this is very interesting !

kathleen



On Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at 12:59  PM, Todd Moody wrote:

> Lurisia Dale wrote:
>
>> I could not eat agree with Kathleen more.  Despite
>> what Dr. Atkins or anyone else says, forcing your body
>> into ketosis to lose weight is not healthy.
>>
>>
> What, precisely, is unhealthy about it?
>
>> The bottom line for any diet is calories in versus
>> calories out.  You need to burn more than you eat.
>>
>>
>
> That's true to some extent, but there are confounding variables.  How
> much you burn depends to some extent on *what* you eat, and not just
> how
> much.
>
>> Your goal
>> should be to lose *fat*, not weight,
>>
>
> That's true, and in order to burn stored body fat, your insulin levels
> must be low enough to permit it, because insulin inhibits the use of
> body fat as fuel.  If insulin levels are up, you won't burn body fat no
> matter how little you eat.  This is why studies show that on isocaloric
> diets, those lower in carbs result in (a) more weight loss, and (b)
> more
> fat loss.
>
> Todd Moody
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