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Old Sat, Apr-19-08, 16:51
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Plan: keto ancestral/IF
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Well - the concern is that if you eat very low calories, your body goes into starvation mode and begins conserving calories.

In Good Calories, Bad Calories, Gary Taubes refers to a study were people are on a diet of 1500 calories a day as a semi-starvation diet. So, I guess the concern on the 1300-1600 calories a day at your present weight is that your body will become really efficient at that caloric level - which isn't neccessarily something that you want - because where will you go, calorie-wise, as you want to lose more weight?

I really believe your calories are probably too low, although I am not a South-Beacher, so I don't really know what that diet recommends - I haven't read the book, and I'm not aware of what works on South Beach - I can only come from an Atkins perspective and a general awareness of what works with low carb in general. HTH.
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