Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brain aging

Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by arandr0x on Thursday November 22, 2018 @11:04AM (#18510724)

I would like to see the statistics. I eat a high carb low protein low calorie diet because I like to fit my grocery bill in $15 a week. I would wager the opposite is true actually; if you're eating 1000 to 1400 calories a day and they're not mostly carbs, you're probably feeling terrible hunger pangs.

Most vegetables are carbs, milk and yogourt have tons of carbs (in the form of lactose), lentils are carbs, beans? still carbs, etc. I'm not sure how you can have a cheap low-carb diet (lots of eggs and ham? dissolving multivitamin and whey protein into avocado puree?).

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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by thrower123 on Thursday November 22, 2018 @11:12AM (#18510782)

Eat two eggs and three slices of bacon for breakfast, and I can go all day until supper without thinking about eating. Eat a big bowl of cereal or bagel, and I'm ready to murder somebody for a snack by 10 am.

That's the reality of most people's high-carb diets.

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Re:Low-protein high-carb diet shows promise for healthy brai... by jarjar12 on Friday November 23, 2018 @04:52PM (#18519108)

This:). I lost 25 pounds on Keto in over 9 months. Then relaxed my diet to gain about 7-9 pounds back. I went back to Keto Two weeks ago and down from 165 to 161.

I eat less than 20 carbs a day.

With 200 grams of protein and about 150 grams of fat. I feel great. Can go without food cravings all day. My CrossFit has improved and I have set 2 PRs in two weeks on weights.

I believe in low carb diets. And have seen them work for many folks at my CrossFit box.

Ymmv

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