Although low carb diets can be useful
for sedentary people who wish to lose weight, if you are trying to build muscle you need your carbs.
Other than that, the cyclical ketogenic diet without exercise can still be a sustainable and effective way of burning fat and losing weight, although it's less
optimal for sedentary people.
McDougall is
fine for sedentary people and is great for health but its not appropriate for anyone who is active in weightlifting sports.
Although it's
possible for a sedentary person to get enough vitamins, minerals etc. if they eat a really well balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, if you are training regularly your micronutrient requirement will be higher than normal, so you'll want to take a good quality multivitamin or greens supplement to make sure you are fully covered.
Although the protein
requirements for a sedentary person are modest, around 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight, you may need up to twice this amount if you weight train intensely.
For a sedentary person, even driving to the shops and parking a hundred metres from the entrance can be an important event, BrownelI argues.
16) Colpo (The Fat Loss Bible) says that protein intake should be in the range 1.6 to 2.5 g / kg lean The range is
for sedentary persons to highly active athletes.