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: 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!

By: body building supplement

body building supplement — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:17:53 +0000

Great post! It’s funny, but a lot of these are things that a lot of people should be doing anyway like having no (or at least very few) pre-packaged foods. I agree with the baking bread comment, too 🙂

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:59:33 +0000

I always heard that Atkins died fat because of his diet, and that cycling with carbs was one way to solve the problem. Didn’t read how he really died anywhere else, so… forgive my ignorance.

By: g

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:24:37 +0000

Great post! so true…
But still got a question

From livin la vida lo carb:

Those in the CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED group saw an INCREASE in the production of glucose by the liver through gluconeogenesis, where the body can make its own carbs from the protein consumed in the diet. This is why even in the absence of a significant amount of carbohydrates the body can still function at a high performance level–something the researchers took note of.

My Question:
Doesn’t that mean that we should have some carbs after sport to avoid that the protein we’re eating gets transformed into glucose? Or, that we should eat some sugar before workout to avoid that most of the available protein gets transformed into glucose (before our body starts attacking fat)???

By: fatboymuscleman

fatboymuscleman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:18:32 +0000

“You actually love corned beef and cabbage. ”

Yes! I could eat this just about every day.

I still have experimented with rutabagas or turnips yet, but I’m getting closer.

By: Andrew Mast

Andrew Mast — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:06:58 +0000

You get mad when the local coffee shop only offers low-fat milk and aspartame sweeteners

You feel like you can add cheese to anything and you do.

You get dazzled by any restaurant TV commercial that shows a steak being cooked

You spend 1/2 hour in the salad dressing aisle looking at the back of each bottle for the lowest net carbs

You are the only one ordering a cobb salad at a morning breakfast restaurant.

You drink gin and diet coke with lime because it’s zero carbs.

You actually love corned beef and cabbage.

You know what rutabaga is and how to cook with it.

By: fatboymuscleman

fatboymuscleman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:37:08 +0000

Holy crap Mark, you nailed it!

I find myself wanting to strangle someone on a daily basis..

Samuel, you are on the top of my list as of right now, by the way.

By: johnny

johnny — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:58:15 +0000

Haha good stuff man.

By: sowmya

sowmya — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:32:28 +0000

nope, far s i no sammy, he slipped on ice, cracked his skul n died. no idea if he had a ponch though

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:49:53 +0000

According to his death certificate Atkins was 258 lbs at the time of his death, so he certainly did die an overweight man. The proximate cause of his death, however, was a fall on ice whereupon he cracked his head. He entered a coma and was admitted to a hospital. During this time he was fed mainly by a glucose IV and he experienced major organ failure, fluid retention and bloating. A copy of his medical records given to USA Today by his widow indicated that he weighed only 195 lbs upon being admitted to the hospital.

He did suffer a heart attack at some point in his life. There is speculation that it was a heart attack that caused the fall, but as no autopsy was performed there is no way to prove this either way.

By: Samuel

Samuel — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:47:25 +0000

# You have to constantly explain that Dr. Atkins did NOT die an overweight man
# You have to constantly explain that Dr. Atkins did NOT die of a diet-related disease

Huh ? Didn’t he ?

By: kingsim

kingsim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:32:43 +0000

man u are the best

just reading your posts gets me so enthusiastic about going to the gym, but f***ing university gives no time for gym and making my own food

By: Athanasios Papapaschalis

Athanasios Papapaschalis — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:52:42 +0000

So true Mark!,

Great post…