Comments on: My Life Without Carbs

By: Afik Kutcher

Afik Kutcher — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 03:22:10 +0000

It is fine with Atkins, especially for people who have a high level of body fat.

It is best to have a reference point before you start a diet. Get yourself a full blood profile and body mass composition analysis done before you start with this diet.

I am in the healthcare and bodybuilding. I love Atkins but I prefer Cyclic Ketogenic Diet (CKD). As for CKD, you will continue to consume protein + fat + water (limited to say 1700kcal per day). Do this five days a week. On weekends, you can restore the glycogen level by having a normal balanced diet but lower calorie consumption.

If you do this for 12 weeks, you should be able to lose a lot of body fat. Don’t forget to do cardio exercises at least three times a week for 1 hour a day, and strength/resistance exercise three times a week for 30 mins a day. You do not want to have saggy body with all the dieting without putting in time to exercise.

Six pack is easy to get. It is as simple as less carb, sugar but high protein diet.

By: Randall Moon

Randall Moon — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:42:34 +0000

I started Mar 11,2010 lost 53 LBS. I Feel good. My blood sugar stays around 100 all the time.
I started eating Nutlettes cereal with no carb soy milk. It adds about 10 net carbs but there isn’t any glycemic load, and keeps me regular. Right now I feel like staying on this diet for life, I’m 55 now and might live forever, at least longer than I would have.

By: parisj

parisj — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:13:25 +0000

surely after reading good calories bad calories you realize saturated fat is not harmful, and is in fact essential?

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:27:47 +0000

Rocker, no hypoglycemia on my part. Just trying to keep insulin levels as low as possible. However, being a type I diabetic, my wife finds that she must eat some carbs in order to avoid problems.

By: rockermocking

rockermocking — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:02:22 +0000

are you hypoglycemic? I am one, which is why I NEED protein too, and lots of it. i could not be a vegetarian because of it and I did try for 5 years.

By: melissarenee

melissarenee — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 22:52:46 +0000

Ed,

Great post, although I’m a complex carb fan — mixing them in with healthy proteins and fats. You’re right, fats have been given a bad name. It’s the hydrogenated oils and trans-fats we should avoid, not healthy fats, many of which you mention above. You sound a bit Weston A. Price-ish (I’m a member). I agree with you on the processed carbs, none of us “need” those (health-wise, anyway) and that is part of why we have insulin resistance and diabetes problems in this country. There are a lot of other “no-nos” I’d add to the list, but I don’t want to blah-blah on your blog.

Congratulations on your weight loss. Good for you!

Melissa
P.S. Chopped cucumber and capers are a great addition to your salmon salad. I make my own version of salmon salad and pile it into Napa cabbage leaves — wrap style.

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 20:47:41 +0000

Amelia, it comes down to a question of where do you get your calories. There are only three possible sources: proteins, fats, carbohydrates. I prefer to get mine from proteins and good fats, but I include healthful green vegetables, which are low in calories and carbs. I avoid calorie-dense carbohydrates such as grains and root vegetables and sweets because of the insulin reaction they produce. But there are some people who swear by grains and won’t eat meat. What I object to are people who are trying to demonize animal proteins in their efforts to press a plant-based diet on everyone.

By: ameliam

ameliam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:19:16 +0000

I just found your site and I love it. I am doing South Beach. Actually, I just read the ingredients list and am doing my own thing. Like low-fat cheese or sugar substitutes? No thanks. I try to avoid processed foods, so I’ll stick with goat cheeses in tiny portions and go w/o sugar for now. The diet did help me understand good portion sizes for healthy fats like nuts (because I’d want to eat a lot more, but I limit it for now). I’ve lost 15 pounds in about two months. I never ate much processed food, ate a lot of whole grains and all the healthy stuff everyone always recommended, but I just gained weight no matter what I did.

I feel like this diet is really luxurious, actually (given all the fats I’ve been told to avoid since I was twelve!). Eggs? What could be better. It’s interesting to read about your success, and your approach.

I think carbs can be integrated back in later, in moderation. The Oldways site, http://www.oldwayspt.org, has some really compelling articles about pasta as part of an ancient, healthy way of eating.

By: Ed Bruske

Ed Bruske — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 10:30:38 +0000

Vin, I couldn’t agree more about the value of whole foods. I don’t know if any of our readers are buying processed foods. But the message is always worth repeating–eat real food, the kind of stuff your great-great-grandma would have recognized. I’ve heard about the “metabolic typig.” My sister mentioned it recently. I don’t know what type I am. Probably just ornery. Is that protein?

By: Vin - NaturalBias

Vin - NaturalBias — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:18:22 +0000

Hi Ed, congratulations on your improved health and your weight loss! I also follow a low carb diet, but not in the Atkins sense, and not to lose weight (although I did lost 30 lbs as a result). My intentions are more health related, and the obvious solution in regard to nutrition was to eat more natural whole foods. There is a nutritional philosophy called Metabolic Typing which is based on the premise that we've all evolved from different lineages and have unique nutritional needs. This is why some people do great on Atkins and why others have an awful time. As it turned out, I happen to be a "Protein Type" which is why a low carb type of diet works so well for me. I love your argument about evolution. I use that one all the time when people try to tell me that all the red meat that I eat (grass fed of course) is bad for me.