Eating Disord Improvements (Was Re: Determining optimum basic diet from scratch)

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> I didn't really read the book, I just looked through it at a few

> things. It advocates limiting carbs to about 72 g/day and eating

more

> fat. It's positive about saturated fat. It also talks like this is

> good for everyone. Is it? I don't know. If different people have

> different needs, how can it be? It's a question I'm looking for

> answers to--how and why people vary in their dietary needs, and

> whether people have greatly differing macronutrient needs, a la

> metabolic typing or similar paradigms.

>

> As for losing appetite, this is something that, according to the

book,

> happens to THIN people. On the other hand, to quote from it, " Obese

> patients generally experience no negative consequences after

changing

> to a low-carb nutritional program. They usually enjoy a good

appetite

> and are pleased that they are losing weight in spite of eating

plenty

> of food. " From what I can see, the authors are saying that the

> difference is because " Generally, thin individuals are driven to eat

> by low blood sugar,not by a general hunger " . Why that should be the

> case for the thin and not the fat, I don't know, but I didn't read

the

> whole book.

>

> So as to your problem, I guess the authors would ask, how are your

> carb levels, and your fat levels? When you decrease eating, are you

> decreasing everything, or just carbs? And if you decrease carbs,

are

> you getting enough fat? In my case, getting enough fat is essential

> for me to be able to keep my carbs low. But maybe I'm a low-carb

> type, and you might not be. These books rarely talk about people

who

> didn't benefit from their diets.

>

> Rick

>

>Rick, thanks a lot for posting...i think i'd like to read the book.

ttho i am so over-booked! i've read so many books and am reading

more...i'll have to add it to the list! but it sounds like an

important one to read.

thanks again.

laura