I’m not gaining weight. Never did, until I tried The Croissant Diet, about 6.5 years into low carb. THEN – and only then – did I gain weight.
I’m almost back to where I was before trying The Croissant Diet.
But if you’re looking at morning blood sugar, you’re looking at the wrong thing:
You can see that my morning blood sugar is higher every morning…but my estimated A1c is 4.6.
You might say, “This is an anomaly”. But it’s not:
This shows two different Free Style Libre results, about 16 months apart (I wore a CGM for about that long). I have months upon months of data just like this.
The results are almost identical.
So, unless you put this in context, comparing morning blood sugar is basically useless. You’d also have to compare evening blood sugar, which is more than likely a better comparison.
And, your ketones will vary opposite to this (lower in the morning, higher in the evening).
Is Mark Sisson “right” about adding in carbs? What does it mean to be “right”? Say you add in carbs and get lower morning blood glucose. What does that mean?
If you add in carbs, you SHOULD get lower morning blood glucose. Why? Because your body does not need to be as “insulin resistant” in the mornings.
Is that good or bad?
The studies have not been done. What’s considered to be a “high” morning blood glucose reading is based on people eating very high carb diets. That’s not me, as I’ve been low carb/keto since 1/1/14.
If you’re concerned about blood glucose, and think carbs will solve that, then eat carbs.
But you’re asking questions no one can answer, because studies on people who have been low carb/keto/carnivore for years have not been done. No one knows what’s “good” or “bad” in that context.