How do these diets differ? Moderate vs. High Protein?

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  1. Low Carb, Moderate Protein, High Fat
  2. Low Carb, High Protein, Moderate Fat

Is high dietary fat necessary if you’re overweight or will your body use body fat for energy if your goal is rapid weight loss?

(Allie) #2
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Wow that was an intense thread. Still didn’t come up with a definitive answer but I get the gist of it.

(Allie) #4

I don’t think there is a definitive answer, it’s just what works for each of us as individuals.

(Cindy) #5

For those of us with serious medical concerns (family cancer, dementia, etc.), we need to keep our protein pretty low because protein converts to glucose, and our goal is to keep our blood glucose as low as possible at all times. Cancer prevention is the strictest about this, since even tiny bits of glucose fuel cancer growth. Keeping blood glucose in the 70’s all the time starves beginning cancer cells before they can get a foothold. So the short answer is, to keep your glucose below 90 all the time, you really do need to limit protein to only the amount your body really needs.

At the same time you do have to make sure you have a LOT of fat in your diet so you have plenty of ketones! If you keep your glucose really low and don’t have enough fat to produce ketones, your body will start eating up your own muscle to produce glucose for fuel. If you use a high fat diet, you will always have plenty of ketones circulating in your bloodstream for fuel, and your body will build muscle rather then breaking it down.

So for maximum health, maximum muscle, and maximum weight loss, it really is better to only eat as much protein as your body really needs. If you have any cancer in your family, you want to keep that on the lower side of your necessary protein range.