Also, include cheat days in your diet (once every 10 days) on which you'll increase your carb and fat consumption in order to prevent the body from adjusting to
constant low calorie intake, thereby keeping your metabolism running smooth.
Not exact matches
Very
low carbohydrates are the third reason for muscle loss.To burn fat you have to
lower carbohydrates, but
lowering them drastically is a mistake.A good rule of a thumb is to keep the protein
intake constant and
lower the
calories by 300 - 500 under maintenance by
lowering the carbohydrates.That's cutting about 80g - 120g carbs a day.
Another is that reducing
calorie intake keeps cells under a
constant low level of stress, which makes them better able to cope with higher levels of stress when it comes along — similar to how the moderate stress induced by exercise can improve people's health.
ALL of the obese patients lost weight at a
constant rate, regardless of the nutrient composition of the diet; whether fat or carbohydrate
intake was high or
low — what mattered was the total
calorie deficit.