Sun, Jan-19-20, 12:26
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Posts: 1,891
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Plan: Atkins-ish (hypoglycemia)
Stats: 000/000/000
BF:
Progress: 50%
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As the keto diet essentially nixes the body's intake of carbs, the body searches for an alternative source of fuel. Before long, the body breaks down fat, muscle and tissues to sustain itself, Mechanick said.
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And so does a low calorie diet.
Isn't the purpose of going on a diet to lose weight?
Your body is composed of fat, muscle and tissue - there's no way of getting around that those sources of energy are going to be accessed when you're successful at losing weight.
What they're blissfully skirting around is that both a low fat/low cal diet and a LC/HF diet will both result in weight loss by accessing those sources of energy - but for an equal amount of weight loss, what percentage of fat, muscle is lost on low fat vs keto? My understanding is that LC/HF results in more fat loss and less muscle loss than a low fat diet - after all, isn't fat what we want to lose on a diet? I sure wouldn't knowingly go on a diet that wasted away my muscle and other tissue, while sustaining as much fat a possible.
DUH!
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