i am inclined to believe that low can diet is yet another market-friendly charade to let you eat without too many restraint on quantity. What pinches hard is the call to intermittent fasting or to keeping the food quantities small. Restraint and self-control goes against the grain of market culture. It is not very different from the pharma industry.
I wish to hear from experienced forum members about this.
Could you possibly rephrase your question, please? By the statement above I am not sure you have fully understood what a low carb or LCHF lifestyle actually is.
How long have you been doing it? I find that I shop quickly because I have only a set amount of stuff to buy. Huge swathes of the supermarket can now be safely avoided. I only have to check new items but have mostly stopped buying anything pre made or processed and buy fresh ingredients instead.My argument is: There is no substitute to self-control, and that requires very "strong" motivation. Low carb diet may help, but when that requires (my experience) constant checking of minute data on every food package or measuring the quantities, it has been an utterly unmotivating experience for me. Incidentally, to quote the Administrator of this forum introducing a new thread on Low carb education: "Quite simply, benefits of a low-carb diet include lower blood glucose levels, less dependence on medication and improved cholesterol levels. Not necessarily for all, but certainly for many with motivation."
How long have you been doing it? I find that I shop quickly because I have only a set amount of stuff to buy. Huge swathes of the supermarket can now be safely avoided. I only have to check new items but have mostly stopped buying anything pre made or processed and buy fresh ingredients instead.
By eating higher fat meals I don't get so hungry and so can fast easier. I don't snack.
I find my motivation in keeping all my limbs and not going blind. That's quite enough motivation to keep this going in the long term for me.
Much of the motivation of following a LCHF diet is how quickly you see changes soon after you adopt it. My motivation means I also buy "real food" that does not have a label on it. On the rare occasions that I buy something that is packaged and has a label on it you can guarantee I have scrutinised the label first, otherwise it does not go in the basket.
I lost nearly three stone on LCHF and, while I have put on a couple of pounds, my weight is pretty much stable and I am happy with my Hbac1. Nearly two years on I still don't need medication.
In all the years that I have dieted and stuck to the government guidelines, I never experienced such a fast turnaround and improvement in mood as I have with LCHF.
My argument is: There is no substitute to self-control, and that requires very "strong" motivation. Low carb diet may help, but when that requires (my experience) constant checking of minute data on every food package or measuring the quantities, it has been an utterly unmotivating experience for me. Incidentally, to quote the Administrator of this forum introducing a new thread on Low carb education: "Quite simply, benefits of a low-carb diet include lower blood glucose levels, less dependence on medication and improved cholesterol levels. Not necessarily for all, but certainly for many with motivation."
"No substitute to self control". Are you saying that greed has a part to play in LCHF? Forgive me if I have misunderstood but self control and motivation are emotive terms which have (generally) no place in the argument against a high carb, highly processed, fast food diet.
Many of us buck the trends with regards to the Big Food Industry by buying whole, fresh foods instead of the convenience foods that use the absolute cheapest and generally nutritionally poor ingredients so your initial point of there being a charade is in fact erroneous. In general we buy few of the so called staples like bread, pasta, rice and potatoes that draw people into buying additional foodstuffs.
Preaching low carbs for the sick can also have interest for food industries to win back the lost sheep of the fast food industry by back door. It is quite common nowadays to hear about "social responsibility" of the big enterprises! It is part of their publicity.
Constant reading of contrary views is my ongoing interest.On the contrary, I don't find the diet unmotivated. I find it inspirational. I get a heck of a buzz out of low numbers following a nice meal. The re-education I am going through is fascinating and I will be starting fasting when I return from holiday.
You need to do some reading on the subject.
I weigh currently 60 kg. Don´t need low carb diet to lose any lbs for my age. I lost 12 kgs during past two months without any resort to low carb foods.And the 2018 Donald Trump award for the most far fetched conspiracy theory goes to.......
Resorting to low carb foods? You make it sound like it's a hard thing to do.I weigh currently 60 kg. Don´t need low carb diet to lose any lbs for my age. I lost 12 kgs during past two months without any resort to low carb foods.
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