High-Protein Diets for Weight Loss: Are They Healthy?

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Are these the same "experts" who lead us through the low fat phase that now seems to be driving the epidemic of insulin resistance and obesity? If so I recommend starting with the diets ranked worse by U.S. Best Diets.
Humans evolved eating a much higher percentage of protein in their diet than we now define as “excessive”. Eskimos received most of their calories from fat and protein with little carbohydrates and they did just fine until they starting our modern “healthy” food loaded with cheap carbohydrates.
The problem with our current crop of dietary experts is that their opinions are not based on solid science. Once you bring science into the picture, it is clear that humans are fully capable of thriving on a diet with much higher levels of protein than are discussed in the article. If you want to learn more about the science of healthy eating, I suggest reading Loren Cordain’s “The Paleo Diet”, ranked last by U.S. News Best Diets.

William L. Wilson, M.D. of MA 1:24PM February 25, 2012

i want 2 lose my weight i am eating in breakfast a 1 cup of tea with 2 digestive biscuits lunch i bowl of black peas chart and dinner 1 brown whet chapati with chicken plz guide me i am right or rong

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buddypatel of CA 5:20AM February 24, 2012

You have two assumptions here that are merely assumptions and ignore a lot of research:
1. Fat intake is not linked to vascular disease. The metastudy published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in April of 2010 by Dr. Ronald Krauss et. al. looked at over 20 recent studies on fat and vascular diseases (including heart disease and stroke) and found no connection proved by those 20+ major studies. In fact, these recent studies echo findings going back consistently for decades in well-conducted studies without ties either to big agriculture or pharmaceutical companies.
2. High protein does not adversely affect the liver or kidneys in people without prior liver or kidney disease. This was one of those things that has been repeated again and again for decades, again without a well-conducted independent study to back it up.
On the other hand, there are many studies that link high insulin levels, high blood sugar levels to heart disease. And what causes high insulin and blood sugar levels? Hint: it's not fat. And it's not protein.

Tracey R of IN 12:50PM February 23, 2012

I definitely don't believe in diets, but I do support a healthy lifestyle and dietary supplements to support fitness and nutrition goals. I started supplementing my protein intake about a year ago with whey protein isolate and starting weight training and had tremendous success. Check out my transformation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVbax9nVUD0
I recommend people find a healthy regime that can be followed consistently. For me it was cutting down my cardio (as a former marathon runner), cutting back my carbs, and adding weight training. Look at the changes I was able to achieve and sustain for the last year.

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