The Very High Carb Diet
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Researchers say that people are confused about nutrition for weight loss. Of course we are confused - you cannot help shaking your head in bewilderment when you see the enormous variety of advice out there.
The Bread for Life Diet was released in the US this month, and can only be described as a “very” high carb diet. The press release reports that ???It??™s the diet other publishers didn??™t want to touch because it is so anti-Atkins and South Beach.”
This diet is about bread. Not just a slice or two - but more life a loaf or two. The diet advocates up to 12 slices per day for women and up to 16 slices per day for men. The author (and Registered Dietitian) Olga Raz presents the theory that high-protein diets lead to a drop in serotonin levels, and consumption of carbohydrates, such as bread, lead to higher serotonin levels.
Personally I’m not sure of the exact connection between serotonin levels and weight loss. There is one thing, however, I am sure of, different people react differently to different diets.
For me personally, less than 80 grams of carbohydrate per day leaves me feeling very fatigued and impaired. For others, low carbohydrates do the trick quite well. 16 slices of bread a day seems shocking, and you would have to be very careful of what type of bread you are eating.
On a purely anecdotal note, I once had a friend that ate a lot of toast. Maybe it was a money thing, or maybe it was a lazy thing. Whatever the reason, he started losing weight (without meaning too) . After this he started to eat a more balanced diet - but I suspect that the fiber content in the grainy bread he was eating was actually filling.
Nutrition for weight loss is confusing. We now have diets that cover just about every combination of macro-nutrients you could think of.
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