Actually Gatsby, I'd hazard a guess that he was.  His diet was very low carb
to begin with, primarily protein and fat.  I've no idea about ratios though.

 

Here's his menu from Day 4: (copied from his forum posts - and you can see I
was mistaken, it wasn't just meat and fat)

6 Tbs heavy cream 

20 oz beef tenderloin, ever so close to being raw 

4 Tbs butter 

22 oz beef shortribs, rare as can be 

3 slices provelone cheese (somewhat melted on the shortribs. Yum) 

15 oz dry red wine 

 

4052 calories 

295g fat 

10g carb 

256g protein 

41g alcohol

 

His results:

 

Weight 162 (he's 5'8")

 

I lost 2 pounds!!! (I was wrong.2lbs, not 1lb)

I averaged 4138 calories per day. 

That's an extra 1300 calories per day 

An extra 9300 calories for the week 

I "should" have gained a llittle over 2.5 pounds. 

 

The average breakdown of macronutrients looks something like this. 

65% fat 

26% protein 

8% alchohol 

1% carb

 

I'd love to see this done over a longer period of time - Stefansson but with
a deliberate high calorie intake.  I know that during this week, he (the
experimenter) did 2 cardio workouts, HIIT iirc.

 

And a reminder that he was at a healthy weight to begin with, he didn't want
to lose any.  It may well have been water, who knows?  But he didn't gain
anything - but that's why I'd love to see a longer experiment.  Hmmm.maybe I
will give it a go.  No 4,000 cals for me though, I doubt I could get it all
in  ;)

 

Anecdotal, but still interesting.

 

Tracy

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Paleolithic Eating Support List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Gerard Farrell
Sent: October 25, 2007 2:29 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Gary Taubes's new book

 

But was he in Ketosis on his low carb paleo diet? I bet he wasn't.

And was he in ketosis on his protein and fat only diet? I bet he was.

And I bet on his protein and fat diet his one pound loss can be explained by

the loss of water.

One week or even two weeks he would lose and then he would start to gain

weight.

Anyone wanna try it?

Gatsby

 

-----Original Message-----

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On Behalf Of tray.b

Sent: 25 October 2007 19:18

To: [log in to unmask]

Subject: Re: Gary Taubes's new book

 

Thing is, even if a calorie is a calorie is a calorie, a body isn't a body

isn't a body.  How calories are used is going to differ amongst individuals.

 

A fun aside, but relevant: An online acquaintance did a week-long challenge

in which he ate 4,000 calories each day (he tracked in a program, like

Fitday) from meat and fat only.  He did not change his exercise regime (not

much of one) or anything else, just that.  He'd already been eating low carb

and paleo for some time AND had shed excess bodyfat along the way (he's

tall, but quite lean), and he still lost a pound.  

 

Anyone else wanna try it?  ;)

 

Tracy