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can you really lose weight eating hi fat on low carb?

This is an interesting thread too. I was particularly interested in your bit about Sleep apnoea, Dave. I have been nagging a friend of mine to get off gluten but it looks like she needs to be off carbs in general too. She is a good stone or two overweight and is now having to use a C-PAP machine at night.

As far as the energy thing is concerned I think the issue between calories and carbs has to be addressed from the way that the body uses the food.

From what I understand, giving the body carbs is a bit like the difference between sitting and watching tennis on the TV and actually being there playing in a tournament. For the body, carbs are the 'easy' option. They are the 'stay at home, put your feet up and eat chocolate' kind of 'exercise' for the body. Eating protein and fat is the 'active' fuel. The body needs to go through a lot more work to generate the energy, but it is a much more efficient output.

The reason that the body puts weight on when you eat carbs is that it will metabolise the carbs first. Carb breakdown starts in the mouth so it is already partly digested before it hits the stomach. Protein and fats take longer to digest, but the energy they generate lasts a lot longer. Give the body carbs, and it will sideline the fat and protein and that is when weight gain becomes a problem. Fats can male you fat, but only when eaten with a lot of carb.

So although you may be eating a bit more (I would beg to differ on that as carbs are notoriously high in calories), the body has to work through a different, and more efficient process that is a far better fuel burner.
 
I absolutely adore this forum, as a newbie whose dietician and DN is doing the standard high carb lots of insulin blah blah... I would've done that without you guys and my results would still be what they were in the 1st 6 weeks... massive peaks to 18 ish and troughs to 2 ish.

I've lost over 1 half stone since diagnosis 4 months ago (ok ok the 1st bit was ketones before diagnosis....) but the rest is exercise (which I've increased as I've so much more energy) and hugely reduced carbs. My blood only goes above 8 if I'm a little naughty and have a bit of fruit.

I really hope one day they all see the light and recognise the huge work the likes of Mrs Pugwash and Fergus have done for us all and they start to promote this HEALTHIER lifestyle. It shouldn't be down to kind-hearted individuals like this to make us healthier!

Cath

...rant over... :lol:
 
Thanks Cath!!! :oops:
Actually, no need to thank us at all. All the hard work, the open mindedness and courage was purely down to you.
Well done you!

fergus
 
There must be lots of overweight folk out there wondering why their healthy diet of carbs is not helping them lose weight!

I wonder when the official message to everyone will be in middle age to cut down the carbs and excercise, not just us lot here.
 
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