Nice post Flyer,
A debate is always a good thing.
The diet is one of the many forms of Carb Cycling, they do work short term, for example if Paul was pre-competition I am sure he does some form of
this.
Trouble with Low Carb diets are, that they are defficient in many nutrients, fibre if nothing else! can make you feel weak and demotivated due to exhaustion of muscle glycogen, can be high in cholesterol if poor food choices are utilised, ketosis the by product of fat metabolism is a dangerous condition long term and whats to say that the body doesn't just eat the muscle
and the fat in the absence of carbohydrate (CHO)?
Low carb diets have there uses for sure, but for noobs, I would stick to good basic nutrition, lean protein, low fat <25-30% from good fats and complex carbs, it has the least chance of side effects and nutritional deficiencies and anyone doing one, unless they were experts with there nutrition/supplements then I would go short term only.
In closing:
A diet containing Low GI carbs and high protein with reasonable fat will not have insulin spikes and if calorie controlled can help you bulk or cut accordingly, without any nutritional defecits.
SD
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