What is LCHF?

Hi, just to clear up, you're no relation to DR Atkins are you? It's all kind of fats we eat - dairy - butter, cheese, cream, full fat yoghurt; animal fat, in and on meat; Oils, especially olive, nut oils and avocado oil; Avocados and nuts themselves are good sources of fat too. We try to avoid trans fats, which are bad for your health in many ways, and are found in many margarines (hydrogenated vegetable fats) and in overcooked vegetable oil.

You're right on the protein thing, though you could say it's when you don't eat enough fat that's the problem, then your body turns to Gluconeogenesis, which can give you a BG high. Which is why, counter-intuitively you HAVE to eat more fat in place of carbs or you won't feel the benefit.

This website explains it all:

http://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb

How did I do? I'm quite new to this myself - just a 3 month veteran of LCHF.

For me the high fat food are:

Cold pressed Virginia olive oil

Virgin coconut oil - saturated fat and better for cooking with as has a higher smoke point

Avacado

Nuts and seeds especially Macademia (most fat of any nut)

Cream, double (low carbs at just 1.6g per 100ml

Organic butter.

Oily fish, fresh or tinned.

Eggs, cheese, red meat (grass fed) all protein with fat.

Etc ....



Diagnosed 13/4/16: T2, no meds, HbA1c 53, FBG 12.6, Trigs 3.6, HDL .75, LDL 4.0, BP 169/95, 13st 8lbs, waist 34" (2012 - 17st 7lbs, w 42").

15/6/16: FBG AV 4.6, Trigs 1.5, HDL 2.0, LDL 3.0, BP 112/68, BPM 66, 11st 5lbs, waist 30", PWV 7.0. Lifelong migraines and hay fever gone.

Regime: 20g LCHF, run 1 mile daily, weekly fasting.

The HF part is included to give everyone something to argue about.

The LC part gets universal approval.


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