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Old Wed, Jan-11-17, 14:26
Bonnie OFS Bonnie OFS is offline
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Originally Posted by Zei
If these people are getting "cold, tired and irritable" when cutting down on carbohydrate, what I wonder is are they compensating energy-wise by consuming more healthy fats or just moving toward a calorie-deficient semi-starvation diet? Those symptoms sound like what people doing low calorie low fat diets get, not what people consuming a healthy low-carb high-fat moderate protein diet get. I never feel cold, tired and irritable on a well-formulated ketogenic diet without some obvious non-dieting reason like I'm outside where it's freezing cold, didn't get enough hours of sleep, etc.


When I tried to cut calories I was miserable & cranky. When I finally cut carbs, I felt good. Physically, cutting out sugar & grains was easier than quitting smoking, but mentally just as hard.
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