Is obesity and energy balance disorders the cause just by taking in too many calories or it's spending too few or is it a hormonal regulatory defect that's triggered
probably by the carbohydrate content of the diet?
Not exact matches
By reducing refined
carbohydrates — think rice, pasta, and bread — and adding healthy fats such as avocados, coconuts, and extra-virgin olive oil, you'll
probably find that the weight drops right off of you.
Okay, so
by now you
probably know that you need to reduce your
carbohydrate intake.
By now you've
probably seen the latest research from Harvard University and National University of Singapore showing that different types of low -
carbohydrate diets have different effects on health.
In interpreting these test results, I think it should be recognized that the various individual issues — such as the iron deficiency anemia, the high anion gap metabolic acidosis, the «euthyroid sick syndrome» pattern of low T3 thyroid hormone (see my post «
Carbohydrates and the Thyroid,» Aug 24, 2011), and the low cortisol with a disrupted circadian pattern — are
probably reflections of deeper problems caused
by malnutrition (starvation of carbs, protein, and assorted micronutrients) despite excess fat intake (a source of metabolic stress).
With the exception of one study (20), these metabolic studies are limited
by the short study duration (typically, 7 — 14 d), which
probably does not allow sufficient time for full adaptation to low -
carbohydrate conditions.
Clearly, this is an incorrect statement since catabolism of lean body mass is reduced
by ketone bodies (possibly through suppression of the activity of the branched - chain 2 - oxo acid dehydrogenase), which and
probably explains the preservation of lean tissue observed during very - low -
carbohydrate diets.
In some cases you
probably think of
carbohydrates by other names.
If you have an overweight dog then you will
probably be better served
by one of these combined foods but you should be aware that they often contain lots of
carbohydrates to act as fillers.