Low - carbohydrate diets (primarily canned food) have generated lots of talk recently in terms of prevention of diabetes in cats, but a 2007 study by veterinary researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands found no correlation
between diets high in carbohydrates and feline diabetes.
Not exact matches
Between 1930 - 1960, Dr. Rabinowitch was the first to demonstrate how to reverse type 2 diabetes by feeding patients a low - fat, plant - based, whole - food
diet high in unprocessed
carbohydrates.
In 2013 Dr. Jeff Volek RD / PhD, his graduate students and colleagues commenced data collection for the FASTER Study (FASTER = Fat - Adapted - Substrate oxidation in - Trained - Elite - Runners) to look at the physiological differences between elite male ultra-marathon runners with one cohort following a conventional high carbohydrate diet and the other following a low carb / fat - adapted strateg
In 2013 Dr. Jeff Volek RD / PhD, his graduate students and colleagues commenced data collection for the FASTER Study (FASTER = Fat - Adapted - Substrate oxidation
in - Trained - Elite - Runners) to look at the physiological differences between elite male ultra-marathon runners with one cohort following a conventional high carbohydrate diet and the other following a low carb / fat - adapted strateg
in - Trained - Elite - Runners) to look at the physiological differences
between elite male ultra-marathon runners with one cohort following a conventional
high carbohydrate diet and the other following a low carb / fat - adapted strategy.
The Sinclair paper documents,
in detail, that
between 1855 and through the mid-20th century — over 100 years and covering more than a dozen scientific studies — the Inuit consumed a
diet very
high in protein,
high in fat and low
in carbohydrates with no detectable ketosis found or expected.
Skipped meals,
diets high in sugar, caffeine, processed
carbohydrates, junk foods, and other staples of teen
diets can cause the delicate balance
between estrogen and progesterone to spiral out of control
Low carb plant based
diets may be dangerous: «The associations of low
carbohydrate,
high protein, and low
carbohydrate -
high protein scores with cardiovascular outcomes were not,
in general, statistically significantly different
between women whose protein intake was mainly of animal origin and those whose protein intake was mainly of plant origin.»
Kaufmann theorizes that a link exists
between the epidemic of modern diseases, such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes, and a
diet high in refined
carbohydrates and processed foods.
Even when compared to a
higher carbohydrate diet, the ketogenic
diet did not result
in greater weight loss as long as calories
between the two
diets were matched.
One key difference
between these studies was the
highest protein group
in Mettler et al. [29] consumed a 51 %
carbohydrate diet while the comparable group
in Pasiakos et al. [40] consumed a 27 %
carbohydrate diet.
Kittens and cats
in general should eat
diets that are
high in protein, moderate
in fat and low
in carbohydrate; the main difference
between kittens and adult cats is that kittens need more calories per pound, and for that reason do better with kitten foods that are
higher in protein and fat.