Low carb diet - need help!

JPW1990

Am I the only one wondering about a month old post being bumped on April 1st by a new acct with a bad generalization guaranteed to start a catfight?

alfiedn

Whoops! didn't notice!

psuLemon

yarwell wrote: »

You don't have a list then ? One of those meta-analyses eliminates anything that isn't isocaloric. Why ? Is it too painful that the low carb people ate less voluntarily or ate more and lost more or whatever. Hand picked for sure.

Seems you want to hand pick isoprotein cases, I'm waiting for this list of RCTs that pop out with low fat doing better than low carb. As far as I am a ware the lists I posted incorporate any study with a low carb arm (probably require lower than the <=45 from carbs bollocks in the meta-analyses) so look forward to being corrected with RCTs that have low carb arms with contrary outcomes ie low carb coming out worse.

Like Eric stated, the majority of those didn't hold protein steady, which is the general issue with a lot of LC studies. Most of us wouldn't recommend low fat but rather isoenergetic/balanced diets. And considering the TEF of protein is higher, it would make up for the nominal 45 calories extra.

But since you didn't like my last one, how about the below?

Relatively high-protein or 'low-carb' energy-restricted diets for body weight loss and body weight maintenance?

psuLemon

jenjay8045 wrote: »

LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »

Laura_134 wrote: »

Today I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and my doctor has told me that I need to lose some weight. Wondering if there is anyone out there with the same condition and if so what do your everyday meal plans look like? I've read that the best thing is low carbs, but i've had some problems in the past when I have tried this, such as constantly feeling drained and becoming light headed.

Any help will be appreciated!

Thank you

You read wrong. Weight loss is calories in vs. calories out. Eat at a calorie deficit and you'll lose weight. Don't make it more complicated than it is.

Sadly for many with PCOS cico is not true. It is the combination of foods in addition to cico. cant lump all intoone box and make it fit.

It doesn't quite work like that. Even those with PCOS have to follow CICO. Based on what I have read, so please someone correct me if I am wrong, but when a person without a medical condition eats carbs which will release glucose, causing your body to release insulin, leading to lipogenisis (process to develop fat). But over time (hours after your meal) your blood sugar will regulate, lipogenesis will stop and lipolysis (breakdown of fat) will occur. So throughout the day, your body will go through these cycles (as shown in the below graph from weightology). But overall, if you your energy in doesn't exceed out, then you should have more periods of lipolysis as compared to lipogenisis.



But with someone with PCOS or IR, I would suspect your body has a harder time bringing insulin levels back down, causing your body to have longer periods of lipogenesis and shorter times of lipolysis.

That is how I understand it. Let me know if I am wrong.

edit: Added table and here is my reference data