Randell's revolution

20 Jul 2010 03:54p.m.

Dean wrote:

What has been televised is just part of a whole lifestlye change that Ben promotes!. I have been a yoyo dieter for years and did have listen to what Ben promotes and its all commonsense and back to basics!. I lost 15kg in 12 weeks just by cutting un processed food & added chemicals & sugar and eating plenty to keep my body going. The eating is in no way an Atkins diet in a different dress!, as some people new far more carbs than protein and its all about finding what is right for your digestive system.You can check out most of what Ben promotes in his u tube presentation, look up Ben Warren or Bepure!, you have got nothing to loose and everything to gain!

19 Jul 2010 03:06p.m.

Marae Participant wrote:

To those who dont believe. For years I have struggled with my weight. I have never been able to do the things that i love. I have done every 'diet' just to try and shed a few kg's and end up coming out heavier than before. I exercise alot, but the weight never seemed to come off. Then along came Ben. 12 weeks later and im in the best shape of my life. I have more energy, my cholestorol has dramatically improved and my health stats have never been better. This is not a 'fad' diet as some of you have said. I have been on this program now for 4 months and am just loving it. To those of you who are curious about how it works or dont believe that it works, come down and see for yourself. Dont just assume you know what the outcomes will be just because you say you know someone who has done something similar. I challenge you to try it for yourself. Everybody on the program has benefited from the program. Dont assume you know the results when you havent tried it. These comments are not meant to offend anybody, I am just saying that its has done good for all the participants involved in the program and also for flaxmere. Its about time we stand out for something that is good.

19 Jul 2010 11:47a.m.

Charlotte wrote:

Although good short term results, I'm not convinced this is a long term health benefit by having so much saturated fat and meat, it sounds very much like the Atkins diet to me. A recent study has demonstrated that when looking at the diets in some ethinic group's who develop type 2 diabetes at lower BMI's found that those who had the highest consumption of fat and meat were at the highest risk of getting diabetes compared to those who ate more fruit and vegetables. Anytime someone loses weight you see improvement in cholesterol, anytime you reduce weight and carbohydrates you improve blood sugars. The key with any diet is eating less total calories per day and being compliant. I think all they have done here is find a diet these people are more likely to be compliant with it and while short term there have been some great results I think the most important results will be those of much further down the track and hopefully they will go back and look at these peoples health in 5 years time. Taking into account that 95% of people who loose weight regain it by 5 years. The atkins diet always showed great short term results but not great long term results and long term health eating and healthy lifestyle usually always wins.

18 Jul 2010 08:41p.m.

Peter T wrote:

Great to see that this story has generated some good old fashioned debate. Also great to see that Robb Wolf, one of the world's leading and respected authorities on ancestral nutrition (and fitness) has also viewed and left a comment. There are plenty of resources on the web to validate the results of this study reported in the programme, most by research scientists, MD's, investigative researchers and people who have followed this way of eating for many years (Mark Sisson, Robb Wolf, Arthur DeVany, Kurt Harris MD, Don Matesz to name a few) This is not a "fad diet" as it has been primarily the way humans ate up until the agricultural revolution. It is easy to argue that the low fat diet advice is in fact a "fad diet" as this way of eating has only been promoted since around the 60's (someone correct me here if I'm wrong). Funnily enough this is when we started to heavily consume chemically processed and altered low fat Franken foods (margarine, vegetable oils etc) marketed as being healthy choices. We have had the wool pulled so far over our eyes by the agricultural and food industry that we have in a very short space of time forgotten how to eat. The low fat agenda has been nothing but an abject failure that has resulted in a sharp and accelerated increase in preventable disease. Richard Feinman, a professor of cell biology at State University of New York has this to say... http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/mornings/cell-biology-professor-richard-feinman-discusses-the-food-pyramid-dietary-guidelines-071410 This is also very good, but longer. http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2010/07/eat-fat.html#links I guess do your own research, see what makes sense and listen to your primal instincts. I truly believe this is the most important topic in the world yet most people have no interest and just go with the mass media flow.

17 Jul 2010 09:21a.m.

Samantha wrote:

The metabolic diet has been around for years and is no 'revolution' at all! It was created by Paul Chek decades ago. My mother tried it and she too was told she had to follow an 'eskimo' diet. She ate all the things she was told to, and ended up in hospital because she had previously had her gallbladder removed and the high fat diet nearly killed her. I guarantee not everyone in that Marae is getting great results and, of those who are, it will be because they are exercising more. Please people, don't follow fad diets like this. Just eat healthy, low fat food and exercise regularly.

15 Jul 2010 01:26p.m.

Annalise wrote:

Diet aside, fantastic to see three such inspiring men. Love to hear about those sort of people and to see those sort of stories on TV. Wish more ex All Blacks were that kind of role model and any town would be very lucky to have someone like Matua.

14 Jul 2010 08:49p.m.

Ratu wrote:

I tried a similar paleo diet, it had great effects, like scott I had the most energy in my life, and i wasnt over weight but lost weight and put on muscle. I there was one thing i could point out, it would be that the "clasic" food pyrimid was made and pushed by the USDA, who are soley responisible for the sale of US agricultural goods rather than health eating. And there is no reason as to why saturated fats would be bad for humans, considering that they were the primary energy source for more than 99% of human evolution. If you can track it down I seriously sugest watching the doco "FAT HEAD" its the most sensible comonsence based piece of diet analysis I have ever watched. Oh and funily enough on the paleo diet you lose your taste for carbohydrates.

14 Jul 2010 03:56p.m.

Ben Warren wrote:

For the record, the only supplement the participants took was zinc after being tested for zinc deficiency, I would have preferred for the deficient participants to have just eaten oysters but cost was an issue and zinc supplements are effective and cheap. Within 8 weeks all participants zinc status was good and no one needed to continue to take zinc - zinc status was then maintained by diet. I actually believe we could have got better/faster results with the inclusion of particular supplements especially chromium - but we wanted to prove that the base nutrition works.

13 Jul 2010 01:18p.m.

Julianne Taylor wrote:

Elise, As someone who has read all these books and studied traditional nutrition, your statement is not quite accurate. All these authors have drawn on original research that shows high blood sugar/ high refined carbs/ high insulin are at the heart of inflammation, weight gain, heart disease and type 2 diabetes and numerous other health issues. They didn't copy Atkins, they designed their own systems based on what works for humans. Yes they all ended up with something similar because they are all treating the same issue. Be Pure is similar. However the cause of many of the health issues Maori (and Pakeha for that matter) are dealing with are caused by the change in diet from what we are genetically thrive on to one that is killing us. Take out all the nasty stuff that Pakeha bought with them - sugar, grains and worse refined grains, chemically altered fats, dairy, food additives, etc, and all of us would have far better health. If we all emulated a hunter gatherer diet, (supplements not necessary) we would not suffer the huge load of disease that consuming modern foods has caused.

12 Jul 2010 05:05p.m.

Maureen Dunn wrote:

Hopefully this way of eating will become the norm in time to come. My husband and I have been eating low carb, high saturated fat for 2 years now. It was really scary to begin with as we'd always been 'low fat' thinking that would prevent heat disease. It didn't! But my hubby is absolutely amazing now he has so much more energy and vitality. And his blood tests and general health is 100%. The biggest thing I noticed was gaining a waistline and I'm 65!!
Eat FAT Not CARBS!