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There are plenty of studies that show some fasting has positive results. Especially in regards to controlling type II diabetes. The eat anything and anytime you feel like it seems to be the recipe for some significant health issues.

True true. What gets overlooked is that IF MAY help with weight loss. The better part of the IF eating schedule is that you have an increase in HGH (especially toward the end of the fasting window) and a decrease in time with elevated insulin. The fasting time helps the body with autophagy , "which allows the orderly…

Boy, you are really hung up on the NO sugar. I'm not sure anyone ever mentioned it. Here is the comment from the initial post. "By his own admission, he eats a terrible diet loaded with sugary foods, lollies, sweets and excessive carbs". As annoying as it may be for you, being type 1 does make you different. That's not a…

It's not that simple. The replacement insulin is not as effective as a body makes. And it's near impossible to get the timing right so you don't go very high or very low with the replacement insulin. So the typical diabetic will lean towards allowing themselves to go on the high side because the consequences of going very…

I think the op is talking about type 1's. Minimizing carbohydrates definitely makes staying in the target zone easier. As you said there are many other factors that will affect BG, why not make it a little easier by moderating carbohydrate intake.

EVERYONE metabolizes carbohydrates a little differently. NOT medical conditions. SORRY, you are just desperately trying to hold onto your over simplified theory.

(I have no idea what your life is like) divided by (Let me make some assumptions) +(I'll make the rest up)= you have 1,000,000 hours left to run a marathon! Just like you have to focus on your studies, you need to focus a on what you are eating. It is not going to be easy to fight the cravings. But you can do it. You have…

I'm not new here but have been gone a long time. CICO works with few exceptions. Carbohydrates are metabolized more or less effectively by different people. A persons insulin response and effectiveness will change the outcome. Yes, you can be a special snowflake! Thermodynamics probably does apply, but the system is far…

This is what I have done and many others as well. I've won this race a few times only to find myself at the starting line again.

I would recommend picking up some fruits and vegetables and keep that stuff around for snacking. It's real easy to overeat high carb/high fat snacks. I understand what you mean about "clean". You want to find the less processed foods. There was a good suggestion above about asking for a grilled chicken breast rather than…

Both have calories. Check serving size? Or just bad information.

My daughter and I are sensitive to wheat. Headaches, symmetrical rashes and intestinal issues. My wife and son are totally ok eating it.

By definition sugar is not truly an addictive substance. Although there are millions of people out there that seem to have significant cravings for the stuff. There are studies pointing both ways but as of right now, you are not addicted to sugar. 1. At one time I had strong cravings for sugar. 2. There is no good reason…

You're right. It is a unit of measure. The confusion comes in when you follow the digestion of the different Macro components. Different Macro components get digested differently. Some use more of the available food calories for the digestion process than others. IMO, that fact gets a bit overblown by some.

MFP Calculates a middle of the road type target for Protein, Carbohydrates and Fat. Nothing is written in stone there and you can modify those targets through the goals menu. I would recommend just eating like you normally do for a month to figure out what your current diet looks like. The only initial change should be…

At first blush it seems that you are just poking others to satisfy some underlying need to annoy. But actually there is very little water consumed in the world that is truly natural. Filtering, chemically sterilizing, or both is the norm for most. Even well water isn't something that is truly natural. You can't just go…

Take a look at the diets of oldest people in the world. It looks like variety is not healthy. Variety in diet is a relatively new phenomena.

Food and aerobic activities don't mix very well for me. You don't need more fuel to go for 40 minutes. I would suggest some warm water with lemon. Eat later when you are hungry.

Thanks for the excellent response! You're definitely a bit ahead of me in the diet study. This is where I am coming from. I feel that a lot of the disagreement between individuals with different diet approaches is because they all work, at least some of the time. I personally am ketogenic for a month or two and then swing…

What I was responding to was your quote: Eating low-carb (from a physiological sense) also (a) stops excess insulin from keeping leptin from telling you you're full and should, Idunno, maybe STOP EATING NOW, and (b) keeps your blood sugar levels smooth so you don't have spikes and crashes. My point is that eating low carb…

The insulin/carbohydrate argument is not accurate. Your body has an strong insulin response to protein as well.

Money and pride drive many studies.

From a random research paper: The reviewed evidence supports the theory that, in some circumstances, intermittent access to sugar can lead to behavior and neurochemical changes that resemble the effects of a substance of abuse. I don't think that sugar alone would be a problem, at least not for me. In the past I have had…

Beer comes in a can too! I guess in the infinite revolving door definition of clean eating I think of clean eating as being "more" simple.

Yes I know what all those ingredients are and have used some at home. Simply an example of the simple vs. the over complicated. You should consider dropping the condescending attitude. Not well taken and not deserved!!!!!!!!!!!

Pumpkin Pie Label for :"home made pumpkin pie" INGREDIENTS: Skim Milk, Cream, Sugar, Pumpkin, Pie Crust {Enriched Flour, Shortening (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and Cottonseed Oils), Sugar, Water, corn Startch, Salt Coconut Oil, Pasteurized Eggs, Corn syrup, Brown Sugar, Annatto [ Natural Color, Stabilizer [Celluolse…

The finer point that you are missing is that the polyunsaturated fats that many food products are made with go rancid on the shelf. They don't taste so bad that you won't eat them but it's no longer a very good food. If you cook with polyunsaturated at high heat, it can form harmful compounds. I seriously doubt that…

Get the junk food out of the house. Start working out or get a job

What many people don't know is that a Non-Diabetic person has nearly an equal insulin response to protein as they do to carbohydrates. IMO it is important for diabetic people to consume a combination of foods together is because of that "normal" insulin response. Along with the slowing of the overall digestion. I do not…

When Monsanto develops a plant that can absorb herbicides without being harmed. That is really really bad.