The Complete Guide to the Low Carb, High Fat Diet (LCHF)
A low carbohydrate, high fat diet (LCHF) might be the healthiest weight loss diet that also can improve various healthy biomarkers. Most of the popular diet today pulls from low carb, high fat in one way or another with the key metric controlling carbohydrate intake to normalize blood sugar and increase fat loss. That’s the base of almost every current popular diet.
How effective are low carb, high fat diets?
We don’t need to look at research studies to figure out that the purpose of the low carb high fat diet is to lower blood glucose and remove it as an energy source. By doing that your body will tap into stored body fat as well as the incoming dietary fat to fuel your workout, cognitive function, and day to day bodily needs. By lowering your blood glucose you drop your insulin which is the “mother” hormone, the base hormone that dictates your testosterone, estrogen, cortisol and thyroid levels.(1,2)
That’s one “secret” of LCHF is that it improves your total hormone profile. Grain consumption from carbohydrates leads to gut inflammation that causes digestive distress and reduces thyroid output. Gluten produces antibodies that your body attacks which raise inflammation, negatively impact thyroid health and decrease gut lining strength. Elevated blood glucose decreases…
