Geezy

The medical community shows its ignorance on a daily basis. To lump everyone into one category as if we are all alike is the utmost form of ignorance.
You and you alone are responsible for your health and what’s best for you.

We are responsible for our own health.
I have no other goals in the coming new year but to serve my Lord as best I can.

Good deal. I don’t have eye care insurance but I’ve been able to negotiate cash prices but it’s still expensive.

I Renee when that happened. It was so sad. She had an eating disorder for sure.

Never been a problem for me. It helps me keep weight on. As long as one is staying as minimal carb as possible then the Randle Cycle shouldn’t be an issue I’d think.

I have never been one to set goals or even make plans. "Me and life" find a way to trash out even the best made plans.
I go with a different approach. I start off with 'this is what I am going to do' and then go from there.
I have lost as much as 95lbs, bouncing around 85-90 lost today and I'm going to attack visceral fat around the gut and change my body composition some more. I am not sure what that new number will be as I will be trying to add muscle as some of the fat goes away. If the composition changes the number will be no more than a number.
From there I will continue with the carnivore approach and focus a bit more on red meat and adding more fish.
Scott

Indeed!

I hear you Jamie. I find it disgusting since I learned the truth. There is a movement afoot out there and we have at least one advocate in Washington on our side but I’m afraid that there is just too much money on their side to do much damage to them. The best we can do is get the word out and fight them with our wallets.
Our Thanksgiving turkey was deep fried but we used lard. It’s definitely better than peanut oil.

I can not verify this, but I am suspicious in how the algorithm handles the data in deciding wgat data to ignore

Amen !

Agreed. I made the tallow a couple days before and thought we were on the same page. I get home and see peanut oil jugs. I am pretty sure a couple three times over 19 months is not going to do me in, or be the straw that broke the camels back, but once you learn something one can't un-ring that bell.
I thought the tallow fried turkey tasted better. Could have been a mind thing for me but I am pretty sure I felt a little better about it. LOL
Scott

Keep going. In the first month you are still adjusting. Increasing the proteins in your diet and removing the carbs probably moved you into ketosis.
Mine made a jump in the early months but fell back to normal. Then recently it pushed just outside the normal limit but I have been eating a lot of protein as of late.
I don't do organ meats and I make sure I hydrate throughout the day. When I eat normal amounts of protein and hydrate my number drops back.
Not sure if this helps but I have seen my uric number inch up and down over the last 18-19 months.
Scott

He's a beast.

America’s Most Popular Cooking Oil Linked to Obesity in New Study
Dec 01, 2025 at 10:18 AM EST
By Jasmine Laws, US News Reporter

A new study has found that soybean oil contributed to obesity in mice, prompting concern that the United States' most popular cooking oil could be playing a role in the country's obesity problem.
The University of California, Riverside study, published in the Journal of Lipid Research in October, investigated how mice metabolized linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid widely present in soybean oil, by feeding them a high-fat diet based on the common cooking oil.
While the study was conducted on mice, Frances Sladek, a UCR professor of cell biology and author of the study, told Newsweek that the findings "were translatable to humans as the pathways we found involved in soybean oil-induced obesity are highly conserved between mouse and human."
Why It Matters
Soybean oil is by far the most widely used cooking oil in the country, with rapeseed oil second and palm oil third, according to data from Statista. Soybean oil is also made up of more than 50 percent linoleic acid, Sladek said.
The finding raises notable concern, not only because of the oil's popularity, but also because of America's high obesity rates—one in five children and two in five adults are obese in the U.S., meaning they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) higher than 30.
Obesity is known to be associated with higher risks of health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and strokes. 
The American diet has also been called into question by studies previously, as last year a study found that the majority of Americans ate a diet that promoted inflammation, increasing the risk of diseases such as heart disease, obesity, diabetes, depression and certain cancers.

Stock image: A person pours soybean oil into a frying pan. | coffeekai/Getty Images
What To Know
The study specifically examined the effects of molecules called oxylipins on mice. These molecules are what linoleic acid is broken down into in the body, and so the higher the consumption of the acid, the higher the amount of these molecules will be in the body.
While other fatty acids also break down into oxylipins, the oxylipins derived from linoleic acid were the ones the authors found contributed to obesity in mice.
The finding is not new; the researchers noted this result in a previous study. What they did differently in this study was test the impact of a diet high in soybean oil in a group of male mice genetically engineered to express a different version of a liver regulatory gene, P2-HNF4α.
This meant they had different metabolic pathways from the control group, as the genetic change reduced the activity of enzymes that convert linoleic acid into oxylipins.
The researchers found that the modified mice had healthier livers and gained less weight than the control group on the same diet, further supporting the idea that oxylipins contribute to obesity.
“This may be the first step toward understanding why some people gain weight more easily than others on a diet high in soybean oil,” said Sonia Deol, a UCR biomedical scientist and another author of the study.
Although the researchers also note that the genetically modified mice had elevated oxylipins on a low-fat diet without becoming obese, suggesting that other metabolic factors are at play.
Sladek said that they found that "it is the levels of the oxylipins present in the liver, not circulating in the blood, that correlate with obesity."
However, he said that they aren't yet certain about "exactly how the oxylipins drive obesity."
How Much Soybean Oil Do Americans Actually Consume?
Consuming a small amount of linoleic acid is actually required for human health and is part of a healthy diet; however, the researchers noted that America has had a "remarkable increase" in its consumption of the oil over the past 50 years.
The required amount of linoleic acid for health is around 1 to 2 percent of a person's calorific intake, the study authors noted, as small amounts play an important role in maintaining good health.
Most Americans broadly have a much higher intake of linoleic acid at around 15 to 25 percent of their calorific intake, the study authors said.
Sladek said that consuming small amounts of soybean oil is "perfectly safe and provides a good source of the essential fatty acid linoleic acid."
He said that the problem is that "processed foods are becoming an ever larger part of our diet and many of those foods have soybean oil in them, or they have corn oil, safflower seed oil, sunflower seed oil — all these seed oils are made up of large amounts of linoleic acid, just like soybean oil."
"So in general, we are taking in much more of these seed oils, all of which have high levels of linoleic acid, than our body needs," he added.
What Does Soybean Oil Do to Your Body?
It is not clear from the study how these findings would translate to the human body, and further research is needed to determine the impact of soybean oil on human health.
However, the study authors note that the findings suggest the possible link warrants further investigation.
Sladek said: "It took 100 years from the first observed link between chewing tobacco and cancer to get warning labels on cigarettes. We hope it won’t take that long for society to recognize the link between excessive soybean oil consumption and negative health effects."
He also told Newsweek that in previous research, the team found that the soybean oil could impact the intestines, the microbiome and the hypothalamus.
He said that while there is a growing body of evidence indicating that dietary linoleic acid is beneficial for the heart, "we have not looked at the impact of a soybean oil diet on the heart."
"Different organs will respond differently to dietary linoleic acid and more research in general needs to be done," Sladek added.
Other experts are not convinced of the findings, though. Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, the director of the Food is Medicine Institute at Tufts University, told Newsweek: "Much of the original research suggesting harms of omega-6 [polyunsaturated fatty acids], like this study, was done in mice or rats."
"We’ve since clearly learned that humans are not mice, and that these effects don’t translate to what’s seen in humans," Mozaffarian said. "In mice, for example, high fat diets (from any source) cause obesity, whereas in humans, carbs are the problem."
He said that in controlled trials in humans, soybean oil and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids were found to "improve blood cholesterol levels, improve glucose control, and lower risk of heart attacks," while in "observational studies," these oils are "linked to less weight gain and obesity risk."
Mozaffarian said that soybean oil is a "healthy oil for cooking," and pointed to studies finding that a tablespoon and a half daily of soybean oil could reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, that the oil does not have pro-inflammatory effects, and that those who consumed 5 grams a day had a lower risk of "all-cause mortality."

ARTICLE SOURCE: https://www.newsweek.com/soybean-oil-linked-to-obesity-study-11133940

As soon as I was enlightened and found out the truth about statins I got off of them. It drives my PCP nuts but I’m switching to a new doctor so I’ll see what kind of talks we get into about the subject.

Glad you had a good thanksgiving. I stayed zero carb. It’s so ingrained in me that it’s not even a challenge. It also helps that my daughter has developed a carnivore cheesecake for me.

Hey Carb, good to see you posting again.

Have a blessed night Bob.

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When I was a kid my dad was a hunter. He often brought back deer and tried to convince me it was Rudolph or Bambi, lol. He would process it himself in the garage and kitchen, and send the heads away to a taxidermist (??) which then sent them back and they are still on his wall to this day.

I got a text from my daughter, my 11 year old grandson qualified to compete in the World Irish Dance competition in Chicago in 2026 ! He just finished a 3 day competition in Philadelphia

Ours hasn’t really changed much other that we meet at my daughters’ house instead of mine now. The food is basically the same and my daughter is an excellent cook as most of our women folks are. I’m the only strict carnivore and ask no one to cater to me but there will be plenty of meat for me to eat and my daughter will make two carnivore cheesecakes just for me. One will be savory and one will be slightly sweetened with allulose.

Agreed.
Since going to carnivore I have made some huge strides health wise but all those strides were built upon small victories, the day to day stuff.
I am a fan of the 'continual improvement' approach. I think we are all trying to dial it in at some point.
Scott

Near Zero carbs a day. A phone/CGM issue, and some insulin struggles. I was going to get an A1c lab. But looking at my CGM data i feel pretty confident my A1c is ~ 6.5 and I ok with that. I just keep to Zero carbs, more exercise, and pay close attention to my insulin dosage. Give it ~ 120 days and do labs.
Come then I going to get blood work to make a LADA Determination. You all enjoy Thanksgiving. I having Turkey thighs in a Carnivore Sauce. Followed by pumpkin cheesecake topped with whipped cream.
I made these choices because my Blood Glucose Level is so good and I cutting back on insulin again.

It's not like the old days. I will not go into what the menu was years ago. For me this time it is slow cooked turkey thighs. A favorite part of the bird for me., To be followed by a carnivore pumpkin cheesecake. Topped with *whipped cream. This cheesecake gets great reviews when served. A very generous portion contains 6 whole carbs.
For my thankful part, I have resolved Manny issue. My diabetes remains, I respond as a T1d now (likely now LADA) . My Blood Glucose Level is controlled rather tightly with long acting insulin and a Zero carb one meal a day diet. My future is the best it can be. I do gave bold plans for my future.
Everyone have a great holiday.