MrMind comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 1: Mainstream Nutrition Science on Obesity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: MrMind 27 December 2013 08:20:15AM 0 points [-]

There's also some evidence that low-carb diets may have some advantages. in terms of, say, warding off hunger, but the evidence is mixed.

That might be because protein stimulates the production of insulin as much as, if not more, than carbohydrates, and for people who don't have a fucked up grelin/leptin feedback loop, insulin is a powerful appetite suppressant.

Comment author: AspiringRationalist 29 December 2013 11:45:47PM 0 points [-]

Are you stating this as fact or just hypothesizing? If as a fact, do you have a source?

Comment author: MrMind 31 December 2013 12:01:11AM *  0 points [-]

A couple, actually:
- Here for the satiety effect of high protein intake;
- Here as just one of the several example of proteins inducing a high insulin response.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 December 2013 06:17:52PM 0 points [-]

Low carb diets also restrict refined carbs, so people are less likely to bounce their blood sugar.