On the left - hand end of the chart
a very high carb low fat diet can be hard to overeat because it has such a low energy density and is so filling.
Not exact matches
Bonnyrebecca (youtube) ate a
high carb,
very low fat diet because it's what everyone in the vegan community said was the only way to go about it.
Here at Full of Beans we eat
very low fat,
high carb, lots of raw veggies and fruits — essentially the «80/10/10»
diet.
My husband and I are newly on Dr. Perlmutter's healthy brain
diet which is
very low carbs (gluten and starch free) and
high protein with the all important healthy
fats added in.
According to, let's call him Tom, this
diet requires a
very high fat, adequate protein, and
low carb intake, which trains your body to switch it's primary fuel source from carbohydrates to burning
fat fuels.
At first, this may seem
very important and a grand discovery because people on
diets low on
carbs and
high on
fat have been long considered to be riskier patients and more prone to heart disease.
Studies have shown that as long as dietary protein and
fat are sufficient, a
diet that is
higher in
carbs results in approximately the same amount of
fat loss as one
very low in
carbs (any difference in weight loss was due to extra water weight loss on the
low carb diet) 3.
Some were downright terrible — like the 3 month long escapade with a zero
carb,
very low fat, extremely
high protein
diet — , a few that were, uh, a little misguided, let's say — like my year long «dirty bulk», — and others that were a lot more effectual, like flexible dieting and more recently, my experiments with a ketogenic
diet.
I am now on a
low -
carb and
very high -
fat (but good
fat)
diet and continue to make other important changes, like eating more probiotics.
There is such a focus on food and nutrition in the news that it can be
very confusing for the average person:
Low -
carb diet, no -
fat diet,
high - protein
diet, Paleo
diet, etc..
Interesting with seizures from
very low blood sugar, possibly in combination with a
very high -
carb /
low -
fat diet which keeps the insulin
high, drives BG down and disables
fat metabolism = ketones.
Kempner's rice
diet was a
very extreme, super
high carb,
low fat,
low protein
diet that was created to save the lives of people dying from malignant hypertension, kidney failure, diabetes and obesity before the advent of pharmaceuticals.
Also known as the Keto
diet, it involves following a
very low carb and
high -
fat diet.
The Rosedale
diet could be described as a
high fat,
very low carb,
low protein
diet.
I actually didn't know about any research on any of this, I just listened to my body and I noticed that when I ate a lot of
carbs I was bloated and tired and so I stopped gluten and also diary altogether and started putting together foods that felt right... I didn't realise till a couple of years ago when I was doing a nutrition course that my
diet was
very low carb and
high fat, which according to the course I was doing was not good for my health — which did confuse me as I had never felt better in my life.
For a
very long time we have been told to eat a
low fat,
high carb, whole grain, five servings of fruit and veggies, and as much sugar free crap thrown on top
diet.
The people I know with the greatest body compositions (
low - body
fat and great musculature) all eat relatively
higher protein
diets, with some eating
very high carb, and others eating moderate
carb and moderate
fat.
I think your experience on
high -
carb illustrates some of Stephan's points,
very high carb and
low fat diets can be as good for weight loss as
low carb high fat.
Many go from a
very low -
fat,
high -
carb diet to a LCHF
diet without paying attention to the source of their
fat intake.
from Rami: Ketogenic
diets (
very low carb,
high fat) have been shown to be helpful with children with epilepsy for the short term.
The worst
diet to be on is
high fat along with moderate and sometimes even «
low» (as opposed to
very low)
carb.
Ketogenic
diets are a
very low -
carb,
higher fat diet and an average amount of protein, which may offer health benefits.
im not against
low carb at all, keto or original atkins are not my favorite ways to approach it, but Im
very much in favor of certain types of
low carb diets, particularly
higher protein,
diets with moderate
carb restriction... i use
low carb, hi - protein for contest prep myself... unfortunately, what pervades much of the
low carb world still today, is this belief that calories do nt matter or calories do nt count or what you alluded to, that you can have a calorie deficit and not lose
fat... whats really happening is that
low carb /
higher protein can be a
very good way to automatically control appetite and calorie intake, and is also often important for some peoples health given their metabolic status (not
very carb tolerant, etc)... its also unfortunate that many in the
low carb community are among the ones to suggest that exercise is a waste of time, etc etc, which is also not true and does great disservice to many who listen...
low carb does nt work due to some voodoo or because the law of thermodynamics does nt apply... it works mainly because it controls calories and for some people, helps them achieve calorie deficit better than other
diets... when folks show up here and suggest «i was in a calorie deficit but wasnt losing» or «exercise does nt work» thats when we cant help but grimace... or chuckle...
Hence — it is much easier to be calorie restricted from time to time (a
very good thing) on a
low carb,
high fat, modest protein
diet.
Ketogenic
diets (
very low carb,
high fat) have been shown to be helpful with children with epilepsy for the short term.
There is
very little scientific data to support that a healthy
high carb diet causes more insulin spiking than
low carb,
high fat diets.
The ketogenic (keto)
diet consists of eating
HIGH FAT, MODERATE PROTEIN,
VERY LOW CARB food.
While it is true that calorie counting is pretty much superfluous when you eat a
high fat, moderate protein and
very low carb diet, there is an undeniable correlation between calories and weight loss or storage.
The most common description of the ketogenic
diet is that it's a
very low -
carb,
high fat (LCHF)
diet.
He is interviewed by Scott Dunlap over at his
very popular «A Trail Runner's Blog» http://runtrails.blogspot.com/2010/06/faster-as-master-interview-with-rob.html and talks about 3 tough weeks after going
high fat,
high protein,
low carb, but how this
diet has been a big part of his newfound success.
I have several in the works on topics including the ketogenic (
very low carb, moderate protein,
high fat)
diet, the current attacks on the AIP, and my review of Mark Sisson «s new book, Primal Endurance.
A so - called ketogenic (
very low carb,
very high fat)
diet is currrently being studied to treat various disorders.
A
high -
fat, adequate protein,
very low -
carb diet that forces the body to burn more
fat as energy instead of
carbs.
However, if you're trying to lose weight or have diabetes or metabolic syndrome and enjoy rich, luxurious,
high -
fat foods like cheese, cream, eggs, avocado, and fatty meats — and are willing to give up the aforementioned
high -
carb foods in exchange — a
very -
low - carbohydrate ketogenic
diet may be the ideal way of eating for you.2
Each individual is different, and I maintain that recommending a
high -
fat,
low carb diet for everyone is potentially
very dangerous... Also, your statement that the Indian «grandparent»
diet totally did away with grains is false.
I made a temporary switch to a
very low fat diet for a month and my TC dropped to 198, LDL 127, HDL 56, trigs 47, glu 91 (glu dropped on a
high carb diet) lipid-wise, my bad got better, but my good got worse, my ratios went from all good or borderline to all good with one
high risk (apob / apoa) Here is the kicker: my inflammation markers skyrocketed from «borderline» to
high risk.
Would all you said still hold true if LDL is only
high on a
very high saturated
fat —
very low carb diet?
After a few years on a
very low carb,
very high fat diet, me TC went to 400, LDL 300, trigs 64, HDL 87, CRP 2.4, glu 98.
A ketogenic
diet is a
very low -
carb diet with a moderate amount of protein and
high amounts of
fat.
The ketogenic
diet (often termed keto) is a
very low -
carb,
high -
fat diet that shares many similarities with the Atkins and
low -
carb diets.
Even the
very lean subjects had double the
fat oxidation rates on
low carb versus when they did the same exercise on their typical
high carb diet.
The Ketogenic
diet is a
very low -
carb,
high -
fat diet.
The suggestion that a «zero -
carb» or a
very low -
carb approach (less than 20 grams of total
carbs) leads to a
higher level of ketones and enhanced
fat loss is misleading — this is not how the ketogenic
diet works.
Since people can also reverse and «cure» their diabetes on
high fat,
very low carb diets, it's not the adoption of the
diet per se that helped them.
In contrast, large reviews of previous trials suggest that
very LC
diets may have less favorable effects on LDL cholesterol than conventional
high -
carb,
low -
fat diets (13, 14).
A: The Ketogenic
diet is a
very low -
carb,
high -
fat diet.
However, what my experience has been with my VLC (
very low carb) and
higher fat diet, is that fasting and post prandial glucose become further improved, into completely healthy, non-diabetic, non impaired glucose tolerant ranges.
A Ketogenic
diet is
very low carb and
high fat diet that turns the body into
fat burning machine.
Because the endomorph body type can not tolerate
high carbs very well, a
lower carbohydrate and
higher fat and protein
diet is recommended.
In this case the
high fat,
high non-fiber
carb diet was being compared to a
low fat,
very high fiber
high carb diet.