Low Carb: Reduce carbohydrate intake as many feel carbs = fat. Not necessarily true, but aim it get energy from protein and fat, over carbs. Unfortunately, you need carbs, so reducing them too much leaves a person flat and feeling empty. With that said, the idea is that carbs are inherently bad, so avoid them.
Ketogenic: Works by kicking your metabolism into “starvation mode” where it will start cannibalising the fat stored on your body vs the energy from the food you eat.
Low Fat: Many believe fat you eat is basically slapped onto your body, so they avoid eating it. This has been debunked decades ago. There’s also good fats vs bad fats (trans fats).
IF: Employs the growing theory that eating within a window (usually 8-10 hours, so not a “few hours”) is ideal for both weight management, but also general health (some argue there are lots of systemic downsides to eating outside this window, like cancer and other long term ailments). Dr. Ronda Patrick is a huge proponent and has some amazing scientific research on the topic: https://www.foundmyfitness.com. Sadly the internet has left out those bits and treats it essentially as a way to generally eat less.
Weight Watchers: Calories counting at its finest, which has very poor efficacy btw. But the only one that doesn’t so much as control what you eat (their meals are shit), but more of how much. None of the other diets aim is to control the amount of food ingested.
Paleo: The idea that modern food is essentially shit. So one goes back to the basics and tries to eat as “primal” as possible. Basically food that is slaughtered and grown goes on your plate. No yogurt, no milk, no cereal, no processing of any kind. You live off nuts and potatoes and meat. Depending on
Keto for weightloss is a meme. It is supposed to help reduce seizures epileptic children not help adults loose weight.
Weight Watchers is subscription based weight loss, the primary goal is to keep the dieter feeling like it will take just one more month to reach that goal, but they never will ;)
Paleo is just a huge joke, in span of the Paleolithic era humans went from being field apes to full on farmers. So a true paleo diet could include anything from raw rabbit to a burger on baked bread.
Ha, this is awesome.
This is false. Keto isn’t about a caloric deficit, it’s about exploiting a loophole in the Krebs cycle by tricking your body into a starvation state.
No it’s not, it’s about eating things that more easily signal to your body that you are full and learning to hear that signal, and in turn eating at a calorie deficit.
No. Its about creating ketones out of fat cells that your body uses as a subsitute for carbs. Nothing to do with caloric deficit.
LOL. This couldn’t be further from what a Keto diet is trying to do. Quindraco nailed it. The Keto diet is meant kick your body into cannabilising its own fat stores for energy rather than use the energy from the food you’re eating.
If you want to see it in action, watch the series The Human Body EP 1. They chronicle someone who swam the English Channel. It took 14h and he lost about 20 lbs. doing it. The show speaks about the process, but basically, that is Keto.
People on keto diets have greater measured energy expenditure at rest, so yes, they are producing more waste heat
Which is bullshit because they are not running a fever, which would be extremely unhealthy anyway.
I’ve been on intermittent fasting (16:8) for close to 3 months now and have lost almost 10 lbs. It’s the option that worked best for me because I don’t have to worry about eating something I shouldn’t (i.e. keto or low carb), and I just need to make sure I don’t eat anything outside the 8 hour window. It’s the easiest way because you don’t need to think about portions, ingredients, or counting calories.
Same here, I struggle with keeping portion sizes small, but I have no problem skipping breakfast.
I’ve been losing weight steadily, while still being able to go full pig mode some times. Finding some kind of sport also helps, I got really into cycling after trying a lot of different stuff.
Your diet should really be focused on long term health and not rapid weight loss.
