Interesting article especially with my background. I worked as a part time research assistant while going to university for another university's agricultural research station with my salary paid for by a major sugar company. As now, I then commuted by bicycle to work, school, and everywhere!
So I thought I was helping with let's say energy research. You know, I need to bike 20 miles so eat sugar. So I ate lots of sugar in many forms. And with my work I was helping everyone who needed calories, right?
But then I signed up for a class titled Government Regulations in Agriculture. It was interesting, and taught by a respected researcher. Part of the class requirements was to do a paper that involved food industry regulations. Hey, I worked for a government agency and my salary was paid for by a still major player in the food industry assisting in sugar research. So I thought this was an easy A!
Turned in my paper, was all smiles
. After I got my paper back the professor's notes in red ink said NEVER say anything negative about your product. You'll be working for the food industry and want to sell!
I had quoted not just research that backed up my thesis, but included research that found negative results. Bad me, got a C.
Never worked in the food industry.
Flash forward from 1981 to 2016. I've followed this thread from its beginning with much interest because since retiring from my last job and now employed in a sitting type job had gained 20 pounds in two years!
I was already low fat eater, so the next area to cut was carbs and sugar. No, I craved both! It was the energy that kept me spinning those pedals, right? I cut out sugar quickly, but the whole grain carbs took me years to slowly reduce. When this thread started I was down 10 pounds and was happy with my progress. Eating only one slice of whole grain bread daily, maybe twice weekly whole grain pasta, lots of veggies, and lots of fruits.
Eat fat this thread said!
Low carbs!
Never! Nutritionists, Doctors, food industry, and USDA say otherwise! But then I remembered my smug professor and my C for that paper so I found a copy of the books referenced early in this thread. Also found book Eat Fat, Get Thin by Mark Hyman, MD
Eat Fat Get Thin supports Voleks books with similar type initial start, maintenance, recipes, as well as discussing medical and genetic tests that may assist with your personal diet, gives recent research references(copyright is 2016), as well as discussion on individual variance with what to watch for since what will work for me may not work for you. This sinched it for me and today I'm back at 145 pounds
, feeling great
, and feeling satiated after eating a variety good fats, lots of above ground veggies, a little less protein, etc.
Another reference is the website dietdoctor.com with intro, program, recipes, good visuals showing major food groups showing how many carbs per 100 grams, problem areas and solutions, etc.
