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Baraka_Guru · 03-14-2009, 09:59 PM

Low-carbohydrate diets are usually a bad idea. Enough was already said here to illustrate that.

If you want to cleanse some bad things from your system, try a one-day fruit fast, where you eat only a variety of fruits and drink water for a day. This gives your digestive system a break and allows your body to recuperate where it would otherwise be engaged in digesting more complex food.

Cutting sugar isn't a bad idea. However, your body's prime source of fuel is glucose, which is derived mainly from carbohydrates. If it can't find enough, it will get it elsewhere, usually from protein first and then (as mentioned above) it will go after fat and muscle, which can be a bad thing (this is considered a kind of starvation).

The conversion of protein into glucose taxes the liver, as it will need to deal with an increased nitrogen load, which is a byproduct of this process. If your body is after glucose in the first place, you should give it a better source (ideally, carbohydrates).

There is nothing wrong with carbohydrates, especially considering the right kind are loaded with fibre, which is a natural material for removing toxins from your system.

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Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	Low-carbohydrate diets are usually a bad idea. Enough was already said here to illustrate that. If you want to cleanse some bad things from your system, try a one-day fruit fast, where you eat only a variety of fruits and drink water for a day. This gives your digestive system a break and allows your body to recuperate where it would otherwise be engaged in digesting more complex food. Cutting sugar isn't a bad idea. However, your body's prime source of fuel is glucose, which is derived mainly from carbohydrates. If it can't find enough, it will get it elsewhere, usually from protein first and then (as mentioned above) it will go after fat and muscle, which can be a bad thing (this is considered a kind of starvation). The conversion of protein into glucose taxes the liver, as it will need to deal with an increased nitrogen load, which is a byproduct of this process. If your body is after glucose in the first place, you should give it a better source (ideally, carbohydrates). There is nothing wrong with carbohydrates, especially considering the right kind are loaded with fibre, which is a natural material for removing toxins from your system. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot Last edited by Baraka_Guru; 03-14-2009 at 10:02 PM..