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Happy Thanksgiving!

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I have much to be thankful for this year, and this is a day for celebration.    Wishing you all the best day, I'm thankful for all who read here!   I'll be making an apple pie (crust from scratch too!) and there's a slice with my name on it ... it will be worth every calorie!  Also my sister makes the BEST pecan pie only once a year on Thanksgiving, so you better believe I'm having a slice of that too!  I hope you all enjoy the special foods at your celebrations, but more importantly the family and friends you celebrate with.   Have a great day!

Diabetes Un-Funged

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The Noakes Foundation has put out a new book entitled Diabetes Unpacked * , edited by Dr. Zoe Harcombe PhD.   It is a compilation of chapters written by a who's who of the low carborati.  This installment deals with Chapter 3 by Dr. Jason Fung, a nephrologist masquerading as an obesity specialist and diabetologist.  He has no formal training in either, and his grasp of some pretty basic physiology is tenuous at best.  That latter "charge" can be backed up by fact checking (or attempting to fact check that which isn't simply Fung POOP (Pulled Out Of Posterior) ) any of his various blog articles, books, podcasts or YouTube videos.   * That's my Amazon affiliate link This post will be an evolving one of sorts that I'll bump if and when content is added.  I've avoided giving Fung much "ink" here, frankly because I never thought anyone would take him seriously enough to deserve it.  Clearly I was wrong.  There's apparently no limit as