Comments on: You Know You’re A Low-Carber When….

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:38 +0000

hmmm well you can still have potatoes during carb ups, right

By: Kelsey

Kelsey — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:37:59 +0000

You cringe when you see the words “fat free/cholesterol free” on the packages of candy, ice cream, graham crackers and other sugary junk.

Your cart at the grocery store looks vastly different from anyone else’s (no colorful boxes).

Every time you see a new drug being pushed as the next cure for cancer/diabetes/heart disease you sigh and think that if low carb diets were widely accepted these drug companies would go out of business.

When you start speaking in nutritional jargon you watch people’s eyes glaze over and wish others cared about their health as much as you do.

By: Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple

Weekend Link Love | Mark's Daily Apple — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:49:41 +0000

[...] a low carber. But if you’re not sure, Musclehack has 38 more clues in this tongue-in-cheek list, You Know You’re a Low Carber When… (here’s one: You know you’re a low carber when you read Mark’s Daily Apple every day, even on [...]

By: fatboymuscleman

fatboymuscleman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:23:52 +0000

Samuel, don’t worry my friend, I don’t really want to strangle you. I want to strangle the people who put out the lies about Dr. Atkins.

You know what really happened to Dr. Atkins? The Vegan Mafia. That is all I can say, they are watching me. They are watching us all. Shh….

By: Flest

Flest — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:27:04 +0000

haha this list is hilarious and so true!

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:18:39 +0000

@ g
Thank you

By: g

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:15:53 +0000

This website is fantastic because this guy, Mark McManus, knows what he’s talking about and most of all C-a-r-e-s about his readers.

MuscleHack is the best muscle building diet website on earth !

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:54:51 +0000

@ Samuel. Yes, he slipped on ice. He also bloated up in hospital. So an average-weight man hits is head and dies, nothing sensational about it. Unfortunately, the truth often gets in the way of a good story.
@ Andrew. It’s whisky and diet coke for me! Yeah, I’ve stood in the condiment aisle for ages too, looking at all the labels. You gotta try corned beef and pickled onions! Hope they’ve got jars of pickled onions in the US.
@ G. I don’t know what study is being referred to there or what the exact carb, fat and protein levels were, it sounds more like the higher end of a low carb diet. However, when carbs are low enough the body will depend largely on ketones, not glucose from protein conversion. NOT good for cyclists and such as Cacouno states BUT for short, high intensity bouts with breaks in between (as in THT training), ketones are great. Another point is that I stress in the MANS article to assess your own lowest carb level, or ‘carbohydrate threshold’. For me, it’s quite low, but if you need 65grams a day, go for it. Therefore our protein being ’stolen’ for glucose isn’t a concern for MuscleHackers. (Also see my post on the mid-week carb spike for more tips).
Mark

By: Cacouno

Cacouno — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:15:37 +0000

That was true for me… but if you are a sportsman and you are on competitive level….im sorry but you NEED carbs…. a LOT of them

There is no point to show more muscles if you cant use them properly

By: Mark Sisson

Mark Sisson — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:23:56 +0000

#38 Couldn’t be more true. Thanks for the link!