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Originally Posted by Alan Aragon
1) A key distinction here that has to be made is that the research on the whole does not match protein intakes between diets. So, the adequate protein intakes have multiple advantages (ie, LBM support, satiety) compared to the inadequate protein intakes. Thus, it's not lower carb intake per se that imparts the advantage, it's the higher protein intake. Once you match protein intake between diets, the higher-carb diet is actually the one with the slight metabolic advantage.
2) Give this a read, Lyle does a good job of clearing up the confusion surrounding the energy balance equation:
http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat...-equation.html
3) Mike already addressed the error in this assertion by providing relevant research refuting it:
http://forums.jpfitness.com/748355-post2.html
If you're going to cite the A to Z trial, then you can't cherry pick it & leave out the other 4 long-term (12 mo or more) diet comparison trials that found no significant weight loss differences. In addition to long-term interventions, the overwhelming majority of metabolic ward studies show no metabolic advantage of low-carb treatments. You can talk about theory all day long, Fred. But, the majority of research outcomes (in both long-term trials & metabolic ward studies) have simply not supported it. |
There is a lot here to address.
You said that if protein intake is higher (than what?) the higher carb diets have the MA. Well, I'd need to see a study that supports this and of course, it would need to be a ward study, right? In saying this, you then agree that a MA is possible. And of people vary, and they do, then given the 2nd law of TD, a LC diet can show a MA in some people. (Volek, et. al.)
Can you please site the paper showing the MA to higher carb diets with protein equal in both groups?
Where are the 4 studies that show no MA to low carb? I missed the references I guess.
When you say "overwhelming majority of ward studies do not show a MA to low carb..." This means some do show a metabolic advantage to low carb, correct? Perhaps someone could list the ward studies you refer to because I don't have them.
I'll look at MacDonald's paper again but last I looked at it he too doesn't get the 2nd law of TD.