If you work out or play sports, be aware that you may need more
carbs than the average person, and be prepared to bend the rules on strict caveman nutrition to allow for them.
Not exact matches
«
People on the low -
carb diet burned an
average of 325 more calories a day — about the same number you'd burn during a moderately vigorous workout —
than those on the low - fat diet, and those on the low - glycemic diet burned 150 more calories
than those on the low - fat diet,» he says.
According to one study,
people followed a low - calorie diet and ate 3 oz of almonds daily lost on
average 62 % more weight
than those on a high -
carb diet (9).
It can be considered «reduced
carb» rather
than low -
carb due to the fact that the
average person consumes about 50 - 60 % carbohydrates in their diet, and the Zone dieter consumes 40 %.
If you READ the book, the first phase of the diet where you restrict the
carbs, refines and not refines, should not be longer
than 1 week in
people with
average metabolism, or two weeks when they have hard metabolism.
If
carbs were the body's preferred fuel source, it'd store more
than the 225 or so that it does for the
average person.
The researchers in this study found that the
people who followed the low -
carb (ketogenic) diet dropped more fat and lost more weight
than those adhering to the low - fat diet, despite consuming slightly more calories on
average.
Again, it'll be interesting because we will learn... We should finally learn... Christopher and his colleagues are doing a better job
than anyone's ever done before of keeping
people to these extremes so the low
carb on
average will not be as low as an Atkins diet, but it'll be closer
than it's ever been.