Zero Carb Diet study on pigs

[Viking Dan]

Courtesy of some feller on the AV-Skeptics group

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6735620

This gist is that pigs on an 85% fat, zero carb diet lost 25% of the ingested calories (via feces) vs. 7% for pigs on a mixed diet. Granted we're not pigs. Interesting nonetheless.

[maxlharris]

Speak for yourself. :evil:


They didn't talk (at least in the abstract) about the weight of the pigs. You go with a mixed grain diet for pigs to grow them, whereas in the wild, lean pigs would probably eat very little grain.

Thanks for the link.

[Omlette]

We may not be pigs, but we are very closely linked. Pig parts are used for humans. I have worked with hogs, and their eyes look just like ours. It is very scary to see a sick and hurting hog. The eyes tell the story of how they feel.

Thanks for the link.

[deirdra]

Very interesting, and published in 1984, but that is the first I've heard of it.

It seems to predict a metabolic advantage of HF vLC diets, which is what I have been most successful on. I easily "lose" 300-500 calories of extra fat each day when I keep my fat at ~70% and carbs at ~5%.

[Viking Dan]

For awhile I was eating boiled pig skin as per Jan Kwasniewski's suggestions. Grew to like it a lot. The texture is kind of like pasta once you stop thinking about what it is.

Only disturbing thing about it is you always get a piece of skin with the pig's sku on it. :O