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Those rules are nonsense. Drink when you're thirsty.

You can't really spot reduce fat. You can concentrate on certain muscle groups to gain muscle in a specific are, but not lose fat. Intermittent fasting is a good idea. A fat fast would be another. Do 1,000 calories of approx 90% fat for a few days, but you can try higher calorie and slightly lower fat percentage.

Watch this about the Ames Test and organic food. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxE9sYatPAs

Too many carbs even if the calories are below target. That's why people lose weight faster when carbs are restricted. Increase fat, lower carbs and the weight loss will resume.

The "atkins flu" thing is real, but entirely avoidable. The reason is usually due to the sodium and potassium loss. Read this for great tips: https://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-ii/

Well, at least it's not as bad as dihydrogen monoxide! that stuff is dangerous! http://www.dhmo.org/

*face palm* http://www.jissn.com/content/1/2/7

It's a scam. http://stan-heretic.blogspot.com/2009/10/beware-of-okinawa-diet-scam.html

It's not different results. The people who lost more weight lowered improved their HDL/LDL ratio more. What they did is normalize all the people to see if there was some other factor in the diet besides weight loss improved that ratio. So even if there were twice as many Atkins dieters that lost 20 pounds than Ornish, they…

Dietary recall is poor. The difference is with the A TO Z study, they weren't attempting to make precise measurements of metabolic differences. It's not like one group was more likely to lie than the other. It was a test to see how the diets would perform "in the real world" without constant monitoring. The results are…

But there is a significant difference assuming you don't starve everyone in the process. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17341711 That was fun! A three day study based on questionnaires. Did you read it beyond the title? http://bit.ly/WvOcGZ

You are wrong. The human body breaks down carbohydrates very quickly and easily starting with saliva. Complex carbohydrates are just long chains of sugar (glucose). Excess glucose gets converted to glycogen, which can be stored by the liver and muscles for energy. After that, your liver converts excess glucose to…

I don't know what definition of "metabolic advantage" he's ascribing. So I can't comment on his assertion. Well, there goes his reputation right there. That would be nice. One day perhaps. And there he goes making dumb statements again. That's like arguing the greenhouse effect isn't real because the sun gives out the same…

Since all diets have lousy compliance issues, there would have probably been more quitters just like in the other diet groups. Your point is? What do you mean by metabolic advantage? From a biochemical perspective, there's a documented and clear-cut advantage. Gluconeogenesis results in a 43% energy loss of converting…

There isn't any evidence of “bread”, just ground plant material. The resulting paste/powder could have been baked, made into a porridge, or eaten as is by babies. It’s all supposition. Wrong. The "A TO Z: A Comparative Weight Loss Study:" http://nutrition.stanford.edu/projects/az.html The peer-reviewed paper written in…

You don't know about gluconeogenesis apparently. So once you start eating things that make you fat, you will gain weight? Which diet plan lets you gorge yourself on everything a lose weight? I'd like to know how that works.

Wow. There's a lot of misinformed people in this thread. No, low carb diets aren't fad diets. A grain-free low carb existence is what our ancestors thrived on for millions of years. Farming is only about 10,000 years old. I'm not a big paleo supporter, but facts are facts. All diets have terrible success rates. All of…

If you're obese, you are most likely insulin resistant. Here's how to tell: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/insulinresistance/#metabolic Yes, not everyone trying to lose weight has metabolic syndrome. That doesn't mean carbohydrates aren't the most effective thing to cut to lose weight for them, too. Even…

The link to the journal article is proof of the metabolic advantage. The video is the results of a peer reviewed published article in JAMA. If you want proof of the paper, here it is: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=205916 You said, "But if you can show me a study that is 1 yr + in time from a reputal…

You didn't actually read what I posted. There is a metabolic advantage. It's documented in the link I provided. The study you posted put overweight people on a 1,500 calorie diet of different macronutrient ratios. That's a semi-starvation diet regardless of fat/protein/carb ratios. Of course they all lost weight. 1,500…

Most people who are overweight are insulin resistant. People who are insulin resistant lose weight by cutting carbohydrates. The more carbs cut, the more weight lost. If you aren't insulin resistant or you're not looking to lose weight, then go crazy. Sure. Here you go:…

Since you have high blood pressure, you may indeed be salt sensitive. Having said that, reducing your salt may not be that big of a deal. You'd be better off losing weight (if you need to) and reducing fructose consumption since that raises uric acid levels, which can aggravate your hypertension. If you want a easy way to…

If you can eat them and not get fat, not get IBS, and maintain a normal blood sugar and cholesterol, have at em!

It's almost impossible to eliminate carbohydrates completely. Carbohydrates aren't necessary because your liver converts fat/protein to glucose for the parts of the brain that need it. Your heart and kidneys work just fine (arguably better) on ketones.

Calories aren't particularly useful to track. To say 100 calories of white bread is equal to 100 calories of steak is completely wrong. Dietary carbohydrates drive insulin, which drives fat storage. In essence, all diets reduce carbohydrates when compared to the typical American diet. Even a "low fat" diet lowers…