Re: What is considered a High Carb diet?

Priscilla H. Ballou wrote:



Yes, I think many people in this thread are missing the fact that "low-carb" has a technical (for lack of a better word at the moment) definition. The definition of that technical term does not vary with mileage.


Priscilla,

Unfortunately, the "technical" definition of low carb that has been used for years in studies is often a diet that is 150 grams of carbs a day. There are quite a few studies of "low carbohydrate diets" where the low carb diet is 150 grams.

The 100 gram definition floats around the newsgroups, but it's source was a paper presented at the Endocrine Society years ago which never seems to have become a journal article. So it isn't a definition you'll see mentioned in the journal literature.



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