Makes perfect sense. There was a TedTalk that was JUST released on the subject of low carbing to reverse diabetes and insulin resistance.

I'll post it later when I get off mobile

I don't know if it makes sense or not -- there's a lot of learned people out there who think it is *kitten*.

I honestly don't even care anymore. All I know is that there is absolutely something physically wrong with me -- even though I haven't been diagnosed with anything -- that low carb fixes. I trust the science will eventually catch up to my reality but until then it works. And that's good enough for me.

Sounds reasonable to me :-). Back when I ate *kitten* loads of carbs, I was always hungry. Always. Also was in a pre diabetic state. My blood sugars were all kinds of screwed up.

AlabasterVerve wrote: »

I don't know if it makes sense or not -- there's a lot of learned people out there who think it is *kitten*.

I honestly don't even care anymore. All I know is that there is absolutely something physically wrong with me -- even though I haven't been diagnosed with anything -- that low carb fixes. I trust the science will eventually catch up to my reality but until then it works. And that's good enough for me.

I hear you loud and clear. Although I do think this makes sense. I know that same situation where they search and search for something wrong with you, you KNOW there's something wrong with you. You're not making it up. Thankfully, we've both found low carb. Kinda pisses me off that I had to live almost 40 years in that pain, fog and lethargy. People critisizing me telling me i was lazy and a fat slob/pig. THAT is what is bullshite if you ask me!

I think everyone has a different carbohydrate tolerance. We have all seen the skinny people that can eat a ton of carbs and stay nice and slim, I am still trying to figure out exactly what my tolerance is, if I eat too few I do feel bad, but definately feel better on a lower carb diet than higher carb, usually try to stay under 50 grams per day.

mamafazz wrote: »

I think everyone has a different carbohydrate tolerance. We have all seen the skinny people that can eat a ton of carbs and stay nice and slim

Don't forget that, although they may be slim, they are probably not healthy. At least overweight folks, like me, know they need to fix something.

Lrdoflamancha wrote: »

I agree add this to the launch pad...

Agreed and done.

Thanks for the TED talk link. Now that we have more MD's speaking out it helps remove the question marks that have been put behind eating low carb as a lifestyle. Having found LCHF by accident (just evolved into it) when researching pain control by food to eat and to not eat instead of for weight loss makes my motivation unusual. Once I broke the carb addiction and most of the debilitating pain faded away I knew I could stay off carbs for the rest of my life.

While I have only been off carbs (<50 grams daily) for 8 months my general health is better than it was 20 years ago when I was 44. Already I see people that are in the same boat as I only a year ago and I so want to tell them about what low carbing has meant to me. When I have mentioned it the level of interest approached .003%.

Like I was a year ago people do not see some foods can make one sick and just learning what they are and stop eating them can lead to recovering health.

The one potential good point that may come out of socialized medicine paid for by the taxpayers is treating diabetes, etc, etc with food vs Rx meds.

Thank you thank you thank you for posting both of those videos. They are great. Made so much sense to me, this seems to describe what happens to me when I am not eating low carb. This helps motivate me to stay the course with low carb.