Oh, fiber carbs are ok. The sugar carbs to avoid. I take in up to about 20 to 30 carbs a day but no more. The Atkins Diet made me feel horrible but just allowing some carbs and I feel fine.
It sounds a lot like you’re on the Keto diet or maybe a hybrid of it with that low of a per day carb intake.
Did you find yourself going into Ketosis? I’ve done it and it feels like I have an allergy or a cold for a number of days until my body transitioned into being a fat burner rather than a carb/sugar burner.
I shied away from the Keto diet but I think it would be okay for a while then back to a more conventional pyramid of foods which would mean out of ketosis and back into carb burning. I believe there’s a balance to be found somewhere in there. The thing about Keto is it’s a high fat diet but it turns your body into a fat burner so logic tells me the high fat diet is to give the body instant burnable energy while also burning the stored energy (fat). The brown belly fat is the worst they say so the more of that we can get rid of the better.
Good for you PJ!!
The role of dietary fiber is getting a whole lot of attention in both medical and nutrition research. It’s the ‘pre-biotic’ on which pro-biotics feed to do their magic. And it seems like magic when you learn that around 70% of our immune system is generated by molecules produced by the microbiome in the gut.
Indigestible dietary fiber plays that role, and if you’re limiting carbs you don’t want to be eliminating dietary fiber as well. Avoiding or even eliminating simple carbs is probably a fine idea, even a necessary idea if you’re dealing with high blood sugar. But avoiding complex carbs isn’t wise. In fact long term I’d say it’s a very bad idea.
Some age related illnesses could be worsened by chronic low grade inflammation. Animal proteins and fats are known to induce an inflammatory response. Crohn’s, IBS, some forms of arthritis may connected to this. And possibly hypertension. By contrast some food plants are known to have anti-inflammatory properties. Plants with phytochemicals. And the (inedible) kale plant among other cruciferous vegetables.