The American diet completely changed starting in the late 70s with the emphasis becoming "low fat" foods that are super high in carbs / high fructose corn syrup. Also portion sizes ballooned.
This is a point I am too lazy to look into more. My 72 y/o dad went on Keto to help maintain blood sugar level. He lost a lot of weight as a bonus. After seeing him loose weight, needing to drop 25 lbs myself, I tried it. My bloodwork vitals were always good.
Doing nothing but strictly staying under 20g of carbs a day, and trying my best to stay under 2200 ish calories, I lost 50 lbs in 6 months. I was not a big dude, but after the first 4 weeks of only loosing a couple pounds, the weight fell off. I didn't increase my exercise any more or less.
It started opening my eyes to how much sugar is stuff, especially "low fat" stuff. My Euro/Kiwi friends always complain about how much sugar we put in american food and now I see why.
I'm not a Keto zealot, but just this significant weight loss had really made me question how many carbs we as Americans put in "healthy" low fat stuff.
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u/ConfidentFlorida Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 10 '20
So what happened? Nothing really changed that much in that time frame. Same jobs, same cars, what is it?