SeanBissell Posted November 7, 2013 Author Posted November 7, 2013 And thanks to you widiaz03, for hanging through this crazy thread On a side note, here's an interesting study I just saw, that came out about a week ago. It appears to show that high fat low carbohydrates do lower fasting blood sugar, but then make it hard for your cells to use insulin and carbohydrates when you eat them. http://ajpendo.physiology.org/content/305/9/E1059 Taken together, these data show that lack of dietary carbohydrates leads to glucose intolerance and insulin resistance in rats despite causing a reduction in fasting glucose and insulin concentrations. And this one is interesting as well, as it shows some potential link between omega-3 (polyunsaturated fatty acids) from fish might be linked to diabetes 2. Most likely due to mitochondrial damage due to lipid peroxidation. The relation between marine omega-3 fatty acids and T2D was observed in hypertensive and nonhypertensive subjects and in women who reported infrequent fish consumption http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/93/1/143.abstract?ijkey=a2e7eaaa26fc7ddf2423bab70544bf83a5402601&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
wdiaz03 Posted November 7, 2013 Posted November 7, 2013 No Problem Sean, There's so much conflicting data out there that it is hard sometimes to determine who is right. I'll have to admit that for someone that's overweight lowering the carbs is a good way of loosing weight, but it can't be taken to the extreme. Any potential harm from the diet could be justified compared to the alternative of doing nothing. Also how low is too low for the rats in the study? and for how long did they keep the rats in the diet? Even in Atkins, after the induction phase one is supposed to slowly increase the carb consumption over time. As far as O-3s do they explain cultures with elevated fish consumption? or are they doing their study on people eating fish-and-chips? (I'm being extreme here) but you get the point. I has always been my believe that the human body is a complex system and isolating individual variables is tricky, there's also the link of research and government that makes me skeptical as well. Are there hidden agendas? Who benefits? etc. One think I'm pretty sure of is that carbs have become way too easy to find in food, and I can see how people can easily over consume them.
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