1. I was told by a weight loss coach that I can have bread.
This is because they are targeting what most weight loss methods target - calories. With calorically restricted diets, you can eat any food you want as long as you stay below your daily calorie allotment. Of course, this does not work for the treatment of obesity. If it did, obesity would not be considered to have no known cure as weight loss through caloric deficit has been around for a very long time.
2. I joined a weight loss program that does not mention insulin or any of the "science" behind obesity. In fact, they refuse to even acknowledge anything of that sort. I'm wondering how beneficial this program will be towards treating my obesity.
Just like the statement above, weight loss programs commonly focus on calories in/calories out. You do not need to know or understand the complicated science behind obesity in order to target calories. Calories are pretty simple. Energy in versus energy out. All weight loss is mitigated through calories. This is why calories do not work for obesity as obesity is high body fat, not high body weight. All body fat loss is mitigated through leptin. Leptin does not respond to caloric deficits by burning body fat. Instead, it spares it. Leptin is a slave to only insulin.
Most of these programs do not understand this mechanism behind obesity, so they will not want to delve into that subject matter which will only cause confusion among their followers and clients. Having to give a science class does not make money. What makes money is for people to feel as though they are doing something to reach their goals. Targeting calories, which puts a simple focus on general diet and exercise, helps achieve this. This is especially true when nothing is eliminated from the menu and if something is, it's only for a short while.
But is this beneficial? Well, we know from the experience of dealing with the obesity epidemic for decades, that it's not. It's a great method for staying fit if you already are. It is also a great method for losing vanity weight but for obesity it is a bust. Of course, that doesn't matter because the bar for success of these programs is measured in one of two ways:
- You lost some weight.
- You didn't get fatter.
I'm not trying to discourage you. Losing some weight and even simply not getting fatter is a step in the right direction. You don't need to know any complicated science to achieve either. In fact, knowing the complicated science will not get you to slim either. The only thing that knowing the science behind obesity does is create a better targeted treatment plan for addressing the issue.
3. Carnivore causes a rise in cholesterol.
Meat is not the reason for high cholesterol but the saturated fat in the meat is.
Some people have lipid profiles that are affected by the type of fat in the diet and some of those effects can be adverse. The problem is that you wouldn't know that by just checking total cholesterol. You need to have an advanced lipid panel done which measures particle sizes and breaks down the composition of your cholesterol. That would be a better way to know if you are being adversely affected by your diet.
4. I was following low carb for a while and then I was invited to a party. I went off the rails from "depriving" myself. I don't know how I can realistically stick to this diet.
I can say from experience, that people like you will not be able to "realistically stick" to this diet or any diet for that matter. This is because you're already conditioned with a mindset which believes that refraining from any food you desire, which is adverse to health, equates to "deprivation". I suggest you try calorie restriction diets instead.
5. "Keto" is beneficial for relieving the symptoms of menopause.
The ketogenic protocols, recommended on this blog, are for the treatment of metabolic disorders exclusively. There's a possibility that if you reduce excess body fat, you might find relief with other conditions but they are not the focus of these protocols.
6. Carbohydrate consumption causes plantar fasciitis to become worse.
Carbs themselves cannot cause anything "to get worse". Well, except for your blood glucose regulation.
What occurs is that carbs cause abnormal insulin function which causes excess water retention due to abnormal fluctuations in blood glucose. These abnormal fluctuations result in a metabolic stress reaction which causes cortisol to go up, among other stress hormones, and this can interfere in the body's ability to mitigate its inflammatory response. If inflammation is left unchecked, then conditions of inflammation like plantar fasciitis, which is inflammation of the plantar fascia, become symptomatic making it appear to have "gotten worse".
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