--- Todd Moody <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> bit more.  It's 
> interesting that there was more lean muscle loss on
> both the lowcarb and 
> low-fat diets than on the unsaturated fat diet; I
> wouldn't have expected 
> that.  It's also interesting that homocysteine
> increased only on the 
> lowcarb diet.  

Todd, I would love to share this study with my mother,
who is diabetic and is always debating with me about
the healthfulness of low carb and asking for a proper
study.

Problem is, I don't I would share this study with her
because of the poor results with lean muscle and
homocysteine (marker for heart disease).  

Maybe homocysteine is not a good marker for heart
disease after all?  Perhaps bad levels of various
things in the body raise temporarily while the body
heals itself?

I've seen cholesterol raise early on in LC diets which
some people think is a healing reaction - cholesterol
being used to repair the body.  Perhaps it's the same
with homocysteine?

Also I find it very disturbing that so much lean
muscle was lost.  I know some loss is expected from
weight bearing muscle as weight is loss, but I always
thought that low carb diets were protein sparing?

Luv,
Debby
San Jose, CA


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