Can you shift your fuel source towards fat oxidation
by moderating carbs and moving to moderate or low, or do you have to induce production of ketones to see that shift?
This is whether you accomplish
it by moderating carbs or by tailoring your activity level to produce fat oxidation.
Not exact matches
As someone who has struggled with my weight my entire life, I also benefit from a high fat,
moderate protein, low
carb diet, so this is a great way for me to start off my day with the high level of satiety provided
by a fat - infused cup of spicy tea.
By utilising days of lower
carb intake combined with 1 hour of low to
moderate cardio is the ticket.
For example, if I had friends over last night and we drank some wine, I know that if I'm dining out tonight, I'll be
moderating my liquid
carbs by drinking water or green tea so that at the end of the week everything balances out.
And then if you increase
carbs, you can still get some of the benefits
by having that first 20 hours of your meals relatively lower
carb, higher fat,
moderate protein and those last four hours you pop up a little bit and so you can still get some of those benefits.
If you try to boost your protein content for a meal
by mixing two high -
carb,
moderate protein sources (such as beans and rice), you'll be getting a meal that has one portion of
carbs and less than one portion of protein.
My friend Bob Briggs lost 145 pounds in 14 months
by revamping his diet and consuming ample fat,
moderate protein and very few
carbs.
(Of course high protein / low
carb foods will have little or no glucose response, so when you divide a
moderate insulin response number
by a very small glucose response, you get a large number.)
Because
by maintaining the
carbs (and thus insulin) low, consuming a healthy dose of fat and a
moderate amount of protein, you are going to turn on necessary protein synthesis, mobilize fat, encourage ketogenesis and again take full advantage of growth hormone release throughout the morning and afternoon.
By doing things that boost FGF21 — which include fasting [5], low - calorie diets, low -
carb / high - fat diets [6], and even acute exercise [5]-- we are applying a
moderate amount of stress to our mitochondria.
Medium - chain triglycerides (MCTs) have become increasingly popular as people are learning more about the health benefits of nutritional ketosis, which is achieved
by replacing net carbohydrates (total
carbs minus fiber) with high amounts of healthy fats and
moderate amounts of high quality protein.
Starvation response was not affected
by the amount of dietary
carbs or the glycemic index, at least not when
carb intake was
moderate to high.
My alarmist concerns posted earlier today were spawned from seeing my BP shoot up which I've been told
by the keto «experts» is a transient rise from the transition from
moderate to low
carbs and higher fats.
Once you've emptied the glycogen stores and your skin is less oily, you can increase your carbohydrate intake to
moderate levels assuming you get decent amounts of exercise, with some
carb sources being permanently replaced
by fattier foods like meat (organic and well raised), eggs, and dark chocolate.
Moreover, to continue to demonize «
carbs,» «protein» or «fat» as reductionist components of whole foods is an unproductive misdirection, originally concocted
by the meat, dairy and egg industries to cloak the cautionary recommendations issued
by the USDA, e.q., instead of
moderating meat, dairy or egg consumption, monitor «saturated fat» consumption.