Sun, Jan-23-05, 15:36
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Lowcarb since 7/2002
Posts: 5,991
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 360/232/180
BF:BMI 53.2/34.3/?
Progress: 71%
Location: U.S.: Mid-Atlantic
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Since I am doing this primarily for health, not vanity (although I admit that vanity does play a role), I think that not subtracting fiber would be counter-productive for me. Not subtracting fiber would encourage me to eat less of the foods I know I need to eat to be healthy, particularly vegetables. Even if you are losing weight only for cosmetic, not health, reasons, I think that people look better if they are healthier and I think that after a while our bodies respond better and lose weight faster if we are healthier. I don't understand why anyone would want to limit the amount of vegetables they consume by not subtracting fiber.
If you are talking about the fiber in non-whole foods (I gather from the previous post that some of that fiber is man-made?) it might be different, but I never eat those things so I don't know how they react with my body. I pretty much just eat whole foods (vegetables, berries, some nuts, meat, fish, chicken, eggs, etc.) and I know that the fiber in whole foods is good for me. I do have trouble imagining that eating too many lowcarb vegetables because of subtracting fiber is causing anyone's weight loss to stall.
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