I to have used high protien/low carb diet with success. Here is what this type of diet does for me, besides the benefits of keeping cholesterole levels exceptable
it lowers the 'gas level' that i get from chips and cheese......and I know it's NOT the cheese since this WOE includes eating cheese, plus any time I slip and start eating them again the 'problem' comes back.
it also has reduced to zero the, um once a month cravings that would have me looking for something to eat, trying everything, but nothing would satisfy. (course a male probably wouldn't understand this, lol)
it also gives me the ablity to not think about chocolate continually. love that stuff, as long as I eat a 'controlled' carb diet the urge to eat choc and other goodies just fades away. for which I can say Thank God.
there are other pluses to but these are the biggest.
I can say that I never eat chips or cheese or ANY thing that has empty calories. I dont eat cand bars, processed foods, or anything of that nature.
Read my posts though. Carbs fuel the brain, they fuel your energy.