Why you should cut out/lower sodium, sugar or carbs
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I will excerpt this paragraph from one of Lyle's write ups...
Full article is here:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/nutrient-intake-nutrient-storage-and-nutrient-oxidation.htmlCarbohydrate
For carbohydrate, the body’s stores are relatively close to the daily intake. A normal non-carb loaded person may store 300-400 grams of muscle glycogen, another 50 or so of liver glyogen and 10 or so in the bloodstream as free glucose. So let’s say 350-450 grams of carbohydrate as a rough average. On a relatively normal diet of 2700 calories, if a person eats the ‘recommended’ 60% carbs, that’s 400 grams. So about the amount that’s stored in the body already.
For this reason, the body is extremely good at modulating carbohydrate oxidation to carbohydrate intake. Eat more carbs and you burn more carbs (you also store more glycogen); eat less carbs and you burn less carbs (and glycogen levels drop). This occurs for a variety of reasons including changing insulin levels (fructose, for example, since it doesn’t raise insulin, doesn’t increase carbohydrate oxidation) and simple substrate availability. And, as it turns out, fat oxidation is basically inversely related to carbohydrate oxidation.
So when you eat more carbs, you burn more carbs and burn less fat; eat less carbs and you burn less carbs and burn more fat. And don’t jump to the immediate conclusion that lowcarb diets are therefore superior for fat loss because lowcarb diets are also higher in fat intake (generally speaking). You’re burning more fat, but you’re also eating more. But that’s a topic that I’ve not only addressed previously on the site but may look at in more detail in a future article with this piece as background.0 -
For anyone who doesn't want their sugar, sodium, carbs, etc...send 'em to me! I'll work 'em into my daily intake gladly!! :flowerforyou:0
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I'm not sure what we are arguing against here.
I am agreeing that the body will continue to burn fuel for energy, whether it's from an immediate source such as glucose, or from glycogen produced by the liver or from the glycogen stored in either the muscles or liver or from the bodies stored fatty acids.
A diet which is high (to excessive) in glucose will store some of the excess glucose as body fat to be released as fuel at a later stage.
Most of my reading tends to point to the fact that sugar/carbs being stored as fat is very rare...nearly impossible.
But I could be wrong
I have yet to see a study to conclude that the body works on a last in first out bases for converting body fat into fuel, therefore my point is the calories we consume in any given day are not necessarily the calories we burn for fuel.
I whole heartily agree that if you eat in a deficit you will loss weight, no argument there.
Why does this happen??
Because you are pulling energy from somewhere.....
Like a car and gasoline....it will not run if the tank is empty.
Same with the body.....it needs energy.
So if you are in deficit, it is gonna find the energy from somewhere to sustain life.
The example was extreme (regards the twinkie diet).
Excessive sugar in the blood stream will be either used as immediate fuel, then taken up by/and stored in the muscles and liver (both of which have limited storage) and any glucose left will be converted to body fat. In the case of the twinkie diet I should think that would be the case.
Even elite athletes with 10% body fat have an abundance of fuel on tap at anyone time - adipose tissue.
For the average person the body can run quite effectively on zero dietary carbs (I'm not suggesting that by the way - some dietary carbs are optimal).
I'm just making the point that the adipose tissue the body draws the fuel from is not necessarily the body fat it converted the same day. Burn more than you store and you lose weight.0 -
The level of extremes in here is hilarious. But, it's to be expected with every post like this.
For the most part, and I think we've all ruled out those with medical conditions, when people decide to track food in an effort to stop over consumption, this will automatically result in lower carbs(sugars), sodium, fat, but not always protein. When you are more aware of what you are eating, regardless of your style of eating, then macronutrients will usually fall into place on their own. The confusion comes in when people feel they need to lower them even more from reading someones extreme post or an overblown article. When, in reality, they've already lowered carbs(sugars), sodium, etc, from their previous eating levels just by lowering calorie intake.
The reason I mentioned protein not lowering is that, most of the time, people aren't eating enough. Now, that level will have a bearing on their goals, but still most people, IMO, could stand to eat more.
I don't think the OP was that far off. The intent was directed to people who are thoroughly confused. It's not hard to find an article in a popular magazine or newspaper demonizing foods. Her point was that if you don't feel like cutting out certain things, then it's not necessary. If you are someone who just feels the need to stay away from certain foods because of psychological reasons, then that's your business and your business alone.0 -
Not as far as I know. I have always, since early childhood, craved large amounts of sugary food.
And I can be perfectly happy and content, but if I start my day with the wrong thing, I will crave the rest of the day.
You all have talked me into it (unintentionally, no doubt). I'm going back on my ADD medication, this is a pain in the butt, and why am I putting myself through it when I know what will fix it?
One more thing, just to clarify: My ADD medicine didn't help me resist cravings after I ate a reasonable portion of chocolate. My ADD medicine made it so I didn't HAVE the cravings after a reasonable portion of chocolate.
Why I don't know.0 -
I will excerpt this paragraph from one of Lyle's write ups...
Full article is here:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/nutrient-intake-nutrient-storage-and-nutrient-oxidation.htmlCarbohydrate
For carbohydrate, the body’s stores are relatively close to the daily intake. A normal non-carb loaded person may store 300-400 grams of muscle glycogen, another 50 or so of liver glyogen and 10 or so in the bloodstream as free glucose. So let’s say 350-450 grams of carbohydrate as a rough average. On a relatively normal diet of 2700 calories, if a person eats the ‘recommended’ 60% carbs, that’s 400 grams. So about the amount that’s stored in the body already.
For this reason, the body is extremely good at modulating carbohydrate oxidation to carbohydrate intake. Eat more carbs and you burn more carbs (you also store more glycogen); eat less carbs and you burn less carbs (and glycogen levels drop). This occurs for a variety of reasons including changing insulin levels (fructose, for example, since it doesn’t raise insulin, doesn’t increase carbohydrate oxidation) and simple substrate availability. And, as it turns out, fat oxidation is basically inversely related to carbohydrate oxidation.
So when you eat more carbs, you burn more carbs and burn less fat; eat less carbs and you burn less carbs and burn more fat. And don’t jump to the immediate conclusion that lowcarb diets are therefore superior for fat loss because lowcarb diets are also higher in fat intake (generally speaking). You’re burning more fat, but you’re also eating more. But that’s a topic that I’ve not only addressed previously on the site but may look at in more detail in a future article with this piece as background.
"Carbohydrates can be stored as liver or muscle glycogen, under rare circumstances they are converted to and stored as fat"0 -
The example was extreme (regards the twinkie diet).
Excessive sugar in the blood stream will be either used as immediate fuel, then taken up by/and stored in the muscles and liver (both of which have limited storage) and any glucose left will be converted to body fat. In the case of the twinkie diet I should think that would be the case.
Even elite athletes with 10% body fat have an abundance of fuel on tap at anyone time - adipose tissue.
For the average person the body can run quite effectively on zero dietary carbs (I'm not suggesting that by the way - some dietary carbs are optimal).
I'm just making the point that the adipose tissue the body draws the fuel from is not necessarily the body fat it converted the same day. Burn more than you store and you lose weight.
Was not extreme
He ate twinkies
stayed below caloric needs (<TDEE)
He lost weight.
If you are in a deficit....then at some point your energy that is in the blood stream is exhausted.
And the body starts going elsewhere...
Then we could also get into types of exercise.
A lot of things I have read, tend to point to low intensity forms of exercise, will have greater effect on BF....
i.e. doing stair master....0 -
The example was extreme (regards the twinkie diet).
Excessive sugar in the blood stream will be either used as immediate fuel, then taken up by/and stored in the muscles and liver (both of which have limited storage) and any glucose left will be converted to body fat. In the case of the twinkie diet I should think that would be the case.
Even elite athletes with 10% body fat have an abundance of fuel on tap at anyone time - adipose tissue.
For the average person the body can run quite effectively on zero dietary carbs (I'm not suggesting that by the way - some dietary carbs are optimal).
I'm just making the point that the adipose tissue the body draws the fuel from is not necessarily the body fat it converted the same day. Burn more than you store and you lose weight.
Was not extreme
He ate twinkies
stayed below caloric needs (<TDEE)
He lost weight.
If you are in a deficit....then at some point your energy that is in the blood stream is exhausted.
And the body starts going elsewhere...
Then we could also get into types of exercise.
A lot of things I have read, tend to point to low intensity forms of exercise, will have greater effect on BF....
i.e. doing stair master....
Okay, let move on from this then.
Low intensity exercise is very good for overall health (different from fitness - you can be fit, but not necessarily healthy).
Nothing beats a good sprint session though.0 -
Okay, let move on from this then.
Low intensity exercise is very good for overall health (different from fitness - you can be fit, but not necessarily healthy).
Nothing beats a good sprint session though.
yeah perhaps....
But I ain't big on sprinting, so I don't do that much. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I really am in the mood for twinkies and chocolate cake now .... sounds like a good lunch0
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I really am in the mood for twinkies and chocolate cake now .... sounds like a good lunch
eat both at once - chocolate twinkie.
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I do have a medical condition. Roughly, it's called a tendency to get fat. Cutting sugar and when possible carbs actually helps me not get fat. So I'll keep right on with it.
But I'll also keep envying those who don't have to cut anything and can still lose or maintain weight. See my green eyes? That is the green eyed envy monster staring you lucky people down.
The only reason why cutting out sugar and carbs is helping you not get fat is because it's helping you restrict your calorie intake and/or preventing you from bingeing if they are trigger foods (also, restricting your calorie intake).
I've been stuck the past two weeks so I'm going to start watching carbs, protein and calories.0 -
You know I should have mentioned it earlier, but I do have one medical condition that might account for at least part of my half-the-cake-scarfing ways.
I'm ADD, and when I'm on my medication, I can eat one serving of cake and be done. I still ate too much sugar, though. In fact, I pretty much ran on sugar all through college. It was my brain fuel. But I never remember sitting down to a ridiculous serving size of anything, even when I was really hungry. I just snacked on regular size portions of junk all day.
So then it does sound like it is a matter of discipline and self control....
Isn't that was ADD meds do?
help you exert control over what you would prefer to do naturally?
Actually, last I heard, they don't know why ADD meds work. It does have to do with impulse control, but I suspect you see self control as a moral thing, and a lack as a moral failing, rather than a complex chemical process in the brain reinforced or not by environment but also independent of environment.0 -
I really am in the mood for twinkies and chocolate cake now .... sounds like a good lunch
eat both at once - chocolate twinkie.
Yessss!0 -
You know I should have mentioned it earlier, but I do have one medical condition that might account for at least part of my half-the-cake-scarfing ways.
I'm ADD, and when I'm on my medication, I can eat one serving of cake and be done. I still ate too much sugar, though. In fact, I pretty much ran on sugar all through college. It was my brain fuel. But I never remember sitting down to a ridiculous serving size of anything, even when I was really hungry. I just snacked on regular size portions of junk all day.
So then it does sound like it is a matter of discipline and self control....
Isn't that was ADD meds do?
help you exert control over what you would prefer to do naturally?
Actually, last I heard, they don't know why ADD meds work. It does have to do with impulse control, but I suspect you see self control as a moral thing, and a lack as a moral failing, rather than a complex chemical process in the brain reinforced or not by environment but also independent of environment.
Short term this is true. However after many months of the same dosage, the appetite reduction is minimal. (Not sure about the cognition effects for non-ADD people) Which is why people who abuse it end up taking more and more. I was still capable of feeling normal hunger after the first few weeks, but the cravings for massive portions was gone. I did eat a little more on weekends that I didn't take it, but not much more. I don't remember sitting down to half a cake or anything close. And I was extremely stressed out, too, way more than I have ever been since.0 -
I add extra monosodium glutamate to all of my food
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Gonna fry your brain w/ that $#!% :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
LOL. I think she will. Look at this study.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-200581960 -
I'm a big believer in lower carbs helping to keep weight off. I've done it, and lost/maintained for quite awhile, until I stopped watching what I was eating. If I cut carbs it helps me lose, even better than calorie deficit alone.
I've been stuck the past two weeks so I'm going to start watching carbs, protein and calories.
But by going lower carb, you are in a caloric deficit.
Most likely...
I mean the only way you could tell for sure is if you were to track your intake before hand....
So if you were doing 250 gr of carbs a day...
But then went to 50 gr a day....
You went from a caloric intake (in carbs) of 1000 calories == 250 gr of carbs
To 200 calories == 50 gr of carbs0 -
I add extra monosodium glutamate to all of my food
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Gonna fry your brain w/ that $#!% :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
LOL. I think she will. Look at this study.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-20058196
Aren't these the symptoms they banned Ma Huang over? What is this doing in our food again?
Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness0 -
I add extra monosodium glutamate to all of my food
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Gonna fry your brain w/ that $#!% :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
LOL. I think she will. Look at this study.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-20058196
Aren't these the symptoms they banned Ma Huang over? What is this doing in our food again?
Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness
Hmmm....
Kinda how I feel w/ my pre-workout. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:0 -
I add extra monosodium glutamate to all of my food
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Gonna fry your brain w/ that $#!% :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
LOL. I think she will. Look at this study.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-answers/monosodium-glutamate/faq-20058196
Aren't these the symptoms they banned Ma Huang over? What is this doing in our food again?
Headache
Flushing
Sweating
Facial pressure or tightness
Numbness, tingling or burning in the face, neck and other areas
Rapid, fluttering heartbeats (heart palpitations)
Chest pain
Nausea
Weakness
Hmmm....
Kinda how I feel w/ my pre-workout. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Yeah, I could probably name at least one ingredient you're taking, because I take a half dose of a preworkout pill for appetite control. I won't, though. Waiting for FDA ban. Surprised it hasn't happened already. Fine, no complaints I guess, but they bloody well ought to ban MSG too, then.
Edit: And no, I can't take it and eat cake without wanting too much cake! :sad:0
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