http://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Health/CSIRO-di...

The CSIRO is a high profile Australian Govt research agency

A true low carb diet is under 50 grams of carb a day. Once you hit under that, your body goes into starvation or survival mode. A lot of diabetics gain good control over their numbers on this diet. We have some members who go as low as 10% of their daily intake from carbs.
I spent almost all of my yesterday going through the 100 years of research on the Keto diet.I read about 40 studies. It was first primarily used for epileptic children. They would fair better with seizures. Most saw an improvement of 45-100% reduction in the amount. However, it did not come without side effects. A lot of children simply stopped growing and many would not go through puberty or get their menstrual cycle. Also, children started developing heart problems and the number of children who died from cardiac arrest would make your heart bleed. For many years, they thought it had something to do with the drug they put these children on, but then discovered that diet alone would produce nearly the same results, so a lot of children either were taken off meds or were never put on them to begin with. However, the stunted growth and deaths kept happening. In 2014, a study began looking at adults who are on this diet and who have one other condition. Things like Alzheimer's, MS and Diabetes. People with these conditions had an much higher risk of developing the same side effects as the epileptic children, including heart problems The common denominator seems to be this: It is not cholesterol. Adhering to this diet long-term (considered to be 4 years or more) depletes your selenium resources, even if you are eating foods rich in this. Almost everyone at time of death had extremely low levels, some could not even be measured. Currently, they are trying to figure out why this is happening so they can stop the drop because the diet DOES help people with certain conditions, but it is not a very good trade off, if you are upping your chances of cardiac arrest incredibly. I would urge everyone who is on this diet to have their selenium levels checked often.
That being said, I do love some of the LCHF recipes I find online, especially in the terms of treats. So far, every one I have made has been very tasty (even if I do modify the recipes for not quite so heavy fats, and reduce the amount of eggs they call for lol).

Been doing this since I talk to some other people. don't get me wrong...I break it sometimes...just smaller amounts of stuff...but its working for me. In fruit the carb leave your body faster and healthier. This is what I read...but there is so many different answers...right or wrong...I don't know...but work for me. That is why I join the site. I'm thinking with other people I might learn something. Each site say so many different stuff. It get confusing.

Yes @A DiabetesTeam Member https://www.csiro.au/en/News/News-releases/2016... diet

The book is out but make sure you get the T2 book and not a well being book. This is the biggest research ever into T2 diet control it is the biggest and best research by numbers and qualifications and no research organisation has a better reputation than Australia's govt funded CSIRO.

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I believe its 2-3 carbs a meal for women and 4-5 for men. Carbs gives our body energy. High protein, veggies and low carb for me💪👌