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Sugar v Fat

Well, I'm staying portion controlled, balanced diet for as long as possible.
 
Lenny3 said:
So apparently eating low carb has increased his BG pushing him towards becoming pre diabetic? How?! I think the whole idea of this show is to say low carb is bad. They skated straight over the fact that the high sugar twin lost a similar percentage of muscle too!
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Like anything in the body, if you don't use it, the response becomes slower I would guess.
 
I am now totally confused! Insulin resistance and muscle loss sounds scarey :arghh:. I like my LCHF diet but is it causing me more harm than good???
 
Stay away from processed food, eat a balanced diet and exercise. Sound advice I suppose, if you can.
 
Beachbag said:
I am now totally confused! Insulin resistance and muscle loss sounds scarey :arghh:. I like my LCHF diet but is it causing me more harm than good???
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I'll be checking on Edward shortly, that has to be good!
 
It's important to do weight resistance training on a low carb diet. The body will tend to use unused muscle before it'll dip into it's fat reserves allegedly. It's thought to be a survival thing.
 
Garr said:
It's important to do weight resistance training on a low carb diet. The body will tend to use unused muscle before it'll dip into it's fat reserves allegedly. It's thought to be a survival thing.
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That's not the sort of thing usually said by low carbers
 
Interesting program, but I would have preferred it if they used more realistic diets such as low carb rather than zero carb. I'm not convinced it was terribly meaningful really, for either of them.




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Beachbag said:
I am now totally confused! Insulin resistance and muscle loss sounds scarey :arghh:. I like my LCHF diet but is it causing me more harm than good???
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He did NO CARB.... I follow low carb, all my carbs are made up from non starch carbs-20 carb dinner composed of an aubergine bake. It was a **** experiment and non of us who follow low carb are eating purely protein and fat. I am without s doubt going to continue my low carb way if life. Lots of green leafy veg, nuts, berries and protein, averaging 60 carbs per day


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Thommothebear said:
Interesting program, but I would have preferred it if they used more realistic diets such as low carb rather than zero carb. I'm not convinced it was terribly meaningful really, for either of them.




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I guess processed food manufacturers actually came out the worse.
 
Garr said:
It's important to do weight resistance training on a low carb diet. The body will tend to use unused muscle before it'll dip into it's fat reserves allegedly. It's thought to be a survival thing.
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That is correct, and exactly why I have been doing heavy resistance training while on my lowish carb diet. Rather than lose muscle mass I have gained it and can loft considerably more than when I first started out, more than double in fact. My body fat has gone from 24% to 19% since I started my diet, sadly I didn't start having the measurements done so I don't know what my initial fat level was,



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Picci said:
He did NO CARB.... I follow low carb, all my carbs are made up from non starch carbs-20 carb dinner composed of an aubergine bake. It was a **** experiment and non of us who follow low carb are eating purely protein and fat. I am without s doubt going to continue my low carb way if life. Lots of green leafy veg, nuts, berries and protein, averaging 60 carbs per day


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I eat very well but I've been doing less than 25 most days so perhaps I should up it a bit. Hey ho... Interesting life.
 
so now we are listening to something said on the telly? lol hardly the lengthy studies we are used to, no wait! it was the bbc it must be true
 
Andy12345 said:
so now we are listening to something said on the telly? lol hardly the lengthy studies we are used to, no wait! it was the bbc it must be true
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Better than the usual Dr Bob that Edward was so keen on here.
 
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