I missed those recommendations, can you transmit them again?  I've been
planning on upping my activity and would like to increase my carbs.
I've been on a very low carb diet for a long time off and on (years) and
my weight is stable at 155lbs.  (I originally went on it to lose some
weight).  I've been paleoing for years as well but went back to a low
carb diet basically accidentally because I starting become somewhat
allergic to the fruits I was eating.  Recently I've discovered that
cooking the fruit for a short time eliminates the allergic reaction, so
I want to increase my carbs somewhat now that I can...  I want to avoid
the very low carb diet because, although it does help me stay fairly
thin, it makes me tired all the time...  and adding some fruit does not
seem to cause me to gain more than about 5 pounds.  So, I really don't
understand what I need to look out for when I do this...

Erik

On Monday, February 4, 2002, at 12:37 PM, kelly baggett wrote:

> Low carb diets can have either a positive or a negative effect on
> insulin
> sensitivity.  In general a very low carb ketogenic type diet
> dramatically
> hinders insulin sensitivity and leads to rebound hyperinsulinemia when
> one
> goes back to eating carbs. This does give credence to the cyclical
> ketogenic
> diet or Natural Hormonal Enhancement type of diet where one alternates
> periods of low carbs with a day or 2 of periodic carb-ups as the carb up
> period prevents this and prevents thyroid decline.   A carb intake of
> 100-150  quality carb grams per day would, for most people, probably
> improve
> the insulin sensitivity of more than it hinders although this is just a
> guess. However, it's also variable.  In my own case I went through a 2
> month
> period where i averaged 100-150 grams of carbs per day and this intake
> had a
> negative effect on adrenal, thyroid, and insulin sensitivity functions
> as
> measured by blood tests.  But I'm also an athlete and probably handle
> carbs
> and thus need more of them than most.  For people who've been on
> ketogenic
> or low carb diets for very long periods of time the recommendations I
> gave
> earlier work well for coming off.
>
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