Researchers split 193 clinically obese, nondiabetic adults into two groups. The groups were assigned nearly identical low-carb diets of 1,400 calories a day for women and 1,600 calories a day for men, similar to the popular Atkins diet. But one group was given a low-carb 300-calorie breakfast and the other was given a 600-calorie breakfast that was high in protein and carbohydrates, and always included a dessert.
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This study makes no sense to me at all. They are looking at two variables - calorie timing and carb content at the same time, so are unable (in my mind) to attribute their findings solely to either one of those variables. I.e.,what happens when the high carb people eat 300 calories for breakfast and the low carb people eat 600 calories?
The HC people eat high carb + high protein breakfast (e.g. 60g C/45gP for women) and the LC people eat low carb + lower protein breakfast (e.g., 10g C/30gP). Fat was 20g vs. 16g. That LC breakfast is the equivalent of me eating a cup of plain greek yogurt and two hard boiled eggs. Who wouldn't be hungry?
Their findings on cravings for sweets on the low carb diet are inconsistent with my own experience and the experience of many people on this board. They are consistent with being hungry, though.
I also wonder how high-carb the high carb diet would be considered relative to published low-carb diets (not induction). The high carb women were getting 78g carbs total daily and the low carb women 36g. Those numbers are awfully similar to my alternating days Dukan numbers. Yesterday, I was at 76g, with carbs coming from dairy, eggs, vegetables and coconut butter. The day before was 30 due to lack of vegetables.
Weight loss was about equal for the two groups at 16 weeks. But after 32 weeks, those who added a cookie or cake or ice cream to breakfast had lost an average of 40 pounds more than those who ate the lighter, low-carb breakfast, according to the findings published in the journal Steroids.
HC Week 16 77.6kg +/- 9.0 Week 32 70.6 +/- 8.7
LC 75.2 +/- 8.1 86.9 +/- 9.7
So the LC people have regained weight. The only way for that to happen is if they're cheating on the diet.