important film.
Click on the "LISTEN NOW" link below or download it to your iPod to hear Episode 137:
"The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore" Episode 137 [32:55m]: LISTEN NOW | Download
After the one-hour Sunday morning showing of My Big Fat Diet was shown to nearly 150 bariatric physicians at the conference, you would have thought there were rock concert tickets on sale in the lobby with the stampede of people headed to the conference store to buy the DVD of this masterful documentary. It was an encouraging sign that the movie resonates a positive message of livin' la vida low-carb because it just made sense for the members of this Canadian community to get back to the roots of the diet of their ancestors.
Mary Bissell was so excited about this podcast interview that she agreed to give me three copies of the My Big Fat Diet DVD to give away to my listeners. As you may or may not know, this has not yet been shown in the United States, but they are encouraging people who support a healthy high-fat, low-carb nutritional approach to contact their local PBS stations and other broadcasters about showing it since it has been so well-received in Canada. There has been a great amount of interest in having this shown in the US, so let's do our part to provide our feedback to PBS about wanting to see this outstanding documentary here.
In the meantime, YOU can possibly win your own copy simply by going to the show notes section of Episode 137 and sharing a brief essay explaining how a high-fat, low-carb diet has transformed and changed your life forever. Even if you are still in the midst of this journey or simply want to share your own low-carb success instead, that's fine. Just tell us YOUR low-carb experience and we will have three big winners to share on next Monday's podcast. GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!
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So, are you excited about going on your own big fat diet after hearing from Mary Bissell and Dr. Jay Wortman? What do you think about the premise of their documentary and do you think something like this could ever happen in America? Talk about it in the show notes section of Episode 137. We need to rally behind something like this because it is a rarity in our fat-phobic culture.
By the way, there's a new way for you to provide audio feedback for my podcast show. We have set up a special telephone number so you can sound off on anything you've heard on the show or in the news about livin' la vida low-carb. Got a rant and want to share it? We want to hear from YOU! Simply dial (206) 202-6516 and leave us your feedback. Who knows? You may just hear yourself on a future episode of "The Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show with Jimmy Moore." THANKS so much for your support everyone!
Jennette Fulda is coming up on Thursday's show...SEE YA THEN!
Can it REALLY be? A television show about a low-carb diet? YEP!
With popular weight loss reality television shows like "The Biggest Loser" in the United States, Australia, and around the world, it was only a matter of time before a television network was gonna be willing to give the low-carb lifestyle an opportunity to be featured and displayed prominently in its very own program. And now it's here for all the world to see for themselves the life-changing impact of healthy low-carb living!
Have you heard about the new Canadian show called "My Big, Fat Diet" which premiered on the CBC on Tuesday night at 10pm? Oh my gosh, if you are a fan of livin' la vida low-carb, then hold on to your hats folks--they're actually putting the participants on a sugar-free, no junk food, high-fat, low-carb diet. WOW doesn't even begin to express how amazing it feels to see something like this on television.
Wanna see a sneak peek of the show? Check out these three YouTube videos:
Based in the Alert Bay area of British Columbia in Canada, the premise of the show is to get the people to return to the native diet of the orginal Namgis First Nation ancestors. With outside influences changing the makeup of the aboriginal community there, the negative impact on the weight and health of the people there has been undeniable with rampant obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes. It's a sad state of affairs which is why Métis physician Dr. Jay Wortman, who I have had the privilege of interviewing at my blog previously, took a strong interest in researching and developing a diet program which closely mirrors the one used by the people not that long ago.
Dr. Jay Wortman is passionate about the high-fat, low-carb diet
Most upsetting to Dr. Wortman and like-minded doctors in that area is that the typical diet and lifestyle intervention prescribed to people with the conditions that are being seen in the health of these participants is a high-carb, low-fat diet and hours of exercise. But Dr. Wortman knows better based on the studies he has conducted with his unique approach to improving weight and health issues through the use of a high-fat, low-carb nutritional approach. He blames the cultural influence of the United States on most of the problems the people of his country are suffering from today.
"Obesity, diabetes and heart disease were unknown in these populations until very recently," Dr. Wortman exclaimed. "No aboriginal language has a word for diabetes."
As a Type 2 diabetic, Dr. Wortman is keenly aware that he needed to make drastic, immediate changes in his diet when he was diagnosed with it four years ago so he could not only survive his disease, but thrive despite it.
"My immediate instinctive response was to stop eating any food that caused my blood sugar to rise," he added. "So I eliminated carbohydrates from my diet. Within four weeks, my blood sugar and blood pressure had normalized and I began to feel much better."
And he's STILL feeling better to this day which is one of the reasons why he wanted to be involved in this new television project following real people from the Namgis First Nation to see how they do giving up the culprit carbohydrates and replacing it with more fat. Wanna see what they are eating on this diet? Check this out:
- Wild salmon - Oolichan grease (wickedly EWWW!) - Bacon - Eggs - Cauliflower, broccoli, and salad greens - Beef, pork, chicken, fish or seafood - Cream (but not milk because of lactose--sugar!)
There was absolutely NO pasta, rice, potatoes, bread or sugar allowed. Dr. Wortman is convinced the introduction of these foods to the culture in the late 1800s is what led to the problems with health that exist today. Avoiding all starches and sugars was the key to the diet plan on "My Big, Fat Diet." It's a very unique concept considering the continued antagonistic attitude held by the media and health "experts" who believe the low-carb diet is a "dangerous fad" that can cause damage to your health over the long-term. I'm waiting for some pompous low-fatty health group to file a lawsuit against the CBC for daring to do such a television show about livin' la vida low-carb.
Directed by Mary Bissell, this Bare Bones Productions show follows the lives of six real Namgis First Nation people who willingly give up sugar and starch and replace it with fat over a period of a year with fantastic results. This program is sponsored by Health Canada and the University of British Columbia. Mixing a bit of historical culture influences with sound documented medical science is what makes "My Big, Fat Diet" the first such program like this in television history.
Interestingly, on the official web site for "My Big, Fat Diet" at the bottom of the page there is a big disclaimer that I couldn't help but laugh at when I saw it.
"The research in this study is still being evaluated. Anyone taking medication for diabetes or high blood pressure should consult their doctor before starting a low-carb diet."
Isn't it funny how we NEVER see these kind of warnings against a high-carb, low-fat diet because we all KNOW how healthy they are. HA! Just you wait and see the outrage that comes when there is so much positive improvement in the weight and health of the people on this show. How will people like Dr. Dean Ornish and his ilk explain away results that speak for themselves? Oh, they'll downplay it as anecdotal and say there's no evidence to support this for others. And yet the lives of these people, like mine and many others who read this blog, SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES!!!
I will have the distinct pleasure of meeting Dr. Jay Wortman at an obesity conference taking place in Phoenix, Arizona in April and will try to interview him for my podcast show about his work with the First Nation people and this exciting new television show "My Big, Fat Diet." I've met him once before and he's a really funny guy for a researcher who has turned out some very serious studies on the efficacy of low-carb living. Be looking for that podcast in the next few months.
In the meantime, if you live in Canada, then you HAVE to watch "My Big, Fat Diet" and see the remarkable turnaround that happens in the lives of the diet participants. I only wish we could see this show in its entirety in the United States. But you know what? They need to do something like this in America. Why not have a "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" weight loss reality show, hmmmm?
We could get a group of experts like Dr. Eric Westman from Duke, Dr. Richard Feinman from SUNY Downstate, Dr. Jeff Volek from the University of Connecticut, and Dr. Stephen Phinney from the University of California to head up the nutritional plan with consulting from Drs. Michael and Mary Dan Eades, Dr. Barry Sears, and others. Then implore the training assistance of people like Fred Hahn and his "Slow Burn" workouts along with inspirational messages from Dr. Jonny Bowden who could actually host the show and you've got a real recipe for a ratings winner in my book! Sure, I'm dreaming but wouldn't you love to see a show like that one!!! I SURE WOULD! How about it ABC, CBS, NBC or FOX? Do you have the guts to take a chance on a controversial, but very unique television show idea?
If you'd like to learn more about Dr. Jay Wortman and the work he is doing with low-carb diets in Canada, then you might want to check out his new blog. You can find out anything you want about "My Big, Fat Diet" as well as get in touch directly with Dr. Wortman. Like I said, he's a very personable guy who is open to helping people understand how living the low-carb life can radically transform your life for the better. It happened to him and now he wants others to experience that same gift.
3-12-08 UPDATE: There's more good news about low-carb featured on television happening in the UK. According to this The Sun column, a 6-part series on Channel 4 entitled "The Diets That Time Forgot" will feature the low-carb diet created by William Banting.
"But which diet plan is the most effective? Is it the 1863 phenomenon the Banting Diet (which is essentially the Atkins diet)."
WOO HOO! If you live across the pond, then be sure to tune in to Channel 4 at 9pm beginning on Tuesday, March 18, 2008 for "The Diets That Time Forgot." Could we be getting closer to programming like this coming to the United States? Cross your fingers!
Wortman: Maintaining 'Status Quo' On Diet And Health Causing Irreversible 'Inertia'
Researcher Dr. Jay Wortman talks tough about low-carb diets
One of the most fascinating researchers of the low-carb lifestyle today comes straight from the Canadian province of Alberta. His name is Dr. Jay Wortman and he has been working with the First Nations from coastal British Columbia--one of the recognized aboriginal groups in Canada--about improving their diet. His interest in livin' la vida low-carb was borne out of a personal health crisis that afflicted him five years ago which he will discuss in my exclusive interview with him today. This man has a lot to say that will have you standing to your feet cheering in affirmation. Now if we can only get government and health leaders to heed this message.
1. We are pleased to welcome to the "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" blog today a Metis physician from Canada named Jay Wortman. Dr. Wortman is a behind-the-scenes researcher looking into why low-carb diets work so well not just for weight loss, but also disease management. Something personally happened in 2002 that caused you to totally change your thinking about diet and nutrition forever. What was it and how did you initially respond to it?
I have a strong family history of Type 2 diabetes, as do most Aboriginal people. My grandparents, my mother and her siblings and my younger brother all have had Type 2 diabetes and, five years ago, I discovered I had it, too. I was quite familiar with diabetes from my training and clinical experience. You might say I knew too much as I was immediately concerned about the poor prognosis and shortened life expectancy that is common among Aboriginal people who suffer from Type 2.
I am also averse to the use of pharmaceuticals if other measures can be used instead. I wanted to buy some time in order to decide how I was going to manage my problem so I started avoiding any foods that would cause my blood sugar to rise. I immediately started to eat a very low-carb diet without really any knowledge of this kind of approach. Much to my surprise, I experienced immediate positive changes: my symptoms disappeared and my sugars corrected, as did my blood pressure, which had been high, and I started to feel much better. I started losing about 1 pound a day and it was actually my wife who said, “you are on the Atkins diet, dummy!"
I started looking into it and discovered that everything I had believed about diet, diabetes and obesity was likely wrong. My experience in the intervening five years has solidified my belief that obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and probably cardiovascular disease are all part of a disease continuum that is caused by eating carbohydrates in excess of one’s tolerance. And the flip-side is, of course, that all these conditions can be prevented or treated using a low-carb diet approach.
2. The sudden onset of Type 2 diabetes has become one of the most prevalent health issues of modern society and yet even the most respected organizations in that community, including the American Diabetes Association, still heavily promote a low-fat diet for treating this condition. As an expert in diabetes as well as someone actually living with this disease, you have an obvious disdain for the tactics employed by the pharmaceutical companies who are convincing many diabetics they need medication to treat their disease. But we have seen from a series of recent research studies that livin' la vida low-carb can and will help control and, dare say, even CURE the impact of this condition for good! What dietary methods have you found work best for you to control your blood sugars and manage your diabetes and why isn't this way of eating more heavily promoted to both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetics?
I have followed a very low-carb diet for five years now and have been able to maintain good biomarkers without the use of any medications. It seems perfectly obvious to me that the need for pharmaceuticals to control blood sugar is almost completely determined by the amount of carbohydrate foods consumed. People need the medications in order to eat carbs.
Avoiding carbs basically obviates the need for the medications (unless you are Type 1 or have reached the point where you have burned out your capacity to produce insulin). Of course, if this option were clearly articulated to people, the sales of medications would drop dramatically, so it is convenient that the myth of a minimum daily requirement for carbs is perpetuated. The cynics among us might conclude that the interests of the pharmaceutical industry are driving the dietary approaches and clinical guidelines promoted by the diabetes organizations.
3. In discovering this natural diet that has kept your diabetes in check, it was your wife who pointed out to you that you were following the Atkins diet. What did you know about the Atkins diet at the time and did this revelation light the fire within you to begin educating yourself and researching further the amazing health benefits of low-carb living?
After the birth of our son, like many new moms, my wife struggled to get down to her pre-pregnancy weight. She tried different diets and, at one point, brought home an Atkins book. I reacted the way I was taught to by saying something like, “go ahead and try it but these fad diets don’t work over the long haul."
Then when I had my epiphany, she dusted off the Atkins book for me to read. I also started looking into the scientific literature and came across the studies that were just starting to get published back then. I was able to find good evidence that convinced me that this approach that I had stumbled upon, actually had a solid basis both in science and in clinical experience.
4. Your specific area of interest is the astronomically high rate of Type 2 diabetes among Aboriginal people because they've moved away from their original diet which was actually a very low-carb diet. With all the health benefits that are being discovered regarding livin' la vida low-carb in recent years, how can government and health officials continue to ignore the evidence that is staring them right in the face while epidemics such as obesity, diabetes, and worse continue spiraling out of control all across North America and around the world?
This is a question I ponder on a daily basis. I feel like I am on a train hurdling down the tracks with the knowledge that, around the corner, the bridge is out and I am frantically trying to stop the train but I am unable to convince those who have the power to apply the brakes of the danger ahead. I think there is a widespread malaise that has been allowed to permeate the institutions of nutritional science, the research community and the areas where nutritional policy is formulated. It is an environment where corporate interests are too close to and influential over what should be an unbiased research agenda.
Governments are run by people who are not content experts and who rely on the “experts” to advise them. As long as the overwhelming majority of the “experts” on nutrition are produced by this system, the status quo will be defended and in the eyes of government their advice will overwhelm anything new and radically different that might emerge, regardless of how correct the new approach might be. In addition, governments have mandates that go beyond nutrition and health to include looking out for the economic interests of the corporate world. This is another area where government is lobbied to maintain the status quo. All this adds up to an inertia that is proving very difficult to overcome.
5. In addition to the writings of the late Dr. Robert C. Atkins, you were influenced by a man I interviewed at my blog last year named Dr. Eric Westman from Duke University. It was his first low-carb study that really opened your eyes to what low-carb living can do to help improve health as well as reduce weight. When you spoke with Dr. Westman for the first time, what was your impression of this man's research and did you know right away that you wanted to join him in conducting even more follow-up research on this somewhat controversial diet plan?
Eric’s 2002 study was the first one that I encountered in the literature. I was able to track him down and proposed that we do a similar study in the Canadian Aboriginal population. I found Eric to be a fine person and very generous with his time and expertise and we have since been able to foster a productive collaboration. He is one of the co-investigators on the project I currently have underway in a Canadian First Nations community.
6. You have been able to conduct some rather extensive research on low-carb diets since August 2006 alongside Dr. Westman as well as other notable low-carb researchers Dr. Steve Phinney and Dr. Mary Vernon (who I also interviewed last year). In that specific study, you have been looking at the Aboriginal people and placed them back on the traditional diet that was low in carbohydrates to see if there would be any improvements in their health, including with obesity, metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes. Can you tell my readers a little more about the preliminary results of the study so far and share about something rather peculiar that has happened among the family members of the study participants?
I have been fortunate to be able to collaborate with Drs. Westman, Phinney and Vernon, all of whom have done significant research in this area. They have helped me design a study where First Nations people eat a diet resembling their traditional diet. In this part of the world, the traditional diet consisted of fish, seafood, game and some edible wild plants, all of which were low in starch and sugar content. They ate a low-carb diet. In modern times they eat huge amounts of refined carbohydrate foods and are paying the price in terms of high rates of obesity, metabolic syndrome and Type 2 diabetes.
Our study guides them back to a diet low in starch and sugar which also offers their traditional foods or modern foods of similar macronutrient content. For instance, if they don’t have moose, they can eat beef or pork or chicken. The main thing is that they are eliminating that high volume of carbs which was not a part of their traditional diet. As you might expect, their preliminary results are good with significant weight loss and improved sugars and lipids.
The unexpected thing for me was the amazing enthusiasm that this community has shown for the study. Spontaneous support groups sprang up, community feasts started featuring low-carb tables, the local store shifted their purchasing to accommodate the dieters, the liquor outlet reported declining alcohol sales and we estimate that a huge number of people have started doing the diet without bothering to join the study.
I have had numerous reports that there is a palpable shift of attitude there, that people suddenly have hope where, in the past there was a sense of resignation. The study is designed to follow weights and biomarkers, of course, so I am now struggling to figure out how to document these other important benefits.
7. The low-carb diet has been taking a serious beating in the media and among so-called health "experts" over the past couple of years being labeled a "fad," "dangerous," and even "unhealthy." With all that you have learned about this way of eating and how it has made an impact on your life personally, what can be done to change that perception in the minds of the people who have been convinced diets like Atkins, The Zone, Protein Power and the like are all that and worse? Also, do you see a day coming soon when low-carb will be accepted as a healthy nutritional approach alongside or even in lieu of low-fat diets?
I think it is incremental. By that, I mean that every little bit of evidence and every little effort helps and that, in the end, the weight of the evidence will eventually tip the scales. This is why I am a prolific writer of letters-to-the-editor and why I think a blog such as this one are important.
As an example, the JAMA article on the A to Z study, which is getting significant media coverage this week is going to turn a few heads. People who observe the research and who may have been unconvinced up to now will start to swing over. It is also important in that it is a well designed and well funded study published in a mainstream journal. This will help others who want to do more in this area to obtain funding and access to the credible journals. It’s all good even though it seems maddeningly slow at times.
8. You wrote in the Health Promotion Journal Of Australia in August 2006 that the obesity "vaccine" that has been perpetrated on our society has not worked--namely the low-fat diet in combination with exercise. The definition of insanity is when you continue to do the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. So how many more years of insanity must we continue to put up with before we as a people demand that enough is enough? How are the economic interests of the food industry, for example, tied to this insane position we currently find ourselves in?
It is remarkable that when you take the macro view it is so clear that the problems of obesity and related diseases have progressively worsened while we have been subjected to the low-fat/low-cal/increased exercise mantra over the same period of time. It is amazing to me how people can ignore something so obvious. Of course, pointing out this contradiction doesn’t endear me to my mainstream nutritionist colleagues who cling to the currently accepted approach.
I was surprised at first at the willful blindness when it came to discussing evidence and at the emotionality of the attacks I would experience when I did presentations on this topic. This is nothing new to other colleagues who have been at this for much longer but it came as a surprise to me that people who have university educations, where we are supposed to have developed critical thinking skills, can be so dogmatic in their beliefs.
Clearly, the relationship between the agri-food sector and the schools of nutrition and research centres creates an environment where avenues of research that might have negative bottom-line effects can be stifled. It is rare to see nutritional science researchers who have not been the beneficiaries of some kind of funding from the big food products companies or the agricultural marketing boards.
In the area of pharmaceuticals there is some public awareness that this can lead to undesirable outcomes but in the area of food and nutrition policy we seem to remain blissfully in the dark. Perhaps when this begins to change we will see more unbiased nutritional policy developed with low-carb options promoted alongside other choices.
9. If we continue down this path of destruction with our health without making any changes in the way we eat and live as a society, then what do you foresee happening to modern civilization in the next 50 years? Some researchers are already predicting 100% obesity by that time which will mean higher mortality rates, greater risk of diseases like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease, and worse. Is excessive consumption of carbohydrates going to spell the end of the world as we know it?
While the current trend is clearly pointing us in a bad direction, I don’t have an apocalyptical view of the future. Carbs are not going to wipe out the human race. I expect we will eventually come to the realization that a shift in eating patterns is needed. The evidence is continuing to accumulate in the scientific literature and eventually we will reach a tipping point.
One area that intrigues me is the effect of these epidemics on the bottom-line in the wider corporate world. Consider, for instance, that Ford spends about $4 billion annually on health care, of which about $2. 5 billion is for retired employees. This is more than they spend on steel for their cars. Couple that with the cost of lost productivity related to poor health, absenteeism, poor performance, etc. etc. and multiply it across the American industrial sectors and the numbers would be astronomical.
We have enough evidence in the scientific literature now to figure out how much health should improve if this workforce went on a low-carb diet. It should also be possible to calculate what the savings in improved productivity and decreased health costs would be. If we could get corporate America to see the benefits and to promote this among working Americans we might see some change. This is an area I have wanted to pursue but there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything, unfortunately.
10. THANK YOU, Dr. Wortman, for joining us today for this very important discussion about low-carb diets and their place in the future health of modern society. Thinking about what may happen if the current philosophy on diet and health remains unchanged can be quite depressing to those of us who have discovered the benefits of the low-carb lifestyle. Do you have any encouraging thoughts to share with supporters of livin' la vida low-carb that will motivate and inspire us to be proud of our dietary choice?
I get my inspiration from the wonderfully brilliant and inquisitive colleagues I am so fortunate to have found in this area and from the often incredible effects I see when somebody gets on a low-carb diet and starts getting their health back.
You can e-mail Dr. Jay Wortman and show your appreciation to him about his phenomenal research on the low-carb diet at wortman.md@gmail.com.
