Moderate carbohydrate intake may be best for health, study suggests

macchiatto

Interesting since another thread in Debates is citing studies saying low carb diets can be helpful for people (like me) who are insulin resistant. I'm always interested in comparing notes on the research and long term effects.

JeromeBarry1

I quit reading when I got to the line that said, "At the start of the study and again 6 years later" participants reported their dietary intake.

Two questionnaires were filled out, 6 years apart. That's the very essence of self-reporting. Self-reporting is known to be false. As debate goes, I'm calling BS on the conclusions of this study. It is simply garbage data in leading to garbage conclusions out. It doesn't even deserve "further study", not with that method.

Xerogs

cmriverside wrote: »

Since this thread is already off the rails, I'll share my scientific survey based on 13 years of being a waitress:

A large majority of noticeably obese people will order cheeseburgers with fries or similar food - often with a nice starter of loaded potato skins or fried mozzarella - AND a diet Coke. My lovely sweet obese stepfather explained it thus, "You save where you can."

Lots of them can't really resist that Mudslide dessert, either. With a refill of Diet Coke.

I don't know how many times I double-blinked while biting my tongue.

yeah I've been there and done that. These days I can't drink diet soda without getting blinding headaches and my overall diet leans towards healthier options. So it's typically whole foods, less sugar, and either tea or coffee without sweetener and water. I lean towards lower carb options because it just falls in line with my weight loss journey but I don't hold strict carb limits and measure changes in the way I eat based on my how I feel mentally and physically.

Weight loss journeys are such an individual process, in my opinion. What might work well for me might do the exact opposite for someone else. Some studies try to box everything up as a one size fits all approach and then the media gets a hold of it and tries to make it this weeks gospel until next week when another study contradicts the last one. I do take things with a grain of salt and really try to see where the funding was acquired for the study sometimes facts are skewed in favor of certain businesses, markets, and ideologies. What are they trying to prove with their research and what solutions do they offer?

VUA21

Observational studies are correlation. Correlation does not equal causation. A few double-blind experimental studies would be much better