First, to answer all the questions regarding my situation, though I what I was really looking for was a discussion of "you need carbs (and my thought here was 60 to 100 per day)" or not.
Malcolm, you bring up the good point that liver has Vitamin C. But who the heck wants to eat liver?
Sona, I didn't look up when I started talking about BFFM, but my Fitday started the "new" levels on the 23rd, so it has been 10 days. I was planning on shooting for 116 carbs on most days and then bumping it up to 200 once or twice a week, as recommended. The highest I eer got was 96. And although I didn't enter my numbers every single day of the past 10 days, I averaged 1633 calories, 77 grams fat, 70 grams carbs, 146 grams protein (so I wasn't
too far off on my guestimates).
And true, I shouldn't have said that some people say LC eating causes thyroid problems, but that it
could. I do have a problem with people citing things as cause-and-effect when no such exact relationship exists.
And you mentioned that I'm looking for a reason for my gaining trend, but again, that isn't the intent of this thread. I just mentioned my recent history as a way of getting into the subject.
And you're right, of course, in that no one thing will work for everyone. I didn't mean to whine in this thread. Just looking for peoples' opinions.
Deirdra, yes I'm of "that age" (turned 50 this year), so it could be the menopause thingy. I've been on BC pills full-time (no placebos, no periods) for about 4 or 5 years now. So, yes, that could have something to do with it as well.
I've tried about every combination of ratios, cycling, etc. there is. I'll just keep plugging along.
Really, I'm not looking for answers to my current situation here.
That said, up until the past several months, I've done very well on low carbs. I don't believe I've been on very low carbs every single day for the past 6 years. If I were, I'd probably be closer to 136 than 166 today. (Or, make that 168, since I've gained another 2 pounds in the past 10 days.)
Good discussion, though.
I'm just surprised to find that if so many people are being diagnosed with hypothyroid problems from eating LC (and there are certainly a LOT of them), why wouldn't the Eades have put some kind of caveat or warning OR AT LEAST MENTION it in one of their first two books?
And, then does this mean that a significant number of our paleo ancestors were hypoT because they ate low carb?
I mean, if eating low carb were so natural (and I believe it is, don't get me wrong), then why the heck are so many people getting sick from it?
Again, the cause-and-effect thing. Sorry. I don't even like it when people say that smoking causes cancer. It CAN cause cancer. Plenty of smokers die of plenty of other things and never get cancer. (BTW, I'm not a smoker nor do I advocate smoking. Just saying.)