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Re:The Sugar Addiction Taboo by natrius on Thursday January 02, 2014 @08:10PM (#7003624)
When I avoid carbs, I lose weight. I don't get cravings for the foods that normally led me to overeat. It's an anecdote, so feel free to take it with a grain of sugar, but Taubes and Lustig improved my life a great deal.
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Re:The Sugar Addiction Taboo by jp555 on Friday January 03, 2014 @09:00AM (#7005413)
Every gram of stored carbs (glycogen) gets stored with ~3g of water. By cutting carbs you use up stored carbs and rapidly lose this water-weight. This is why low-carb diets work so well at first, But it's not fat you're losing.
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Re:The Sugar Addiction Taboo by natrius on Tuesday January 07, 2014 @11:11AM (#7018001)
The first week or two of weight loss is indeed mostly water, but I weight 40 pounds less than when I started avoiding carbs. It works for me.
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