I'm on the Diet Doctor 5 week keto challenge and this advice on challenging misconceptions about low carb was in today's post - hope you find it interesting (sorry it's long, can't post a link because it was in an email) -
"I’d lost over 100 pounds (45 kilos) and was wearing clothes smaller than I’d worn in my life. My labs were perfect; I felt amazing and needed no more medications. Yes, that fat WAS going to kill me. That fat on my body that I’d shed after eating low-carb, high-fat was dangerous. But I was not afraid of the fat that I was now eating. That fat on my plate was saving my life.
"In spite of my obviously better health, well-meaning others questioned my new eating habits. In particular, they questioned the high-fat portion of my diet since conventional wisdom teaches us that fat is ‘bad’, especially saturated fat.
"When looking at my breakfast of 5 or 6 pieces of bacon, a former boss said, “We might need that new defibrillator right here this morning.” Another supervisor once said, “you’ve done well, but any diet that eliminates entire food groups isn’t safe.” My question about which food group I’d eliminated went unanswered.
"Even my physician, after two solid years of weight loss and maintenance, improved health markers, and eliminated medications, continued to ask whether this was something I could sustain long-term. I had been his patient for over a decade previously and had been morbidly obese the entire time I’d been his patient.
"My husband was also his patient, and he no longer had high blood pressure medications and had improved all labs. This doctor saw our health dramatically improve, yet he still questioned how we ate.
"The well-meaning others might ask, “Are you eating enough?” when they saw my smaller portions or noticed that I didn’t eat every time food was served. One said, “You look great, but just make sure you’re being healthy about your weight loss!” I even heard the well-intended “wisdom,” “Don’t lose too much weight. Your skin will get saggy and you’ll have more wrinkles on your face.”
"I had to wonder where these concerned people had been all my life! When I weighed over 268 pounds (122 kilos) and couldn’t walk more than a few hundred yards without pain, not one of them ever asked, “Should you really be eating more chocolate oreo cheesecake?” No one ever took me aside to suggest that morbid obesity was taking years off my life.
"So why, when I was finally winning the battle of the bulge, did others break their silence to express concern? I suspect it’s as simple as misinformation