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Slashing carb intake’s benefits are psychosomatic? How do you figure ?

phil21 9y ago
It's psychosomatic in that people think it's cutting gluten that is making them feel better - when in fact it may be simply reducing carb intake that is the primary cause. It's much like how I observe folks on Atkins where it really works - but the magic isn't so much the ketosis itself - they are just unknowingly drastically reducing calorie intake. The real "body hack" of any diet is the one on the brain, imo.
- eropple 9y ago
  I dunno about that. I've monitored calorie intake while keeping to an under-40g allotment of carbs per day. I was still eating north of 2500 calories a day (which was less, but not that much less, than before--about a 300 calorie deficit per day), working an office job, and exercising less than I should. One day a week was a cheat day, where I not only permitted myself but frankly demanded that I put all sorts of high-calorie horrible things into my face. I'd regularly end up around 4000-5000 calories every Saturday (until I stopped liking those things--also an interesting side effect). I lost fifty freaking pounds. Off Chipotle salad bowls and shawarma salads (and I was already eating those things, just...now sans rice). Ketosis does some weird stuff.
  - eclipxe 9y ago
    Don't know why you got down voted - I had the same exact experience.
  - ryanmerket 9y ago
    I’ve been seeing this for years. Started Keto off/on since 2010 and always lost weight. Never count calories. The science will catch up eventually.
- TACIXAT 9y ago
  My brother and I are celiac. Atkins diet was how my dad found what not to eat back when going gluten free wasn't a thing. As someone who had a ton of health problems and solved them by cutting out foods, it's not in our heads. I used to starve myself because not eating is what felt best. Now I know what not to eat and feel great.
  - beaner 9y ago
    It wasn't in your heads. But I think his point is that it may be in others'.
- erikpukinskis 9y ago
  I thought psychosomatic meant a physical change that’s caused by the mind? I think you’re just talking about false attribution.

It's psychosomatic in that people think it's cutting gluten that is making them feel better - when in fact it may be simply reducing carb intake that is the primary cause. It's much like how I observe folks on Atkins where it really works - but the magic isn't so much the ketosis itself - they are just unknowingly drastically reducing calorie intake. The real "body hack" of any diet is the one on the brain, imo.

eropple 9y ago
I dunno about that. I've monitored calorie intake while keeping to an under-40g allotment of carbs per day. I was still eating north of 2500 calories a day (which was less, but not that much less, than before--about a 300 calorie deficit per day), working an office job, and exercising less than I should. One day a week was a cheat day, where I not only permitted myself but frankly demanded that I put all sorts of high-calorie horrible things into my face. I'd regularly end up around 4000-5000 calories every Saturday (until I stopped liking those things--also an interesting side effect). I lost fifty freaking pounds. Off Chipotle salad bowls and shawarma salads (and I was already eating those things, just...now sans rice). Ketosis does some weird stuff.
- eclipxe 9y ago
  Don't know why you got down voted - I had the same exact experience.
- ryanmerket 9y ago
  I’ve been seeing this for years. Started Keto off/on since 2010 and always lost weight. Never count calories. The science will catch up eventually.
TACIXAT 9y ago
My brother and I are celiac. Atkins diet was how my dad found what not to eat back when going gluten free wasn't a thing. As someone who had a ton of health problems and solved them by cutting out foods, it's not in our heads. I used to starve myself because not eating is what felt best. Now I know what not to eat and feel great.
- beaner 9y ago
  It wasn't in your heads. But I think his point is that it may be in others'.
erikpukinskis 9y ago
I thought psychosomatic meant a physical change that’s caused by the mind? I think you’re just talking about false attribution.