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Originally Posted by REDLAN I don't know about the difference between the 2 diets, however the atkins diet works because you eat less calories on it... |
The permise behind the Atkins Diet is not reducing calorie intake, but rather restricting carb intake.
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Originally Posted by REDLAN one anomalie came out of the study was the group that ate nuts - despite an apparently high calorie intake they actually lost weight...
...the reason they concluded was that nuts are an unprocessed food, so that it is very hard for your body to extract all the nutrients from it - ergo you may eat a load of nuts, but you aren't getting the calories. This also means that for those promoting the health benefits of the nutrients in nuts, is not as good as it would seem on paper. |
This doesn't seem right to me. Nuts are loaded in calories.
