Reduced refined carbs trial

Overview

Cut refined carbohydrates and sugar for two weeks to see whether your post-meal fog changes.

Mechanisms it may act on

• Blood-sugar swings Strong

Where the estimate comes from

• From studies (prior): 2.0
• From Reddit reports: 0.0
• From investigators here: 0.0
• From tests: 0.0

Studies

• Identifying the best diagnostic test for ovarian cancer - synopsis of Refining Ovarian Cancer Test accuracy Scores (ROCkeTS) research.
  2026 · Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · n=857 · · PubMed 41797598
• Effects of guar gum supplementation on the lipid profile: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
  2021 · Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD · n=? · Mixed · PubMed 34607737
• Effects of high protein, low-glycemic index diet on lean body mass, strength, and physical performance in late postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled trial.
  2020 · Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · n=26 · Null · PubMed 33201025
• Associations between Diet Quality Scores and Risk of Postmenopausal Estrogen Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review.
  2018 · The Journal of nutrition · n=? · · PubMed 29378048
• Effect of Dietary Carbohydrate Type on Serum Cardiometabolic Risk Indicators and Adipose Tissue Inflammatory Markers.
  2018 · The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · n=11 · Negative · PubMed 29982704
• High glycemic index diet as a risk factor for depression: analyses from the Women's Health Initiative.
  2015 · The American journal of clinical nutrition · n=87 · · PubMed 26109579
• Metabolic Correction as a tool to improve diabetes type 2 management.
  2015 · Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico · n=25 · Positive · PubMed 26434085
• Effect of aerobic exercise and low carbohydrate diet on pre-diabetic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in postmenopausal women and middle aged men--the role of gut microbiota composition: study protocol for the AELC randomized controlled trial.
  2014 · BMC public health · n=50 · · PubMed 24438438
• Equol status and blood lipid profile in hyperlipidemia after consumption of diets containing soy foods.
  2012 · The American journal of clinical nutrition · n=30 · Positive · PubMed 22301925
• Whole grain compared with refined wheat decreases the percentage of body fat following a 12-week, energy-restricted dietary intervention in postmenopausal women.
  2012 · The Journal of nutrition · n=79 · · PubMed 22357746

How people usually try it

No sugary drinks, white bread, pastries or sweets. Keep protein, fat and vegetables the same.

Typical dose: Two weeks with no refined carbohydrate