This very well-done study found that high carbohydrate is the way to go:

Solon-Biet et al., The Ratio of Macronutrients, Not Caloric Intake,
Dictates Cardiometabolic Health, Aging, and Longevity in Ad Libitum-Fed Mice
Cell Metabolism 19, 418–430, March 4, 2014

The fundamental questions of what represents a
macronutritionally balanced diet and how this maintains
health and longevity remain unanswered.
Here, the Geometric Framework, a state-space nutritional
modeling method, was used to measure interactive
effects of dietary energy, protein, fat, and
carbohydrate on food intake, cardiometabolic
phenotype, and longevity in mice fed one of 25 diets
ad libitum. Food intake was regulated primarily by
protein and carbohydrate content. Longevity and
health were optimized when protein was replaced
with carbohydrate to limit compensatory feeding
for protein and suppress protein intake. These consequences
are associated with hepatic mammalian
target of rapamycin (mTOR) activation and mitochondrial
function and, in turn, related to circulating
branched-chain amino acids and glucose. Calorie restriction
achieved by high-protein diets or dietary
dilution had no beneficial effects on lifespan. The results
suggest that longevity can be extended in ad
libitum-fed animals by manipulating the ratio of macronutrients
to inhibit mTOR activation.

Diets that were low in protein and high in carbohydrate (i.e.,
those that promoted longest life) were associated with lower
blood pressure (Figures 5C and 5D), improved glucose tolerance
(Figure 6A), higher levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDLc; Figure
6, reduced levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDLc; Figure
6C), and lower triglycerides (Figure 6D). This is consistent
with human data suggesting that long-term adherence to highprotein,
low-carbohydrate diets is linked with increased cardiovascular
disease (Floegel and Pischon, 2012; Lagiou et al.,
2012) and indicates that the balance of protein to carbohydrate,
rather than energy intake, may be the driver of a healthy cardiometabolic
profile.

The balance of macronutrients, in particular the protein:
carbohydrate ratio, had a marked effect on longevity and latelife
health. As the protein:carbohydrate ratio increased, there were
concomitant increases in hepatic mTOR activation, apparently
associated with the combination of elevated circulating BCAAs
and low glucose. Given the evidence that activation of mTOR
is proaging (Burnett et al., 2011; Fontana et al., 2010; Kapahi
et al., 2010), our results support this as a mechanism to explain
the life-extending effects of a low-protein, high-carbohydrate
diet.

epidemiological
studies have shown that low-protein, high-carbohydrate
diets are associated with improved health in humans
(Floegel and Pischon, 2012; Lagiou et al., 2012), which is consistent
with our overall conclusions.
Our results show that healthy aging is not achieved in mice
fed high-protein diets and/or diluted diets to reduce calorie
intake, but rather by low-protein diets (especially, we might
predict, those low in BCAAs), where additional energy requirements
are met by dietary carbohydrates rather than fats.




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My lipid panel improved once I got off RAW high carbs/low protein and went to a RAW high fat/low protein diet.

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What kind of carbohydrates? Raw ? Cooked? Fruits? Vegetables?

Diets varied in content of P (casein and methionine), C (sucrose,
wheatstarch and dextrinized cornstarch) and F (soya bean oil). All other ingredients were kept similar. Other ingredients include cellulose, a mineral mix (Ca, P, Mg,Na, C, K, S, Fe, Cu, I, Mn, Co, Zn, Mo, Se, Cd, Cr, Li, B, Ni and V) and a vitamin mix (vitamin A, D3, E, K, C, B1, B2, Niacin, B6, pantothenic acid, biotin, folic acid, inositol, B12 and choline) supplemented to the same levels as AIN-93G.

We already know that mice on whole foods diets live longer than mice on purified diets.

In this diet they kept all ingredients the same but varied the proportions.


From another study (Newberne and Suphakarn, Nutrition and Cancer 5:107, 1983)
Comparing rats fed on semisynthetic and whole foods diets:

Type of cancer % of rats with tumors on semisynthetic diet % of rats with tumors on whole foods diet
breast 91% 33%
liver 67%-96% 29%-48%
colon 67% 42%
ovary and uterus 67% 11%

SueZ Wrote:
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> My lipid panel improved once I got off RAW high
> carbs/low protein and went to a RAW high fat/low
> protein diet.


P.S. Triglycerides were not the only thing in my lipid panel that the hclf diet was revealed to have screwed up. There were plenty of *'s in my other lab work as well.

I am glad that I get yearly lab work done and hope others will, too. Things can go south before you become aware of it and while you are still feeling good.

SueZ Wrote:
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> My lipid panel improved once I got off RAW high
> carbs/low protein and went to a RAW high fat/low
> protein diet.

any health issues at all?

how good is your ability to exercise/perform sport?

what is your bodyweight?