Interesting Article About Carbs

http://blog.lef.org/2012/01/proof-carbs-good-for-you.html

Thanks for sharing Keith. Sure wish those researchers would use larger study populations though. With 80 participants you can't help but wonder how well the results translate across the board. With that said, I'm all on board for a whole food diet with room for complex carbs.

Yeah, I didn't think it was terribly scientific as much as the interesting claims they were making. I am interested in investigating these claims futher however. I think there may be something to them. I know when I consume slow digesting carbs I do not experience trigger symptoms. The few times I have felt triggered by something healthy that I ate I came to find out later there was some simple sugar or high glycemic ingredient.

As I plan to transition back to a vegan-vegetarian diet after my weight loss period, I'm hoping that the complex carbs of which I want to be eating won't trigger a binge.  I'll only know after trial and error.  It will probably be a percentage of calories that I'll be able to get from complex carbs that will make the difference for me.  In the mean time, I get in as many veggies as I can and still get my protein in.  Some days that's almost none, but others I have quite a bit.  I find that veggies go down pretty easily.

Jane

I will be one year out in a couple of weeks and my personal experience is that complex carbs do not trigger me in the least. That being said, things like whole wheat bread often have sugar added because it activates the yeast, so be careful how you test the trigger theory. For me, particularly when I workout, complex carbs help me recover. I can tell a big difference when I eat some brown rice or oatmeal on heavy workout days. I think the key is low glycemic load. This keeps insulin levels down and blood sugar stabile. That is the key to not getting triggered.

I read up to the point where Dr. Smith included quinoa as a whole "grain". I dunno some kinda internal switch just turns OFF when I read  that  from some website.   Quinoa and amaranth are staples in my diet  Im a ferocious mama bear protectin my cub child lol 

THEY ARE SEEDS!! ....They are NOT grains. They are NOT from grasses/"cereal" grasses. They are a complete protein with Omega 3s. They do not have the poor nutritional profile that grains like corn, wheat , rye others have. They do not lose their amino acids NOR essential fatty acids thru cooking.

Nor are they GMO like over 90% of USA grain -corn is   (soy too)

Nor do they contain/exceed safe arsensic levels in many brands of  USA grown grains that-  brown and white rice ...has ,-)

                                                                    Quinoa

                                                          Quinoa seed vs grain

I do see a lot of people compare Quinoa to grains. I believe all grains are also seeds, particularly wheat, corn, rye. I am not sure exactly what distinguishes a grain from a seed. The article itself was not particularly scientific, but I think the findings are worth following up on.

I like quinoa, but I have had some trouble flavoring it. I enjoy it more when I boil it in beef, chicken, or vegetable broth but the other day I bought a box of "wild mushroom" organic quinoa. First it wasn't cheap and second it tasted like unflavored quinoa. I have tried it with black beans. I am ok with the flavor plain most of the time, but once in a while I would like to switch it up and get some flavor in it.

I guess it's a bad sign that I've never tried most of these things on the list. I don't even know what a few of them are. Time to do my research once again!...

Most if not all of these are available in the bulk section of Whole Foods. Amaranth is pretty good. If you pick of some Ezekial bread or cereal, it contains most of these.

Thank you!~