Comments on: More 100-Calorie Nonsense

By: ella

ella — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:38:52 +0000

i thot the vid was great, now i can finaly use the pack of cards, tennis ball and computer mouse im akways carrying around!!
lol
seriously, i thought the thing was a joke!! i couldn’t stop laughing!!! =)) :p

I’m with you. If only people didn’t take them seriously…

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:17:40 +0000

Low carber for life here. Thanks for exposing this stuff they stick in our face constantly.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:46:55 +0000

my friend has hypoglycemia, so lowering blood sugar levels is quite dangerous. How would you suggest she lower her insulin then? Is low carb different from low sugar?

Nearly all carbohydrates (fiber is an exception) eventually metabolize into blood sugar. It may seem counter-intuitive, but loading up on carbohydrates ends up lowering your blood sugar; insulin over-responds to the glucose spike, and ends up knocking your blood sugar down too far.

The best way to keep your blood sugar level is to reduce your intake of carbohydrates, especially the highly refined variety, such as sugar and white flower. That’ll stop the spike-crash rollercoaster.

But a word of warning: people who have turned themselves into hardcore sugar-burners need time to adjust to burning primarily fat again. If I were in your friend’s position, I’d back off the carbs gradually.

By: Nate

Nate — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:21:18 +0000

Oh man, I hate those flippin cookies. The old “thinsations” ones were the worst. They don’t work by restricting your calorie intake, they just cut your mouth up something fierce with their dry rock-hard-iness. Wash down with lemonade for extra aversive reinforcement.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 19 May 2009 05:16:06 +0000

I don’t know the exact details of the Carb Addict’s diet, but if those on the diet kept the carbs within the window under 100-150g, it shouldn’t affect weight loss too much.

By: heather

heather — Mon, 18 May 2009 18:15:20 +0000

I just wanted to comment on what you said above about the 100 calorie cookie packs priming your appetite. The last time I went to my doctor, he told me that the reason low carb diets work is because carbs actually stimulate your appetite, making you eat more. I wish I had known this a long time ago. (However, he still suggested the GI diet, which I discovered is just calorie counting in disguise.)

At least your doctor recognizes carbs make you hungry. Most still think carbs are great and fats are evil.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:44:09 +0000

Well, with the Carb Addict’s diet you never actually get into ketosis. You just get to a state where you’re burning fat and some necessary protein, which is why you need to eat a good bit of protein (which you should be doing anyway, IMO). You should read up on intermittent fasting, which is essentially the same concept as the CA diet, except instead of just cramming all the carbs into a short period, ALL eating is crammed into a period of generally 5-8 hours each day, which tends to increase insulin sensitivity even more than the CA diet purports to.

http://www.leangains.com
http://www.eatstopeat.com

Oprah dismissed low-carb diets after trying the Carb Addict’s diet. Her “reward meal” usually included a big serving of mashed potatoes. Given that she’s almost certainly insulin-resistant, I suspect she never went into ketosis and continued craving sugar and starch.

Mike Eades has written quite a bit about intermittent fasting. I guess from a paleo standpoint, it makes sense. It’s not likely early humans could count on three meals per day, every day.

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 18 May 2009 06:46:19 +0000

It depends on the amount of carbs consumed and whether or not one exercises. Generally you get back into ketosis within 1-3 days, though.

Always wondered about that one. I know people who try to get away with cheating once or twice per week, but then complain they can’t lose weight. I figured they aren’t in ketosis for much of the week.

By: Bina Eisenberg

Bina Eisenberg — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:25:05 +0000

That was painful! Shameless advertising of the nabisco processed cruddy snacks made with all sorts of healthy chemicals. I’m sure most people if they are anything like me cant stop after one. Sugar triggers overeating. Terrible acting too. I find nothing in life more annoying than nutritionists! “Everything in moderation” right? Hmmm, never worked for me!

That’s exactly the problem. A 100-calorie Oreo snack is just going to prime your appetite for more carbs. If not more cookies, then a big potato with dinner.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:41:06 +0000

I am an ObGyn MD of 28 years. I never believed in the low-fat / don’t eat meats dogma.

I always told my patients with PMS that they needed to eat meat/protein and fat for breakfast and stay away from carbs because of the insulin load causing the sugars to be stored and cravings etc.

Glad my friend, Laurie, made me read Taubes. I already believed in Atkins and Diana Schwarzbein. Before that my mom was an Adele Davis fan.

I am always telling patients to read Taubes - eat meats and fats and get the heck away from all those carbs: and remember that fruits are carbs. Can’t eat them without protein & fat.

After I started researching Fat Head and we switched a low-carb diet, my wife told me her PMS symptoms are much milder. Too bad she didn’t get that advice from her doctor. Your patients are lucky to have you.