High protein diets

ourkidloub

Hi, I have been looking into starting a high protein, low fat and very low carb diet and am looking for people's opinions on this. I want results fast and have heard this will deliver but I am worried that as a very restrictive diet I will crave all the foods I am not allowed and as a vege I feel a daily diet of mainly eggs and quorn will quickly bore me......what does everyone think?? All opinions greatly received!!! X

Acg67

Hi, I have been looking into starting a high protein, low fat and very low carb diet and am looking for people's opinions on this. I want results fast and have heard this will deliver but I am worried that as a very restrictive diet I will crave all the foods I am not allowed and as a vege I feel a daily diet of mainly eggs and quorn will quickly bore me......what does everyone think?? All opinions greatly received!!! X

Results aren't any faster with low carb, unless you're counting the initial greater loss due to glycogen/water loss. Unless you have a medical reason and have to follow a certain diet, create a diet that you'll best adhere to. as that's the most important thing

FizikallyFit

Why go on a diet? Just eat healthier. Try adding more protein to each meal and snack, but also include vegetables and fruit and every now and then the occasional splurge. Restriction is never a good option. I know lots of high protein low calorie foods and even some recipes. If you want to add more protein to your diet that is doable but don't restrict.

sweebum

The initial results are faster from water loss / glycogen depletion, but after that, the losses equal a regular calorie deficit. Lower carb eating does help I find with feeling fuller longer, and as a result, I eat less. If you do go low carb, the moment you eat carbs again, that water loss will come right back. Just choose something you can sustain.

BHKLEIN

You can always eat well and then fortify your drink with a really good protein powder (whey). I like to mix Dymatize Elite Extended Release Fudge Brownie with chocolate milk. They taste really good together and I drink that after my weight training 3 times a week. Spiru-tein chocolate with chocolate milk are good together too but not as good as the Dymatize powder. However, the Spiru-tein has a lot of extra vitamins and minerals. Try a really good, clean diet and if you are having troubles getting in enough protein, you could always try what I said above. Protein shakes are not meal replacements though: they are meant to be used as a snack or post workout. I pair the Spiru-tein and chocolate milk with some fruit and/or veggies in the morning and then I use the Dymatize 3 days a week after some intense weight lifting. Works for me and they really keep you full for a long time! Good luck :happy:

Dragonwolf

High protein diets are typically not sustainable, and not healthy, for many reasons.

- Rabbit Starvation - This is a form of malnutrition by eating a disproportionately high amount of protein and only protein. While we can live well without any appreciable source of dietary carbs, our bodies need fat for fuel and for absorbing nutrients.

- Protein is favored by the body for building/repairing, not fuel. While the body does go for protein after carbs for quick fuel, the body does better overall when fat and/or carbs are available for use as fuel. That's why the body stores excess calories as fat and only builds as much muscle as needed to handle the demands placed on it.

- Too much protein can damage the liver and kidneys. While most people would be hard-pressed to eat enough protein to do damage, using protein as your (for all intents and purposes) only source of calories would require a lot of protein. Lean protein sources aren't terribly calorie-dense. (This goes back to point #1.) At 4cal/gram, if you eat more than about 1300 calories of nothing but protein, you're pushing the limits of what's considered safe for the liver and kidneys to metabolize.

If you're going to play with macro ratios, find out how much protein your body needs based on the usual .5-1g/lb of lean body mass, then fill the rest in with carbs and fat how you see fit. This will work out much better in the long run than trying to do high protein, low fat, low carb.

sobriquet84

Hi, I have been looking into starting a high protein, low fat and very low carb diet and am looking for people's opinions on this. I want results fast and have heard this will deliver but I am worried that as a very restrictive diet I will crave all the foods I am not allowed and as a vege I feel a daily diet of mainly eggs and quorn will quickly bore me......what does everyone think?? All opinions greatly received!!! X

Results aren't any faster with low carb, unless you're counting the initial greater loss due to glycogen/water loss. Unless you have a medical reason and have to follow a certain diet, create a diet that you'll best adhere to. as that's the most important thing

yeah, what he said.

if you want to do low carb then that's totally up to you. but low carb doesn't mean you have to follow Adkin's 20g net or some nonesense like that. i live what a lot of poeple would call "low carb" but carbohydrates make up 20%-30% of my calories, which is way more than what an Adkins program would allow.

also, why low fat??? that's just dumb. your body needs a good amount of dietary fat. i'm not telling you to scarf down 40grams of saturated fat a day, but fat from fish, olive oil, avocados, nuts, ect = GOOD.

bacitracin

VLC/moderate protein+fat is way tastier.

Listen to Dragonwolf though.