Low-carbing pros and cons

[AnnaRaven]

Ya'll keep discussing this stuff in other threads. Here's a thread just for presenting your arguments either way for or against low-carbing. Post your sources. Post your research. This way, when it seems like you want to bring it up to tell folks about it on other threads, you can just point here.

So - why should I low-carb? Or why should I not low-carb?

 

[Wifezilla]

Homework is required to truly understand. Here are 2 freebies to get you started....

The Quality of Calories: What Makes Us Fat and Why Nobody Seems to Care
Lecture by Gary Taubes
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/event_details.php?webcastid=21216

Fat Head by Tom Naughton
http://www.hulu.com/watch/196879/fat-head
(This one is more on the entertainment side but still based in fact)

 

[abifae]

Ooooh! Can we make it links to research, studies, and books/vids ONLY.

No opinions. Just post reasons!!

*beams*

 

[Up-the-Creek]

The pros for me,..I did it for two months and the weight finally started melting away,..15 pounds. That was great! (I still haven't gained it back )

The cons for me,...I LOVE bread! I LOVE oatmeal! I am a baking queen,..cookies, cakes,...I am shameless.

I keep telling myself as soon as winter is over I am back to low carb,...right now my DH is laid off and I can blame him for me falling off the wagon,...he makes me cook!

 

[abifae]

The cons for me,...I LOVE bread! I LOVE oatmeal! I am a baking queen,..cookies, cakes,...I am shameless.

I have to admit, I have had a LOT of fun learning more cooking because of this very thing.

 

[Up-the-Creek]

The cons for me,...I LOVE bread! I LOVE oatmeal! I am a baking queen,..cookies, cakes,...I am shameless.

I have to admit, I have had a LOT of fun learning more cooking because of this very thing.

I am sure! There is a lot of great low carb recipes out there. The problem being for me was the price,...self-rising flour is much cheaper than say almond flour,...plus being in this part of the country it is nowhere to be found and mail order is the only way to get "speciality items". But my mom makes some real good low carb mini cheesecakes,...,..but she uses Splenda,...I dislike using artificial sweeteners.

 

[patandchickens]

Can I just say that various sources that various members of thsi forum (WZ and others) have posted, and subsequent things I turned up on my own having had my interest piqued, have convinced me there is a lot of reality to this low carb thing.

And I will say that since I started limiting my intake of sugars and simple starches to a greater degree (e.g. no more pretzels, much less pasta or tortillas) while adding extra fat to my diet I have lost weight slowly but steadily without intentionally altering how much I'm eating, and feel better.

That said, IMO it would be nice if this stuff stayed in discussions OF low carb diets, rather than asploding into every other thread anytime food, weight or health are mentioned

AnnaRaven, the links WZ gives above are one good starting point but there are A NUMBER of other big threads on this subject here on the forum that you may wish to look at with a whole lotta other interesting stuff posted.

Pat

 

[abifae]

Hoorah Pat Glad to hear! Everyone should be able to feel healthier.

What were your favorite links? If you saved them LOL.

 

[AnnaRaven]

I would love to have all the links gathered into one place so that they can be compared side by side. That way everyone can see what's going on.

 

[abifae]

I would love to have all the links gathered into one place so that they can be compared side by side. That way everyone can see what's going on.

Exactly!!!! My other computer has all my links and I'm about to go sprawl in hot water for an hour but I know Auntie has oodles.

I have copies of several pdf of the books used most. Anyone feel free to PM me for them.

I have Good Calories, Bad Calories by Taubes
Traditional Diets
Eat Fat, Get Thin
Dr Atkins Diet Revolution (I HATE Atkins, for the record)
The China Study

Sugar: The Bitter Truth More about fructose than low carb but it still applies because you DO lower carbs when you cut all HFCS lol.