I am not convinced WFPB claims are valid. There is a distinct lack of scientific debate and study backing it up, and that worries me greatly. It seems that the main research studies that get referred to are the Harvard Nurses Study and the China Study. The Harvard was a valid research project, and indeed the data has been heavily analysed by many independant reviewers, but they seem to come to fundamentally different conclusions on the effect of diet on health. The China study is quite frankly a farce, and was not properly conducted. The data and the conclusions could have a horse and cart drawn through them. I have not myself reviewed the study report since it is now withdrawn from the archive, but the book based on the conclusions is still around.
I can see how an ultra low fat diet could possibly reduce fat stores over time, and that this could possibly reduce muscle IR, but not immediately (or miraculously.?). So with high carb intake, and presumably high bgl initially then this will lock out the fat path ( and stop any thoughts of ketosis) so how does this square up? Glucose freely available, so fat not required by muscle, so IR is not reduced, so cycle continues its upward spiral.
So for this to work, something must be preventing the bgl levels from rising when carbs are consumed. What is it about WGPB that is so different to all the other diets.. Of course, it must be Low GI and high fibre. But will this be sufficient to cover a large portion of rice? or oats. or those things that I use in my current diet that are equally low GI but still spike me? I cannot find a proper explantion in the videos that explains how a high carb intake is handled without causing rise in bgl and insulin. The ones I watched simply said that the insulin takes care of things. Not in my case it doesn;t. My insulin is blocked by IR.
I have so far looked at Muscle IR which is the predominant affectation of T2D. There is of course the Metabolic syndrome IR that concerns lipids stored in the adipose tissue. How is this tackled by WFPB? I can see how ketogenesis does it in LC diets, but WFPB is not LC. Adipose fat is very difficult to shift. It is reluctant to go even when faced with serious workouts in the gym. So how can I as a sedentary T2D use WFPB to shift my baby bump? These things are not explained in the videos, and I do not have time or energy to buy the books and read them No one has come back to this thread with proper data in support of WFPB, so I for one will no longer consider it to be a valid diet for me to try. You are all, I hope, going to make up your own minds, and I hope I have helped you to have a more informed decision path, but now you tread it without me.
