High Protein and High Fat Diets!
The majority of diet books, on the market in recent years, all center around staying away from carbohydrates while eating as much protein and fat as we desire; the most popular of these books is the Atkins Diet. This dieting paradigm is misguided, unhealthy and simply wrong for long-term human health.
Research clearly shows that the vast majority of end-users of this type of diet lose weight initially (mostly through water loss and calorie restriction that can’t be sustained) only to gain more weight through increased body-fat and muscle loss within one calendar year of starting this dieting approach.
In addition, myriad cancers, heart disease and strokes… to constipation, depression and low energy are all problematic with this nutritional precept.
The stigma to avoid all carbohydrate consumption is sustained by those who choose to eat non-fat to high-fat processed carbohydrates instead of whole vegetables, whole fruits, whole grains and legumes (beans and lentils). Indeed, consumption of processed junk food carbohydrates frequently does lead to weight gain, but blaming the good carbohydrates for weight gain, when they aren’t even being consumed in the amounts necessary for longterm good health, while physical activity is nearly dormant, is foolhardy and short-sighted indeed.
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