Carbs for glycolysis should come frome safe starches (100g daily), the rest to the 150g daily can come
from other carb sources.
It always better to separate the vegetables
from other carb types.
Not exact matches
If you want more ideas for healthy and carbohydrate free / low
carb vegetable sides, take a look at some
other globally inspired recipes
from our food blogging friends.
What people usually forget that the fat consumed in these low
carb diets is different
from the fat that most people eat (fat that is in pizza, fries and
other bad fat).
I've experimented with my diet and I don't think it's so much the
carbs either as it was the potassium, magnesium and
other deficiencies
from not taking my supplements.
I won some
from another low
carb blog and I am trying to use up my supply before ordering the
other stuff.
I noticed the chart you linked to on self says that 64 % of the calories in cauliflower come
from carbs — which is to be expected considering there is no fat and almost no protein content which make up the
other 36 %.
One nutritionist swears by complex carbohydrates while
other diet plans eschew
carbs as if a whole food group can be removed
from one's diet.
grains in general do not provide anything you cant get
from other foods and are not worth eating due to the myriad problems associated with them (too high
carb... lectins / antiutrients....
Our family really loves spaghetti squash, and I'm happy it's an easy replacement for pasta, which generally contains enough starch and
carbs (whether made
from some sort of wheat or rice or
other gluten - free grain) to shoot my boys» blood sugar through the roof.
Peasants worked all day so they had the
carbs to burn the calories but they didn't have
other essential nutrients
from other sources so they suffered
from scurvy and vitamin d deficiency.
I'll leave the fat vs.
carb debate to
others, but wanted to share one rather startling fact
from the article:
I think for menu planning it should be offered in place of
other carbs from time to time..
I mean, the
carbs, fats (including 200 fatty acids - not just the one or two added -
from weird sources - into formula), proteins (including lactoferrin, which isn't in formula or any regular foods, & inhibits the growth of bacteria such as E.coli in the gastrointestinal system - actually it appears to be extracted as a supplement for a many causes, see: http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-49-LACTOFERRIN.aspx?activeIngredientId=49&activeIngredientName=LACTOFERRIN), vitamins, minerals, water, immunoblobulins, lysozyme (one of 20 active enzymes in human milk, this one provides an antibacterial factor against enterobacteriaceae and gram + bacteria),
other digestive enzymes not in
other sources include lipase and amylase, prostaglandins, bile salts, EGF (promotes healing and growth of gut mucosa), cytokines, CCK....
Out of your daily
carb intake, you should eat 70 to 80 percent
from complex sources such as beans, potatoes, brown rice, oatmeal, broccoli and
other fibrous vegetables.
Cut out all the sugars and
other simple
carbs from your diet.
On the
other hand, oatmeal has plenty of soluble fiber and improves digestion and absorption of crucial minerals, proteins and
carbs, protects the stomach walls
from damage caused by hydrochloric acid and can keep you full for a long time.
In addition to being made form low grade meat, the floury bread roll is made
from very refined wheat and all the mayonnaise, cheese and
other condiments mean that while a burger is high in protein, it's also high in
carbs and fat too.
According to a new study
from The Cochrane Collaboration, an independent health - research organization, people on diets that call for fiber - rich, complex -
carb - loaded foods like lentils, sweet potatoes, and apples lost a little over two pounds more in five weeks, compared with people on low - fat or
other types of diets.
As for amylopectin, the type or amount found in wheat doesn't differ in any significant way
from that found in any
other carb - rich food.
Some people (a very small percentage of my clients) who jump into low
carb from a very high
carb diet will experience some thyroid - like side effects a few weeks or few months after switching such as fatigue, coldness in extremities, hair - loss or
other problems.
He also stated that the amylopectin in wheat is different (in a very bad way)
from the one found in
other carb - rich foods like potatoes, and eating it too often will inevitably give you type 2 diabetes.
In the end, eliminating gluten and
other grains
from the diet may well compromise the adequate intake of fiber, healthy
carbs, and
other brain - essential nutrients.
On the flip side, I have gotten a lot of emails and letters
from people who follow a low -
carb diet or specifically paleo diet who are working out 5 - 6 days a week and dealing with horrible sugar cravings, hormone imbalance and
other issues similar to what I experienced, and I can only attribute this to our body's preference for using the glucose
from carbohydrates as its primary energy source.
When we combine the
carbs from the fruit over on the
other half of the plate with the hearthealthywholegrains on this side and the
carbs from beans, we might just be getting close to the 300 + grams of
carbs we are supposed to be eating a day according to you guys, even if we are diabetic.
When we eliminate grains and
other nutrient inferior sources of carbohydrates and get the
carbs we do need
from vegetables and fruits, our bodies start to become more sensitive to insulin again.
For example, in a study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Weigle et al. showed that an increase in dietary protein
from 15 % to 30 % of energy and a reduction in fat
from 35 % to 20 % produces a sustained decrease in appetite and calorie intake and results in significant weight loss, and
other researchers have gotten similar results when comparing protein and
carbs in terms of satiety.
And a study
from the University of Memphis found that athletes who ate honey had steadier blood sugar and insulin levels for a longer period of time, compared to consuming
other carb sources.
Some people get instant results
from dropping
carbs, grains, sugar, and vegetable oils, while
others have to take a month to get acclimated and only then does the weight begin to slide off.
However, as I stated earlier, completely removing
carbs from your diet may work for some, but not
others.
I learned SO much
from this blog including the concept of
carb cycling, the importance of sleep, and
other incredibly cool things.
They often say that high fat diets have more than 30 % of calories
from fat or that high -
carb diets have more than 50 % of calories
from carbs, or some
other arbitrary cut - off.
You could also get plenty of
carbs from starchy vegetables, oats, potatoes, and
other whole foods that also keep you full, but for some people, it's easier to eliminate or just limit all
carbs.
-- The reason this diet differs
from other diets that rely on carbohydrate manipulation, is the fact that the high / moderate
carb days are so important for the muscles as it helps to flood them full of glycogen.
Take the example of a small glass of wine: a 5 - ounce glass of wine will typically contain 110 calories, 91 of them are
from the alcohol itself, while the
other 5 grams come
from carbs.
The shift
from ketosis (hardly mentioned today on the Atkins diet) to net
carbs allowed more vegetables and
other plant - based carbohydrates into the plan (good) but also opened the floodgates for low -
carb processed junk foods (not good).
Here is an article
from 2006 that analyzed 5
other studies (meta - analysis) comparing the effects of low
carb diets without caloric restriction vs low fat diets.
Taking plentiful fat calories
from coconut oil, but no
carb or protein calories and few
other fats, can enable fasts to be extended substantially longer with minimal loss of muscle tissue or neuronal stress.
On the
other hand all of the
carbs used by the anaerobic system can be created in the liver by fat metabolism (
from glycerol).
Here is an article
from 2002 where they took 20 normal healthy males and had 12 of them eat a ketogenic diet for 6 weeks (< 10 %
carbs) and compared them to the
other 8 who ate their normal diet.
It's important to understand that your body requires saturated fats
from animal and vegetable sources (such as meat, dairy, certain oils, and tropical plants like coconut) for optimal functioning, and if you neglect this important food group in favor of sugar, grains and
other starchy
carbs, your health and weight are almost guaranteed to suffer.
Aside
from ensuring maximum possible gainz, the
other reason high protein intake is commonly advocated for is that it purportedly offers a «metabolic advantage» over both
carbs and fat, which can enhance weight loss.
When you start doing it with fruit and
other low
carb products that have a lot of sugar alcohols in it, I think you can probably derail yourself
from that.
I personally don't support the high
carb diet or freelee the banana girl because
other things work for my body better, and I've seen results
from other people eating the same way I do.
It seems fairly clear that those on keto and very - low -
carb diets who get most of their energy
from fat — including their own fat stores — tend to have more LDL particles circulating in their bloodstream, delivering triglycerides to cells and transferring cholesterol to
other lipoproteins.
To illustrate the importance of both
carbs and fat, a set of identical twins
from the UK decided to try «all - or - nothing» diets — one consumed a high -
carb, low - fat diet and the
other consumed the opposite.
In spite of all its nutrient power seeds
from the chia plant is gluten free and has fewer net
carbs than most
other grains.
Over the past two years Feldman, a software engineer with a strong interest in science, has performed several dozen experiments on himself and collected data
from a number of
other keto and low -
carb dieters whose cholesterol levels have increased far beyond the «optimal» range.
From what you have told me, this could be contributing to the growth of my manboobs, but however I have seen many
other men my age who eat just as much or even more
carbs than me and don't have manboobs.
On the
other hand, if only 5 % of their total calories were to come
from carbs, the medium banana would pretty much be it.