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Medical guidelines don’t include a diet low in carbohydrates

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Post by thesmallestcat »

colanderman wrote: post #3

"This" being a low-carb diet. Even NYT stoops to click-baity headlines these days; what is the world coming to.

This shit is showing up in almost every major paper now. Look at it on the bright side: Articles with titles using the clickbait style guide are instantly recognizable as the tripe. Because no paper's going to lead a local crime story, for instance, with "Pregnant Mother shot -- you'll never guess where" or "Mayor indicted for corruption was silent until he heard this."

Newspaper clickbait has some common traits: National story, sensational, dull. It's either lazy pop science or a shock story about what somebody did three time zones away. So it's always safe to ignore.

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Post by raverbashing »

tkyjonathan wrote: post #9

Enough with this dumb Paleo stupidity. Sure you lose weight temporarily. But its not sustainable and greatly reduces your chances of... being alive. Whole-foods plant-based - I know its boring, but there are decades of science behind it. Eat your greens.

Funny how the article does not even mention paleo.

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Post by disruptalot »

colanderman wrote: post #3

"This" being a low-carb diet. Even NYT stoops to click-baity headlines these days; what is the world coming to.

I'm actually happy that I was baited into reading it. Had the title been "low carb diet recommended for obesity", I would be on my way to the next headline.

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Post by jordanb »

raverbashing wrote: post #10

Thank the "low-fat/fat-free" craze for that. Associating dietary fat with body fat has been one of the worse mistakes in "nutrition" in the past decades. Now most "low-fat" food has added carbs to deal with the loss of consistency. And even regular foods (especially in the US) have added sugar.

Not just added carbs, added sugars and starches, the worst kind of carbs.

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Post by strommen »

tkyjonathan wrote: post #9

Enough with this dumb Paleo stupidity. Sure you lose weight temporarily. But its not sustainable and greatly reduces your chances of... being alive. Whole-foods plant-based - I know its boring, but there are decades of science behind it. Eat your greens.

The biggest dietary change involved for Paleo is eliminating heavily-processed high-carb foods: bread, pasta, donuts, pizza, candy. This is a major nutritional improvement for everybody.

The high-fat aspect just helps people stick with it by making them feel full and also allowing them to indulge.

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Post by firasd »

Low carb is like magic for my health, fitness, and mental acuity. Reasons it's hard for me to stay on the bandwagon (1) it's more expensive to eat only meat, vegetables, eggs and fats v.s. eating stuff together with bread, rice etc. (2) Eating lots of vegetables means more fussy cooking of them (3) Carbs are nice 'comfort food' for when you're stressed.

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Post by itg »

tkyjonathan wrote: post #9

Enough with this dumb Paleo stupidity. Sure you lose weight temporarily. But its not sustainable and greatly reduces your chances of... being alive. Whole-foods plant-based - I know its boring, but there are decades of science behind it. Eat your greens.

Why is cutting out processed foods not sustainable? I've been doing it for more than four years by now.

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Post by crispyambulance »

juandazapata wrote: post #4

I have been doing Keto for 3 months and lost 20kg without any exercise at all.

That's good, but don't make it sound like 3 months of Ketosis is "easier" than a full and strict exercise routine. That's an extraordinarily hard diet to follow.

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Post by dogma1138 »

raverbashing wrote: post #10

Thank the "low-fat/fat-free" craze for that. Associating dietary fat with body fat has been one of the worse mistakes in "nutrition" in the past decades. Now most "low-fat" food has added carbs to deal with the loss of consistency. And even regular foods (especially in the US) have added sugar.

The sugar free/carb free Atkins diet of the 90s and its modern versions isn't any better.

Pretty much any diet which is free of anything should be avoided.

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Post by thoughtsimple »

I've been on a low carb diet since June. I've lost 30 pounds and my high blood pressure is now gone (I read 97/63 last week).

My glucose went from 134 mg/do to 96 in 2 months. A1C from 6.5% to 5.5%. Now normal again.

If you've been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes you should try a very low carb diet before anything else. It really seems to work.

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