Study: High-Protein Diet Boosts Fat Loss
Once again, a study has shown that a high-protein diet, combined with regular exercise, may be the best way for people to lose weight. In the study, women who exercised 200 minutes per week and ate a high protein diet lost more fat and less muscle mass than women who ate a carb-focused diet.
Read about the study here: Protein Diet, Exercise Aids Weight Loss
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posted by JC @ 3:15 PM
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I thought that was a very interesting article too! Sounds like I need more protein and to cut back on carbs a bit more.
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We must always remember that muscle is our friend. It is a great help in burning extra calories. I find that many women do not focus on muscle building enough when they diet. They are afraid that a little resistance training is going to make them look like Arnold S. What the extra muscle percentage will do is increase the amount of calories they burn each day, even when they are not being active.
The funny thing - turning fat into muscle is the fastest way to get rid of it. It takes five pounds of fat to make one pound of muscle - net loss of four pounds. It is about what you eat, but making muscle and having it keeps you burning calories and keeps fat away.
First off I am a certified personal trainer and Ph.D degreed Health Educator that has been teaching and working with patients to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight for over 10 years! You should never recommend extra protein. Most people are getting way too much!! Any food group that is consumed over your maintenance calories will be stored as fat!! It takes 3500 calories to create or burn one pound of body fat. The average person only needs 50- 70 grams of protein a day. The only ones that need extra protein would be atheletes that have a very small percent of body fat and a very streneous and consistant work out routine. If you have plenty of fat reserves and you participate in a resistant training program, than the energy needed to build muscles will come from your stored body fat, if you have not gone over your needed calories for the day!
Second, fat and muscle are two different components in the body. You can not replace fat with muscle. In fact, you can develope the most gorgeous abdominal muscles, underneath the abdominal fat. And you definitely can NOT spot reduce. All the sit ups in the world may not burn the fat in your mid-section, they will only help develope the abdominal muscles and support muscles if done correctly with the proper form and technique. The only way that your body consumes body fat is by burning more calories than your body needs, by consuming less calories and/or burning calories through physical activity. And which fat it chooses to use/burn is determined by several factors. The GOOD news is that having lean mass (muscle) increases your metabolism and efficiency in burning and using fat.
No offense to Lee Anne, but most people eat too many carbs, not protein. When I need to lose weight quickly, I stick to low cal, low carb and focus my diet on lean protein and vegetables. My energy is amazing, I don't fatigue, I keep muscle and burn fat. Period. People do what works for them. Being a trainer is great, but don't assume everyone is stupid and is going to consume 3500 cals a day because of protein. It's a no brainer. Calories in vs. calories burned. Eat clean, work out and weight loss happens. Also, not everyone's body is the same. You eat according to what your body needs, depending upon your activity level, body type etc. If I achieve health and fitness MY way, then that's what's right for me. If you're in tune with your own body, you'll feel that "click" when you get it right. I also believe in varying the diet to confuse the body works, at least it does for me. That's my two cents, and I've been into fitness for 20 years.
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