Low carb high protein

If you listen to the two diet camps (high protein versus high carbohydrate) speak about their diets, you might think that two vastly different diet regimens existed. Actually, they share a number of similarities: • All diets recognize that if you’re going to lose weight you must burn more calories than you consume (the Second Law of Thermodynamics hasn’t been repealed). So regardless of whether they specifically mention calories, all programs are designed to decrease a person’s caloric intake. • All diets acknowledge that physical activity can help people lose weight and maintain weight loss. • All diets must include the nine essential amino acids found in protein. • No diets suggest that you can lose weight while consuming large amounts of simple, non-nutritious, calorie-dense carbohydrates, such as sugar and soda. • All major diets are aware of the dangers of hydrogenated fats and the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. In other words, every major weight loss diet cuts calories, eliminates simple carbohydrates, supports exercise, and modifies the intake of unhealthy fat. This leaves only a few variables to play around with when designing a diet: • How many calories? • What percentage of complex carbohydrates in the diet? • How much fat and what type of fat is acceptable? • What’s the recommended proportion of proteins, complex carbohydrates, and fats? • How much exercise is desirable, and what sort of exercise?