Low carb is a great way to lose weight, and most people mistake the Atkins first two weeks for a lifestyle. There’s a limit to how much energy the body can generate from fat stores. It will take resources from other lean tissue (muscle) if that amount is exceeded. x10 seems like hype.
The 10 times is a huge overstatement.
That is incorrect.
>Low carb is a great way to lose weight, and most people mistake the Atkins first two weeks for a lifestyle. There’s a limit to how much energy the body can generate from fat stores. It will take resources from other lean tissue (muscle) if that amount is exceeded. x10 seems like hype.
It doesn’t matter as long as you get enough protein. Muscle is constantly being used as an energy source and the body rebuilds it from protein every day.
x10 is wrong. Keto’s slightly better at losing weight than normal diets. However, keto + intermediate fasting is very, very good at losing weight. IF is really hard to do on a normal carb diet so it’s a good match.
Look up ketogenesis. Glucose is the nutrient the body uses for fuel. Fat is the only food that doesn’t break down into glucose. But if you stop consuming glucose, your body tricks itself into breaking down fats and using that for energy instead. I can’t explain it very well, but it works. And it is NOT the Atkins diet. Atkins is not high fat, and it is NO carb, not low carb. Ketogenic diet is NOT the Atkins diet.