My theory is something I built up on a lot of research and lot of reading what some actually are saying or promoting within various different forums and blogs..
Extreme low carbing is based on dropping starchy carbs and replacing with increased fats and protein… Problem with fat’s a fatty meal not only takes longer to digest but it is also insulin resistant to foods that contain a lot of fat needs more insulin to tackle it!
But what I’ve found interesting is that most extreme low carbers who heavily promote this regime is there eating habits and food suggestions the put either on forums or on their own blogs and compared it to Bernstein…
One thing you notice is carb content of meals suggestion you realise that there are a lot of hidden carbs that aren’t being counted so unless you are restricting portion size then very likely to be eating a lot more carbohydrates than they think they are… How many proclaim that they don’t count carbs but they are extreme low carber as they don’t eat the main starchy carb group…
Now a lot of them suggest reading material such as Bernstein but I’m sure they’ve really haven’t done their reading or particularly know his theory apart from drop starchy carbs, the low number rule and the 6g ,12g, and 12g of carbs meals structure… If they did then they would be very aware that portion control is very important part of control!
Now pop over to the low carb forum and take a gander at suggestion for satisfying your appetite, a case of promoting eat as much as you want of low carb foods such as salad and upping protein intake… Now Bernstein’s theory actuallys say portion control is very important with a maxium amount of protein due to protein does turn into glucose and impacts of your BG but also you’ve got to use portion control with your salad, because you can create carbs and an impact on BG by bulk he actually says you shouldn’t have more than 2 cups of salad, and more than this can the carb count doubles! So 12g becomes 24g of carbs!
So combining all this information then there are a lot of extreme low carbers who are fibbing about their actual intake of carbs and the true effect of the portions sizes they are eating… And when it comes to tackling weight issues, even Atkins says that you increase your carbohydrate intake after an induction period! To maintain weight lose but a lot of people seem to miss little part!
No wonder some never hit the weight goal and stock up their medication, and well because the verdict on whether extreme low carbing is or isn’t healthy long term they decide to play safe and take supplements just in case!
Strange isn't my medication hasn't increased over the years, but others who swear by the extreme low carb method has!