Losing Pounds with the High Protein Diet
Tuesday, August 7th, 2007Don’t be fooled by the name ‘high protein’—high protein is another way of saying low or no-carb diet. All of the fad diets that were no or low carb in recent years were bashed for their unhealthiness. Don’t be tricked into thinking that this new thing—the high protein diet—is a whole new thing! Low or no carb diet also means high protein or fat diet; it’s just changing the name and hoping everyone will buy it!Â
What exactly is a high protein diet? Well, a high protein diet is exactly what it says it is; but the important distinction to make is that in order to be high protein it also has to limit the amount of carbs that you put into your body. If you keep the amount of carbs the same as it currently is, but up the amount of protein, you will not lose any weight; however, if you take out some of the carb calories and replace them with calories from protein, you will, most likely lose weight. How it works is a whole different question though, and the bottom line is that it is not very healthy.