What if I just reduce calories?
Q: What's all the fuss about carbohydrates? What if I just reduce calories?
A: In one word, you'll be hungry Even if your will power is strong and you don't cheat, hunger signals your body to get those calories as soon as it suspects you are starving
Further, any low-calorie diet burns not only fat, but also muscle Reduced muscle mass causes your metabolism to slow down and the calorie reduction escalates, leading to malnutrition or to regaining all the lost weight — plus some
OK then, how about good old low fat diets?
Fat reduction can help if you don't have too many pounds to lose The glitch is, while any low-fat diet prevents fat depositing, it also makes fat burning nearly impossible
I'd also like to mention here that there was a trend of using low-fat diets to improve blood cholesterol and decrease the risk of cardio-vascular diseases, but recent clinical data questioned this approach
What's left is low carb diets and, I think, is your best option First -- and most important -- is that low-carb diets preserve muscle while burning the body's fat for fuel Second, low-carb diets don't make you hungry
To make it short, you get two major benefits when you cut down on carbohydrates that are difficult to get on other restriction diets:
1. You feel full on fewer calories
2. Your belly fat goes first and faster than on other types of diets
Tanya Zilberter, PhD
A: In one word, you'll be hungry Even if your will power is strong and you don't cheat, hunger signals your body to get those calories as soon as it suspects you are starving
Further, any low-calorie diet burns not only fat, but also muscle Reduced muscle mass causes your metabolism to slow down and the calorie reduction escalates, leading to malnutrition or to regaining all the lost weight — plus some
OK then, how about good old low fat diets?
Fat reduction can help if you don't have too many pounds to lose The glitch is, while any low-fat diet prevents fat depositing, it also makes fat burning nearly impossible
I'd also like to mention here that there was a trend of using low-fat diets to improve blood cholesterol and decrease the risk of cardio-vascular diseases, but recent clinical data questioned this approach
What's left is low carb diets and, I think, is your best option First -- and most important -- is that low-carb diets preserve muscle while burning the body's fat for fuel Second, low-carb diets don't make you hungry
To make it short, you get two major benefits when you cut down on carbohydrates that are difficult to get on other restriction diets:
1. You feel full on fewer calories
2. Your belly fat goes first and faster than on other types of diets
Tanya Zilberter, PhD
posted by Diet & Body at
8:50 AM
2 Comments:
- after 4 years of being overweight a few months back I went back to doing good old calorie counting and have lost 20kg in 3 months - sensible and effectively ! The other thing is that I didnt feel like complete sh*t while doing it... low carb worked for me once but it was impossibly tough and deprivating. Think about it 2 slices of low GI bread is even 200 calories ! I went back and looked at how many calories I was getting when doing low carb and surprise surprise - It was a lot lower but every day I was cranky and miserable - Now, I have a much healthier approach to food and have reprogrammed myself not to see carbs as bad... the only thing I can concede is that you need to include adequate protein WITH carbs at mealtimes but if you do You will feel fine and probably not very hungry
I found this on a very los carb diet site bantadiet.com "My hunger level went way down and I was in moderate to heavy ketosis most of the time; I'm surprised my cravings for sweet things were so easily suppressed"
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