Does a low carb diet make a big difference?

tracydr

I personally think people are much better off learning how to eat a more balanced diet and focus on getting proper nutrition...which means not only getting your vitamins and minerals, but hitting dietary fat requisites and higher protein requisites than the RDA (which is basically bare minimum intake for a sedentary person...don't be sedentary and get more protein).

When people focus on having a more balanced and nutritious diet, they generally find that their protein intake increases, their fat intake increases or remains static, and their carbohydrate intake is often substantially reduced from the SAD. To boot, when people are trying to hit micro vitamins and mineral goals, they find that their carbohydrates sources tend to be less "junky" with some starches and whole grains and a lot of wholesome vegetables and fruits making up the better part of that carbohydrate intake.

This is so true! I cannot meet my protein requirements very easily if most of my calories come from carbs. The RDA and food pyramid are away to heavy on "grains".
If focus on my protein intake and calories I have the same weight loss as when I'm on the South Beach diet, probably because my diet becomes nearly identical. If I don't follow my macros and just track calories I have found that I don't lose as well. I also feel better when my macros are tracked.
I do love that following the South Beach diet I didn't have to track calories. It was tough to stay strictly with their meal plans but even eating as much olive oil and avocados as I wanted I still lost easily.
I've had a lot of stress in the past five years and was also in a wheelchair for many months. Otherwise, I think my weight would have stayed stable. I am trying to get to a lower weight this time, though, mainly to unload my knees and ankles.

agymah

Did you guys ever see that controversial movie Supersize Me? That's where a guy ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days straight. He gained 24.5 pounds, his body fat shot up 63% and his cholesterol skyrocketed by 65 points.

Well, recently a physician in North Carolina ALSO ate all of his meals at McDonald's for 30 days. But he LOST 9 pounds, shed 20% of his body fat, his high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol went up and his blood sugar and triglycerides went down!

How the heck did he do that?

By making two changes, both of which hold the secret to creating unstoppable fat loss for anybody, even if you're stuffing your face with fast food.

Unlike the guy in “Supersize Me” who ate all the meals as they came, this physician NEVER ate starch with fat. That's a deadly combo that creates a belly-fat bulging calorie bomb. Starch is processed to produce many of the sugars in processed foods.

The starch spikes your #1 fat-making hormone insulin. And the fat delivers a megaton of calories for that insulin to convert into fat. For example, he took off the bread from his burger and he didn't eat fries. Everything else was fair game though.

So if you want to block the fat-making capacity of your meals, never eat starch and fat together. For more weight loss unusual tips go to why I can’t lose weight. com. http://www.whyicantloseweight.com/