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Anyone tried the 'Slow-Carb Diet'?

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srg100

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I'm doing a course on FutureLearn about obesity and one of the comments made by a participant was about the 'Slow Carb Diet'.
I hadn't heard of it before so I googled it. Sounds like a cross between low carb (but lowish fat) and 5:2 but it's 6:1. I may be wrong. I just had a quick look.
Has anyone tried it? I'm interested to here what you all think.

Thanks
 
srg100 said:
I'm doing a course on FutureLearn about obesity and one of the comments made by a participant was about the 'Slow Carb Diet'.
I hadn't heard of it before so I googled it. Sounds like a cross between low carb (but lowish fat) and 5:2 but it's 6:1. I may be wrong. I just had a quick look.
Has anyone tried it? I'm interested to here what you all think.

Thanks
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There are many variations of the low carb lifestyle, most work be they can be adjusted to what the low carber wants to achieve and takes into account how we all respond to the varied amount of different foods available, most diabetics can eat most foods if they reduce the amount of food needed to create a spike. So for some, a few chips is ok, but for others even one chip will create a large spike, it all depends on how much glucose, insulin, insulin resistance is causing the diabetes.
Diabetes or prediabetes when first diagnosed, diet is the first recommended choice and if they use a few simple steps to improve their lifestyles, then they can control there condition successfully, even reversing the condition.
Obesity in quite a few diabetics or prediabetes is caused by hyperinsulinaemia which is too much insulin in the blood. This causes insulin resistance and then higher glucose levels and everything else that follows.
The lower the carb and sugar intake the less insulin response, that's why low carb works for most!
Slow carb, never heard of it! Is it a form of fasting?
It could be by your description another way of intermittent fasting!
 
Lamont D said:
The lower the carb and sugar intake the less insulin response, that's why low carb works for most!
Slow carb, never heard of it! Is it a form of fasting?
It could be by your description another way of intermittent fasting!
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Thanks for replying - my mistake in my definition. The diet says to eat lowish carb 6 days a week and whatever food you want the other day.
Not fasting 1 day out of 7.
Sorry!

I don't know what sets off my sugar spikes as I don't check my blood sugar after eating - I was pre-diabetic but when last tested wasn't, due to my reduction of carbs in my diet.
My doctor didn't suggest checking my blood sugar regularly at home - I'm due for another Hbc1a check in April.
I do know that if I eat some carbs I feel hungrier sooner than if I don't and get sugar cravings.

I look forward to hearing what others think of this diet.
 
Well my experience of the christmas period confirms that just one meal of elevated carbs and my FBG rises 2 days later and stays higher for over a week. So presumably this would only work for those who are more tolerant of carbs than I am
 
Seems like a bit of a half hearted attempt at a low carb diet that may well end up being the worst of both worlds..
Eat lowish carb for 6 days then have a blow out on the 7th that could well undo all the good work you have put in..
Also seem to be a bit fat phobic.. "eat lean meats" so you'd probably be quite hungry.. not one I would follow.
 
Well, if lowish carbs works for a person, why on earth would they want to muck things up by going off track on the 7th day?

And if lowish carbs works, then low carbs would probably work better.
And if lowish carbs are working, then introducing higher carbs one day a week will cause damagingly high blood glucose on that 7th day...

Like @walnut_face I find that straying even one day a week causes a setback that lasts several days, and I just don't think a two-steps-forward-and-one-step-back way of eating is worth the effort... Better to just walk forwards, slowly, and enjoyably, whilst enjoying the gustatory delights of low carb eating.
 
Interesting to hear from those of you who know what one day of straying does to their blood sugars.
I've been wondering about that.
I also wasn't impressed at the low fat meat either.
Oh well, doesn't sound like a good idea then.
BTW how low is low carb?

Thanks
 
srg100 said:
Interesting to hear from those of you who know what one day of straying does to their blood sugars.
I've been wondering about that.
I also wasn't impressed at the low fat meat either.
Oh well, doesn't sound like a good idea then.
BTW how low is low carb?

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Technically, i think LC is supposed to be below 130g a day. Approx.
But the reality is that the classification is often irrelevant.
Most of us diet controlled T2s on here seem to eat as many carbs as we can, while maintaining target blood glucose levels. Which basically means we get a meter, and test before and after eating. If the blood glucose rises too high, we cut the carbs lower, and try the meal again.

The result is a tailormade way of eating perfectly suited to our unique body. The number of carbs grams varies a lot between people, but that doesn't matter because we get blood glucose control whether it is on 15 or 150 grams (or more) carbs a day.

Hope that helps. :D

(I aim for 20g a day, and usually get 20-40g)
 
Brunneria said:
Technically, i think LC is supposed to be below 130g a day. Approx.
But the reality is that the classification is often irrelevant.
Most of us diet controlled T2s on here seem to eat as many carbs as we can, while maintaining target blood glucose levels. Which basically means we get a meter, and test before and after eating. If the blood glucose rises too high, we cut the carbs lower, and try the meal again.

The result is a tailormade way of eating perfectly suited to our unique body. The number of carbs grams varies a lot between people, but that doesn't matter because we get blood glucose control whether it is on 15 or 150 grams (or more) carbs a day.

Hope that helps. :D

(I aim for 20g a day, and usually get 20-40g)
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That makes a lot of sense!
Thanks:)
 
Your really do need to try and test - just a few carbs from the types of food I can't eat will give me an elevated BG level for about 16 hours, and increase average readings. The slow carb idea seems to be devised by people who don't actually believe that LCHF works, so they try to push for something they think that they know will work.
 
All through the first stages of diagnosis, it should be used as a experimenting and testing to see how low you need to go to maintain a good habit of eating to your meter!
An individual tailored diet is so necessary when going low carb.
You have to bear in mind tolerances, tastes, ethnic backgrounds and sustainable to your nutritional requirements. Also affordability, as we often read, that cost can come into it, if you don't live accessible to cheaper food stores.

I also try to get below 20gms, wether I maintain that, will be the my future health!
 
Lamont D said:
An individual tailored diet is so necessary when going low carb.
You have to bear in mind tolerances, tastes, ethnic backgrounds and sustainable to your nutritional requirements. Also affordability, as we often read, that cost can come into it, if you don't live accessible to cheaper food stores.
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So ithe bottom line seems to be it really is so individual how many carbs you eat, for any nomber of reasons.
Well. I'm glad there's no general right or wrong way - sometimes you get the impression that if you don't do as 'I' say be it a website or book author you're doing it wrong and it won't work.

Thanks to you all.
 
srg100 said:
So ithe bottom line seems to be it really is so individual how many carbs you eat, for any nomber of reasons.
Well. I'm glad there's no general right or wrong way - sometimes you get the impression that if you don't do as 'I' say be it a website or book author you're doing it wrong and it won't work.

Thanks to you all.
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Too true!
It's gotta suit your lifestyle, and the way you live your life!
If you get it right, low carb really does work!
Best Wyoming.
 
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