Diet and covid

[VGNonly]

[Farmer-Rick]

1. I looked up this study on several different platforms

And could not find out how many carbs per day was considered low carb.

If you found it, let me know.

But frequently they will use something like 100+ carbs a day as low carb. But that's pretty high and more of a maintenance carb level for people who are trying to maintain weight loss.

I, for example, eat about 30 carbs a day and I know people who eat less. So these low carb diets in diet studies typically misrepresent what low carb really is. BTW, my protein levels are average. I eat a lot of low carb vegetables...radishes....greens...cabbage... broccoli. And No Sugar or starchy flours at all.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I've been gradually eating lower and lower carb diet

Right now I’m probably around 75-100/day, more or less, and I’ve noticed I feel a lot better. Heavy bread, French fries, pancakes/waffles, all make me feel gross now.

[Farmer-Rick]

5. Low carb really helped

With my arthritis pain. I have no pain if I keep.my carbs low. But when I do normal carbs, it hurts badly. Sugar is the worst on my wrist and hand pain.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. That's wonderful!

[VGNonly]

3. The Mayo Clinic

considers 20-57 grams per day as "low carb". I eat whole grains: a lot of brown rice, whole grain wheat, steel-cut oats etc. I don't purposely avoid any whole grains at all. Lots of veggies and fruit, legumes and nuts. I eat no animal products at all.

[MLAA]

4. Yeah! Makes sense sense removing animal products from your diet almost always improves

High blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, and reduces risk of heart disease and various cancers like breast cancer. But nice to see this study specifically on Covid. I had also never seen a study that mentions pneumonia before.

[Farmer-Rick]

6. Type 2 diabetes can actually be put into remission with a low carb diet

"Compared to other diets, low carb diets were associated with a 32 percent increase in diabetes remission."

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/low-carb-diet-may-help-people-with-type-2-diabetes-go-into-remission#:~:text=Researchers%20found%20that%20patients%20who,percent%20increase%20in%20diabetes%20remission.

So, low carb diets for people with a tendency for type 2 diabetes will actually help them. So I really would like to know the number of carbs they used as their standard for a low carb diet.

When I do low carb the pain in my joints from arthritis almost totally disappears.

[Scrivener7]

7. I skipped a little of that, but did they address the point that

vegan people are generally more health conscious to begin with?

I would imagine if you looked at vegans vs. the average American non-vegan, you would find vegans were more likely to mask and distance and more likely to vaccinate early and often (excepting the vegans who are anti-vax, but I don't think that is a large percentage.)