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Before getting started, let me again emphasize that I highly discourage anyone else doing this experiment<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. As I’ve warned both here on the blog<\/a>\u00a0and on YouTube<\/a>, this experiment has both short and long-term risks. In order to gain weight, I’m inducing a constant state of heightened\u00a0insulin (duh!) to accumulate fat.<\/p>\n

Patrons –> I have an accompanying video to this blog post you can watch here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Schedule<\/h2>\n

As you can see above, I’m now in the purple phase of a Controlled Standard American Diet<\/span> which consists of two foot long sandwiches and a medium pepperoni pizza (Carbs 381g, Protein 301g, Fat 177g).<\/p>\n

On Monday morning (May 7th)\u00a0I’ll get a DEXA scan and a full spectrum blood test.<\/p>\nClick here to see all tests...<\/span>

Apolipoprotein A-1, Apolipoprotein B, CBC With Differential\/Platelet, Comp. Metabolic Panel (14), Cortisol, C-Reactive Protein- Cardiac, Fatty Acids- Free (Nonester), Ferritin- Serum, GGT, Glucagon, Hemoglobin A1c, Homocyst(e)ine- Plasma, IGF-1, Insulin and C-Peptide- Serum, Interleukin-6- Serum, Lipid Panel, Lp-PLA2 Activity, NMR LipoProfile, Thyroid Panel, Vitamin B12 and Folate<\/div>\n

Then I’ll switch a Controlled Keto Diet<\/span> which consists of 10 eggs, 8 oz of cheddar cheese, 2 pork sausage patties, 60ml heavy whipping cream, 2.5 oz almonds (Carbs 24g, Protein 128g, Fat 205g).<\/p>\n

I plan to get a standard blood panel three days later on the 10th which will include a CMP, CBC, Fasting Insulin, hsCRP, NMR and basic lipid panel. Following this will be one more full spectrum test on the 14th and one more standard panel on 17th.<\/p>\n

Daily Metrics<\/h2>\n

In addition to the labs taken and body scans, I’ll be capturing certain markers daily until the 19th:<\/p>\n