Hello, newbie - but have a comment!
Hey all
I just wanted to say that if you're doing AAM, where does Cambridge stand on that because surely the carbs matter more than the fat?
So, better to have chicken than potatoes, or?
Starches (sugars, basically - as that's what starches are) have a much worse impact on blood sugar levels than fats. Therefore, it would make more sense on AAM to avoid the carbs so as to pop yourself back into Ketosis ASAP!
Carbs will replenish the liver glycogen and then the body will start looking to sugars for energy instead of burning the fat as it does whilst in ketosis. You cannot be back in ketosis until the glycogen in your muscles (1st) and the glycogen in your liver (2nd) are depleted.
Long story short, if you have more than 50-100 grams of carbs it will take 2-3 days (!!) before you afre back in ketosis.
You have fat and you're right back in or STILL in, therefore still burning fat and your body will use the fat you ate first.
Also: The purpose of a refeed is: "a) to refill depleted glycogen stores b) to upregulate hormones and thyroid activity that is depressed during dieting c) to provide a psychological "break" that makes the rest of the diet easier to bear"
So, if you don't wish to refill glycogen stores (as in, you're not body building, or doing anything that needs a lot of quick, expendable energy) then the other 2 reasons are yours.
You'll find that after a low carb refeed, provided you drink your water, you will lose a little bit quicker again, because the metabolism will be ramped up.
Anyway, that got long, sorry!
What's the CD stance on AAM? Can a counselor post, please?
(My current counselor doesn't seem to know a whole lot about nutrition, metabolism, what the body does with what you feed it, etc and my first counselor was doing this 20 years she said, but bigger than me!)