Low carb living may be the way to go for many people. I am reading The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living by Volekand Phinney. This book is interesting and eye opening! I am discovering many things about my own thinking:
1) I support people with diabetes in following the meal plan that gives them the best results
2) I see how many (if not most) health care professionals have been saying the same things about food for a long, long time and may need to open up a little (or a lot)
3) I’m having a hard time wrapping my head around a high fat meal plan (because it flies in the face of everything I’ve been taught), but I’m open to learning more
4) A low carb lifestyle may truly help a lot of people lose weight and achieve the blood glucose levels and other outcomes they are after
5) We still need better access to affordable, quality produce!
6) For those who do choose to eat carbohydrate, we still need to promote the healthy ones (and healthy protein and fat, too, while we’re at it).
I’m curious to hear others’ thoughts on low carb living. Does it work for you? Are you eating a high fat meal plan, and if so, how is that working in terms of food choices, satisfaction, blood fats, cholesterol, etc.? Please share what you’ve experienced or what you’ve heard from others.
I look forward to learning more about this and helping people choose and follow what works best for them. I still believe – with all my heart – that if we do this with a positive attitude, knowing that’s it’s ultimately our choice to decide which meal plan we follow – we will have better outcomes.