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Here is a list of frequently asked questions about the slow carb diet. Before you even think about posting a question related to SCD please read the book available here. Is Food X ok to eat on SCD? Website with invaluable information Self magazine nutritional data contains very detailed nutritional data on a very wide ar...

I've had very mixed results recovering from Cheat Day based on what I eat. What are some of the foods that other people have found led to unexpectedly high weight gain water weight retention etc.? Pizza seems particularly bad.

Is it better to burn fat before building muscle or should I just focus on building muscle and burn the fat after. I'm relatively fit already just a little excess around the edges. What's the best approach as I know you can't really do both at the same time.

So this is kind of a stupid question but id figure I would ask since everyone on this site is probably a lot smarter than me when it comes to the science of the body. Any ways to make a long story short My girlfriend of quite some time and I have recently broken up because she is moving to california and she sees no point i...

Ok I've been rereading portions of the book 4th time now and I'm seeing something that doesn't make any sense. Tim states that fructose flatlines glucose levels nicely and for a long time but advises against using fruits because they increased his iron levels and cholesterol and a few other measurements which is bad ...

So simple question....is having like 30g of protein for 3 meals "too much" protein and could stall weight loss? I am just wondering cause recently my weight loss has slowed and I have not changed my diet nor deviated from it. I've lowered the amount of lentils I was having cause apparently it was too much before. I am ...

I've reached my goal weight now minus the 5lbs of water retention I still have from cheat day I initially gained 13lbs so I can expect to be pre-cheat by Monday at the latest and I'm happy with my 'skinniness'.. But I think I look bordering on anorectic because I have barely any muscle bulk especially not on my arms a...

Just wondering if smoking is allowed on this diet?

Hello all Well it has been a long thought provoking week. I still want to lose weight and was thinking of doing the SCD for another month but I decided that it might be worth trying OP because 1. It would break up my fat loss into spurts over time... I wonder how good is it if I lose 30lbs in 2 months? Lost 14.2 lbs l...

Sorry that's the best title I could come up with. LOMAD. Liter of Milk a Day. Have you done it? Did your BF increase stay the same.... OR did it drop? GOMAD. Gallon of Milk a Day Did you do it without puking? Photos would be a great help! not of the puking-- of your body changes!! sickos

According to the Mayo clinic "Artificial sweeteners don't affect your blood sugar level. In fact most artificial sweeteners are considered "free foods" because they don't count as a carbohydrate a fat or any other diabetes exchange. Remember however other ingredients in foods containing artificial sweeteners can still af...

Im going to Hong Kong for three weeks soon. I go back once every few years. This is normally massively exciting but Im also dreading it mainly because I know that I will stuff my face silly with all the delicious treats out there I know for a fact that Ill be roped into eating masses of Dim Sum for lunch daily...

UPDATE I did tape measurements and they confirm what the balance says. Hello everybody I am new to this interesting forum and new to the 4HB concepts. Since I'd like to turn some fat into lean mass so to speak I decided to try the SCDOccam protocol. According to the book in Occam's protocol you just add starches pre...