Athletics in the Spotlight:
Low-Carb vs. High Carb

The right choices at the dinner table make a winning difference in both strength and endurance for top athletes, and the same nutritional rules are true for every other human being. To be our best, we all must eat our best.

In nature there is an ideal diet for each kind of animal: cats devour meat, koala bears eat eucalyptus leaves, and panda bears thrive on bamboo shoots. People also have an ideal diet to look and feel their best and function optimally. However, in our Internet-connected world, correct nutritional information can be hard to recognize with so many conflicting recommendations. Headlines show highly visible athletes choosing polar ends of nutrition: high-carbohydrate (grains, legumes, and potatoes) vs. low-carbohydrate (meat, cheese, and eggs) for winning their events.

The Best of Past McDougall Newsletters

March 2014: Ronald M. Krauss, MD—The Doctor Who Made Lard-eating Fashionable

Introduction: Joel Kahn, MD, one of the thought-provoking speakers for our upcoming September 11 to 13, 2015 Advanced Study Weekend, wrote in the Huffington Post an article, "The Outrageous Hype Behind Butter Is Back," about the popularity of low-carb diets in media headlines.  The researcher credited for bringing high saturated-fat (meat, poultry, dairy, lard, egg) based diets back is Ron Krauss, MD, aka "Dr. Lard. " This is a label that sticks to him like a slab of bacon does to a cold frying pan. Search Ron Krauss, MD on Google and you will find the following newsletter prominently displayed:

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