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Is that how your daily diet looks like ?

Well, how about just overall healthier living ? Half of people dying from heart attack, have normal cholesterol . (by the way, it's not the total amount of cholesterol thats important, but more the composition of it and the particle sizes that you have to worry about). Slower dementia, No erectile dysfunction (save on those blue pills !) , reduced risk of Alzheimers, less inflamation, faster recovery, more energy levels, etc, etc, the list is long.

As said, don't give up. You have to be on it for at least 2-3 weeks for your body to adapt to fat burning and get the Atkins advantage. At first you are going to be slower, and feel a bit more tired. That don't last forever. Read these 2 books thoroughly. Study them ! The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Performance and The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

I think winning the nearly 50 km open water Molokai World Championships 12 times, the last one at the age of 49 !, probably qualifies as High Performance endurance , don't you think ? For someone who is basically my father’s age to win is mind blowing. It’s one of the best sporting performances I have ever been part of.” —ninth place finisher, Michael Booth, age 21. http://www.canoekayak.com/touring-kayak/the-best-win-ever/

I agree with you, however the average guy don't train for iron man events. The dogma is there that you only have to exercise to lose weight. The articles just want to point out what many recreational (weekend) cyclist know, that it is difficult to lose weight by training "harder", because they just tend to eat more as well.

Not sure Mark Sisson would agree with you here ... I excelled at cross-country and distance track events in high school and at Williams College, where I was a pre-med candidate and received my degree in Biology. In fact, the running was going so well after college that I decided to forgo medical school for a few years (it’s at 31 years now) and concentrate on a running career. I trained seriously as a marathoner for another five years, racking up well over 100 miles each week in training. The effort culminated in a top 5 finish in the 1980 US National Marathon Championships and a qualifying spot for the 1980 US Olympic Trials. Unfortunately, by then the inhuman amount of training and weekly racing was taking its toll and I found myself constantly sick or injured. (Note to self: too much exercise is not a good thing). In fact, in my last year of competition, as a world class, extremely “fit” athlete, I experienced eight upper respiratory infections! Clearly I was ruining my immune system and my joints doing too much exercise. That’s when I started exploring nutrition and supplementation as a way to enhance my performance and to support my damaged body and bolster my immune system. The running injuries – osteoarthritis and tendonitis – precluded ever racing at a high level again, but that was just about the time that the new sport of Triathlon was starting to emerge, and I was immediately hooked. While I couldn’t run much anymore, I could certainly cycle and swim to my heart’s content…and I did. I spent a few more years racing triathlons, including finishing 4th place at the Hawaii Ironman, the biggest in the world at the time. I finally retired from competition in 1988 and decided I would do whatever I could to help others avoid making the kinds of health mistakes that I had made. I figured I could use my pre-medical background, my degree in biology and an intense desire to unlock the health secrets that I knew were out there – answers to questions about health, wellness, anti-aging, safe weight-loss, nutrition and supplementation – to find the natural ways of achieving good health. Read more: http://www.marksdail.../#ixzz276mR9ces

That is the point, most people don't have the discipline, and eat to much after exercise. They also become less active during the day after those exercises.

I agree, it should have read, Lose Fat, not weight, but it was asumed that it was what most people wants to lose anyway.

None of you 2 have actually read any of the research out there , never mind the articles, have you ???

Some food for thought: "The amount of weight loss induced by exercise is often disappointing. A diet-induced negative energy balance triggers compensatory mechanisms, e.g., lower metabolic rate and increased appetite." New York Times article: http://well.blogs.ny...oss/?ref=health Research report" http://ajpregu.physi...303/6/R571.long Good ketogenic blog: http://ketopia.com/e...etter-tha-lots/

These so called "doctors" are just jealous of Prof Tim Noakes. Comparing him to Malema shows a lot of their intellect imo. I agree prof Noakes quote : "doctors are pill pushers " Just as traditional doctors acts as "agents of the pharmaceutical companies", who have a financial interest in keeping their patients sick." so does Malema and the government have a financial interest in keeping their followers uneducated and stupid. Prof Tim Noakes can hardly be described as someone who wishes people to stay uninformed.

Not only alzheimers, but also prevention of cancer, dementia, artritis, heart disease and maybe many more. All linked to the inflamation caused by the high blood glucose caused by too much carbs and sugar intake from your diet. For a good read, read this article: Sugar is toxic, http://patientcircle...ugar-toxic.html

Yes, it is especially helpful for older athletes. It seems people get more carbohydrate intolerant the older they get.

Nice, did not know that. Thanks !

Nice, did not know that. Thanks !

Yes, those guys know their stuff. The actual title is : The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living: An Expert Guide to Making the Life-Saving Benefits of Carbohydrate Restriction Sustainable and Enjoyable

There is a book you, and she must read if you want to convince her, http://www.amazon.com/The-Art-Science-Carbohydrate-Living/dp/0983490708 It is a great book. It convinced me and it helped me convince my sister and her husband, my mom and now finally my wife too. I want to in the end have my kids on this diet too, especially my Type 1 diabetic 10 year old son .

Here is a very nice website with apps as well to help you. Just setup an account. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/

this is mostly true, except for the "high" protein part. Adequate protein is the key word, not high, and that most times means between 1.5 - 2 grams / kg /day . the rest mostly fats and very little carbs

there is websites and books to show you that. but it depends on how fast you want to lose weight and how much calories your exercises burn.

Hey , we actually agree for a change !

Doing weight training and light cardio is excellent for weight loss. The transition is tuff, that is why most people will probably fail to do it properly. And if you fail once, you have to start all over again ! I am doing great now. I dont get cravings anymore, am rarely hungry and I am setting record times on my training endurance rides of more than 2 hours including 1000 meters of climbing and I am much less out of breath. It's simple math, once your body is adaptep to burning mostly fats for energy, the cost of oxygen is lower than burning glucose . Nice !

The problem is with that much carb intake, your body stores that extra fat intake and dont burn it as it is supposed to .

You are eating way too much carbs ! That is your main problem. Of secondary nature is that your protein intake is too much, and your fat intake too little. I'll give you a tip. Eat a max of 20 grams / day carbs for 2 - 3 weeks, and tell me how you feel after that. During this time only eat about 1.5 - 1.8 grams /kg protein and depending how much weight you want to lose, adjust your fat intake according to your calorie needs. At the moment you eat about 11 000 kJ or 2600 calories, which is high if you are not exercising much. I forgot to add, of those 20 grams / day of carbs, all of it must come from leafy green vegetables ! NO sugars !

Ok, but how do you get your needed calories/kilojoules then if it is not from fats and carbs, because your protein intake should not be higher than between 1.5 - 1.8 grams / kg ? I've never heard from someone not tolerating fats before