High GI diet leads to reduced fat-burning and increased fatness in mice

High GI diet leads to reduced fat-burning and increased fatness in mice

Posted on 1 December 2009

As a general rule, scientists, doctors and dieticians subscribe to the view that when it comes to weight management,

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Published December 1, 2009 . Filed under: Healthy Eating, Low-Carbohydrate/Carbohydrate Restriction, Weight Loss


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  1. Peter Silverman says:

    Cat and Mouse

    A friend of mine put his fat, diabetic cat on a low carb diet. The cat went into shock, because her blood sugars returned to normal and my friend, who had been giving the cat insulin shots for five years didn’t realize it. The cat survived, and has lost a third of it’s body weight, and no longer needs insulin shots.

    December 1, 2009 @ 2:35 pm

  2. Ali says:

    shouldn’t cats eat a low carb diet in the first place? I feed mine meat

    December 2, 2009 @ 4:08 am

  3. Paul Anderson says:

    Shouldn’t humans also eat a low carb diet?

    December 4, 2009 @ 4:27 pm

  4. Iain Dobson says:

    I would suggest people interested in this subject read Gary Taubes book, “The Diet Delusion” available for under

    December 4, 2009 @ 9:54 pm

  5. Sherry says:

    As silly as it sounds, most “diabetic” (and weight-reducing i.e.Light) cat food is low fat,high carb. Lots of lovely cereal and heart-healthy sunflower oil !

    It`s what keeps the Vets in business.

    December 4, 2009 @ 10:02 pm

  6. george kaposhilin says:

    what are examples of low GI carb foods

    December 5, 2009 @ 2:14 am

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