WOW! CSIRO Australia is now endorsing a LCHF diet!

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #1

This is a huge leap forward in (greater public) acceptance of the LCHF way of eating! While it’s not keto per se, nor is it near-zero carbs, it is still a significantly reduced carb diet with proven benefits for people with type 2 diabetes.

FROM: https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/Health/CSIRO-diets/CSIRO-Low-Carb-Diet-Book

The CSIRO Low Carb Diet Book provides another great option for people concerned about weight management or type 2 diabetes.
About the program

CSIRO researchers have discovered a clear link between a low carbohydrate diet and diabetes management.
The CSIRO Low Carb Diet book cover

Researchers believe that if people incorporate more healthy fats and lean protein into their diet, while reducing the intake of carbohydrates, they could significantly improve their health and well-being.

For the millions of Australians who are overweight and/or have type 2 diabetes or are at risk of developing it, this research could make a real difference to the diet and lifestyle decisions they make.

Our researchers wanted to be able to provide a clear and comprehensive overview of the science and benefits behind the low carbohydrate diet so they developed the CSIRO Low-Carb Diet book.

The CSIRO Low-Carb Diet features:

  • 80 nutritious low-carb recipes, including breakfasts, salads & soups, mains, snacks & sweet treats
  • Clear description of low-carb versus high-carb food

  • 12 weekly meal plans and shopping lists

  • A comprehensive exercise plan, fully photographed

The Low-Carb Diet book can be purchased though CSIRO Publishing. http://www.publish.csiro.au/book/7758

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #2

The Australian news program “A Current Affair” had an “exclusive look” at the new book and interviews with some of the research folk and subjects of the CSIRO study. I have a copy of the video for this segment and I’m just now looking at a way to put a link here for others to watch…

EDIT: Here’s the video: https://vimeo.com/206175006 You’ll need a password to play it: 2keto
I don’t know what happened, but the video is frozen for the first 10 seconds, however it plays normally after that.

PS. I did the password thing just to keep it (hopefully) to ketogenicforums users. Also, please note that the ACA website quoted at the end of the segment is not accessible outside of Australia. Seems they geo-block it. There are ways around geo-blocking, but I don’t think that is for discussion here.

#3

I’m in Canada and was able to watch the video no problems, no blocks.

#4

So, what is going to happen to the ADA (dietician association)? Aren’t they against this? Are they going to fight CSIRO?

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #5

Yeah, I’m in Canada too, but I’m an Aussie living in Canada and I’m a techno/geeky guy who has a system setup to record local TV from my home town of Brisbane so I can keep up with Australian news and local shows. The video I posted is a recording I made, so no geo-blocks there. :grin: At the end of the segment, the host says to go to http://9now.com.au/aca for more info on their site and it’s that site that is geo-blocked outside Australia.

(A ham loving ham! - VA6KD) #6

The CSIRO is recognized as the foremost research body in Australia and most folks take them pretty seriously. Not that they’re always right, but they go to lengths to do good, solid, and credible research.

(Michelle) #7

This is a huge step in the right direction!! So glad that science is slowly making it’s way into mainstream.

I feel that if people don’t fully know (and so many people are ignorant about what is a carb, a fat, and a protein), then they get hungry and give up – “I have to eat bread or I’m hungry all the time”. Teaching people to reduce carbs is definitely a step in the right direction and if they also teach them to replace that carb with lots of healthy fats, then kudos!!

By my best guesstimate, America may catch up in the year 2525. :frowning2:

#8

“Researchers believe that if people incorporate more healthy fats and lean protein into their diet, while reducing the intake of carbohydrates, they could significantly improve their health and well-being.”

Why lean meat? I wonder what they mean by healthy fats?

(Todd Allen) #9

It isn’t explicit, but seems to imply animal fats are unhealthy since people rarely describe plant proteins as fatty or lean. Anyway, regardless of intent it seems wrong. Healthy protein is found in combination with healthy fats in whole foods both plant and animal. The fats I consider unhealthy are unnatural refined ones such as corn and soybean oils, though it wouldn’t surprise me if those were CSIROs recommended healthy fats.

note, I meant this as a reply to Pilotbob, not sure how I ended up with it replying to keehan.