Not exact matches
«What is remarkable about our findings is that they
show that a simple
dietary modification of reducing the
carbohydrate content of the meals can, within a day, protect against development of insulin resistance and block the path toward development of prediabetes while sustained intake of high
carbohydrate diets as
shown in the two mentioned studies lead to increased fasting insulin secretion and resistance.
Research
shows that protein costs the most energy to process (30 to 35 %),
carbohydrate costs significantly less (5 to 15 %), and
dietary fat costs the least (3 to 4 %).
This FFQ was validated against 4 - d weighed food records collected on 3 occasions during 1 y (n = 79) and
showed moderate - to - good agreement for ranking individuals according to their GI,
dietary fiber, and total
carbohydrate intake (15).
A systematic review of all the
dietary trials
showed that much of the benefits of a low
carbohydrate approach faded by 1 year.In the follow up to the DIRECT study, it was found that by 12 months, weight had started to regain in all patients, including the low
carbohydrate group.
In a study involving
dietary ketosis via a low
carbohydrate diet (less than 10 percent of total calories), compared to subjects on a 50 percent
carbohydrate diet, the low -
carbohydrate subjects demonstrated better performance on memory tests, with higher scores being correlated to higher serum KB levels.14 A study using cultured mouse hippocampal cells
showed that addition of the KB β - hydroxybutyrate (β - OHB) to cells exposed to Aβ resulted in no decrease in the numbers of dendrites or total neurons — two of the noted pathological changes in AD.
New research
shows that replacing
dietary saturated fats with
carbohydrates IS associated with an increase in heart disease risk
As this latest study
shows, you eliminate saturated fats from your diet at your own peril, as doing so will actually increase, not decrease, your risk of heart disease, particularly if you replace them with
carbohydrates, which are the true
dietary villain you need to be avoiding.
In humans, data collected from 38 different trials of food consumption that used widely varying intakes of protein, from 8 to 54 % of energy,
showed: «Percent
dietary protein was negatively associated with total energy intake (F = 6.9, P < 0.0001) irrespective of whether
carbohydrate (F = 0, P = 0.7) or fat (F = 0, P = 0.5) were the diluents of protein.
Despite this study and a host of others (3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
showing that low fat, high
carbohydrate / sugar diets have been
shown to increase heart disease risks by contributing to the conversion of large LDL particles to small particles, elevating triglycerides and lowering HDL and other saturated fat studies resulting in shifts to large buoyant LDL (5), the 2015 - 2020
Dietary Guidelines for Americans continues to encourage the public to adopt a low fat diet.
Another
dietary style that is
showing promise is the ketogenic diet, which is low in
carbohydrates and high in fat and protein.
To add a little fuel to the fire, I'd also point out that
dietary carbohydrate intake has been
shown to be more strongly correlated with circulating saturated fatty acids than is
dietary saturated fat intake.
There are also increasing numbers of reported performance benefits of lowering
dietary carbohydrate.12, 19,20 Phinney et al. 21
showed enhanced fat oxidation rates in cyclists who reduced
dietary carbohydrate to less than 50 g per day and substituted calories with
dietary fat over four weeks.
A variety of eating patterns have been
shown to be effective in managing diabetes, including Mediterranean - style (53,65),
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH)- style (66), and plant - based (vegan or vegetarian)(67), lower - fat (68), and lower -
carbohydrate patterns (68).»
I bring it up because this was used to
show me that
dietary fat does not impact cholesterol, and that high
carbohydrate diets increase mortality.
Several prospective observational studies have
shown that the chronic consumption of a diet with a high glycemic load (GI ×
dietary carbohydrate content) is independently associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and certain cancers.
We previously
showed that calorie restriction and alternate daily fasting works synergistically with doses of radiation therapy to enhance cancer cell kill and slow tumor growth, by decreasing several metabolic pathways heavily related to
dietary carbohydrates and insulin.
There is a lot more in Paul Whiteley's post that addresses gut microbioime dysbiosis but I don't want to digress any further than needed to make my point, and that is, that for some celiac, they need to increase
dietary restrictions beyond gluten - free; some use the Specific
Carbohydrate Diet which was the first celiac diet and which
shows promise with other autoimmunes (see the post, FOOD MANAGING IBD & AUTISM: THE STUDIES).
For many years, the prevailing wisdom regarding nutrition for diabetic cats centered on the use of high - fiber diets, which are prescribed for human and dogs with the disease, because fiber has been
shown to minimize the impact of
dietary carbohydrates on blood sugar.
Dr. Walter Willett, chairman of the nutrition department at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, says: «Given the data that we have today, we have
shown the refined
carbohydrates and especially sugar - sweetened beverages are risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but that the type of
dietary fat is also very important.»