Jenny wrote:
:: Roger,
::
:: Interesting sounding, but the description of the study made it
:: unclear to me what was really happening.

Interesting, period.

::
:: How did they add the extra protein? Were they eating packaged foods
:: supplied by the study as happens in some nutritional studies? Were
:: they eating whatever they wanted?

That's because you only read the abstract. You need to click on the link
for the PDF to get the full paper.

::
:: The original diet is described only as "extremely low calorie" with
:: no indication of the nutritional breakdown and whether it lead to
:: cannibalisation of the dieter's own body protein. The diet was also
:: very short, only a couple weeks.

Read the paper.....the diet was Modifast and fruits and Veggies....the aim
was a loss of 4kg over 4 weeks (more than a couple).

::
:: Generalizing from this study to what happens when low carbers go off
:: their diet, might be a mistake.

No one has generalized....it is an interesting study since it seems to
indicate that increased protein intake after dieting impacts satiety and
weight retain...that ought to be interesting anyone wanting to lose weight
and maintain that weight loss, whether there is a take-home message of
practical value has not been addressed, afaik.

:: The effect of eating a lot of carbohydrate after a long period of
:: carb restriction might result in a much bigger weight gain no matter
:: how much protein intake accompanies it. We could only know if a
:: study was done with long term (not 3 week) low carb dieters.

Eating a lot of carbs will cause quick water weight gain....and if LC
dieters return to eating lots of carbs over the long term, and as a result
return to eating excessive amounts of calories, they will regain weight.
Eating lots of carbs is the obvious path to failure for most people who are
able lose well on LC. In my mind, there are no questions about that. And we
knew that before the results of this study became known.

Also, what is done in this study is not something that can be really hoisted
off onto the general LCing public, from what I can tell. They can't be
depended on to have a clue as to how to properly implement this kind of
thing. What should be paid attention to is what the general results are
relative to this one macro-nutritient. Interesting.

::
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::
:: "Roger Zoul" wrote in message
:: ...
::: This seems interesting....
:::
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::
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/DynaPa...v28/n1/abs/080
::: 2461a.html&dynoptions=doi1073506590