Software developer, obesity survivor, low carb advocate. Author of 2022 book The Fat Ginger Nerd: A Weight Loss Story. thefatgingernerd.com

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The Fat Ginger Nerd is a tale of weight lost and of health gained, of beliefs shattered and of lessons learned, of a past finally escaped and of a future now made possible. Available now, in paperback and ebook from Amazon and all good booksellers! amazon.com/dp/B09MQ78YRR/
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When I started with seated chest presses three years ago, I struggled with 15kg. Nowadays I struggle with 43kg. "It doesn't get easier, you just get stronger."
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So my TBR just got a little longer this week. Looking forward to getting stuck into this latest book by @grantsnz when I can!
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Low carb may be simple in theory, but that doesn't necessarily make it easy in practice. Some people will have it harder than others. But it's up to each of us to find our own way forward. The alternative - to do nothing - can only be worse. youtube.com/watch?v=ROjHuoI6…
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The food pyramid is back—and it looks different. In the new U.S. dietary guidelines, whole foods come first. And for the first time, the guidelines recommend low-carb diets for people with certain chronic diseases. Our medical director @bschermd explains why that matters:
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I'm not quite a carnivore, but I would say I eat an animal-based diet. This was not necessarily my specific aim, but it does feel like the natural result of simply eating real, #lowcarb food.
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An interesting editorial on the idea of "carb blockers": supplements that allow you to eat carbs while minimising the adverse metabolic consequences. Or alternatively, perhaps we could just, I don't know, not eat carbs? journals.sagepub.com/doi/ful…
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The first time I tried flexed spine hip extensions, it was just with my own body weight. Now I can manage that 35kg, and it has become one of my favourites at the gym. Love a good back stretch!
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Why Nutrition Science Stagnates ... and what we can do about it 👉My blog, with open access link to a new paper in @Cell_Metabolism medium.com/p/why-nutrition-s…

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It's easy for experts to dismiss individual success stories like mine as merely being anecdotes. But the purpose of such anecdotes is to demonstrate what is possible, even in the face of prevailing wisdom that insists such stories have no basis at all. youtube.com/watch?v=43JK3kk7…

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Meat, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds, vegetables. #eatrealfood
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Another recent RCT assessing the effect of a ketogenic diet on depression adds to the growing body of evidence suggesting that what we eat can indeed affect how we feel, for the better. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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2 years and 8 months ago, I couldn't even manage the starting machine weight with hip thrusts. Now, I can lift that plus 45kg. #progress
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A recent review found that "cessation of (weight management medications) is followed by rapid weight regain and reversal of beneficial effects on cardiometabolic markers." Perhaps these drugs only address the symptoms and not the root cause? bmj.com/content/392/bmj-2025…
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Ten years after I first began my journey of personal health transformation, losing over 100 pounds along the way, later speaking at conferences and even writing a book, I am proud to now serve as a community ambassador for the @AMHSorg . amhs.org.au/news/my-health-j…
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Many people are put off eating a low carb/keto style diet because of what it does to their cholesterol. But how concerned should we really be? I look forward to the upcoming documentary The Cholesterol Code which explores this issue further. youtube.com/watch?v=SGeDbI6n…
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This paper - Reclaiming Health - is an important read, not just for its intended policymaker recipients but also for voters of those policymakers. We can all take notice of those who listen and acknowledge, versus those who don't. psgrnz.substack.com/p/open-l…

This important open letter and report was released in New Zealand today. I'm happy to give it my full support. Physicians and Scientists for Global Responsibility has been around for 25 years, consistently raising the important issues. They've done a great job highlighting the problems in our health system and the growing understanding that diet and insulin resistance are the key drivers of our current health crisis. Yet we still have virtually no policy or meaningful action addressing this root cause. Please support this, share it widely, or advocate politically with your vote this year if you get the chance. Here is the link to the open letter and the full report (there's also a 3-page summary). psgrnz.substack.com/p/open-l… KEY POINTS: THE METABOLIC PATHWAY TO CHRONIC ILLNESS: 1. A single systemic metabolic & mental health crisis reframes many diseases as one metabolic failure. 2. Glycaemic and insulin stability underpin metabolic health & reflect core physiological regulation. 3. Insulin & inflammation as metabolic mediators. Displacing the single disease-specific approach. 4. Multimorbidity as signal, not just coincidence. Conditions share common upstream drivers. 5. Cumulative processed & refined carbohydrate exposure. Not just sugar, not just calories. 6. Nutrition & diet guidelines developed to avoid deficiency, not assure functional sufficiency. 7. Macronutrient hierarchy inverted. Carbohydrates structurally privileged over fat and protein groups. 8. Insulin as primary risk biomarker overturns cholesterol primacy.
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My favourite part of the new US Dietary Guidelines: no more one-size-fits-all, but instead, advice specifically for people with chronic disease! 👏👏👏
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