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Old Thu, Oct-05-17, 13:58
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I was on 20 carbs a day for almost a year, switched to 50-ish when my dr. recommended it after going nowhere for months. What is the high-water mark considered "low carb?" Right now I am between 50-55 every day and also low calorie, losing about a pound a week which makes me happy.
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Old Thu, Oct-05-17, 14:58
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Plan: No gluten, CAD
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Good question. Glad you found a way to lose!

I've seen plans like life without bread considered low carb that's about 70 carbs. I think the actual answer is that its a very individual number.
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Old Thu, Oct-05-17, 16:24
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The high-water mark varies from person to person and it sounds like you have found your sweet spot. Mine is 30-35g max and >35g starts making me hungry, thinking about food all the time and craving carbs (which is exactly what led to all my high-carb low-cal diets failing). Eating <30g keeps me on an even keel, losing and maintaining. Others can tolerate ~100g.
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Old Thu, Oct-05-17, 16:28
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Hi. There's no firm number, but IMO, it doesn't have to be ketogenic or induction-level low to be "low."

I'd consider 50 pretty low, especially if you're very active. The Eades of Protein Power had people starting out at 30-40 and increasing (if desired) from there.

Much higher than 70-ish, I'd call it "carb controlled", not necessarily low carb. A lot of paleo folks would fall into that category, for example. A lot of folks in maintenance, too.
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Old Fri, Oct-06-17, 02:45
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In the past I've read that under 100g of carbohydrate intake is considered low carb. Perhaps this is because the average adult was considered to be on 300g per day.
300g carbs! sheesh thatsa whole lotta (junky) food to me lol
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Old Fri, Oct-06-17, 04:49
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Thanks for the good answers. I'm in the right place.
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Old Fri, Oct-06-17, 09:05
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Low-carbohydrate nutrition and metabolism by Eric C Westman, Richard D Feinman, John C Mavropoulos, Mary C Vernon, Jeff S Volek, James A Wortman, William S Yancy, and Stephen D Phinney

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Definition of low-carbohydrate diet

Much of the controversy in the study of LCDs stems from a lack of a clear definition. The rationale of carbohydrate restriction is that, in response to lower glucose availability, changes in insulin and glucagon concentrations will direct the body away from fat storage and toward fat oxidation. There is a suggestion of a threshold effect, which has led to the clinical recommendation of very low concentrations of carbohydrate (<20–50 g/d) in the early stages of popular diets. This typically leads to the presence of measurable ketones in the urine and has been referred to as a very-low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (VLCKD) or a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (LCKD). Potent metabolic effects are seen with such diets but, beyond the threshold response, there appears to be a continuous response to carbohydrate reduction. The nutritional intake of <200 g carbohydrate/d has been called an LCD, but most experts would not consider that to provide the metabolic changes associated with an LCKD. We suggest that LCD refers to a carbohydrate intake in the range of 50–150 g/d, which is above the level of generation of urinary ketones for most people.
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