More, I guess...Newbie questions.

Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no longer
is lypolysis???

Hrmmm...
-V

"Virginia" wrote in message
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Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and
cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no longer
is lypolysis???

Hrmmm...
-V

Another newbie in the Induction phase. My question is similar to
Virginia's: Does my having one very low-carb beer a day thrown me off as
well? I'm way below the 20 grams total carb intake a day. TIA!

Sue--
--Hang Up and Drive--
www.costofwar.com
www.MoveOn.org

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Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no longer
is lypolysis???

If it's not on the list, DON'T EAT IT. If you slip up, get right back on the
wagon and keep going. It's only for two weeks. You can do THAT!

--
Saffire
205/169/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The

P.S. Welcome to the group!

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Saffire
205/169/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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"Virginia" wrote in message
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Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and
cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no longer
is lypolysis???

Hrmmm...
-V

Another newbie in the Induction phase. My question is similar to
Virginia's: Does my having one very low-carb beer a day thrown me off as
well? I'm way below the 20 grams total carb intake a day. TIA!

Same answer :-) If it's not on the list DON'T EAT IT!

Welcome to the group!

--
Saffire
205/169/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

"It's only for two weeks"?

Says who?


"Saffire" wrote in message
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says...
Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of
bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has
it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and
cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no
longer
is lypolysis???

If it's not on the list, DON'T EAT IT. If you slip up, get right back on
the
wagon and keep going. It's only for two weeks. You can do THAT!

--
Saffire
205/169/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

Virginia,

Here are a couple of thoughts of mine on your question. These are only my
thoughts, based upon what I have read in the literature and what I have read
here in this newsgroup. Please, everyone, feel free to correct any of my
errors.

Much about LC eating has been documented and demonstrated, but some evidence
about it is simply suggested by the evidence. For example, millions of
experiences have shown that it works, though some have different ideas about
exactly which aspects of it makes it work. For example, some believe that
weight loss is achieved due to ketosis/lipolysis. Others say that it is the
appetite suppression effect of the diet that achieves weight loss. Some say
both are partially true.

I believe that the prohibition about avoiding carbs not on the "accepted"
list during Induction is both to help you avoid going over 20 grams *and* to
avoid sugar spikes that might be caused by such prohibited foods.

Some people talk about how years of high carb (and poor carb) eating creates
a "learned" condition in the body in which the body overreacts to any and
all carbs, good or bad, resulting in the overproduction of insulin no matter
what you do. Insulin, of course, is complicit in the storing of body fat
(by converting blood sugar to fat). It has also been demonstrated that
one's blood sugar can drop too low after such an overreaction by the body
which creates the feeling of hunger. (Too much insulin drives too much
glucose out of the blood and excessively low blood sugar creates the feeling
of hunger)

So ...by avoiding prohibited carbs during induction, some say that you are
helping the body to "unlearn" a bad habit, that is, the propensity to
unleash excessive insulin. You are avoiding the false feeling of hunger.
Because you are forcing the body into ketosis/lipolysis, you are "teaching"
your body to go back to a more normal process of burning both glucose and
stored fat for energy. Apparently, accumulated evidence suggests that avoid
prohibited foods during induction is the best way to begin this learning
process for the body.

Could one eat prohibited food during induction but stay below 20 carbs and
be successful? I'm not sure. Perhaps. ...But I would think that it would
simply slow down the learning process for the body ...at least in the
beginning of your diet. Your successes would be slower to come. Of course,
successes in the form of weight loss always come slower in the latter phases
of the diet than during the first few weeks anyway.

Feedback is encouraged,

Neil Donovan
Started LC'ing 01/17/04
5'9"
225/202/160
(hit a plateau and gained a lb.)


"Virginia" wrote in message
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Hi, I've just started low carbing and am in the midst of induction. The
book states that anything off the not accepted foods list will throw off
lypolysis and back into glucose burning. What if you ate a slice of bread
and still your daily total carbohydrate intake was under 20 grams? Has it
all gone to hell? Or is it just to avoid a blood sugar spike and
cravings?
I understand it can be a "trigger food", but what if it didn't trigger
anything, or maybe it did trigger but you supressed it? Are you no longer
is lypolysis???

Hrmmm...
-V

Sseaott SseaottAThotmailDOTcom wrote:

"It's only for two weeks"?

Says who?

says atkins. induction is for two weeks. after that, you can stay at
induction levels of carbs if you choose to do so but you can add other
foods that aren't on the list of foods approved for induction.

induction is not about eating 20g or less. it's about following a
specific set of rules.

and it's only for two weeks. butch up.

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SseaottAThotmailDOTcom says...
"It's only for two weeks"?

Says who?

Dr. Atkins. INDUCTION is only for two weeks, then she can start adding non-
induction foods back into her diet, within the plan, of course.

--
Saffire
205/169/125 - 5'2.5"
Atkins since 6/14/03
Progress photo: http://photos.yahoo.com/saffire333

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Saffire wrote:

In article , "Sseaott"
SseaottAThotmailDOTcom says...
"It's only for two weeks"?

Says who?

Dr. Atkins. INDUCTION is only for two weeks, then she can start adding non-
induction foods back into her diet, within the plan, of course.

A minimum of two weeks, IIRC.

Priscilla