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Carbohydrates do not make you fat. I am eating a high carb vegan diet and have lost 63 pounds since last October. My weight loss: http://imgur.com/a/cGb4X htt

Carbohydrates do not make you fat. I am eating a high carb vegan diet and have lost 63 pounds since last October. My weight loss: http://imgur.com/a/cGb4X http://imgur.com/a/cGb4X I do not restrict the amount of food I eat. I snack and have big meals. Carbs do not make you fat. Eating high caloric density foods makes you fat. More resources: http://nutritionfacts.org/ http://nutritionfacts.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5wfMNNr3ak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5wfMNNr3ak http://www.forksoverknives.com/category/success-stories/ http://www.forksoverknives.com/category/success-stories/

ricardobeat 10y ago
Can you describe your diet and the amount of carbs in it?
- lucidguppy 10y ago
  I eat most of my calories from rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and other starches. I round out the diet with green and orange vegetables. Fruits are snacks. For breakfast I have oatmeal with a banana and raisins with cinnamon. For lunch I'll have brown rice with vegetable stew on top. Dinner can be vegan whole wheat pizza, bean burritos, spaghetti with marinara sauce, moo shoo vegetable wraps, rice and vegetables. https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/ https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-...
  - ricardobeat 10y ago
    That doesn't really warrant saying "carbs don't make you fat". Eating white bread, sugary drinks, baked goods and pasta is a big step away from that.
bresc 10y ago
I kinda have to agree. But I also have to add, that it's actually the combination of fat and carbs. As a vegan you are probably eating almost no fat and this is most likely the reason you lost weight. If you would start eating higher amounts of vegetable fats... maybe even some sugar (pure carbs) you will gain weight.
notyourloops 10y ago
Carbohydrates make me fat. Maybe not you, but definitely me. There is no way around that and I've made peace with it.
- lucidguppy 10y ago
  Have you tried going on the starch solution strictly for two weeks? How do you eat your carbs - is there any oil along with those carbs? Any meats or dairy?
parasubvert 10y ago
"Carbohydrates do not make you fat." Yes, they can, though it is rare. More accurately: - Fat loss is ultimately about caloric deficient sustained over time and adjusting for metabolic adaptation. - Sustaining that deficit over time (diet compliance) is highly variable. For some is easier with carbs than it is with protein or fat. YMMV. So, yes, your diet works, but the problem is that many people wouldn't be able to physiologically stick with it for longer than a few weeks. This isn't just about mind over matter, this is about body over mind. (Insulin response in particular) - Protein itself cannot make you fat (the amount of protein you would need to consume relative to other carbs and fats in the diet renders this physiologically highly improbable). - Carbohydrates can make you fat if that's all you eat (de novo lypogenesis becomes a thing if you injest < 10% daily calories as dietary fat); Carbs also can increase weight a few lbs due to glycogen storage. - Fat will be stored unless there is insufficient protein or carbs in the diet, then fat will be metabolized. source: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html/ http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.htm...

ricardobeat 10y ago

Can you describe your diet and the amount of carbs in it?

lucidguppy 10y ago
I eat most of my calories from rice, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and other starches. I round out the diet with green and orange vegetables. Fruits are snacks. For breakfast I have oatmeal with a banana and raisins with cinnamon. For lunch I'll have brown rice with vegetable stew on top. Dinner can be vegan whole wheat pizza, bean burritos, spaghetti with marinara sauce, moo shoo vegetable wraps, rice and vegetables. https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-program/ https://www.drmcdougall.com/health/education/free-mcdougall-...
- ricardobeat 10y ago
  That doesn't really warrant saying "carbs don't make you fat". Eating white bread, sugary drinks, baked goods and pasta is a big step away from that.

bresc 10y ago

I kinda have to agree. But I also have to add, that it's actually the combination of fat and carbs. As a vegan you are probably eating almost no fat and this is most likely the reason you lost weight. If you would start eating higher amounts of vegetable fats... maybe even some sugar (pure carbs) you will gain weight.

notyourloops 10y ago

Carbohydrates make me fat. Maybe not you, but definitely me. There is no way around that and I've made peace with it.

lucidguppy 10y ago
Have you tried going on the starch solution strictly for two weeks? How do you eat your carbs - is there any oil along with those carbs? Any meats or dairy?

parasubvert 10y ago

"Carbohydrates do not make you fat." Yes, they can, though it is rare. More accurately: - Fat loss is ultimately about caloric deficient sustained over time and adjusting for metabolic adaptation. - Sustaining that deficit over time (diet compliance) is highly variable. For some is easier with carbs than it is with protein or fat. YMMV. So, yes, your diet works, but the problem is that many people wouldn't be able to physiologically stick with it for longer than a few weeks. This isn't just about mind over matter, this is about body over mind. (Insulin response in particular) - Protein itself cannot make you fat (the amount of protein you would need to consume relative to other carbs and fats in the diet renders this physiologically highly improbable). - Carbohydrates can make you fat if that's all you eat (de novo lypogenesis becomes a thing if you injest < 10% daily calories as dietary fat); Carbs also can increase weight a few lbs due to glycogen storage. - Fat will be stored unless there is insufficient protein or carbs in the diet, then fat will be metabolized. source: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.html/ http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/how-we-get-fat.htm...