OmegaZero2003 wrote:

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On 12/17/2003 10:29 AM, tcomeau wrote:

And, oh yeah, it doesn't work long term in more than 95% of cases.

Please post evidence that any diet plan (low carb, low fat, reduced
calorie, TC's super secret special plan) works more often? What
plan
are you recommending?

The low-carb diet works specifically by not causing hunger and
starvation, but by 1) satiating and 2) keeping the body out of a
fat-storage mode and keeping it in a fat-using mode ie. mild
ketosis.

Please post evidence that low carb is not another form of calorie
restriction.

Low carb need not be a form of or mean calorie restriction. The
calories
decreased via the low-carb approach can be added back in by taking
some
additional EFAs like fish/flax oils, to very good effect.

Think nutrient partitioning- taking advantage of what the body does
with
certain types of nutrients (e.g., leptin- and insulin-modulated
partitioning) and, as an extension, timing the intake of those
different
nutrients to best work with the body's metabolistic parameters
governing
their - well - metabolism!

So are you suggesting that, via nutrient partitioning, a maintenance
calories (i.e. not restricted in calories) low-carb diet will somehow
cause something to occur wrt: body fat?

Well - I read your previous posts on the matter, along with about 30
studies
(some posted in another thread), that nutrient partitioning (via
differntial
response of metabolic parameters such as insulin and leptin etc.) will
cause
loss of bf and maint of lean body mass.

The weight-loss issue is not what I am aiming at here, but bf loss vs lean
muscle maint.

What has your more-involved research shown?

From what I have read (less than you I am sure), it makes sense
theoretically. See the studies I found )posted in anoth3r post in this
thread) (some longer than what you said were not very long and thence not
very convincing).

PS: I think it is more about insulin than leptin, immediately postprandial.
Leptin has more of an affect via brain (behavior).

There are central (brain) controllers on nutrient partitioning.

Lyle