Fri, Mar-16-18, 00:26
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,469
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Plan: Banting
Stats: 302/187/187
BF:
Progress: 100%
Location: New Zealand
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My comment is up:
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I have lived half a lifetime's worth of obesity and suffered many of its associated social and physiological consequences along the way. In early 2015 I was at my worst, 302 pounds and chronically inflamed, taking medication for chest pain. Moving was hard, breathing was hard, living was hard.
It was in October of that year - at 291 pounds - that I was recommended a low carb, high fat (LCHF) diet for the first time. I was sceptical to say the least; this would go completely against the official guidelines I'd always been raised to adhere to. But in the state my health was in at that point, what did I have left to lose? So I gave it a shot, with no expectations whatsoever.
Boy, was I in for a surprise. Over the following 15 months I lost another 111 pounds. My chest pain disappeared, I lost 16 inches from my waist, and I even dropped a shoe size. And I did it without any regular exercise beyond simply walking to work, I did it without ever going hungry, and I have so far kept the weight off for over a year. My HbA1c is normal, my blood pressure is normal, and my lipids are great. For the first time in living memory, I am metabolically healthy.
And yet, for all that I am so proud to have accomplished personally, some concerns remain. There are so many others out there who are still where I used to be, trusting in the guidelines to help make them healthy. Well, it appears that for an ever-increasing number of us, that will never happen without certain changes. This is why I am writing in today.
There's certainly something very wrong with the guidelines as they currently stand. In light of my own experience and given the option, I would make them all about LCHF tomorrow. Alternatively, if changing the main body of the guidelines is too hard, why not at least consider a new set of guidelines targeted specifically at those with chronic metabolic conditions like obesity and type 2 diabetes? They all have the same root cause after all: it's called carbs. And it's not like there isn't already some thought being put into particular demographics like children, pregnant women, older people and so on. What's one more?
Attached is a copy of my own personal weight loss success story from dietdoctor.com, and a summary of some of the latest scientific studies I have uncovered - of which there are many - that I hope answers some of the questions posed with regard to low carbohydrate diets and saturated fat consumption.
I urge the USDA and HHS to take this discussion seriously; bring the guidelines up to date, apply today's science, apply what works, and help the people to help themselves, as I have.
Thank you for your consideration.
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The success story is just the same as what's here and on DD, while the science is basically a 4 page collection of highlights from a larger proposal that I've been working on separately these last few weeks.
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