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RE: 1 Week Into My Low Carbohydrate, High Protein Vegan Diet.. Lessons Learned & Food Ideas!
"First of all, the reasoning for eating less carbohydrate and high protein diet is that carbs turn to sugar and thus fat,"
"Since protein can be tougher to come by in plant based diets than in other alternative diets, it makes sense to pay attention to the available sources and how much we are getting."
"Unfortunately, we then learned that Tofu has some of the oestrogenic issues that Soy beans have and that fermented Soy is the way to go.."
Thanks for the links. The study pointed to by Dr. Garth Davis is interesting - I need some more time to look through that.
Regarding the issue of carbs vs. protein - I didn't do a very good job of explaining the logic being used here (partially because this is not my area of expertise).. I was passed this link for you to read that explains why a higher protein mix is beneficial to overall body composition: http://muscleandsportsscience.com/the-high-protein-diet/
I haven't watched the last video as the thought of Paul Joseph Watson and Vegan Gains going head to head is more like some kind of psychotic nightmare than I'd like to get involved in right now.. LOL. But I might come back to it when I have more time. ;)
You could also just check out this meta-analysis instead. Anyway, regarding the article you linked to:
But as the article points out earlier: "Our sedentary society has lived on a high carb diet for well in excess of 2000 years and never suffered obesity." So why risk getting, for example, cancer, and why miss out on all the benefits of eating a (proper) high-carb diet when it doesn't cause obesity? ;)