Low Carb Diet (atkins)

shykins

HC sorry but u made me laugh, why do we go off plan for something we wouldnt nomally touch,, its weird isnt it,, still never mind its gone now..... 2 stone is fantastic in 3 months u will look a different person at christmas, hope u get some lovely new clothes to wear

x

montymud

lol, I found that I would suddenly start craving carbs!!! Its so hard when it gets like this but it doesnt last long!! My advice would be keeo your tum full and alwas have some mattesons fridge raiders on hand if you ever get really hungry!

shykins

grrr watching paul ogrady and davinia macall said she did atkins, he said is that the one thats all meat meat meat and she said Yesss ... when will people ever learn!!

tilly-roo

Oh dear, just had some meatballs in tomato sauce (so much for doing the meat/eggs fast!) ah well will just try and keep my carb count especially low for a few days. Finding it difficult to eat anyway, damn illness!

tinkerbell84

montymud wrote: »

lol, I found that I would suddenly start craving carbs!!! Its so hard when it gets like this but it doesnt last long!! My advice would be keeo your tum full and alwas have some mattesons fridge raiders on hand if you ever get really hungry!

I don't crave them at all

and I'm veggie, so no fridge raiders for me

Ted_Hutchinson

Atkins-style low carb diets 'can cause memory loss' I thought I'd get my rebuttal to this piece of research in before anyone gets worried about it.

In this study participants chose their daily diets and followed particular diet guidelines for only 3 weeks, with carbohydrate intake increasing over the 3-week period. It was our goal in the present study to approximate what individuals following weight-loss diets would do during real-world conditions, and as such, our specific hypothesis and design focused on the early stages of following a restricted carbohydrate diet.

So we are talking only about the initial 3 week period when Carb intake was severely restricted. The period during which the brain is converting from using glucose and adapting to a more fat based fuel.
I appreciate that I our study participants chose their daily diets and followed particular diet guidelines for only 3 weeks, with carbohydrate intake increasing over the 3-week period. It was our goal in the present study to approximate what individuals following weight-loss diets would do during real-world conditions, and as such, our specific hypothesis and design focused on the early stages of following a restricted carbohydrate diet. didn't do an induction period so I cannot be sure how I would have felt had I totally eliminated carbs but it was after some time (3 months) I found myself thinking more clearly and generally feeling more mentally alert.
I think it is unrealistic not to expect some disturbance to brain function if you suddenly change the basis of your diet drastically. #But most people who follow Atkins find after that initial period when some report induction flu they actually feel the diet helps brain performance than otherwise.

I think it takes six months before your digestion is fully converted to low carb way of eating and you stop feeling the withdrawal symptoms of wheat/or sugar addiction. This article explains some of the dangers of grains

Bear in mind this study only used 9 people eating the low carb way. So it really isn't large enough to draw firm conclusions.

The full text doesn't give any details of the actual foods they ate. It would have been useful to know how many carbs were consumed for each of the weeks.

It is simply wrong to imply that the worsening of brain performance reported over those first 3 weeks would continue and presume the brain would not adapt and work better as ketones became a more regular part of the diet. It flies in the face of the experience of most people who change their way of eating to a low carb diet. If the same tests had been applied at 3 months and 6 months the results would, I am absolutely certain, have been totally different.

Sazbo

Ted my memory is shocking anyway, so i doubt low-carbing could make it any worse lol:rolleyes::o :rotfl:

Me and Gilly are off out in a minute to put my builder in another headlock - only joking!:D Hopefully snag list will be all complete and everything will be looking fab.... well we can all dream can't we?! :rotfl:

Have a good saturday everyone. X-Factor final tonight isn't it? Alex to win:D

Much love to all :wave:
Sazzy xxxxxxxxx

newish2this

Hi everyone,
I hope everyone is having a fab weekend:D

I need some help:rolleyes:
Saturday night is pizza night in our house so I tried to make the cauliflower pizza again:eek:

This is the second attemt and even though I adjusted the ingredients again, I still ended up with a soggy (definately not doey) base.:o Please can somebody post their successful recipe for the base (with approx measurements as I obviously have totally different cups to the americans:o ).
Thanks so much,
Newish:D

shykins

newish i made it pretty much as directed tho think i only made half as much and last time i didnt have mozzareall so used cheddar, it was a bit greasier tho... other than that i spread it fairly thin cook til that looks brown on top then flip it over and cook the other side until its brown THEN i top it

u REALLY REALLY REALLY have to squeeze the water out of the cauli s thats what makes it soggy.. hope that helps a bit

off to london tomorrow for ds birthday and also albert hall for me hope it dont rain like it did today.. gonna take snacks with me to pick at then macd prob for tea (with no bun of course)

have a great weekend everyone
x

Ted_Hutchinson

shykins wrote: »

u REALLY REALLY REALLY have to squeeze the water out of the cauli s thats what makes it soggy.. hope that helps a bit

After whizzing my cauli in the processor I steamed it DRY in a sealed container in the microwave. I didn't even put a tablespoonful (edit) of water in.