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Originally Posted by -Devil-  i am still learning all of this .. but the way i seem to be understanding it ... is keep the carbs under control if your main goal is to loose weight ... but if you are wishing to build muscle as well .. then eat some extra carb'd foods after workouts ... |
To keep it simple...
1). A calorie deficit is absolutely imperative to establish
weight loss (excluding temporary water loss);
2) Hypocaloric high-carb and low-carb diets of equal caloric content do not produce any difference in the rate of
fat loss (hypocaloric = fewer
calories);
3) Carbs do not and cannot explain recent increases in obesity rates, for per capita carbohydrate intake in the US is similar today to what it was in 1909. People did not suddenly switch from eating zero-carb diets to high carb diets - in fact, the average American never ate a zero-carb or even low-carb
diet.
Per capita caloric intake is higher now, but activity levels have decreased since 1909. That is why obesity rates have increased.
Thank you Anthony Colpo.
You might like to peruse a free 66 page booklet by Colpo in pdf format entitled
They're All MAD .
Debunks the "metabolic advantage" nonsense put forth by the likes of
Atkins and Eades that claim it's possible to gain weight on a high-carbohydrate
diet but lose weight on a low-carbohydrate
diet even when the 2 diets contain the exact same number of
calories.
