It amazes me how higher protein/lower carb eating virtually died when Dr. Atkins died. The simple fact is that plenty of studies have shown low carb (notice I didn’t say no carb) eating can lead to a leaner body.
By the way, I’ve known dozens of people who said they “did Atkins.”
But not a single one of them ever bothered to read any of his books. Their universal answer to my question, “How long have you’ve been out of the induction phase?” was, “Huh? The what phase?”
I snagged this article from my idol (for more than just fitness and exercise stuff) Alwyn Cosgrove - one of the few blogs I read consistently.
New Study:
Meckling KA, Sherfey R
A randomized trial of a hypocaloric high-protein diet, with and without exercise, on weight loss, fitness, and markers of the Metabolic Syndrome in overweight and obese women.
Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2007 Aug;32(4):743-752.The subjects were divided into two main groups – high carb (3:1 carb:protein) and low carb (1:1 carb: protein) and then subdivided into exercise (three times per week) and non exercise groups within each diet group.
Weight loss after 12 weeks was as follows:
4.6lbs for high carb no exercise group
8.8lbs for high carb with exercise group
10.1lbs for the high protein-low carb -no exercise group
and 15.5 lbs for the high protein, low carb with exercise group.What’s really interesting is that the high protein, low carb group was superior for weight loss over high carb with exercise. And it was 75% superior when combined with exercise.
Alwyn goes a lot deeper into the research behind his fat burning training plans in Afterburn (more for the mainstream) and Real World Fat Loss (for fitness pros and serious exercisers).
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