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Calories are not the core problem - carbohydrates are. The research from VirtaHealth.com makes this clear. They are getting T2 diabetics off of insulin within a

Calories are not the core problem - carbohydrates are. The research from VirtaHealth.com makes this clear. They are getting T2 diabetics off of insulin within a week, while still giving patients the satiety they want from meals.

Nokinside 8y ago
Heh. Whole company launched based on single study with short duration, no control group and big drop-out rate. But when you add long list of citations for medical literature it looks valid. Even when those studies don't directly validate your approach. People don't look at what the studies actually say.
rpvreviews 8y ago
Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. McDoughall are my heros. Carbs and starch are not the problem, animal fats and proteins are. Whole food plant based diet are the best
- hourislate 8y ago
  It's interesting that once I cut out grains, potatoes, pasta, fruit/sweets, starches and continued to eat beef, chicken, fish, Organ meat, low carb vegetables and foods filled with fat (nuts, cheese, olives, etc) caused a 100lb weight loss that I have kept off over 3 years. This was without any exercise or extra activity. Perhaps I am an outlier.
  - ng12 8y ago
    I think that's pretty normal. Carbohydrate-heavy foods are good for over-loading your body with enegy. It's fine if you're working on a farm 10 hours a day, less so if you're sitting in an office. The reality is 2k calories of lean meat, fruits, and veggies is A LOT more food than 2k calories worth of cereals. It's physically difficult to overeat when your diet looks like that.
  - pnw_hazor 8y ago
    Worked for me too. Still mad about eating breakfasts of skim milk and unsweetened shredded wheat for years. Now it is whole milk with bacon and eggs every morning.
    - tchaffee 8y ago
      Whole milk has a lot of carbs. Something folks might want to know if they are trying to reduce carbs.
- miles 8y ago
  Greger's "How Not To Die: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, and Reversing Our Top 15 Killers" has lots of data while remaining quite entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU&t=2m11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU&t=2m11s
  - wolfv 8y ago
    A 3-minute video of Dr. Gregor on diabetes: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabetes/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabete... For more information, search the nutritionfacts.org site for "diabetes". The whole-food plant-based diet is the healthiest diet for humans.

Nokinside 8y ago

Heh. Whole company launched based on single study with short duration, no control group and big drop-out rate. But when you add long list of citations for medical literature it looks valid. Even when those studies don't directly validate your approach. People don't look at what the studies actually say.

rpvreviews 8y ago

Dr. Michael Greger, Dr. McDoughall are my heros. Carbs and starch are not the problem, animal fats and proteins are. Whole food plant based diet are the best

hourislate 8y ago
It's interesting that once I cut out grains, potatoes, pasta, fruit/sweets, starches and continued to eat beef, chicken, fish, Organ meat, low carb vegetables and foods filled with fat (nuts, cheese, olives, etc) caused a 100lb weight loss that I have kept off over 3 years. This was without any exercise or extra activity. Perhaps I am an outlier.
- ng12 8y ago
  I think that's pretty normal. Carbohydrate-heavy foods are good for over-loading your body with enegy. It's fine if you're working on a farm 10 hours a day, less so if you're sitting in an office. The reality is 2k calories of lean meat, fruits, and veggies is A LOT more food than 2k calories worth of cereals. It's physically difficult to overeat when your diet looks like that.
- pnw_hazor 8y ago
  Worked for me too. Still mad about eating breakfasts of skim milk and unsweetened shredded wheat for years. Now it is whole milk with bacon and eggs every morning.
  - tchaffee 8y ago
    Whole milk has a lot of carbs. Something folks might want to know if they are trying to reduce carbs.
miles 8y ago
Greger's "How Not To Die: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting, and Reversing Our Top 15 Killers" has lots of data while remaining quite entertaining: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU&t=2m11s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXXXygDRyBU&t=2m11s
- wolfv 8y ago
  A 3-minute video of Dr. Gregor on diabetes: https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabetes/ https://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-not-to-die-from-diabete... For more information, search the nutritionfacts.org site for "diabetes". The whole-food plant-based diet is the healthiest diet for humans.