Pt 2: Seperating the Wheat From The Chaff: HIgh Carb Plant Based Diets, Nutrient Adequacy & Lipid Levels

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These same results, that we see amongst the Tarahumara

Indians, has also been seen and replicated/documented

in Hawaii.

Twenty native Hawaiians who were consuming the more

traditional American high carb diet, were placed on

what as called the " pre-Western-contact " Hawaiian diet

for 21 d. So, they switched from the high carb

American diet, to the higher carb Hawaiian diet.

The " Hawaiian " diet was low in fat (7%), high in

complex carbohydrates (78%), and moderate in protein

(15%). While eating " ad libitum " (no portion or

calorie restriction) the average calorie intake

decreased from 2594 to 1569 per day (around a 40%

restriction, while eating to full). That's quite an

impressive decrease. The average weight loss was 22

lbs. The average cholesterol decreased around 15% and

BP decreased an average of 11.5 systolic and 8.9

diastolic

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed & cmd=Retrieve & dopt=Abstra\

ctPlus & list_uids=2031501 & query_hl=10 & itool=pubmed_DocSum

In a second study, this same Hawaiian Diet was fed ad

libitum (without calorie or portion size restriction)

to adults for 21 days. The Hawaii Diet was high in

complex carbohydrate (77% of calories), low in fat

(12% of calories), and moderate in protein (11% of

calories).

Weight loss averaged 11 lbs,BP decreased an average of

136.0/82.7 to 125.5/78.9, cholesterol levels fell from

205.3 to 156.9, LDL from 125.9 to 94.9, and HDL from

38.3 to 31.3, Triglycerides from 238.7 to 152.2 and

blood sugar from blood glucose levels from 112.2 to

91.5

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?itool=abstractplus & db=pubmed & cmd=R\

etrieve & dopt=abstractplus & list_uids=11320614

I believe that these diets, like the traditional

native Hawaiian diet and the Tarahumara diet, give us

insight on how to effectively apply CRON. These diets

are nutrient dense, highly therapeutic and, when the

subjects are encouraged to eat until satisfied without

calorie or portion control, they achieved a 40%

restriction.

Regards

Jeff