Mood Improves On Low-Fat, But Not Low-Carb, Diet Plan

[HuckleB]

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170428.php

"After one year, a low-calorie, low-fat diet appears more beneficial to dieters' mood than a low-carbohydrate plan with the same number of calories, according to a report in the November 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

Obese individuals who lose weight tend to have an improved psychological state, including a better mood, according to background information in the article. "Despite the consistency of official recommendations advocating a high-carbohydrate, low-fat, energy-restricted diet for obesity treatment, the obesity epidemic has led to widespread interest in alternative dietary patterns for weight management, including very low-carbohydrate 'ketogenic' diets that are typically high in protein and fat (particularly saturated fat)," the authors write. "While recent clinical studies have shown that low-carbohydrate diets can be an effective alternative dietary approach for weight loss, their long-term effects on psychological function, including mood and cognition, have been poorly studied."

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I wouldn't call these findings unexpected, but it's good information.

[paulsby]

1. i used to be a personal trainer (part time)

and just anecdotally speaking, people seemed a lot more grouchy on keto diets, than other types. so, the study matches my experience.

it was kind of a running joke, actually - bad breath, grouchiness, and a strange obsession with bread, were all present in keto dieters.

[Schema Thing]

3. Oddly, lion trainers say the same thing about their charges.

Few people realize just how much a big cat loves a good sourdough.

[paulsby]

4. i did not know that

my cat likes gouda.

it's the smoky flavor, i think.

[tabatha]

2. I think it is a delicate balance between low-fat and low-carb.

Serotonin is the good mood hormone.

"There are many ways serotonin levels can be increased, many due to diet. An increase in the ratio of tryptophan to phenylalanine and leucine will increase serotonin levels. Fruits with a good ratio include dates, papaya and banana. Foods with a lower ratio inhibit the production of serotonin. These include whole wheat and rye bread.<60>"

"Research also suggests that eating a diet rich in whole grain carbohydrates and low in protein will increase serotonin by secreting insulin, which helps in amino acid competition.<62> However, increasing insulin for a long period of time can sometimes onset insulin resistance, which is related to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and lower serotonin levels. It is also believed that muscles use many of the amino acids except tryptophan, allowing men to have more serotonin than women.<63> Bright light therapy may have an effect on blood serotonin levels.<64> A similar effect is obtained by spending more time in natural sunlight.<65> Recently, acupuncture has been shown to stimulate the release of serotonin in lab animals.<66>"

[paulsby]

5. your science is strong grasshopper

and ime it (like many aspects of mood and diet tolerance) is very individually variable. some people THRIVE on a ketogenic diet. other people walk around, like the dead reanimated.

fwiw, i also have known a few bodybuilders who use insulin. it's dangerous if misused, but they will take it IMMEDIATELY after working out, and the theory is that it helps shuttle glycogen back into the muscles etc. more quickly.

of course if you take too much, or don't get sugah in yer body--- you can die

[tabatha]

6. I am not sure of some of what you said.

However, the quotes were from wiki.

[paulsby]

7. i use the term

keto diet or ketogenic diet mainly because a friend of mine literally wrote the book on it.

much later, a guy started popularizing the "atkins diet" which IS the ketogenic diet

contrary to popular knowlege, keto diets have been used for many decades before anybody ever heard of atkins. i have a copy of mccallum's old articles from strength and health, for example, where he refers to it as "the definition diet"

[tabatha]

8. I went on the grapefruit diet a long time before the Atkins diet

became popular - it is very similar. And it was the easiest diet I have ever followed.

However, the abundance of eggs was a worry, and also I cannot eat that much grapefruit anymore.

So, I have modified it a little; salmon instead of eggs; sardines instead of bacon.

And, then suddenly one is getting close to the Mediterranean diet with good fats and oils.