Posted on 02/24/2019 9:06:24 AM PST by fireman15
Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A nutrient once thought to be healthy if eaten in abundance may actually cut life short, a new study says.
A low-protein, high-carbohydrate diet has been linked to living longer and maintaining brain health, according to a study published this month in Current Biology.
Eating too much protein, Proud says, can speed up protein synthesis, which quickly causes a build-up of "faulty protein" -- leading to a likelihood of early death. The researchers tested this theory by feeding high protein diets to fruit flies and worms.
"Since this link also operates in humans, our findings show how lower protein consumption could promote longevity in people," Proud said.
However, Proud not only recommends eating less protein but also more carbohydrates, which many have long-associated with an unhealthy diet.
"Carbohydrates get a lot of bad press, especially in relation to dieting, but the key is balance and knowing the difference between 'good' carbs and 'bad' carbs," Proud said.
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Protein is what the body absolutely really needs. But it doesn’t need tons of it. Best diet: protein and fats from healthy animals, fats from clean plant sources too, in small daily quantity, non starchy vegetables in medium quantity, starchy root vegetables in medium quantity, and berries in very small daily quantity. Extras could be some dark chocolate, rice, wine, whatever your fun food is. Condiments kept to a small amount. But each time you open your mouth to eat, or drink, start with protein. Proteins first always. It doesn’t have to be much, but it’s the life and health sustaining part of your diet.
The rules are always changing.
Well this makes sense. Diabetes has numerous health benefits.
Can someone point to an “essential” carb?
Some people can live as vegans, but lots of us cannot. I eat vegan but add meat! Lol. (Keeping kosher means we don’t mix dairy and meat). My MD is an integrative practitioner and he says that his vegans get pretty sick eventually.
Granola is the other one, you might as well be eating a Snickers.
Well, there are a whole lot of vegans out there that are only concerned about animal rights and do not know the first thing about nutrition. These are probably the people your doctor is talking about. Health focused vegans, or “plant-based, whole food” vegans are among the healthiest people in the world. Virtually no heart disease, no diabetes, very low cholesterol levels. Good blood pressure. Like I said, literally the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. You could not pay me to live any other way.
Which is why I refuse to buy that sugary stuff. Bad for me and bad for the kids. I think Yoplait is one of the worst.
Perhaps scientifically true. But in practice, I found that it is the composition of those calories in that make all the difference.
I've been tracking my calorie intake (as well as carbs, fat, protein, and fiber) on a regular basis since 2003. My ideal calorie intake for maintaining an ideal weight of around 200 pounds (I'm 6'3") is about 2,400 a day. However, if I am to be satisfied (not hungry) with 2,400 calories a day, it makes all the difference in how those calories are apportioned between fat, protein and carbs.
I've battled with weight my entire adult life and if I'm hungry, I'm going to eat. I don't think I'm alone in that. So the key to me being "not hungry" on a 2,400 calories a day is to maintain a feeling of fullness. That means a high-fat, low-sugar (carb) diet.
So under this regime, my typical breakfast is two eggs fried in butter with high fat yogurt and blueberries (400 calories). My typical lunch is a salad with nuts, cheese, and a tin sardines packed in olive oil on top. (700 calories). Dinner might be a steak, broccoli, and another salad (about 1,000 calories). The other 300 calories is either two glasses of wine or a couple of low-carb beers. Other than that, it's just black coffee and lots of water. My daily carbs average around 50 net grams (after fiber is subtracted) and added sugar is close to or at zero. I am NEVER hungry so long as I eat three good meals as described above.
With the routine above, I'm almost never hungry and rarely have a need to "snack." Easy to maintain and I have no problems at all with being tempted to eat sweets. For example, I took my wife to the Cheesecake Factory for Valentines Day a week ago and I ordered an omelette (yes, the Cheesecake Factory makes omelettes!). So no matter what restaurant I go to, I can maintain my low-sugar diet. Last night at the Red Robin, I had a wedge burger (no bun) with sauteed mushrooms dumped into a Caesar salad along with a few dry chicken wings for an appetizer. Delicious and filling.
Now when I go off the low-sugar (low-carb) diet, I find my my daily calorie intake quickly shoots to 3,500+ a day (and my carbs shoot up to 250 grams plus). I simply do not have the willpower to stick to 2,400 calories a day when I'm eating a lot of carbs (sugar) - I'm just too damn hungry and I find myself snacking between meals as well.
As soon as I switch back to eliminating added sugar (basically all processed foods, junk foods, pasta, breads and rice), it becomes very easy to stay under 2,400 calories a day and the excess weight starts sliding back off. I also feel much better, have more energy and even my skin improves.
Absolutely correct. Granola is little different than all those breakfast cereals lining the shelves at the supermarket. I avoid that aisle at all costs.
The reason low calorie diets don’t work for long.... hunger. The evidence is they have been around a very long time and Americans are more overweight than ever. Watch old tv shows from the 1950’s and look at the difference. That is how Americans used to look for the most part. I remember.
If we guess or go by what we “think” we can be so wrong. I know Keto is working because of the evidence I can see and feel, and the medical follow up.
If anybody is interested in Keto, watch you tube videos by Dr. Berry. They are eye opening about so many diet and eating rules that we were taught over the years that were just plain wrong.
PS, I make my own yogurt....no sugar. Any sugar in the milk is eaten by the yogurt cultures when processing. It is not sour at all, creamy.
Chocolate diet.
I was going to say bacon
Winner!
And yoplait was worse. I used to eat that stuff all the time because all the dietary studies said “add yogurt”. In fact I’d stick with the low fat yogurt (coz fat is bad mmm’kay) which had MORE sugar!
“I’ve taken to a new mantra (in my head - I may go “public” in the future to friends and family)...SUGAR is POISON”
Agree. Check the labels, almost every food product we buy has added sugar. To be sneaky the names for sugar have been altered such as dextrose etc.
We’ve developed such a taste for sugar that we’ve become sugar addicts. And like most addictive substances, it is a poison.
Carnivore diet is the healthiest diet out there. You can eat all the animal products you want (no milk include organs)# and get all the nutrition the body needs. Veganism is the least healthy diet out there. Its even less healthy than the avg American diet that consists of high fat and high carbs.
I think the biggest factor in health is heredity. There are countless other factors that may or may not contribute to this. Everybody is different and comparing insects to humans is retarded.
One of my favorite lines from “Frasier” was from an episode where he started dieting. When he gained weight, he said “That’s impossible.I’ve added a salad to every meal.”
10 years ago, another study found the exact opposite.
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