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interesting:
Is Cutting Carbs The Key To Fat Loss?
By Kamal Patel And Kurtis Frank
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/is-cutting-carbs-the-key-to-fat-loss.html
...Low-carb and low-fat proponents have waged an epic battle over the past few decades, with each camp eager to use new studies as a knockout blow for the other....
The latest salvo is a yearlong study of obese patients conducted at Tulane University.1 Media coverage announced the study almost unanimously as a victory for low-carb diets, touting the extra weight loss that a "low-carb group" (those sarcasm quotes will make sense soon enough) experienced when compared to a low-fat group. Pundits even tied the results to the newly low-carb—and much thinner—LeBron James.
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This trial is definitely a mixed bag, but that doesn't mean there's nothing of value to glean from it. Here are a few takeaways:
A variety of diets can lead to weight loss, and what matters most is consistently eating fewer calories. This was echoed by a meta-analysis that came out the same week, and by interviews with this study's lead author, Dr. Lydia Bazzano.1
Although the groups did not attain drastically lower carb and fat levels, they both did manage to lose a decent amount of weight over the year by cutting calories.
Techniques that are designed specifically to help someone stick to a plan, such as meal-replacement bars or nutritional counseling, might not be enough to compel obese people to make dramatic lifestyle changes. However, these techniques can certainly help achieve better overall final results.
Getting a good amount of protein can help weight loss, even in the absence of other significant dietary changes.
Slightly lowering your carb intake is a viable option for losing weight that won't ruin your heart. In fact, it may be helpful.
Tying those last two together, the study seems to indicate that directing people to decrease carb intake might indirectly cause them to increase dietary protein intake.
Less carbs and more protein is a solid recipe for fat-loss, although, how much each macronutrient played into the results in this particular study is by no means clear.
And finally, making dramatic dietary changes is hard! Directing people entrenched in the standard American diet to consume fewer than 40 g of carbs takes amazing discipline out in the real world.
Many people won't achieve that level of carb reduction, let alone sustain it. Their carb intake may go down, but it will likely remain over 100 g per day.
The battle between the dogmatic camps is by no means over. Because of the variety of dietary components and flaws in this study, we can't use it as a trump card in favor of any particular macronutrient.
Consider it one more point in favor of "Fat is OK," not an arrow in the heart—so to speak—of the almighty carb.
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So, I'm not a proponent of low carb, high fat, but I HAVE been cutting back a little on carbs, eating more protein, more fat, more veges, but not going extreme one way or the other. and it's working ! :)
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150.1 lb
Lost so far: 4.6 lb.
Still to go: 0 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 22 March 2016:
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2346 kcal
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Fat: 108.86g | Prot: 102.25g | Carb: 282.68g.
Breakfast: Bananas, Cinnamon, Dried Seaweed, Red or Cayenne Pepper, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Kallo Nutritional Yeast Flakes, Pure Hawaiian Spirulina, Source Naturals Psyllium Husk Powder, Nature Made Magnesium Citrate, Carrington Farms Organic Hemp Seed Raw, Bob's Red Mill Old Country Style Muesli, Blueberries, Fennel Seed, The Ginger People Crystallized Ginger, Water, BillsGingerJuice 1oz Raw Ginger Juice organic, Bill. Lunch: Egg, Strawberry Preserves, COW GHEE Ghee (Clarified Butter), Nutritional Yeast, Organic Peanut Butter, Essential Baking 41g super seeded multigrain gluten free bread. Dinner: Brazil Nuts, Raw Almonds, Oscar Mayer 95% Fat Free Smoked Turkey Breast & White Turkey, Bananas, Black Pepper, Nature Made Magnesium Citrate, Turmeric (Ground), BillsGingerJuice 1oz Raw Ginger Juice organic, Bill, Tart is Smart Tart Cherry Juice Concentrate, 28g. more...
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losing 3.5 lb a week
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