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When I eat carbohydrates just once per day secretly for 10 days and cut out added sugar…

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PurpleDisco · 09/11/2025 14:51

I get loads of compliments and people say I look well or ask if I’ve been on holidays etc. Are carbohydrates really that bad that reducing them greatly makes such a difference?

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EasternEcho · 09/11/2025 14:58

It depends on each person's insulin sensitivity levels. Insulin resistance causes the body to struggle to use carbs efficiently with a tendency to store it as fat instead. It also causes bloating. How your diet affects you is highly individual and you have to find what works for you.

Createausername1970 · 09/11/2025 14:56

I did a low carb diet a few years ago and lost a lot of weight and felt so much better for it.

The carbs have snuck back in over the last year or so, and although I haven't put all the weight back on, I have noticed that my knee joint pain is worse after I have had carbs every day for a week or so, and my indigestion and general feelings of bloatiness are worse.

I feel better without carbs, but I do find them hard to resist at times.

GehenSieweiter · 09/11/2025 14:55

Carbohydrates can cause folk to bloat, but you might also be benefitting from reducing added sugar too (I'm glad you said added, because some folk claim they cut out all sugar, and that's impossible).

Didkyle · 09/11/2025 14:54

Well perhaps your diet was utter shite before and this change is an exponential improvement

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