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The Truth About Low-Protein, High-Carb Diets and Brain Aging

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A low protein, high carb diet is how I got type 2 diabetes at age 30. This article isn’t just wrong, it is dangerous. Lower your carb intake folks. You don’t have to be extreme or anything. 45 grams of carbs or less per meal is a good barometer for everyone.

Lowering carb is a good idea but I think that the type of carb matters.

If it’s pure sugar (a soda) I’d say 45grams it definitely an upper limit to never overshoot.

If it’s home cooked pasta 100g at lunch won’t do you any harm depending on what you serve it with.

Especially if you start avoiding all carbs at dinner, which is not a bad idea, having some carbs at lunch in the form of pasta or bread (but halving the dose) will keep your metabolism spinning.

Keep in mind I am Italian so when I say pasta or bread I am talking about prepared food so no macaroni and cheese or garlic bread (FWIW, as benchmark, do not eat at olive’s garden. If I have to indulge in junk food macdonalds better)

Seeing studies like this publicized constantly, it's hard to take nutrition science seriously. I know bad journalism is partly to blame though. All this affirms is that we still know nothing really.

Someone should make a matrix of all possible high-X-low-Y diet combinations and fill each cell with research studies claiming that said diet is good for you.

The author makes a huge blunder when citing a pubmed article that argues dairy products are beneficial for glucose/diabetes control and in the next paragraph suggest that one should limit dairy because it hurts glucose/diabetes. Makes me question all the article too.

> Makes me question all the article too

This is the correct position to take regardless.

Solid closing line - "The unfortunate truth is that this study was simply not designed in a way that can tell you anything about human diets, meat, or how much protein or carbohydrate you should eat."

This article isn't very convincing. Personally I recommend the books and videos by Dr. Jason Fung. (https://twitter.com/drjasonfung) If you are obese it is remarkably easy to become depressed and anxious. Especially if you aren't getting exercise because your energy level is so low.

The remarkable thing about Dr. Fung's lectures is he lays down the exact mechanisms which cause obesity. About how insulin resistance leads to reduced ability to utilize body fat. Then about why caloric restriction doesn't work due to the unavailability of fat and reduced metabolic activity. He isn't basing it off empirical work but a detailed study of the endocrine system.

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