Biology question – diet and health.?

Posted on Mar 01, 2010 under Diet and health | 4 Comments

What diet will cause more rapid weight loss?

Diet B
Low fat diet
includes any fruit, vegetables and proteins
energy intake is monitered carefully

Diet C
Low carb diet
Excludes fruit
Includes non-starchy vegetables, proteins and fats
Energy intake is not counted and may exceed 10 000 kl on some days.
By the way – This isn’t a personal diet for me. It’s a question in some homework I have to do and I wasn’t completely sure which was best.

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4 Responses to “Biology question – diet and health.?”

  1. bLaH!! Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Diet C

  2. cyn_texas Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 6:43 am

    Diet C (what hap to A?) I don’t know what a kl is assuming typo & meaning Calories.

    This is true IF 10,000 Calories includes a fat ratio >80%. The total fat needs to be more than 80% of total calories, anything less & excess protein will be converted to glucose which will impede weight loss.

    A fat ratio of >65% of total calories is required to burn fat as fuel (rather than glucose) & this should be sufficiently high enough if protein is not excessive.

    I highly recommend you watch the recent Taubes lecture posted below. He spent 7 years going over all the studies on nutrition, which is the basis of his recent book.

    His main points are:

    1. Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease.

    2. The problem is refined carbs in diet, their effect on insulin secretion & the hormonal regulation of homeostasis.

    3. Sugars – sucrose, high-fructose corn syrup specifically – are particularly harmful, the combination of fructose & glucose simultaneously elevates insulin levels & overload liver with carbs.

    4. Through their direct effects on insulin and blood sugar, refined carbs, starches, sugars are the dietary cause of coronary heart disease & diabetes. They are likely dietary causes of cancer, Alzheimer’s & other diseases.

    5. Obesity is a disorder of excess fat accumulation, not overeating & not sedentary behaviour.

    6. Consuming excess calories does not cause us to grow fatter, any more than it causes a child to grow taller.

    7. Fattening & obesity are caused by an imbalance in the hormonal regulation of adipose tissue & fat metabolism. Fat synthesis & storage exceed the mobilization of fat from adipose tissue & its subsequent oxidation.

    8. Insulin is the primary regulator of fat storage. When insulin levels fall, we release fat from fat tissue.

    9. By stimulating insulin secretion, carbs make us fat.

    10. By driving fat accumulation, carbs also increase hunger & decrease the amount of energy we expend in metabolism & physical activity.

  3. Keven Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 6:43 am

    I’ve tried out every diet known to man but nothing worked as well as acai berry. I appreciate they say that pills don’t work, however they definitely worked for me, and they’ve been showcased on CBS News too. There is a free trial happening at the moment at http://palirs.newexercise.info , why not try it, what’s the worst that could happen?

  4. Jacey Says:
    March 1st, 2010 at 6:43 am

    The most effective way to burn fat is to consume less food and move more, the difficulties arise when we really aim to put that into practice! There are a lot of temptations out there don’t you think?! I learned some good information by following the web portal in the box below, they have a lot of tips, I melted away 5 pounds by doing as they advised.

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