Sounds like "Atkins", or "the drinking man's diet", or "die dieet waarvan almal praat". I did the Atkins diet (as an experiment) for 4 months about 15 years ago and lost about 30kg of fat. So it worked for me. That was with no exercise involved. If you up the protein ratio of your diet, you also up the fat ratio, so you have to cut on the carb ratio (the starchy stuff such as bread, pasta, pap, rice) to "balance" it out, assuming that you eat natural food products such as meat, eggs, cheese, fish etc. Cutting enough starchy carbs from your diet for an extended period of time (about 3-4 days) will result in ketosis, which can be beneficial for fat loss esp if you do not exercise, but only if you are in good health ( but people who do not exercise regularly are typically not in great physical shape), and as this tendency to lose weight is more relevant in the later years of life this can be quite dangerous if not monitored closely by a physician, as the kidneys take a beating during extended ketosis. The problem is also that it is difficult to keep the diet on track, cheating with a bit of extra carbs will play havoc on your mental feeling of wellbeing, as well as cervelo mentioned, you basically stink (sweat and breath from hades). I have not been able to verify the claims from Dr Atkins that extended ketosis will clear the artery walls from cholesterol deposits, or bring high triglyceride levels under control. This is a topic very close to religion, politics and rugby.
