One Hundred Gram Carb Cure.

RingSize8

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/one_hundred_gram_carb_cure

...before the lambasting begins, I just want to know if anyone has had success with this? I've been eating a lot of junky carbs lately (bad break up), and I need to get back on track. Even though I've continued to lose weight because I've stayed within my daily allotment of calories and kept up with work outs, I don't feel all that great, and I feel like the fat is not coming off. I know I'm getting smaller (I measure and weigh) but I want to do what I can to lose the most fat possible. Basically I'm looking for efficiency. I am well aware of the school of thought that believes in eating whatever you want as long as it's within your calorie range, and as appetizing as a chocolate covered deep fried BLT with a side of french fry nachos and a Pop Tart flavored milkshake sounds, I get the feeling eating 'whatever I want' isn't really helping me. What I want to know is, might this be MORE successful then just eating 1700 or so calories of whatever? Soooo, thanks.

neanderthin

I would say yes and I'll tell you why. It forces the person to make choices that reduce refined carbs and added sugars simply because there's not enough room in the diet, so it promotes more nutritionally dense foods. This would also imply that the person would by default consume a higher protein diet, which when in a deficit is paramount for retaining muscle mass if exercise (weight training) is also employed. Keep in mind that 100 carbs doesn't mean the same thing for everyone. Someone on a 1200 calorie diet it would represent 30% carb consumption and for someone else, me for example it would represent about 12%. If I was to eat 30% carbs that would represent about 250g's of carbs, which is what I actually consume, or there about, and I do consider this to be a low carb diet. Low carb diets are also in this day and age a good stategy for diabetes, obesity, MetS, PCOS etc. I know that people may call this a fad, but in my mind this could be a good lifestyle change for many people. imo.