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I am not sure. Maybe balancing a carb diet is a complex and delicate dance. I never got that vibe from Ray Peat though. But I may be wrong. As for fatty liver disease. My latest blood test did not indicate it. Is there something I should be looking for on this?
Wow, that is depressing. You've been here for 3 years and you can only handle 200g carbs...I just recently reduced my daily carb intake to 150g-175g, because any more than that induces brain fog and fatigue, no matter what supplement/macro ratio/tactic that I use. To make matters worse, I'm underweight--so the common refrain of "eat less fat" isn't feasible. Calories have to come from somewhere--and it's incredibly difficult just to maintain weight on 150g carbs and no PUFA.
But I don't necessarily want to hijack the topic. OP's problem isn't that he can't handle the carbs, but that they're causing him to gain weight. My problem is quite the opposite. I would love to be able to handle enough carbs to gain weight on them, without my head/neck feeling like a melting ice cream cone...
When you were in the 400-500g carb range, were there any negative side effects other than weight gain?Yeah, by "handle" I'm referring to the weight gain too. I was eating 300 - 500 g. carbs at one time but just nothing happening with weight loss, even with lower fat. Depressing? Yeah. I'm the queen of optimism I suppose, I didn't give up, just kept trying to change things up and get some weight loss and health going. Increasing insulin sensitivity seems to be a big factor, liver health and lowering estrogen/serotonin. I'm just keeping what I'm doing for now, and evaluate once again later.
@jag2594 do you think the Thyroid issue is when I only had weight gain after going the Peat route? Wouldn't low thyroid show up regardless of what I eat?
I am 56, with a medium build, not overweight but have a typical American fat belly.
I have rapidly gained weight and fat primarily across my belly.
I am very active and feel ok.
But I am now fat, and I dont feel good.
Also isn't the brain mostly fat anyway? Like 60% fat?
All I can remember specifically at the moment is feeling like low blood sugar issues came more and was hungrier fast between meals, though biotin helped with this, particularly overnight.When you were in the 400-500g carb range, were there any negative side effects other than weight gain?
C'mon man. You really believe it's true? It is excess of calories what makes you fat. I know it's popular statement from Mcdougall, but its heavily laughable..That’s because the fat you eat is the fat you wear. Not everyone can burn dietary fat off as muscle fuel and convert the glycerol component of triglyceride into glucose. Most people can’t do it enough, which is why they are walking around with excess adipose tissue and it comes from all of the dietary fat they are eating, all fat; pufa oils, safa dairy, mufa olive oil, omega 3 fish fat, and trans fats, but mostly veg. oil and dairy fat. People who thrive off of high fat diets have some kind of mechanism, most likely enzymes, that allows them to burn free fatty acids and ones that are bound to albumin before storing them as fat droplets in adipose tissue. But if you gain body fat easily, then it's not you. I’m making the assumption that the high fat proponent is healthy and is not overweight because I’ve never met these people in real life whereas I have met successful high carb low fat people in real life. I’m very skeptical of the health of high fat proponents.
C'mon man. You really believe it's true? It is excess of calories what makes you fat. I know it's popular statement from Mcdougall, but its heavily laughable..
C'mon man. You really believe it's true? It is excess of calories what makes you fat. I know it's popular statement from Mcdougall, but its heavily laughable..
I'm definitely against high omega 6 sources. Vegetable oils, most seeds and nuts, corn and soy fed pork, poultry, farmed fishes etc.. I'm ok with omega 3 from wild animals and eggs and some omega 6 from olive oil, fruits etc..Are you fairly ok with eating PUFA then? At least relative to others around here?
Statement "the fat you eat is the fat you wear" is nonsense period.What about the study that show that carbs are only converted in fat in humans when heavily overfeeding? I think it was only after eating more than 500 gram of carbs a day, the carbs were converted in fat. So no, not all calories are made equal as it comes to weight gain.
Statement "the fat you eat is the fat you wear" is nonsense period.
Because there is A LOT of people on high fat diets and they are not fat. So how is that possible if "the fat you eat is the fat you wear" lolWhy do you think that? Have you read the study Im referring to?
Because there is A LOT of people on high fat diets and they are not fat. So how is that possible if "the fat you eat is the fat you wear" lol
Fat can be more problematic for the people who are not aware how much calories their food has. It is much easier to eat alot of calories with fat. Becaouse food taste better, fat has 2x more calories per gram then carbs and also fat don't need much space in the stomach. Like sodas and fruit juices. When some people get fat. Just because they drink 2000 kcal easily in those beverages..