What seems like a radical diet to folks may not be bad for you in any way.
I say try it and see. You have complete control over what you eat, and if
you find that for some reason lowered carb levels don't work, move to
something else. Monitor and modify, accordingly.
Ignoramus19260 wrote:
|| Do you know of anyone who lowcarbed for decades, to maintain weight?
|| How did it affect them?
||
|| The reason for my question is that I lost my weight on a moderately
|| low carb diet. Think 150 carbs per day and calorie controlled. 25% of
|| calories from carbs. Nowadays I still eat about 150 carbs, and
|| exercise quite a bit. Most of these carbs come from raw vegetables.
|| Sometimes I eat hot cereal, either oat bran or a bunch of boiled
|| whole grains (Lithuanian hot cereal, wheat, peas, oats, in original
|| form).
||
|| Yet, I find myself moderately hungry and thinking too much about
|| food.
||
|| I recently experimented with lowering my carbs further, specifically
|| dropping one slice of sourdough bread in the morning and reducing
|| other carbs a bit.
||
|| It did help in blunting the sense of hunger and interest in food.
||
|| What I am concerned is that if I adopt this regimen, and follow it
|| for a long time (think 50 years), would I hurt myself in any way?That
|| seems a bit too radical for me. It seems counterintuitive that one
|| could live a long life on a radical diet.
||
|| I am not trying here to bash lowcarbers, not at all, I want to
|| understand what works and what does not, very long term.
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