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Title: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 10:59:42 AM
First, I can go completely zero carb (10g's a day?) and I feel great, more energy, no cravings after the second or third day.  This shit works so well for me.

It seems to me that because this was the diet humans ate for millions of years (greens, and meat right?), that it has to be the most healthy and beneficial diet for us.  It's the way we were made to eat?  Am I right about that?  I've read all these articles, and seen documentaries that explain how saturated fat is actually healthy, and that cultures around the world that eat high fat/protein, low carb are lean, and healthy.

If we were all animals in an extraterrestrial zoo, would our diet not be meats and greens?  ;D

http://www.menshealth.com/health/saturated-fat

Opinions on this?

Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Shockwave on May 27, 2012, 11:05:22 AM
Carbs are pushed, IMHO, cause theyre easily synthesized and sustainable.
Meat, is not.

IMHO, its the quality of the meat and the kinds that matter.
I like carbs, but theyre overrated.

However, I feel like dogshit when I dont eat carbs for more than a couple days at a time.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 11:07:25 AM
Carbs are pushed, IMHO, cause theyre easily synthesized and sustainable.
Meat, is not.

I think you're right, I was reading about that study in the 40's or 50's about the seven nations and Japan having the lowest rate of heart disease and how that unscientifically lead to the government recommending a diet low in fat and high in grain.  I wonder if that was an effort to push these cheap processed foods.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Borracho on May 27, 2012, 11:23:22 AM
Non essential nutrient but man do they taste good. Also, try training for a while without any carbs...not the same(sucks).
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: smoothasf on May 27, 2012, 11:41:14 AM
Just eat non processed foods. There are plenty of natural carbs  but there's much less because they aren't processed.  meats veg  nuts fruit. Its all good. Start eating processed meats pasta sugar cake and your fat.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Papper on May 27, 2012, 11:48:13 AM
First, I can go completely zero carb (10g's a day?) and I feel great, more energy, no cravings after the second or third day.  This shit works so well for me.

It seems to me that because this was the diet humans ate for millions of years (greens, and meat right?), that it has to be the most healthy and beneficial diet for us.  It's the way we were made to eat?  Am I right about that?  I've read all these articles, and seen documentaries that explain how saturated fat is actually healthy, and that cultures around the world that eat high fat/protein, low carb are lean, and healthy.

If we were all animals in an extraterrestrial zoo, would our diet not be meats and greens?  ;D

http://www.menshealth.com/health/saturated-fat

Opinions on this?



Yes! You are correct, not missing anything. I have realized this too.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 11:48:35 AM
Just eat non processed foods. There are plenty of natural carbs  but there's much less because they aren't processed.  meats veg  nuts fruit. Its all good. Start eating processed meats pasta sugar cake and your fat.

That's what I do generally but right now I'm really working on losing fat.


Am I wrong though, in my logic that low/no carb is the best diet for humans, and that we evolved on that diet?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 11:50:43 AM
Yes! You are correct, not missing anything. I have realized this too.

Thanks, that's what I was looking for!  8)

Also, on this diet my face gets so fucking clear and healthy looking.  I believe acne wasn't as much of an issue a long time ago.  Is Acne a side effect of all these carbohydrates?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 11:56:53 AM
I wonder just how many carbs humans millions of years ago were eating?  How many tree leaves does it take to equal 100grams or 200 grams or 500 grams a day? And is there carbs in insects? And when they got there hands on some fruit trees, how long before they end up being type II diabetics?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 12:01:22 PM
I wonder just how many carbs humans millions of years ago were eating?  How many tree leaves does it take to equal 100grams or 200 grams or 500 grams a day? And is there carbs in insects? And when they got there hands on some fruit trees, how long before they end up being type II diabetics?

This would be like us feeding Lions and Tigers bread and cereal and claiming that it's more healthy for them than what they eat in the wild.

Unless I'm missing something, humans probably didn't exceed 40g carbs per day for millions of years, and suddenly their eating 300g's a day and some claim that it's more healthy?

???
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 12:11:54 PM
http://historyofeating.umwblogs.org/diets-low-fat-or-low-carbohydrate/
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 12:15:08 PM


Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: hrspwr on May 27, 2012, 01:13:12 PM
Its easier to feed millions of people with highly processed foods that are shelf stable. Fucking monsanto has a huge interest in making sure you eat your god damn doritos.

 
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: True on May 27, 2012, 01:33:02 PM
I cant wait to go on a low carb diet again. It really makes wonders for your body along with weight training and cardio. The body loves every minute of what your doing to it. Carbs are known for providing the body energy, but the funny thing is - after you`ve been on a diet for a while, eating carbs again actually makes you feel more lazy, and it takes longer for the body to restore itself after training sessions. Thats one major plus during a diet, you are able to recover much faster. :)
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: calfzilla on May 27, 2012, 01:36:38 PM
Ketosis is great many awesome benefits. Biggest one for me is sleep. I sleep my 8 hrs at night then get up full of energy and never really want a nap till it's bed time again. When eating carbs I am constantly tired and even wake up tired.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: 240 is Back on May 27, 2012, 01:41:13 PM
mcgriddles are awesome.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: TrapsMcLats on May 27, 2012, 04:02:58 PM
Just eat non processed foods. There are plenty of natural carbs  but there's much less because they aren't processed.  meats veg  nuts fruit. Its all good. Start eating processed meats pasta sugar cake and your fat.

yup, i eat carbs, but only stuff like veggies and sweet potatoes.  oats are as processed as i get. 
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 05:58:18 PM
This would be like us feeding Lions and Tigers bread and cereal and claiming that it's more healthy for them than what they eat in the wild.

Unless I'm missing something, humans probably didn't exceed 40g carbs per day for millions of years, and suddenly their eating 300g's a day and some claim that it's more healthy?

???

Am I missing something? Are you saying carbs didn't exist millions of years ago? What do you think happened to the first human who came across a gross of apple trees? He probably lived his whole life right around those trees eating as much as he could until they were all gone. Are you saying he would only eat one or two apples a day so he didn't exceed 40grams of carbs a day? lol
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 06:06:02 PM
Am I missing something? Are you saying carbs didn't exist millions of years ago? What do you think happened to the first human who came across a gross of apple trees? He probably lived his whole life right around those trees eating as much as he could until they were all gone. Are you saying he would only eat one or two apples a day so he didn't exceed 40grams of carbs a day? lol

If every single waking moment of your life was to find and eat food, there's no way you would be eating low carbs. And by low, i'm going by under 50grams.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 10:30:43 PM
First of all, we're about 100-200 thousand years old as a species, not millions. But your point is still well taken: we'd have been hunter-gatherers for the overwhelming majority of that time and only recently did we settle down, begin domesticating plants and various crops, and begin mass producing carbohydrates. There was much more fat and protein on the menu during those early years, probably.



Why don't gorilla's eat a shit load of fat and protein? These things are massive and eat a shit load of vegetation etc. Is it possible that we too did the same thing?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 10:32:23 PM
First of all, we're about 100-200 thousand years old as a species, not millions. But your point is still well taken: we'd have been hunter-gatherers for the overwhelming majority of that time and only recently did we settle down, begin domesticating plants and various crops, and begin mass producing carbohydrates. There was much more fat and protein on the menu during those early years, probably.



There may be a space ship on the moon that dates us back over a billion years, but Semitics ;)
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - A I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 27, 2012, 10:43:05 PM
Am I missing something? Are you saying carbs didn't exist millions of years ago? What do you think happened to the first human who came across a gross of apple trees? He probably lived his whole life right around those trees eating as much as he could until they were all gone. Are you saying he would only eat one or two apples a day so he didn't exceed 40grams of carbs a day? lol

As far as I know, fruit was generally few and far between. Primitive man couldn't eat fruit everyday.  I don't believe the wild fruit was as rich as our modern day fruit that's been selectively bred either.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - A I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 27, 2012, 10:52:32 PM
As far as I know, fruit was generally few and far between. Primitive man couldn't eat fruit everyday.  I don't believe the wild fruit was as rich as our modern day fruit that's been selectively bred either.

you may be right...But I personally don't believe anything written about primitive man or even 3/4 of our own history dating back just a thousand years. To me, it only makes sense that we would start out as vegans and  our first real protein would come from insects. As we watched other animals kill each other, we would most likely eat the scraps until we honed our skills to eat animals.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: TRIX on May 27, 2012, 11:42:50 PM
we eat whatever the fuck we wanna eat

you can eat tofu and lettuce and live longer probably

or you could eat whatever, enjoy yourself but lose a few years

Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Papper on May 28, 2012, 05:02:05 AM
Fruit is ok. If you eat like a caveman you probably ate your ecological apples with the peel and in self regulated doses. It's the excess of carbs like in apple juice that is not natural. And worse is the carbs from pasta and bread. And even worse is the added sugar in everything manufactored.
It adds up.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: BigCyp on May 28, 2012, 05:08:55 AM
We were created around 6000 years ago, and didn't need to eat meat until we were thrown out of the garden of Eden by God for eating..............Frui t! (that's a carb by the way).

So all this Paleo diet crap, though interesting and quite tasty is a fantasy.

However, I do recommend a low carb, medium fat, high protein diet for 2012  ;D
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: calfzilla on May 28, 2012, 05:12:31 AM
We were created around 6000 years ago, and didn't need to eat meat until we were thrown out of the garden of Eden by God for eating..............Frui t! (that's a carb by the way).

So all this Paleo diet crap, though interesting and quite tasty is a fantasy.

However, I do recommend a low carb, medium fat, high protein diet for 2012  ;D

Not sure if serious.

You do know there is no such thing as god right?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: BigCyp on May 28, 2012, 05:27:23 AM
Not sure if serious.

You do know there is no such thing as god right?

Wow really? Was that in the paper or something....

Did they prove the evolution 'theory' then?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Krankenstein on May 28, 2012, 05:59:57 AM
Oh, that's right. Well, the paleo diet still wins out in this case because God clearly disapproved of our carb consumption.

Maybe the snake is a more of a phallic symbol...and the fruit is the 'fruit of passion'....
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: che on May 28, 2012, 06:03:20 AM


You do know there is no such thing as god right?

How do you know ?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: BigCyp on May 28, 2012, 06:19:05 AM
Oh, that's right. Well, the paleo diet still wins out in this case because God clearly disapproved of our carb consumption.

Maybe the fruit of knowledge was too high on the Glycemin index  ;D
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: viking1 on May 28, 2012, 06:57:32 AM
Maybe the snake is a more of a phallic symbol...and the fruit is the 'fruit of passion'....

"Eat the fruit, and Kiss the snake goodnight..."          Soundgarden
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Figo on May 28, 2012, 08:46:12 AM
So to recap

Apples are out, meat is good
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Krankenstein on May 28, 2012, 08:59:58 AM
So to recap

Apples are out, meat is good

Applewood smoked bacon is ok?  Soooooooooooooooo confused.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Samourai Pizzacat on May 28, 2012, 09:05:53 AM
Don't forget prehistoric people ate roots, just as we do today, it was a large and very dependable portion of their diet, unlike proteïn (bad hunt, no meat).
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: True on May 28, 2012, 09:12:23 AM
So to recap

Apples are out, meat is good

There is nothing in or out other than kcal in and out... Thats whats plays the role in all kinds of diet, not what your eating...
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Figo on May 28, 2012, 09:42:44 AM
There is nothing in or out other than kcal in and out... Thats whats plays the role in all kinds of diet, not what your eating...

Yes I know

I can eat only twinkies dipped in lard, but as long as it below maintenance, I'm good
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 28, 2012, 09:54:23 AM
Maybe the snake is a more of a phallic symbol...and the fruit is the 'fruit of passion'....

I'm thinking that the fruit was in fact a mushroom
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: The Abdominal Snoman on May 28, 2012, 09:55:47 AM
How do you know ?

God said so
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: NYSTATEOFMIND on May 28, 2012, 10:00:44 AM
Palumbo would be so proud

(https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOCKsEzlfuNIRxJRtpDuQ4eoD1bOCxncAaghQzmEfAyfliNv_g)
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: DroppingPlates on May 28, 2012, 10:04:16 AM
Where's Wes with his great article about carb cycling?
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Shockwave on May 28, 2012, 10:21:41 AM
Yes I know

I can eat only twinkies dipped in lard, but as long as it below maintenance, I'm good
Zing.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - A I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 28, 2012, 12:08:40 PM
you may be right...But I personally don't believe anything written about primitive man or even 3/4 of our own history dating back just a thousand years. To me, it only makes sense that we would start out as vegans and  our first real protein would come from insects. As we watched other animals kill each other, we would most likely eat the scraps until we honed our skills to eat animals.

I think the link I posted said that people were scavengers and ate scraps.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Roger Bacon on May 28, 2012, 12:09:29 PM
We were created around 6000 years ago, and didn't need to eat meat until we were thrown out of the garden of Eden by God for eating..............Frui t! (that's a carb by the way).

So all this Paleo diet crap, though interesting and quite tasty is a fantasy.

However, I do recommend a low carb, medium fat, high protein diet for 2012  ;D

Good post!  8)
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: SweetMuscles on May 28, 2012, 12:23:24 PM
 Also, the animals we ate back then were also fighting for survival and not the drugged, overfed, under exercised animals of today. The meat was a lot leaner and more sinewy.
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Borracho on May 28, 2012, 01:00:31 PM
I'm thinking that the fruit was in fact a mushroom

Could've been...

Also, there must be a reason why Hindus worship cows. What grows on cow shit?

(http://www.erowid.org/library/books_online/magic_mushrooms_aunz/images/psilocybe_cubensis14_sm.jpg)
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Krankenstein on May 28, 2012, 01:18:26 PM
Could've been...

Also, there must be a reason why Hindus worship cows. What grows on cow shit?


I think you are missing the 'mushroom' reference....think "mushroom head"
Title: Re: Low Carb Logic - Am I missing somthing here?
Post by: Borracho on May 28, 2012, 01:23:02 PM
I think you are missing the 'mushroom' reference....think "mushroom head"

No, I got it...just rather talk about drugs than carbohydrates, hebrews, or penises.  :P