So, to Google I turned. It was by chance (I don't remember which search terms I entered to get where I got) that I came to find this video. It changed my life for ever. For the better. For the unbelievably wonderful. I watched and re-watched. Intrigued, I looked for more references. It was from there that I fell down a fantastic rabbit hole of information. Lectures, interviews, books. I got my hands on everything I could. The more I read and watched and heard, the more it all made sense. My nutrition had been the culprit all these years. But not in the way my doctors, the media, the USDA food pyramid and popular opinion told me. All those sources turned out to be 180º wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.
After several incidents over the years (that's a topic for another post) where it was clear that one has to be in charge of and responsible for ones own health, I was primed to question authority. I simply hadn't read or heard any information contradicting the standard 'move more/eat less/go low fat' mantra. Then I viewed Dr. Eric Westman's video. He described an approach that was the opposite of everything. And it made sense. But I wanted to confirm for myself as much as possible that this radical concept - eat luscious fats, a bit of protein and avoid carbs (including cutting out many vegetables and all fruits) - was the key to losing body fat and lowering blood glucose.