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It's not what you eat that make you fat,it's how much you eat.
If you eat enough of anything you'll end up with a big waistline.
You could get the same results by eating a normal diet, but just eating smaller portions. If you really enjoy a low carb diet, then fine. Not being able to occasionally eat a slice of pizza or a sandwich, that's what breaks it for me. Calorie counting really is the healthiest way to do it.
There is no doubt that the magic formula for losing body fat can be roughly summed up as "eat less than you burn". And there is no doubt if you can consistently eat a small percentage under your caloric need, and eat several small meals a couple hours apart to maintain an even blood sugar level you will lose weight healthfully. Seriously limiting foods that are high glycemic index sugars/starches mixed with fat (Pizza, Ice cream, hamburger, french fries etc) is also pretty important.
But the thing is this is a very difficult path, and is relying on an oversimplification of how our metabolism works.
Some of the issues we have to take into account are:
Set point, insulin and insulin resistance, blood sugar levels, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, triglyceride levels, other hormones, metabolism (citric acid cycle), body comp, fat location, hunger and so on.
The simple reason eliminating refined cabs and starches is working for me is it has a beneficial on almost all of those factors without being a difficult discipline for me to follow, therefore sustainable.
And this is not even beginning to touch on the aspects of ketosis and ketogenic eating that create a metabolic shift which propels a person into fat loss...
I appreciate your beliefs. And I think your way is legit. And I don't need you to eat like me, but the fact of the matter is I have done a lot of deep research into the science behind the changes I have made. Talked to doctors (MDs) and doctors (PhDs), and even my doctor... and science is beginning to see the fact that refined carbs are a big problem for a large percentage of folks.