Recent Content by canuck1950

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    how low is low carb?

    There appears to be some confusion about what I eat. In my communications with Ally5555 I probably understated the amount of fat in my diet as I use butter and bacon fat for frying and I also snack on cheese and pepperoni sausage during the day. I do eat a fairly high fat diet and my total carbs...
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    Week 3 and kilos not dropping but inches are??

    It is not uncommon for this to happen if you are "remodelling" as a result of carb restriction. In other words, you are losing fat and rebuilding muscle at the same time. The loss of inches while weight is stable is an indicator that this is what is happening.
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    how low is low carb?

    It's a matter of degree and it depends mainly on how severe is your insulin resistance and how much beta cell capacity you have. For type 1 diabetics, there is no capacity to produce insulin so their tolerance is quite low and they will always have to use exogenous insulin. For type 2 diabetics...
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    BS not falling!!

    With type 2, or type 1 plus insulin resistance, it takes a while for the liver to respond to carb restriction. It is the insulin resistance of the liver cells that generates the glucose that results in a high fasting number. Going really low on the carbs (< 20 g/day) should turn that number...
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    how low is low carb?

    Food intolerance: a reproducible adverse reaction to the ingestion of food or to any of its components, such as proteins, carbohydrates, fats and additives. When one has diabetes, of any type, one has lost the ability to normally metabolize carbohydrates. Another way of saying this is that one...
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    how low is low carb?

    Lactation is not my area of expertise but, as near as I can tell, breast milk is about 51% fat, 42% CHO and 7% protein. The CHO is lactose which is a glucose molecule connected to a galactose molecule. This means that the infant is getting about 21% of its energy from glucose and 21% from...
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    how low is low carb?

    Our ten year old son (non-diabetic) eats some carbs but no sugar. He is quite sturdy, never gets sick, is emotionally stable, does well at school, is a dynamite downhill skier, plays sports, etc etc. I am of the opinion that kids have a higher tolerance for carbs and, as long as he is not eating...
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    how low is low carb?

    I am not sure where the idea that kids don't tolerate a high fat diet comes from. My own (non-diabetic) 23 month old daughter is thriving on a low-carb/high-fat diet. She has access to carbs (except sugary things) but chooses not to eat them. She is also the product of a LCHF gestation, BTW...
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    how low is low carb?

    Anyone know any studies on minimum carb requirements for children ? The actual requirement for carbohydrates for anyone, child or adult, is zero. On the other hand, the RDI for adults is 130 gm/day, an amount designed to prevent physiological ketosis (a natural harmless condition). For...
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    Cant stop losing weight

    When cutting the carbs and, provided one is eating enough protein, the weight that is shed will be excess body fat. Fat loss will plateau at some point; people do not waste away to nothing from carb restriction. For some people weight loss stops when they still have what they consider excess fat...
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    BBC Story about Low Carb Dieting

    Thanks for posting the links. I had not seen this before although I know some of the people involved quite well. I think the conclusion, that it is increased protein that reduces hunger and therefore calorie intake, is misguided. The Atkins diet is not particularly high in protein. I think it is...
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    Low Carbing issues.

    Significantly reducing dietary fructose alone could be sufficient to correct high BP. Fructose causes salt retention in the kidney and also generates uric acid which interferes with nitric oxide regulation of vascular tone. By eliminating sugar you may be doing enough to prevent this problem...
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    Low Carbing issues.

    My knowledgeable colleague advises people to make their own bouillon for salt supplementation. I will occasionally use a commercial type but you do have to read the labels to make sure it doesn't contain noxious things like trans-fat, carbs, etc.
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    Low Carbing issues.

    People who have high BP or who are taking a BP medication should not add salt to their diet. If, however, you have corrected your BP by significantly reducing your carb intake without meds and are now experiencing problems with constipation, headache, weakness, etc. this is an indication that...
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    Low Carbing issues.

    I see the former mod labelled my post on this topic "Troll Content" and deleted it. This is unfortunate as the answer is quite simple. When you cut carbs your kidneys release salt. If you do not increase your salt intake to compensate and, especially if you drink lots of water, you will suffer...