The Swedish Low Carb Revolution
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Here it is, black on white, the Swedish low carb revolution.
Avoiding sugar and starch and eating real food (meat, fish, vegetables, butter) instead has become more popular for years. Now the new survey above shows that one in four Swedes follow the LCHF-method! Five percent of Swedes are hard core low carbers. Fantastic. And this is just the beginning of the revolution.
March 30, 2011 at 2:11
I don't get it. Vegetables are carbs. So eating meat, fish, vegetables and butter is essentially eating protein, carbs and fat. What's so low-carb about that?
If you are saying that the low-carb 'revolution' means avoiding sugar and starch, isn't that like saying you're cutting out desserts? Or decreasing calories by eliminating sweets (cakes, cookies, etc.)? That old school dieting, page one of the 'reduce your calories' by giving up sweets diet!
March 30, 2011 at 2:50
Kate,
Very Low Carb doesn't mean NO carbs. Sources of carbs also matter. Maybe you should just do more reading before posting. Here's a website that may interest you.
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=low+carb+diets
March 30, 2011 at 7:07
Kate,
There are almost no carbs in vegetables. You could eat a whole plate full of vegetables with every meal and still stay under 20 grams of carbs a day – very low carb.
Avoiding starch means avoiding bread, rice, pasta and potatoes.
March 30, 2011 at 9:34
Go Sweden, I hope more countries catch on too. Let the revolution begin.
For tasty LCHF recipes: http://frecklesfood.blogspot.com/
May 8, 2011 at 5:57
Thank you for your lecture on the low-carb cruise.
You managed to give me hope for the future of our civilization...in that if the results from Sweden become overwhelming, the American Medical establishment might actually pay attention and buck the pharmaceudical companies and advocate a healthy lifestyle.
May 8, 2011 at 16:32
Thanks Denise! There is definitely hope – it's just a question of how long it's going to take and how many people that has to get fat and sick before it happens.
May 13, 2011 at 3:49
Kate, I've logged myself eating up to 2900 calories a day before (kilocalories for our Swedish doctor friend) and still losing weight. I've also logged myself eating fewer than 2000 calories a day with my weight not budging.
I don't think calories move in and out of the body the way The Experts(tm) say they do.
Try an experiment: log how much you eat for a month, then eat the same thing the following month but with all the starch and sugar calories replaced with butter and coconut oil. Let us know what happens.