Wondered where you had disappeared to.
Sorry to see the same tired, overused theories--only this time alleging the credibility of a dr. to support them.
How nice of the doctor to share mainstream (malpractice-safe) opinions. Saying it doesn't make it so. Did the dr. supply the facts upon which the opinion was based? "EVERY single one" could be 1 or 1,000--pretty vague, doncha think? Even doctors disagree about the best eating plans (Atkins, Schwarzbein, Eades, Heller, Berenstein--they're all medical doctors, too!).
Actually, cholesterol may rise for awhile (the good HDL version, that is) on low carb. But the good news is that the bad cholesterol, LDL, drops and so does the triglyceride level. What matters is that the proportions change for the better. I know several people for whom this is true, and they did
not start with good levels, but they have good levels now.
Just stating that "EVERY single one of them had an increase in cholesterol" means very little, if anything at all, without knowing the HDL/LDL/triglyceride piece of the puzzle.
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But please stop spreading the lie that this works for everyone and insist that if it doesn't, it must mean the person isn't "following" the plan correctly.
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No plan works for everyone. Individuals tweak their way of eating to suit them and their health needs, body condition, exercise levels, and tastes. I've never see an experienced LCer ever state that this plan works for everyone.
Plenty of folks on this forum are proof positive that LCing does work. Where are the studies that prove it doesn't work? Oh, that's right,
THERE AREN'T ANY! No matter how hard nutrition experts have tried to refute that low carbing works, the results keep turning up to prove that it does, much to their consternation! Biochemistry is biochemistry.
Who can argue (with a straight face, that is) that avoiding highly refined foods (white flour, potato chips, table sugar, white rice, etc.), using healthy fats (trans-fat-free olive oil, nuts, etc.), eating low GI fruits and eating LOTS of nutrient-dense vegetables is unhealthy? Oh yeah, and adequate amounts of protein.
BTW, it's not a diet--anyone who goes back to the way they used to eat will gain back their former weight--that's how they got there in the first place. Low carbing is a healthy way of eating for life. There's no going back!