scarlettsmum
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I was wondering whether a post for people new to this forum may be useful to be visible as Peat's general guidelines are. The temptation for people (including myself) is to jump in head first and there have been reports of unwanted side effects, so it may be wise to have some sort of "warning"? By unwanted side effects I mean, weight gain, fatty liver, diabetes, etc.
After reading and following lots of posts on this forum I have only now learnt from Haidut about how "RP diet" may be excellent for those with healthy livers already, but perhaps not always great for those who don't have good liver health to start with, as it can't cope with processing all the extra sugar. Tyw also made a post about being conservative with fructose. I think this info needs to be visible to all. Perhaps it should say something along the lines that people should have their liver tested first or perhaps judge by their ability to handle coffee/alcohol/sugar?
Maybe it could also point people towards eating more starch, rather than fearing it, in place of some of the sugar, whilst getting their liver in order, perhaps to boiled starch (to be more specific), as in the post by westsidepufas (McCarbthyism), since it seems to agree with some people on the forum, who otherwise don't do so well eliminating starch from their diet. I am not saying that this is what everyone should do, but it could be made into sort of like a troubleshooting manual.
I am probably generalising here, but I also think it is evident from successful testimonials that younger people, under 30 years, seem to fare much better jumping straight in compared to those over 30, who seem to need to take more thorough/drastic approach and fix their liver first.
I just know that it would have been immensely helpful to me if I had known about this earlier, perhaps saving me from putting on weight and having elevated liver enzyme.
After reading and following lots of posts on this forum I have only now learnt from Haidut about how "RP diet" may be excellent for those with healthy livers already, but perhaps not always great for those who don't have good liver health to start with, as it can't cope with processing all the extra sugar. Tyw also made a post about being conservative with fructose. I think this info needs to be visible to all. Perhaps it should say something along the lines that people should have their liver tested first or perhaps judge by their ability to handle coffee/alcohol/sugar?
Maybe it could also point people towards eating more starch, rather than fearing it, in place of some of the sugar, whilst getting their liver in order, perhaps to boiled starch (to be more specific), as in the post by westsidepufas (McCarbthyism), since it seems to agree with some people on the forum, who otherwise don't do so well eliminating starch from their diet. I am not saying that this is what everyone should do, but it could be made into sort of like a troubleshooting manual.
I am probably generalising here, but I also think it is evident from successful testimonials that younger people, under 30 years, seem to fare much better jumping straight in compared to those over 30, who seem to need to take more thorough/drastic approach and fix their liver first.
I just know that it would have been immensely helpful to me if I had known about this earlier, perhaps saving me from putting on weight and having elevated liver enzyme.