LCHF on Tasteline

Written by Annika Dahlqvist on 09 March, 2010 11:34



Now Tasteline has come with a LCHF menu http://www.tasteline.com/Halsa/GI-Guiden/LCHF-till-vardags/



However, they write:
"The brain needs glucose and fruit that which are more or less forbidden if you follow LCHF contain many protective substances that we should have in us. They may be more appropriate to try the diet as a jump-start for a shorter period than top exclude carbohydrates for a long time.”



The brain does not need carbohydrates in the food. We produce blood sugar ourselves through”gluconeogenesis” if we don’t add carbohydrates. If insulin is low, the pancreas produces hormone Glucagon which stimulates the liver to produce glucose, blood sugar. It then uses the lipid and protein intake, primarily, for its glucose production. The brain then may always get the need for a stable normal blood sugar.



On the other hand, I think we can eat a normal amount of vegetables that give us vitamin C, and the flavour and colour to food. There is nothing beneficial in the fruit that is not also found in vegetables, which contain only a fraction of as much sugar as in fruit.