After failing on low carb diets and resulting yo - yoing I came to conclusion that
moderate carb consumption brings me to the results I would like to achieve better than a low carb diet.
Our growing children did just fine on low to
moderate carb consumption for 99.9 % of the existence of the human race, and they'll do just fine doing the same for the next 99.9 % too.
Not exact matches
If I eat
moderate protein and stop all
carb and protein
consumption after 3, I wake up once.
In fact, the diet should be approximately 70 % of calories from unadulturated fats like low
carb nuts (pecans and macadamias are great, almonds ok and peanuts and cashews are considered higher
carb on the nut scale), avocado, grass fed butter, coconut oil, olive oil; and the remainng 15/15 for protein and non-starchy vegetable
carbs, especially nutrient dense leafy greens It is carbohydrates or high protein leading to gluconeogenesis in the diet that make concurrent
consumption of fats a cardiovascular risk, but in a properly
carb - restricted and
moderate protein diet, and in the absence of systemic inflammation (hsCRP, ESR), one should not worry about increases in cholesterol, but focus on the size of the cholesterol particles (bigger is better) Dr. Peter Attia explains this complex topic well.
Even if the ingested
carbs are at a
moderate level (i.e.
consumption of a grilled cheese sandwich, not an entire deep - fried birthday cake), your liver and muscles snatch up as much glucose as they can take, including up to four grams of water accompany each gram of glycogen.
«plenty of coinciding articles to support this out there, as well as personal experience; I've increased certain fats, reduced my grain /
carbs, increased veg and
moderated fruit
consumption, & body fat is reducing, slowly & effectively..
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.