The Banting/LCHF Thread

CorrieDeBeer said:
I have decided to eat only fish for breakfast. Two pieces of toast with either a can of sardines, tuna or Oysters. The sardines and tuna I eat with a spoonful of mayo as well. Things seem good so far. With a mug of sugarless coffee. I find it very filling. I don't get the heavy cravings at the lunch hours anymore.

Any ideas on how good this is?
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Very bad...
Banting = no wheat
 
CorrieDeBeer said:
I have decided to eat only fish for breakfast. Two pieces of toast with either a can of sardines, tuna or Oysters. The sardines and tuna I eat with a spoonful of mayo as well. Things seem good so far. With a mug of sugarless coffee. I find it very filling. I don't get the heavy cravings at the lunch hours anymore.

Any ideas on how good this is?
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If there is toast involved then you aren't only eating fish, are you? ;)

Also bread is the devil if you are following the banting lifestyle.
 
I note that many of the snacks allowed on Banting like biltong and salami, are fairly high in sodium. Does this not increase the chance of picking up water weight?
 
KingBel said:
I note that many of the snacks allowed on Banting like biltong and salami, are fairly high in sodium. Does this not increase the chance of picking up water weight?
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Sodium intake should be upped on ketogenic diets anyway. Your body is flushing lots of sodium on low carb.

I tend to get lethargic when my salt intake is too low. Granted I also work out 6 days a week.
 
Haven't tried it yet but it's 72% cocoa at R25.

Not sure if this is at all Spar stores.

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APoc184 said:
Sodium intake should be upped on ketogenic diets anyway. Your body is flushing lots of sodium on low carb.

I tend to get lethargic when my salt intake is too low. Granted I also work out 6 days a week.
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The sodium that one flushes out initially is actually the excess sodium that accumulates when one is eating starchy carbs. Once off those carbs a larger amount of sodium is not an issue as your body will now get rid of the excess continuously instead of storing it. In fact, in spite of having high blood pressure, when I went seriously low carb my doctor warned me not to skimp on salt - he's very much in favour of lowcarb/high fat. As it happened, once I had lost a significant amount of weight I was able to come off one of the blood pressure meds.
 
faniedry said:
i just use any mayo... there isn't much of a difference between it and the banting friendly ones. Just don't get the LITE ones.
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Just different oils right? The banting mayo is a once a month luxury, would love to just use the ordinary stuff.
 
diapason said:
The sodium that one flushes out initially is actually the excess sodium that accumulates when one is eating starchy carbs. Once off those carbs a larger amount of sodium is not an issue as your body will now get rid of the excess continuously instead of storing it. In fact, in spite of having high blood pressure, when I went seriously low carb my doctor warned me not to skimp on salt - he's very much in favour of lowcarb/high fat. As it happened, once I had lost a significant amount of weight I was able to come off one of the blood pressure meds.
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That's awesome.

I'm on BP meds myself but not a diuretic. Would love to come off completely but it is a genetic thing, so not likely.

Took a while for me to figure out it was the lack of salt that made me feel a bit down. Especially because I was always hesitant with salt due to my BP issue. Always been supplementing with Magnesium so I knew it wasn't that.

Was having up to 12 cups of coffee a day due to feeling tired the whole time.

Then somebody on r/keto suggested I up my salt to triple my current usage for a week and report back. Haven't looked back since. My meat, salads, mashes, purees and soups are loaded with salt. And it tastes so much better now too because I was always doing as little salt as possible.

Still enjoying my coffee but I rarely have more than 3 cups a day. Not needed anymore. And intensity of my workouts also went up. Always feel like I have it more left in the tank now.
 
I find it odd that dark chocolate is on the light red list while the orange list has so many fruits

Also, potatoes got bumped up to orange?
 
Not on Banting atm, but when I return I doubt I will work accordinging to these new lists.
I will keep to the 3 original list endorsed by Noakes.
 
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