'Health risk' from low-carb diets

[Loki]

@Loki, do you exercise? If you do sports, "carb craving" should be present, or I would worry about your bodily health expressions.

I do exercise, yes. And I don't take zero carbs. I take small amounts of healthy carbs via fruit and vegetables. NOT sugar and loads of bread and pasta.

[Loki]

Except one doesn't need drugs to be healthy. There are a remarkable amout of variables to consider when I hear that carb cravings are minimal in such a diet: Has your activity level 'significantly' increased since you've been on the diet? Do you utilse sugar (of any kind) in your coffees and teas? What, exactly, are the types of carbs that you are consuming? Are you sleeping more/less? Have you plateaued yet? (this one is HUGE). Etc. etc.

I have coffee and tea without sugar. I'm sleeping well too. I get sugar from fruit -- fruit like apples and berries have plenty of it. An interesting fact is that I am no longer getting headaches, since I've stopped taking sugar.

[anonymaus]

@Loki, do you exercise? If you do sports, "carb craving" should be present, or I would worry about your bodily health expressions.

Worry not.

[Jäger]

I do exercise, yes. And I don't take zero carbs. I take small amounts of healthy carbs via fruit and vegetables. NOT sugar and loads of bread and pasta.

In that case, you aren't on "low carb", but on "the right amount of carb" and just overate on carbs before.

[Psychonaut]

In that case, you aren't on "low carb", but on "the right amount of carb" and just overate on carbs before.

That's the ticket right there. Most people, especially Americans, take in way more carbs than are necessary. I've found that eating "pure" carbohydrate foods (breads, grains, etc.) in small amounts as parts of meals consisting mainly of meat, dairy and vegetables has allowed me to increase muscle mass, decrease fat levels and raise my energy levels all at once. The big thing, when it comes to carbs, that I stay away from are simple sugars, white bread, white pasta, etc.; the whole grain equivalents provide you with slow-burning carbs that'll serve you better throughout the day rather than just going straight to your fat deposits. I usually save my (low) sugar intake for fruits that I eat in combination with exercise.