Slow Carb Diet

[1adayParticipant 4]

Hi guys, I’ve been talking about the Slow Carb diet for a while now.

It’s basically a diet that actually works!

Made famous by Tim Ferris in a post on his blog here

WHAT CAN YOU EAT?

Follow these rules if you want to lose weight on the Slow-Carb Diet:

Stick to Slow-Carb Diet approved foods 6 days a week: lean meat, beans, and veggies and no white foods like sugar, pasta, rice, bread, cheese.

Eat the same few meals over and over again, especially for breakfast and lunch. You probably do this already; you’re just picking new default meals.

Don’t drink calories. 1-2 glasses of red wine is okay.

Start your day with protein, shooting for 30g within 30 minutes of waking (boosts success rate by 11%).

Don’t eat fruit. Tomatoes and avocados are allowed in moderation.

Take one “cheat day” a week: Eat whatever you want on cheat days. Tim recommends Saturday for social purposes.

Does it work?

Check out foods if they are a Yes or a No go for Slow Carb here: http://www.eslowcarbdiet.com/

more follow up links:

https://medium.com/@erinfrey/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-slow-carb-diet-a67062761d92
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bb1EWGiOuNjnUCDYHzih0NlBRwYzpf6fqaHkFMDJg3k/edit
http://www.medicaldaily.com/slow-carb-diet-low-gi-foods-can-help-you-lose-over-100-pounds-247800

Good luck!

[DocParticipant 112]

Intrigued by what you posted, but no pasta? Can’t do it! I use “fit for life”. Basically, it’s about not mixing carbs and proteins in the same meal. Meat & veg or pasta & veg, but no meat and pasta on the same plate. Also, it reminds you to eat the water based foods (like fruit and salads) first, otherwise eating it last means fruit “ferments” on top of what you have already eaten and you get bloated and gassy. And no melon of any kind with anything. it doesn’t digest with anything. “Eat it alone or leave it alone”, they say. Been living like this for 20 years and no beer gut or real effort needed. Just be conscious. The above is a little too rigorous for me and I know I would cheat.

[Crazy CanuckMember 4215]

Intrigued by what you posted, but no pasta? Can’t do it! I use “fit for life”. Basically, it’s about not mixing carbs and proteins in the same meal. Meat & veg or pasta & veg, but no meat and pasta on the same plate. Also, it reminds you to eat the water based foods (like fruit and salads) first, otherwise eating it last means fruit “ferments” on top of what you have already eaten and you get bloated and gassy. And no melon of any kind with anything. it doesn’t digest with anything. “Eat it alone or leave it alone”, they say. Been living like this for 20 years and no beer gut or real effort needed. Just be conscious. The above is a little too rigorous for me and I know I would cheat.

Sounds like food combining. I honestly can’t do it. I use daily fasting approach. Fast for 16 hours and eat within 8 hour window.

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[wink dinkersonParticipant 37]

Intermittent fasting. I try to go for 18 hours. Stop eating around 10:00 pm(yes you can eat after 8:00 pm that’s just a myth just like food combining is a myth also) Then when I get off work the next day around 5:00 pm I eat. It works good.

[MurveParticipant 21]

Heard that intermittent fasting can not only help you lose weight but also helps brain function. When your body starves, new neurons can be formed in the brain and old ones “wake up” and become more responsive. The proof of this is still to be proven I think but it has been statistically proven that people who intermittently starve are less likely to suffer from cancer, brain deterioration in old age and keeps reflexes sharp and maintains healthy brain function, it also massively decreases blood cholesterol and clears the body of harmful toxins. The science behind it claims that the brain has to improve to increase “hunter-gatherer” potential to find food to survive.

As for the original diet posted, I’ve known 5 different people try this diet and see impressive results. It works and is easy to follow and understand.

Another thing I’ve heard from dieticians is that the stomach is “separated” into different sections, I’d have to google the names of each portion of the stomach but the basic concept is to eat proteins first, then the veg and oily parts of a meal and lastly the fast burning carbs and sugars last so that each part of your meal breaks down at around the same time and enters the blood stream slower. Proteins take the longest to break down, then fibrous foods, then fats and then sugars/carbs. It was surprising when I first heard this. As a child did you ever feel compelled to eat all the chicken first before the rice? Maybe that’s built-in instinct..

[yimyamyoParticipant 0]

It does not matter what the diet is, at the end of the day the diet restricts certain food with the aim to lower total daily caloric intake. For example, most Westerners will tend to overeat calorically dense processed foods. By abstaining from certain calorically dense foods, you lower your total daily caloric intake, which will hopefully put you into a deficit = weight loss. Additionally, the diets that restricts carbs often appear to work magic especially in the first 1-2 weeks because a reduction in carbs leads to a drop in water weight. At the end of the day, calories in vs calories out wins over an diet.

Yes, IF is has been a magic pill for a lot of people. It does produce additional benefits to the body. I think it is a great tool. But again, it success for weight loss is due to the smaller eating window. It forces a person to plan and eat meals at a certain time, stopping to a certain extent snacking. Which can often put people into caloric maintenance/surplus.

The best diet is the one you can stick to. I would advise downloading myfitnesspal and tracking your Macros/caloric intake.

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