I did not have eggs for over 30 years because of cholesterol.

Thank god I exercised during those years.

I agree, the "common wisdom" is rubbish. It's hard to find solid info on long-distance running, so I'm working with the most reliable sample I have: me. I'll let you know when I get there, because I'm not there yet.

But the guy has to listen and change – if not he is probably worse off than the skinny people with the underlying inflammation and all that goes with it – easier to ignore, but the damage to the body is likely less, but perhaps not. There is a ton of research to be done on the effects of diet. Its a shame there is no obvious source of funding right now.

I know why, too, because between their uniformed "statinator" doctors threatening about their rising cholesterol or LDL levels (measured in the crude way, not the highly specific NMR or VAP) and their well-intentioned but brain-washed wives, these guys are "forced" to follow the conventional advice to eat more grains (oh, but they're whole grains!) especially wheat and rice, more pseudo-butter spreads, more egg beaters or egg white omelets, more soy products (often highly processed, not fermented soy condiments either), more high PUFA and Omega 6 oils, and more fruit juices.

Of course, red meat and bacon is a now thing, unless they are "allowed" extremely lean cuts (still with an imbalanced omega 6;3 ratio from grain-fed beef), and they are eating more CAFO raised vegetarian-fed poultry (boneless and skinless white breast meat, I'm sure), and less fat soluble vitamin-rich butter, cream, and fewer egg yolks.

Perhaps they do eat more vegetables now (steamed, without butter or salt – ugh), more salads (but that also usually comes along with fat-free or high omega 6 PUFA vegetable oil bottled salad dressings), making the veggies a net loss nutritionally speaking.

The more they follow that way of eating, the more pronounced the wheat belly and the man boobs, and their legs and arms become more skinny due to lean muscle mass loss from inadequate high quality protein. Then despite all the "work" to get healthy, they feel like cr*p, have GERD, and maybe even a MI anyway or go on statins. In other words, down the wrong path…

Nothing against a bit of "cardio" sometimes, though I don't. But I think that if you could do only one single exercise, it would have to be sprints. In fact, I think a person could maintain excellent conditioning on three exercises: sprints, pushups, and pullups.

it was funny, I was talking to someone at a fitness center the other day, and they were saying that "sustained aerobic activity" was so much better than intermittent sprint training/high intensity training. He said that you "burn more calories and fat".

I just feel such an adrenaline rush and actually enjoy running now that I can go about these "playful intermittent bouts" as opposed to that dreaded same pace cardio. I dunno, intermittent sprinting feels more natural to me. What do others think?

The other thing I find amusing and I see a lot is the implication that this form of treatment (carb restriction; fasting) is only appropriate for NAFLD, not for alcoholics with fatty livers. Goes hand-in-hand with our Puritanesque, repent & pay mentality. There's no difference, clinically, between fatty livers caused by over-ingestion of carbs or alcohol. Sure, it's better if an alcoholic stops drinking or learns to control it, but failing that, carb restriction and intermittent fasting would be the best thing they could do to preserve their livers.