Who is doing low carb?
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Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not.
Yeah, they kinda are:
Blackberries; Total Carbohydrate 14 g per 1 cup
Blueberries: Total Carbohydrate 21 g per 1 cup
Strawberries: Total Carbohydrate 11 g per 1 cup
Chobani Blackberry Yogurt: Total Carbohydrate 19 g per 1 container
I'm really not going to argue further with you if you are incapable of connecting the dots for composing a rational, balanced diet. All you are doing is supporting low carb because it fits what you choose to believe. Do as you wish. I will rely on sensible, factual information. Everything in moderation.0 -
Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not.
Yeah, they kinda are:
Blackberries; Total Carbohydrate 14 g per 1 cup
Blueberries: Total Carbohydrate 21 g per 1 cup
Strawberries: Total Carbohydrate 11 g per 1 cup
Chobani Blackberry Yogurt: Total Carbohydrate 19 g per 1 container
I'm really not going to argue further with you if you are incapable of connecting the dots for composing a rational, balanced diet. All you are doing is supporting low carb because it fits what you choose to believe. Do as you wish. I will rely on sensible, factual information. Everything in moderation.
1: nobody eats 3 cups of berries in one sitting, and you are not allowing for fiber
2: Chobani is not the only yogurt on the planet. Light & Fit Greek has less than half that
3: I've been in medically prescribed ketosis for 15 years, if you are incapable of having a civil discussion about different WOEs just because you're too lazy to educate yourself about them all, you really have no business advising other people not to use them-1 -
Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not. But, bravo on managing to piece together that a diet low on carbs has more protein and fat, that's the whole point of low carb. It's also hardly boring. If anything, the boring foods are the ones left out, rice, pasta, bread - bland things that only exist to carry other flavors like gravy and sauce and butter. It's also not illogical. Illogical is insisting that everyone must eat one way, regardless of their activity level or medical history, even if eating another way makes it EASIER to maintain a deficit. Using your theory, everyone who thrives on LC should force themselves to eat wheat bread and be miserably hungry all day instead of skipping the bread, eating a salad instead, and having tons of energy to go work out.
I guess you don't get out to many restaurants, bread/toast/tartines have been trending for a while now. Besides the taste of the bread, it provides an important textural component. I just had a fermented potato bread from a restaurant in Copenhagen that was one of the best courses I had at the restaurant.
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Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not.
Yeah, they kinda are:
Blackberries; Total Carbohydrate 14 g per 1 cup
Blueberries: Total Carbohydrate 21 g per 1 cup
Strawberries: Total Carbohydrate 11 g per 1 cup
Chobani Blackberry Yogurt: Total Carbohydrate 19 g per 1 container
I'm really not going to argue further with you if you are incapable of connecting the dots for composing a rational, balanced diet. All you are doing is supporting low carb because it fits what you choose to believe. Do as you wish. I will rely on sensible, factual information. Everything in moderation.
they will defend it to the death ...
I find it amusing...0 -
Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not.
Yeah, they kinda are:
Blackberries; Total Carbohydrate 14 g per 1 cup
Blueberries: Total Carbohydrate 21 g per 1 cup
Strawberries: Total Carbohydrate 11 g per 1 cup
Chobani Blackberry Yogurt: Total Carbohydrate 19 g per 1 container
I'm really not going to argue further with you if you are incapable of connecting the dots for composing a rational, balanced diet. All you are doing is supporting low carb because it fits what you choose to believe. Do as you wish. I will rely on sensible, factual information. Everything in moderation.
they will defend it to the death ...
I find it amusing...
Oh, I realize that. I've said what I needed to say and supported factual, sensible data instead of "what works for me" advice
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Anyone who tells you low-carb is "boring" hasn't learned to appreciate real food.
Fruit salads are better than any dessert. Fresh blackberries, blueberries, strawberries with drinking yogurt is a great way to get your sweets.
By restricting carbohydrates you're limiting yourself to eating mostly protein and fat every single day, which is boring... not to mention illogical unless it is medically necessary.
No one is saying that pigging out on desserts and candies is wise. What would be wise is to employ a Common Sense Diet, consisting of primarily whole minimally processed foods.
...All of those foods you mentioned as replacements are high carbohydrate by the way.
No, they're not. But, bravo on managing to piece together that a diet low on carbs has more protein and fat, that's the whole point of low carb. It's also hardly boring. If anything, the boring foods are the ones left out, rice, pasta, bread - bland things that only exist to carry other flavors like gravy and sauce and butter. It's also not illogical. Illogical is insisting that everyone must eat one way, regardless of their activity level or medical history, even if eating another way makes it EASIER to maintain a deficit. Using your theory, everyone who thrives on LC should force themselves to eat wheat bread and be miserably hungry all day instead of skipping the bread, eating a salad instead, and having tons of energy to go work out.
This is precisely the point. Very well said.0 -
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