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Fitex 2014 Presentation How you can Benefit from a Lower Carb Diet

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Cliff Harvey

Cliff describes why reducing carbohydrate to lower than the current recommended dietary guidelines may be of benefit.

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How you can Benefit from a Lower-Carb Diet Presented by Cliff Harvey ND
? 2014 Cliff Harvey It was 1998… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
…and we were taught certain things… Carbs = Protein = Fat = www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
“13. That energy balance be maintained by consuming a diet containing at least 55% total energy from carbohydrate” (FAO, 1998) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Does this recommendation make sense for most of our clients? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Why would you prescribe high amounts of an (almost) pure fuel substrate to someone that isn’t: a) Able to utilise that fuel www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey and b) Isn’t very active?
Early Experiments with LCHF… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
? 2014 Cliff Harvey Quack Heretic! Murderer!....? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
Our Current Dietary Guidelines Aren’t Working (We’re looking at the wrong stuff!) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
National Center for Health Statistics (US). Health, United States, 2008: With Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults. 2009 Mar. Chartbook. www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Current dietary guidelines: ? Overly focussed on calories ? Not focussed on quality of food ? Confusing for lay-people ? Lack scientific credibility (i.e. vilification of fat and sodium) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
"A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of thermodynamics Feinman & Fine, 2004 www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Qualitative, ‘real-food’ (Paleo, Primal, Mediterranean Diets) show positive outcomes for weight-loss, diabetes and cardiac risk factors irrespective of calories www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Ad libitum LCHF diets perform as well or better than calorie restricted diets www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Total fat content of the diet and saturated fat have little correlation with mortality or morbidity www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Sodium reduction to the recommended level appears to worsen outcomes www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
If this isn’t working… Should you try this? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Why Lower-Carbohydrate? Lower Carb Higher Carb Safe and Appropriate Range? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
? 2014 Cliff Harvey How You Can Benefit from a Lower-Carbohydrate Approach Improved body-composition Eat as much as you feel like! Improved stability of energy Increased cognitive ability www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
Finding ‘Carb-Appropriate Nutrition?’ Points to Consider: ? Carbohydrate intakes are activity dependent How active are you? ? Carbohydrate intakes are ‘metabolic-state’ dependent Are you in optimal metabolic health? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Am I Metabolically Disordered? (Thanks Gary Fettke!) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey Walk towards a wall = All Good! What hits the wall first? = Metabolic ‘Disorder’
Body composition Observed and Perceived Wellness Ratings Blood Profiles www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
If you’re metabolically disordered you are starving… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Functional Tissue (i.e. Muscle) Adipose (Fat) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Fat cells can become so good at storing nutrients that the rest of your body is starving…even though you are putting on fat! www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
Is being satiated and stable the natural state of the human animal? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey Wheat Sugar Gluten grains Other grains Legumes Tubers Fruits Step-wise restriction of foods based on metabolic state Start here Or start here…
? 2014 Cliff Harvey What’s the ‘Real’ Difference? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
? 2014 Cliff Harvey The Commonality of all Good Diets NATURAL WHOLE UNPROCESSED www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
Learn more about LCHF and Performance Nutrition www.hpn.ac.nz www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey

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Fitex 2014 Presentation How you can Benefit from a Lower Carb Diet

  • 1. How you can Benefit from a Lower-Carb Diet Presented by Cliff Harvey ND
  • 2. ? 2014 Cliff Harvey It was 1998… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
  • 3. …and we were taught certain things… Carbs = Protein = Fat = www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 4. “13. That energy balance be maintained by consuming a diet containing at least 55% total energy from carbohydrate” (FAO, 1998) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 5. Does this recommendation make sense for most of our clients? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 6. Why would you prescribe high amounts of an (almost) pure fuel substrate to someone that isn’t: a) Able to utilise that fuel www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey and b) Isn’t very active?
  • 7. Early Experiments with LCHF… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 8. ? 2014 Cliff Harvey Quack Heretic! Murderer!....? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
  • 9. Our Current Dietary Guidelines Aren’t Working (We’re looking at the wrong stuff!) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 10. National Center for Health Statistics (US). Health, United States, 2008: With Special Feature on the Health of Young Adults. 2009 Mar. Chartbook. www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 11. Current dietary guidelines: ? Overly focussed on calories ? Not focussed on quality of food ? Confusing for lay-people ? Lack scientific credibility (i.e. vilification of fat and sodium) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 12. "A calorie is a calorie" violates the second law of thermodynamics Feinman & Fine, 2004 www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 13. Qualitative, ‘real-food’ (Paleo, Primal, Mediterranean Diets) show positive outcomes for weight-loss, diabetes and cardiac risk factors irrespective of calories www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 14. Ad libitum LCHF diets perform as well or better than calorie restricted diets www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 15. Total fat content of the diet and saturated fat have little correlation with mortality or morbidity www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 16. Sodium reduction to the recommended level appears to worsen outcomes www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 17. If this isn’t working… Should you try this? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 18. Why Lower-Carbohydrate? Lower Carb Higher Carb Safe and Appropriate Range? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 19. ? 2014 Cliff Harvey How You Can Benefit from a Lower-Carbohydrate Approach Improved body-composition Eat as much as you feel like! Improved stability of energy Increased cognitive ability www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
  • 20. Finding ‘Carb-Appropriate Nutrition?’ Points to Consider: ? Carbohydrate intakes are activity dependent How active are you? ? Carbohydrate intakes are ‘metabolic-state’ dependent Are you in optimal metabolic health? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 21. Am I Metabolically Disordered? (Thanks Gary Fettke!) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey Walk towards a wall = All Good! What hits the wall first? = Metabolic ‘Disorder’
  • 22. Body composition Observed and Perceived Wellness Ratings Blood Profiles www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 23. If you’re metabolically disordered you are starving… www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 24. Functional Tissue (i.e. Muscle) Adipose (Fat) www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 25. Fat cells can become so good at storing nutrients that the rest of your body is starving…even though you are putting on fat! www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 26. Is being satiated and stable the natural state of the human animal? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey
  • 27. www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey Wheat Sugar Gluten grains Other grains Legumes Tubers Fruits Step-wise restriction of foods based on metabolic state Start here Or start here…
  • 28. ? 2014 Cliff Harvey What’s the ‘Real’ Difference? www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
  • 29. ? 2014 Cliff Harvey The Commonality of all Good Diets NATURAL WHOLE UNPROCESSED www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om
  • 30. Learn more about LCHF and Performance Nutrition www.hpn.ac.nz www. h o l i s t i c p e r fo rma n c e n u t r i t i o n . c om ? 2014 Cliff Harvey