Re: Carbs encourage over-eating

this "study" was done on
*10*
*obese*
people *with diabetes*.

.... I hope you won't call this representative.

"TC" <tunderbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Carbs encourage over-eating
>
> Diabetes patients on low-carbohydrate diet eat less and lose weight
>
> Which would you eat after a three-course meal -- a slice of apple pie
> or a pork chop? Probably the apple pie, according to the author of a
> recent study claiming carbohydrate-rich foods induce people to push the
> boundaries of their optimal eating habits.
> "Most people, by the time they get to dessert, don't need anything.
> They are satisfied," says Dr. Guenther Boden of Temple University in
> Philadelphia. "But then comes dessert and you eat another 500 to 600
> calories."
>
> Boden and his colleagues investigated the eating habits of 10 obese
> people with diabetes. When participants went on a two-week
> ultra-low-carbohydrate diet, they spontaneously ate less.
>
> "Taking away the carbohydrates eliminated their excess appetite," Boden
> says. "Or, if you want to turn it around, you could say it's the
> carbohydrates that induce you -- and seduce you -- to eat more than you
> really need."
>
> During a one-week period when participants were allowed to eat whatever
> they wanted, the group consumed an average of 300 grams of
> carbohydrates and 3,100 calories each day. In the following two-week
> period -- when daily carbohydrate intake was reduced to 21 grams (about
> two-thirds of a cup of cooked pasta) -- the same patients consumed an
> average of 2,100 calories each day.
>
>
> "It turned out that for their height, 2,100 calories was exactly what
> they were supposed to eat," Boden says. "You cut out the carbohydrates
> and your body reverts back to the fuel intake it really needs."
> Patients were allowed to eat as much as they wanted from any other food
> group, but they didn't appear to compensate for the carb loss by
> substituting fats or protein.
>
> Study patients lost an average of 1.65 kilograms over the course of the
> low-carb portion of the study, which could be completely accounted for
> by the reduction in calorie intake.
>
> The case for cutting carbs is bolstered by an absence of evidence that
> the drastic diet has negative side-effects, Boden says. Despite
> concerns that a diet high in fat and protein would lead to increased
> risks of heart disease and stroke, long-term data on the subject hasn't
> materialized. "So far, no adverse effects have shown up."
>
> But that doesn't mean they won't, says Sharon Zeiler, senior manager of
> nutrition initiatives and strategies at the Canadian Diabetes
> Association. "A lot of the foods with high carbohydrates are the most
> nutrient dense. It's really a concern that (dieters) could become
> depleted of nutrients."
>
> With files from The Medical Post.
>
> --
>
> TC
>


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