Well, it happened again. I only reinitiated a Facebook account in May of 2015, just over two years ago. I was gone for a year or so prior when I deleted everything pretty much on a whim, including the FTA Page that had over 7,000 followers. It was that page that was the impetus, because people would comment on my stuff there, instead of the blog. I'm over that particular concern. I ...
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Introducing Keto Clarity Academy with Jimmy Moore and Melanie Miller
You can't even make this stuff up. Now, Jimmy Moore has yet a new Ketoshyster gig, the Keto Clarity Academy. And here's that video. His talk begins at about 22:30. I could only stomach a couple of minutes but someone else got all the way to the 34-minute mark, where Moore says: Cause you can see I still have some weight on my body, and that's cool, because my health markers are ...
My Paleo Book is Republished
Some may have noticed the book now on the sidebar. Yea, it's mine. I wrote it some years back and I forget, but it came in at about 100 pages or so. A year later, I collaborated with Hyperink Publishing once again to put out a greatly expanded Version 2.0, now about 263 pages in print length. Yea, I think it's still a good book. Is it complete? What book is? Does it reflect my ...
Richard Nikoley’s Ketotard Chronicles is Giving Jimmy Moore a Conniption
Well, well, what a day. Back in early June, nearly two months ago, I had this silly idea while out to dinner with Bea. I was going to create a Facebook group to mock this form of "ketosis" (fauxtosis is more like it) that's basically a rehash of the 1920 epilepsy diet, redubbed "nutritional ketosis." And Richard Nikoley's Ketotard Chronicles was born. I seeded it with about 20 of my FB ...
The Basement Home Build That Kicked My Ass
While I was doing my regularly scheduled program last week on the Internet, I was busting my ass and at 56, I came to realize I'm not the spring chicken I used to be. That pic above is basically half the house, as foundation. Years ago, we turned the other half into a bedroom, entertainment room, and half bath. You can guess what part in this marketing video when it was a sought after vacation ...
We Interrupt The Regularly Scheduled Program To Mock Jimmy Moore (Again)
It's too easy. One of the strategies I've employed since leveraging bullshit with my Ketotard Chronicles, is to not only ridicule the vast ketotardedness, but to contrast it with valid forms of ketogenic dieting, of which there are many—including a plain chronic caloric deficit, no matter what you eat. Starvation is also ketogenic. OK, maybe starvation isn't a "valid" form of diet, but it's the ...
Weight Gain and Onset Obesity is a Sure Sign of Pristine Health
I just posted something over on the Free The Animal Facebook Page consisting of a thread over on Tom Naughton's Fat Head Page where Charlie Shaughnessy alerted them to a Chris Masterjohn podcast (The Biochemistry of Why Insulin Doesn't Make You Fat); wherein, Chris attempts to take down the idea that insulin is the main driver of obesity rather than, as I put it, eating and treating too much, too ...
Interview on The Dark Horses Podcast
Steven Gray says he's "on a mission to find the Dark Horses. The underdogs. The people who are pursuing singular visions. Whether they are unique in the field of art or business, well-known or completely unknown, I want to find them and hear their stories." I like that. I don't know whether or not I fit the bill, but I like the ethic of it. Here's the page where you can find all the ways to ...
What Enables Obesity? A Very Robust Metabolism and High Insulin Sensitivity.
Let's take it a step further: Jimmy Moore's obesity is, in most part, a product of his robust metabolism and his stellar insulin sensitivity. The image above and this quote below is from one of Jimmy's Facebook posts from the other day. “Insulin resistance is the real problem, and it’s not inaccurate to regard it as carbohydrate intolerance. Nutritional ketosis is a potent therapy for ...
High-Protein, Moderate-Fat, Sane Carb Jalapeño Burgers and Mash
You'll love 'em. Don't call The Ketotards though (protein too high, fat too low). So, let's talk about proper lean/fat ratio for ground beef, per the specific application. Absolutely, if you're going big juicy-fatties on the grill for your personal burger bar, with fixin's, 80/20 or just get the fuck out. However, for tacos, chili, various things like Salisbury steak, meatloaf, or this here, ...
My Personal Non-Ketotarded Keto Diet To Achieve Fat Loss and Lean Gains Simultaneously
I've been a bit camera shy for a few years now. Probably a few more than a few... I guess my lesson is, be careful of letting two spinal injuries, concomitant chronic pain over months and years—with concomitant self-medication—begin to rule your life because when the pain is over, the downward gradient may be just the beginning. It can happen to the worst of us. You should have seen me by about ...
Keto [Tard] Diet Update #2: Dr. Adam Nally Will Completely Shut Down Your Body Fat Burning For Six Months, For The Low Price of $5,997
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Yes, I already mocked this screen clip in Ketotard Diet Update #1. But "DocMuscles'" sales page—"How Do I Get Into Ketosis?"—is just simply the gift that keeps on giving. Let's ridicule it some more. ...His whole approach too, and his money-grubbing bromance with Jimmy Moore. We'll take a completely different angle this time. Still science, just a different part of it. First, let's establish ...
Keto [Tard] Diet Update #1
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For the low price of only $5,997 you too can Get Into Ketosis for 180 days! I'm not making that up and I'll get to it later. This is an assemblage of stuff that's come to me, that I've posted about on my Ketotard Chronicles Facebook Group, or I've thought about recently. Let's begin with some basics, toward a simple but fundamental understanding of just what ketosis is. In the broadest ...
Instant Pot Hearty Chicken, Vegetable, Pasta Soup
Last week I was a bit high on the fat for my liking so decided to make something in the other direction for the wife and I to eat over the week. I'll give you the macronutrient breakdown at the end. Let's get right to it. First, to save even more time, I used both the Instant Pot and conventional stovetop. Ingredients for the Instant Pot: 4 lbs boneless, skinless chicken ...
Quick Mushroom Risotto In The Instant Pot
I actually had no intention of writing a post about making mushroom risotto in the Instant Pot. But, you see, my wife, Beatrice, and I have been having a good time using the LoseIt app with our Fitbits integrated (big, detailed post about all of that in draft) and part of doing that is logging evetrything right after eating, which gives you high resolution into how you might want to craft each ...
The USS Fitzgerald Incident — A Yokosuka Surface Officer’s Take
I was asked for my take on the USS FITZGERALD (DDG-62) collision at sea incident, so here's what I posted to Facebook yesterday, having read this New York Post article. With edits and enhancements: No fucking excuse. None. There is no mystery here. The Underway Officer of the Deck Fucked UP so bad it's difficult to imagine. I've been OOD in and out of Yokosuka—USS REEVES (CG-24); about ...
Low Calorie Grilled Chicken Piccata
A favorite of many is a piccata dish, both the chicken and veal versions. The problem is, they are loaded with calories and many of those calories are hidden fat calories. Generally, one dredges the chicken in flour, sauteés it in plenty of olive oil, then it's transferred to the piccata sauce, which consists of a number of tablespoons of butter and a number of tablespoons of olive oil plus the ...
Chicken Crust Margherita Pizza — Ketogenic or Not?
If you haven't yet heard of the so-called Ketogenic Chicken Pizza Crust, you've been asleep. It's all the rage. Is it good? Yes, and far better than any of the other alternatives I've tried. I'll get to that. But let's digress for a minute. Is it "Ketogenic?" Fuck that. You know, this shit used to be a lot more rational. The alternatives—like cauliflower crust or meatza—were always touted as ...
Introducing “Richard Nikoley’s Ketotard Chronicles”
OK, here we go and here we roll. You know, I got wise to the utter bullshit the very minute I saw the video of Jimmy Moore giving a speech down in Australia years ago, 2011 or 12, I think, where he likened protein to "chocolate cake." I said so but then paid not too much attention because I couldn't fathom that he'd promote "Nutritional Ketosis" aka the child and adolescent ketogenic diet for ...
Me Doing Aerobatics In The Bellanca Decathlon 8KCAB
My flight log goes all the way back to 1984, when I took a few hours of initial instruction in a Cessna 150 east of San Diego while at SWOS on the Amphib Base, Coronado. Other than during a few flights with pilot friends in the interim, I didn't get back at the controls in a training context for 21 years, in 2005. I wrote about that here and then here when I soloed at 16 hours of ...