Sat, Jun-02-18, 08:10
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Senior Member
Posts: 6,498
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Plan: VLC, mostly meat
Stats: 202/200/165
BF:
Progress: 5%
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ima play devil's advocate. See why here:
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The first protocol consisted of 5 d of an energy-balanced, high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet (40.0 ± 0.4% of energy from fat, 45.8 ± 0.5% from carbohydrate, and 14.3 ± 0.3% from protein), followed by an infusion study on the sixth day. This protocol involved 3 different groups of subjects: 9 normoinsulinemic lean subjects (fasting insulin ≤ 100 pmol/L and BMI ≤ 26 at screening), 6 normoinsulinemic obese subjects (fasting insulin ≤ 100 pmol/L and BMI ≥ 27 at screening), and 8 hyperinsulinemic obese subjects (fasting insulin ≥ 135 pmol/L and BMI ≥ 27 at screening); the 2 groups of normoinsulinemic subjects were normotriglyceridemic (fasting triacylglycerols ≤ 1.7 mmol/L).
The second protocol involved 2 different groups of subjects: 5 normoinsulinemic lean subjects and 5 hyperinsulinemic obese subjects. The protocol consisted of 5 d of an energy-balanced, low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet (16.9 ± 1.0% of energy from fat, 67.9 ± 0.7% from carbohydrate, and 15.2 ± 0.7% from protein) followed by the same infusion study that was used in the first protocol.
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It's a stretch to advise to eat zero-carb by starting with this piece of evidence because they just didn't test zero-carb or anywhere near. Also there's a threshold where we start to make significant amounts of ketones, that's about less than 130g/carbs/day. This is to say that the whole metabolic picture changes at that threshold. That experiment didn't come close to that number with the "low-carb" diet's total carb content of more than 300g/carbs/day. There's no telling what's gonna happen to the tendencies demonstrated in that experiment, when we cross that ketogenic threshold.
So ya, I'm playing devil's advocate, even though personally I think zero-carb should produce the greatest beneficial effect, because the evidence you present doesn't really support the advice. I mean, all I'm saying is find stronger evidence.
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