Does a Low Fat, Low Carb Diet Work?

Does a Low Fat, Low Carb Diet Work?

Maybe. It depends.

In theory, it works. In reality, not usually.

Why?

Many of us don’t know how many calories we burn each day during our normal routine. To find out approximately how many calories you burn, please visit the Energy Calculator. This information will give you an idea of how many calories you should be eating to gain, maintain or lose weight.

Very often we underestimate the calories in our food and drinks.

Yes, drinks have calories.

We don’t count the calories in salad dressings, snacks, oils used for cooking, butter on the bread, and so on.

For this exercise, let’s assume that you consume 2,000 calories a day and burn 2,000 calories a day. You maintain weight. If you burn more than 2,000 calories but eat 2,000 calories, you will lose weight. You must burn an extra 3,500 calories for each pound you want to lose.

The kinds of calories you eat really matters.

An average of 30% of our calories should come from fats, 15% from proteins and 55% from carbs. Less than 10% of our fats should be from unsaturated fats except for omega-3 fish oils.

Each gram of fat is 9 calories, each gram of protein is 4 calories and each gram of carbohydrates is 4 calories.

A 2,000 calorie a day diet should be 600 calories from fat, 300 from protein, 1100 from carbs.

Based on my recipe for Stovetop Chicken and Rice at 265 calories per serving, there will be 54 calories from fat in the recipe.

Fats, carbohydrates and proteins are all necessary for the body to function properly. Cutting out or severely limiting one group is not healthy.

The best way to lose weight would be to eat less calories but keep the percentages intact and exercise.

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