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Originally Posted by sarahn4639  our bodies, on the whole, need carbs.
I believe, outside of a medical condition, that a balanced diet that can be sustained for life is the best way to go.
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yes, our bodies need carbs. But they do not need starch. There's a difference.
And I would say it depends how you define a medical "condition." Pathological? Subclinical? I'd say both. I'd prefer not to have someone wait for pathology.
We don't know anything about the OP at all. We don't know if there are any chronic issues that are at the subclinical level, we don't know if there are any inflammatory processes going on. And this doesn't just concern the OP. IF you remove dietary triggers you will generally lose weight off the bat. It's water weight, but it's present as a protective mechanism. Your body, in it's infinite wisdom will do what it can to dilute the offending substance.
You didn't stop drinking water, generally the intake is the same, yet all this water weight is shed. There is a reason for that. People who are susceptible gain weight on grains for a reason. Animals are fattened with grains for a reason.
You don't have to be diabetic to have issues with insulin. Far from it. As the pp poster stated people who are metabolically normal are fewer and further between than they once were.
And, I'm not saying that this is the OP's issue...but it's fairly common knowledge for anyone looking at a case wholistically to remove foods that people have sensitivities to to help them lose weight. It's not the only thing that can be changed, but it's up there in terms of priority. When you eat foods that you handle well, your weight has a better chance of normalizing than if you count calories and exercise like a fiend. This is true EVEN if you are consuming the same amount thus showing that 100 calories of a food that you handle well isn't the same as 100 calories of a food you react to.
