tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post3443674287529182215..comments2023-09-02T06:44:22.702-07:00Comments on Wildly Fluctuating: Lipids and DietGretchenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-87540544022553480702011-01-26T02:58:30.548-08:002011-01-26T02:58:30.548-08:00I believe that low-carb diet is very effective if ...I believe that low-carb diet is very effective if you want to lose weight. And it is very important diet for diabetic as well. Because if you have to lessen your carbohydrate intake, it means that you will also lessen your sugar consumption that produces by the carbs. It will result to decrease your blood sugar level.Sophiehttp://www.nriol.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-81292534185485838652010-08-19T19:58:40.259-07:002010-08-19T19:58:40.259-07:00I had some of the same reservations as Fatheadblog...I had some of the same reservations as Fatheadblog. However, I also have some reservations about his comment "If you’re consuming 20 grams of carbohydrates per day at three months and then starting adding an extra 5 grams per day each week, at six months into the study you’d be consuming 80 grams of carbohydrates per day. At 12 months, you’d be up to 210 grams per day."<br /><br />They were told to keep adding carbs until their weight stabilized at a desired level. Most of them probably wanted to lose even more weight than they had at 12 weeks. So the "desired level" makes no sense. However, I assumed that they meant to add back carbs until they were neither gaining nor losing, not to keep adding them forever, as implied in the above quote.<br /><br />Fathead says, "So just for fun, let’s compare the results at 6 months." But others have shown that LC is better in the short term. The point of this study was to see what would happen longer term.<br /><br />I think the authors just assumed that very few could maintain Atkins induction for 2 years, and I'd tend to agree with that. Even Atkins didn't advise it. However, they could have tried, perhaps with a subgroup.<br /><br /><br />Fathead's research into past publications by the same author were interesting. Thanks.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-23647260068352720102010-08-19T19:31:03.342-07:002010-08-19T19:31:03.342-07:00Tom Naughten at Fatheadblog had some interesting t...Tom Naughten at Fatheadblog had some interesting things to say about how the statistics in this study were analyzed.<br /><br />JeanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-62394795247670480422010-08-07T09:23:44.542-07:002010-08-07T09:23:44.542-07:00Steve, I also know people who have had great succe...Steve, I also know people who have had great success with low-carb diets. I also know peole who have had great success with low-fat diets and people who have had great success with low-calorie diets and people who can't seem to lose no matter what they do.<br /><br />Different physiologies and different food preferences affect which diet will work best for a particular person. I think LC diets often work well for people with insulin resistance.Gretchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17019921800841883073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4893234962600967689.post-69200810745730757312010-08-07T08:35:29.721-07:002010-08-07T08:35:29.721-07:00I have known a number of people that have had grea...I have known a number of people that have had great success with diets such as Adkins and the South Beach diet. Low-carb worked for them.Steve @ Weight Loss Diethttp://weightlossdietforum.comnoreply@blogger.com