Comments on: Poll Results - Describe Your Diet http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/04/17/poll-results-describe-your-diet/ Respect Your Food. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:59:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Amy http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/04/17/poll-results-describe-your-diet/#comment-5286 Amy Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:17:21 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/?p=705#comment-5286 Well, I can't speak for how everybody else defines low carb, but for me it is defined relative to what types of food I ate before doing low carb. Before, I ate lots of processed foods, frozen pizza, store-bought breads, boxed cereals, white flour, and sweets. Now, I'm trying to focus more on meats (grocery-store at this point, but wanting eventually to move to local, grass-fed sources when our financial situation allows), veggies, fruits and some dairy (cream, cheeses, yogurt), occasional/limited use of highly processed grains (pasta, hamburger buns, oatmeal, etc.) and I avoid table sugar (I do use artificial sweeteners, moderately, I think). So, compared to someone doing, say, induction on Atkins, my carb intake is probably high. But compared to what I ate before, it is significantly lower, and I am taking in more fruits and veggies to boot. In the poll, I chose "general low carb," but I think of it more as "modified low carb." I don't actually keep count of my carbs, so some might say it isn't low carb at all. If it doesn't count as low carb, I'm not really sure how to easily categorize the way I eat! Well, I can’t speak for how everybody else defines low carb, but for me it is defined relative to what types of food I ate before doing low carb. Before, I ate lots of processed foods, frozen pizza, store-bought breads, boxed cereals, white flour, and sweets. Now, I’m trying to focus more on meats (grocery-store at this point, but wanting eventually to move to local, grass-fed sources when our financial situation allows), veggies, fruits and some dairy (cream, cheeses, yogurt), occasional/limited use of highly processed grains (pasta, hamburger buns, oatmeal, etc.) and I avoid table sugar (I do use artificial sweeteners, moderately, I think). So, compared to someone doing, say, induction on Atkins, my carb intake is probably high. But compared to what I ate before, it is significantly lower, and I am taking in more fruits and veggies to boot. In the poll, I chose “general low carb,” but I think of it more as “modified low carb.” I don’t actually keep count of my carbs, so some might say it isn’t low carb at all. If it doesn’t count as low carb, I’m not really sure how to easily categorize the way I eat!

]]> By: David http://www.modernforager.com/blog/2008/04/17/poll-results-describe-your-diet/#comment-5255 David Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:52:28 +0000 http://www.modernforager.com/blog/?p=705#comment-5255 Hey Scott....I was an interested participant in the poll. Thank you for hosting it! I'd also be interested to know how the "low carbers" (all varieties, paleo, non-paleo, etc.) define "low carb". Do most refer to a precise # of grams per day.....or a % of total daily caloric intake.....or something else to calculate their daily carb cap? What are your thoughts? CHEERS! D Hey Scott….I was an interested participant in the poll. Thank you for hosting it! I’d also be interested to know how the “low carbers” (all varieties, paleo, non-paleo, etc.) define “low carb”. Do most refer to a precise # of grams per day…..or a % of total daily caloric intake…..or something else to calculate their daily carb cap?

What are your thoughts?

CHEERS!

D

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