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Re: Lowcarbing for decades?

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  1. 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.
    ||
    || i

  2. Ignoramus19260 wrote:
    || In article <[email hidden]>, Roger Zoul wrote:
    ||| 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.
    ||
    || What specifically would you suggest to monitor?

    weight, blood lipids, blood pressure, exercise intensity, endurance, etc.

    It is not hard to tell if you're fit (for somethign) and maintaining good
    health.

    Also, there are no guarantees in life...you might do everything right and
    still get screwed in the end...

    ||
    || i
    ||
    ||| 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.
    |||||
    ||||| i

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