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I would not advise anyone trying to lose weight to go on a 'low carb' diet. While its true that most people need to consume less carbs, a good balance of fats,

by rckrd 13y ago

I would not advise anyone trying to lose weight to go on a 'low carb' diet. While its true that most people need to consume less carbs, a good balance of fats, proteins, and carbs are a part of most healthy diets. Satiation has less to do with the absence of carbs as it does the glycemic index of the carbs. Foods like oatmeal have a low glycemic index and thus raise your blood sugar much slower than a candy bar which might cause a sudden spike. So its advisable to eat slow burning low glycemic index carbs in the morning to feel fuller during the day. Also there are a lot of mixed views about dairy as well as the high sodium content of chipotle in the weightlifting and weight loss world.

dragonwriter 13y ago
Satiation has a lot to do with responses that vary between individuals, too; there's no one-size-fits-all weight loss recipe (much less a one-size-fits-all ideal diet recipe.)
rayiner 13y ago
Note I qualified my advice as being aimed at people who are having trouble losing weight because they can't easily control their eating (which encompasses many or even most people). For those people, I think trying to have a "good balance of fats, proteins, and carbs" (whatever that means--most nutrition advice is handwaving) is an additional constraint that makes it too hard to stick to a diet that limits calorie intake. I think its actually ultimately unhealthy to advise people to try and maintain a "balanced" diet (again, whatever that means), because clearly people don't have the willpower to to begin with (or else they wouldn't all be fat). This is particularly true if you're a typical busy, stressed person who doesn't have the time to prepare and plan his or her own meals. Restaurants make it very difficult to eat limited calories while balancing fats, protein, and carbs, because their dishes come with an overabundance of cheap carbs. To use Applebee's as a reference for a typical American suburban restaurant, the 12 oz new york strip has 480 calories, while the seasonable vegetables adds another 40-60. Almost all of the pasta dishes have 1100+ calories. If you're trying to stay under 600 calories for dinner, you're going to have much more success ordering the steak than you will ordering the pasta and willing yourself to eat only half the portion. Fun fact: the glycemic index of oatmeal isn't that low. See: http://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/GlycemicIndex.pdf http://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/GlycemicIndex.pdf. Oatmeal has a glycemic index of 61. Table sugar is 65. Whole milk is 27. Peanuts are 14. Low fat yogurt is 33. Oatmeal is better than say white bread or a bagel, but what isn't?

by rckrd 13y ago

dragonwriter 13y ago

Satiation has a lot to do with responses that vary between individuals, too; there's no one-size-fits-all weight loss recipe (much less a one-size-fits-all ideal diet recipe.)

rayiner 13y ago

Note I qualified my advice as being aimed at people who are having trouble losing weight because they can't easily control their eating (which encompasses many or even most people). For those people, I think trying to have a "good balance of fats, proteins, and carbs" (whatever that means--most nutrition advice is handwaving) is an additional constraint that makes it too hard to stick to a diet that limits calorie intake. I think its actually ultimately unhealthy to advise people to try and maintain a "balanced" diet (again, whatever that means), because clearly people don't have the willpower to to begin with (or else they wouldn't all be fat). This is particularly true if you're a typical busy, stressed person who doesn't have the time to prepare and plan his or her own meals. Restaurants make it very difficult to eat limited calories while balancing fats, protein, and carbs, because their dishes come with an overabundance of cheap carbs. To use Applebee's as a reference for a typical American suburban restaurant, the 12 oz new york strip has 480 calories, while the seasonable vegetables adds another 40-60. Almost all of the pasta dishes have 1100+ calories. If you're trying to stay under 600 calories for dinner, you're going to have much more success ordering the steak than you will ordering the pasta and willing yourself to eat only half the portion. Fun fact: the glycemic index of oatmeal isn't that low. See: http://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/GlycemicIndex.pdf http://www.amsa.org/healingthehealer/GlycemicIndex.pdf. Oatmeal has a glycemic index of 61. Table sugar is 65. Whole milk is 27. Peanuts are 14. Low fat yogurt is 33. Oatmeal is better than say white bread or a bagel, but what isn't?