Low-fat not necessarily better that low-carb diet

In regards to recent headlines about low-fat diet being better for fat loss than low carb, this experiment is faulty in two respects. A figure of 29% carb is lowish carb but it is not less than 10% carb, which is what a proper low-carb diet is.

Low-fat not necessarily better that low-carb diet

The experiment was tightly controlled with participants being restricted in what they could eat.

In real life this does not happen. Some people can tolerate a low-fat diet, but people who are to some extent, insulin resistant, which is the majority of the population, can’t and become ravenous on it.

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