Ogbono vs. Shangri-La

Back in March, I posted a series of blogs on the results of a 10-week trial taking Irvingia (Ogbono) supplements. Two weeks after that trial ended, I started following the "Shangri-La Diet" protocol. To follow that protocol I took one tablespoon of extra light olive oil, once or twice per day, with nothing but water being ingested one hour before and one hour after.

Basically, this protocol entailed taking a tablespoon of the oil immediately upon waking in the morning. Then, on the days I remembered,  I would take another tablepsoon in the middle of the morning, between breakfast and lunch -- again with a one hour window on either side. Read the website above, and/or Google "Shangrila-La Diet" to learn about how and why this protocol is supposed to work.

Anyway, every Friday morning, immediately upon waking, I record a number of bodily metrics, including weight, body fat % (as measured by a body fat scale), waist circumference, blood glucose, and blood pressure.

Below is a chart for the data on my weight for the past 25 weeks. The chart for body fat % and waist circumference follows the same pattern as this weight chart -- so I haven't included them. Moreover, the charts for blood glucose and blood pressure are pretty steady throughout the 25-week period, showing no effects related to these trials. That's why I haven't included them.

With that introduction, here is the weight data:

As you can see from the above chart, the Irvingia supplement protocol seemed to have a dramatic effect on my weight/body fat, whereas the Shangri-La Diet seem to have little or no effect.

What I'm going to do now is follow neither protocol. Instead, I'll keep on doing what I started doing around week 10 of the above chart. That is, since week 10, every morning, I have ingested the following fats:

• coconut oil
• flaxseeds
• ogbono nuts
• raw walnuts

In addition to these core fats, I usually also ingest raw almonds and raw sunflower seeds.

For the next 10 or so weeks, I'm going to keep up with this eating protocol of mine, and see what happens to my data.

After that, I think I'll try another 10 week trial with the Irvingia supplements to see what, if anything, happens the second time around.

Glad to be your friendly neighborhood guinea pig!