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Originally Posted by xMenace  Complex carbs do spike your BGs. Meters don't lie. Whole wheat bread and pasta are nearly as bad as white for me.
We as a race evolved on a low carb high fat diet. It is the most natural diet for us. Only when high refined carb diets are added to peoples living on their natural diets do obesity, CHD, diabetes, cancer, and other diseases appear. Not increase but appear! High carb diets are unhealthy. The resulting elevated level of insulin is the primary culprit. It is the food and fat storage hormone. THE hormone responsible for fat storage.
You are right in thinking that a low carb diet will burn off fat, and that's the whole point, isn't it?
Fat and protein only provide energy when it's convenient? "Don't eat fat because it contains too much energy and will be stored as fat!" in reality, Some of both protein and fat will be converted to carbs. Regular and ongoing glucogenesis, the reason we take basal insulins equalling roughly 50% of our daily total dose, is a significant generator of our daily carb needs. About Fat
Find a low carber with no energy. I dare you!  Find a study (not a heart or diabetes association) that says low carbing lowers metabolism or is bad for you in any way.
Actually the only diet that causes decreased metabolism is a semi-starvation diet, that is the typical weight watchers food reduction type of diet. Long term weight reduction is extremely difficult for these dieters. Zeroing In On Health – The Blog! Semi-Starvation Diets |
Actually you're right on the complex carbs also spiking sugars as well (I'm taking a sports nutrition class so I'm still in the process of learning lol)...some complex carbs like potatoes can spike your sugars worse than sucrose...I learned this today..
but as far as the low carb dieting thing...nothing against "lower carb dieting" but I'm talking about dieters who take it to an extreme. A LOT of dieters and some diabetics reduce their carb intake to less than 45% of total calories (recommended is 45-65% I believe) which can cause the body to resort to looking for other sources of fuel and can cause withering away muscles for energy ALONG with fat (when this type of dieting becomes severe). Carbohydrates are necessary for anaerobic glycolysis which is needed for high intensity exercising too...so if you do a lot of running or sprinting its important that your carbohydrate intake be adequate. I do a lot of running so a very low carbohydrate diet for me would probably cause me to tire more quickly.
Hope I was helpful! I hope I wasn't preachy though >.< lol
