Larry Scot is a fitness expert. He earned the titles of Mr. America, Mr. Universe, and was the first Mr. Olympia back in the sixties. He is still active and still built like a body builder, although not like he was back in the sixties when he earned those titles. In addition, he was trainer to Arnold Schwarzenegger in his early career, working his way up through those titles. Also, he has just received a lifetime achievement award for his work in fitness.
Larry Scott provides corespondance training to personal trainers, eventually certifying them. In that training is instruction to finding your personal best carbohydrate/protein ratio. Perhaps he can be convinced to share that secret with us diabetics. (Certainly, someone with your reputation and experience would be more able to convince him that someone like me.)
His web site is at: http://www.larryscott.com/bio/index.cfm
I think there are a few things we want to remember about carbs:
1. We need to choose nutritionally beneficial carbs---for example, fresh fruits, 100% whole wheat items, potatoes with skin, brown rice and pastas etc.
2. We need to be consistant about our intake. Shooting for possibly 30 grams of carbs at each meal and 15 at each snack. Rather than 60 at one meal and then only 10 at another.
3. Remember that the brain does need 130 grams of carbs per day for healthy function.
I love this topic and would be happy to talk more about it.
Joanne Rinker MS, RD, CDE, LDN
I am a diabetes coach for www.fit4d.com
1. The brain does NOT need 130 g carb per day. There are no essential carbohydrates. There are essential amino acids and essential fatty acids.
If you run out of energy on a low carb diet then you aren't eating enough fat.
2. As far as the protein/fat balance, google "rabbit starvation." Low fat is a bad idea.
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On the basis of an unpublished study about a hormone that we don't fully understand you are going to eat less fat?
I regularly lose weight eating 75%-80% of my calories as fat. And my appetite is definitely supressed. I don't much care what this study says, a high fat meal makes me full very quickly.