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Originally Posted by psjones
That takes A LOT of extra protein and is an on-demand process. This is not emerging science.
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Ummm.... no it doesn't take A LOT of extra protein in everyone. Too much protein very easily kicks me out of ketosis.
Look, some people can handle 100 g of carbs a day and they lose weight and it is low carb for them.
I need to keep my carbs under 20 g ... and preferably 10 to be effective.
Not everyone is the same. Yes, this is an emerging science. It is why there are low carb conferences gathering scientists in many places at many times of the year every year.
William Banting, an obses UK undertaker is the first person known to popularize the low carb way in the mid 1800's. He began to follow the woe based on advice given to him by a doctor who had heard lectures in France given by Claude Bernard. Banting wrote '
Letter on Corpulence, Addressed to the Public' to promote the diet.
The woe never really took off until Dr. Atkins. And he was criticized by main stream science.
The Dr. Atkins woe has since been refined.
And there is tremendous work being done to make the woe more well known and to explore it more.
Gary Taubes investigative science journalist's work has helped raise awareness.
He works with NUSI, the Nutrition Science Initiative.
Drs. Phinney and Volek are at work in the field of low carb and performance enhancement.
Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt is at work in Sweden.
Dr. Timothy Noakes just faced court litigation in South African by opposing scientists (nutritionists, doctors) who are threatened by the fact that this new emerging field of science is threatening old dogma.
Our current food guidelines are based on the bad science of Dr. Ancel Keyes who named fat instead of sugar as the culprit in poor health.
If this were not an emerging field of science, we would not be struggling internationally to have food guides changed, to have doctors come on board, to have many, many more people helped by this woe.
There are so many more doors to be opened, so much more to learn, and so many more people who still need to see the light.