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This is the heart attack support group, good luck heart attack supporters

madgenius1 wrote: »

This is the heart attack support group, good luck heart attack supporters

What do you mean by that? Is it that many low carb recipes are high fat?

I've been successful only when low carbs. Basically Keto diet. Found by joining Profile by Sandford and lost 15lbs within 6 weeks. Yoyo myself and just recommitting again. Happy to be friends if you'd like, just add me.

susanfudge7714 wrote: »

Vicki that is so true. The traditional 'low fat rice cakes' and other low-fat carbs are no good. They just raise your glycemic level and the minute you chew it up it turns to sugar anyway. I try to do 'low-carb' and 'fat-controlled'. I need meat for my iron levels and to keep me satisfied. Empty carbs from rice and potato and stuff just made me hungrier! I think it's about balance...I watch my carbs but I don't think it's healthy to get carried away with cutting carbs if your diet is going to be super high-fat. I mean it is possible to maintain low carb without eating pork chops at 3 am lol...Good for you and good luck to you all.

all carbs are broken down into glucose,the only difference is ones with fiber in them are broken down more slowly,those who do keto are low carb and high fat and a lot of benefits come from that for those who have certain health issues such as type 2 diabetes,insulin resistance,pcos,some seizure disorders and so on.

vickimcdonald73 wrote: »

Hello there

Love this app .. im a serial yo yo dieter and this seems to keep me accountable.
Would love to find others who are on a low carb diet.

As a fellow serial yo-yo'er I gave up on "diets" in favor of lifestyle changes. If low cab is going to be something that helps you during maintenance (as in lifestyle change) good for you.

I found low carb was not sustainable long-term for me (no medical issues). So there really were no tools available, nothing I learned from low carb. Maintenance was like starting from scratch.

This groups is very supportive of low carb diets: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group

madgenius1 wrote: »

mgmalek wrote: »

madgenius1 wrote: »

This is the heart attack support group, good luck heart attack supporters

What do you mean by that? Is it that many low carb recipes are high fat?

Absolutely my love, high protein diets are full of cholesterol and bad fats, and more vegan style diet is the way to go for healthy hearts, and I'm not supporting 100% veganism. I'm just supporting healthier hearts, so eat less meat, eat more complex carbs, which are beans potatoes rice and grains,

This has largely been debunked. Dietary cholesterol does not lead to high cholesterol, and high fat diets do not hurt your lipid profile. There are exceptions of course, those with familial hypercholesterolemia will damage their cardiovascular health by eating high fat. Everyone else will generally see lower triglycerides, higher HDL and no real change in their LDL.

I have no doubt that a pritkin/Ornish style of vegan diet can be healthy for some, but LCHF can be too.

Oh, also LCHF can be vegetarian or vegan too, although veganism becomes slightly harder for those going for under 50g of carbs per day.