Intro: To achieve weight loss with any success, a calorie deficit is necessary. This essentially means to consume less calories than you are expending, typically over the time frame of a day. Although diet composition is debated to have an effect on weight loss, most evidence generally shows little difference for weight loss between different macronutrient breakdowns. This difference could be exaggerated if we go to the extremes, such as with very low carbohydrate diets. In which case there is a greater degree of water loss when removing carbohydrates. Although most fitness professionals tend to agree that more protein in one's diet is generally a good thing. This article shows how that might not necessarily always be the case. The Nitty-Gritty: 25 individuals between 18-35 were separated into 3 groups: a low protein group (5% of diet from p...
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