Lass Chance said:
Now....my thinking was...."as long as I keep it to 20 carbs a day, it
shouldnt matter where those carbs came from."
It does matter where they come from. There's a huge
difference between eating an entire head of cauliflower
to get 20 carb grams, and eating a medium sized candy
bar to get 20 carb grams. Total carbs per day is only
half of the issue, glycemic load/index comes in as
well.
That's because low carb is about insulin control not
just about carbs. Insulin is what we try to control,
carbs are the tool to control it. Eat something very
carby and the burst of blood sugar causes a burst of
insulin.
Quoted message said:Evidentally.....this is not true. If I've learned anything this week,
it's this:
Ya cant drink a liter of wine a day and lose weight.But what I want to know is.....WHY?
With alcohol there's an answer in addition to wine
causing insulin release. The body wants to burn
fuels in this order: 1) acetate from alcohol, 2)
glucose from assorted carbs, 3) fatty acids from fat,
4) amino acids from protein. The body will burn
alcohol to the exclusion of fat while there is alcohol
present. Alcohol does interfere with ketosis.
Quoted message said:why are wine carbs dfferent from food carbs? Where did my logic err?
Your logic error is major oversimplification. From
not yet reading the book when you posted this. The
book doesn't go into fuel preferences at this level
of detail it just forbids alcohol during Induction
and mentions that alcohol interferes with ketosis so
it needs to be used moderately after Indcution.
Quoted message said:What exactly is it that makes this happen? Does alcohol....stop ketosis?
Or...what?
Another caution - Very many people find that alcohol
has double the effect while low carbing. Be warned that
you will probably get drunk on half as much as before.