Are people really carb free?

[Anonymous]

Human have been eating rice and bread since time immemorial.

F carb free.

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Anonymous wrote:Insanity, and unhealthy. I week for the colon and intestines.

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Fiber is a carb. If you're cutting fiber, you are insane. There is no other "learning" needed.

Most people who are carb free are low carb. A chicken salad is low carb (unless the dressing is high carb) and is the type of meal that will help you lose weight. It is also delicious.

Apples and oranges and sweet potatoes are also delicious and help people lose weight. And also incredibly nutritious and healthy for you.

It's one thing to cut out white flour breads and cakes. It's incredibly stupid and unhealthy to go "low carb" when you're cutting out incredibly healthful things.

There are different ways to lose weight. Low carb is one option that works for some people. I lost weight with intermittent fasting and cutting carbs. I still eat fruits and veg, but I cut down on (but did not eliminate) white bread, pasta, and rice. Some people do keto (which allows for green leafy vegetables and some carbs). When people promote low carb, they are promoting one option among many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Human have been eating rice and bread since time immemorial.

F carb free.

Before modern times, people struggled to eat enough food. Yes, people ate carbs, but at much lower quantities, the carbs were mostly whole grains, and the fruit was less sweet.

[Anonymous]

There are very specific health conditions that can respond well to extreme low carb diets (like certain forms of epilepsy). Obviously if you have diabetes laying attention to carbs matters, but they don't require eliminating all carbs.

But in general when approaching diets generally the key is moderation and sustainability. Diets where you are required to eat very restrictively usually aren't sustainable. It's more important to find a form of healthy eating that works for you and that you can actually stick with. There isn't a magic one size fits all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Carb free or grain free?

I avoid grains but I get carbs from fruits and vegetables. I wouldn’t even say I’m low carb.

This, and if my weight starts creeping up, I cut back on carbs.

But if you get all of your carbs from fruits and veggies, you rarely need to cut back.

Basically eat like a diabetic diet, keep carbs to that level and make it from fruits/veggies and you will be fine. After the withdrawal time period (of missing grains and sugars) of 1 week or so, you will start to feel better and not have cravings. I'm 8 weeks in, and no longer miss bread. For me a treat now is dark chocolate with my berries as dessert or potatoes (versus sweet potatoes---reg potatoes are a nightshade and inflammatory to many)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are very specific health conditions that can respond well to extreme low carb diets (like certain forms of epilepsy). Obviously if you have diabetes laying attention to carbs matters, but they don't require eliminating all carbs.

But in general when approaching diets generally the key is moderation and sustainability. Diets where you are required to eat very restrictively usually aren't sustainable. It's more important to find a form of healthy eating that works for you and that you can actually stick with. There isn't a magic one size fits all.

But cutting carbs from everything except fruits and veggies is not unhealthy. It's basically cutting out processed crap and grains. You get plenty of carbs and fiber from fruits and veggies. Eat Whole Foods and cut grains and you will feel better, loose weight and watch your BP and Cholesterol drop as well Nothing harmful from that. Once you do it, when you do have bread or bag of chips or processed crap, you feel like crap, indicating just how bad it is for you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insanity, and unhealthy. I week for the colon and intestines.

Learn more.

Fiber is a carb. If you're cutting fiber, you are insane. There is no other "learning" needed.

Most people who are carb free are low carb. A chicken salad is low carb (unless the dressing is high carb) and is the type of meal that will help you lose weight. It is also delicious.

Apples and oranges and sweet potatoes are also delicious and help people lose weight. And also incredibly nutritious and healthy for you.

It's one thing to cut out white flour breads and cakes. It's incredibly stupid and unhealthy to go "low carb" when you're cutting out incredibly healthful things.

DP. I ignore anyone who suggests cutting out or severely reducing fruit.

Agree. It's a litmus test for idiocy.

You don't get fat or diabetes from eating whole fruit, vegetables, beans, legumes, barley, etc.

Sure, limit refined sugars, juices, and flours. But carbs (or sugars) from whole fruits and vegetables? Completely healthy and beneficial for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are very specific health conditions that can respond well to extreme low carb diets (like certain forms of epilepsy). Obviously if you have diabetes laying attention to carbs matters, but they don't require eliminating all carbs.

But in general when approaching diets generally the key is moderation and sustainability. Diets where you are required to eat very restrictively usually aren't sustainable. It's more important to find a form of healthy eating that works for you and that you can actually stick with. There isn't a magic one size fits all.

But cutting carbs from everything except fruits and veggies is not unhealthy. It's basically cutting out processed crap and grains. You get plenty of carbs and fiber from fruits and veggies. Eat Whole Foods and cut grains and you will feel better, loose weight and watch your BP and Cholesterol drop as well Nothing harmful from that. Once you do it, when you do have bread or bag of chips or processed crap, you feel like crap, indicating just how bad it is for you

What benefit does it serve to cut out grains like oatmeal, quinoa, lentils, etc?

[Anonymous]

I am mostly added sweetener free . There is still a smidgen of sugar in my tomato sauce to lower the acidity. There is still sugar in my occasional piece of chocolate. I try to avoid added sweeteners as much as possible, including Calorie free fake or ‘natural’ sweeteners.

I don’t see how someone can be carb free.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Human have been eating rice and bread since time immemorial.

Humans worked and were active 16+ hours a day then also.
Humans didn't become sedentary like they are now until the last couple decades.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Insanity, and unhealthy. I week for the colon and intestines.

Learn more.

Fiber is a carb. If you're cutting fiber, you are insane. There is no other "learning" needed.

Most people who are carb free are low carb. A chicken salad is low carb (unless the dressing is high carb) and is the type of meal that will help you lose weight. It is also delicious.

Apples and oranges and sweet potatoes are also delicious and help people lose weight. And also incredibly nutritious and healthy for you.

It's one thing to cut out white flour breads and cakes. It's incredibly stupid and unhealthy to go "low carb" when you're cutting out incredibly healthful things.

DP. I ignore anyone who suggests cutting out or severely reducing fruit.

Agree. It's a litmus test for idiocy.

You don't get fat or diabetes from eating whole fruit, vegetables, beans, legumes, barley, etc.

Sure, limit refined sugars, juices, and flours. But carbs (or sugars) from whole fruits and vegetables? Completely healthy and beneficial for you.

You are on the right track, but you are going to extremes, so you are still incorrect.
Fruit evolved to be desirable and fattening to animals that ate it in abundance, so yes you certainly can become overweight and diabetitc from eating too much of certain fruits.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a carb since 2004.

No fruit, vegetables or dairy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t had a carb since 2004.

Not one single vegetable or one berry?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Human have been eating rice and bread since time immemorial.

F carb free.

True but that was before people had supermarkets with plenty of prepared meat. In the days when people had to kill their meat, they ate a lot less meat and a lot more rice/bread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Human have been eating rice and bread since time immemorial.

F carb free.

True but that was before people had supermarkets with plenty of prepared meat. In the days when people had to kill their meat, they ate a lot less meat and a lot more rice/bread.

That's simply not true.

It varied by region, culture, tribe or community, or even by the individual.

The tallest most healthy people the World had ever seen were the Sioux/Cheyenne/Arapaho in the 1700s-1880s. Their diet was about 3-5 POUNDS of meat a day, and meat was 95% of their daily diet.