RSS FeedThe concept that you could lose weight by cutting out carbohydrates and eating protein was once rejected by the medical community, because such diets seemed to be based on little more than speculation. On the other hand, head-to-head trials that pitted high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets against low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets have provided some recent evidence that a low-carbohydrate diet may help people lose weight more quickly.
According to The Nutrition Source, Protein: Moving Closer to Center Stage, as published by the Harvard School of Medicine, low-carb diets seem to work more quickly than low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets:
“First, chicken, beef, fish, beans, or other high-protein foods slow the movement of food from the stomach to the intestine. Slower stomach emptying means you feel full for longer and get hungrier later. Second, protein’s gentle, steady effect on blood sugar avoids the quick, steep rise in blood sugar and just as quick hunger-bell-ringing fall that occurs after eating a rapidly digested carbohydrate, like white bread or baked potato. Third, the body uses more energy to digest protein than it does to digest fat or carbohydrate.”
In fact, other nutrition research over the last decade has found that eating meals higher in protein can keep you from overeating. The overall decrease in calories over time leads to weight loss, so be sure to get 20-30g of protein early in each meal: breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Dietary protein can help keep you satisfied for hours, especially if from a meal replacement bars or high proteint shakes that include milk casein. Milk casein digests slower than other types of protein, but not only does it provide a sustained release of amino acids, it also helps keep you satisfied longer.
For a first hand testimonial watch what one contestant from the television show, Dance Your Ass Off, had to say about protein in her diet.
