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Not really, unless the diets controlled protein intake between the groups (which is often overlooked in low carb studies), low carb really just means high prote
by leshow 11y ago
Not really, unless the diets controlled protein intake between the groups (which is often overlooked in low carb studies), low carb really just means high protein. in which case the beneficial results of the low carb group could just be because of increased protein consumption.
- plaguuuuuu 11y agoYep, that would be another way to get relatively useless results, since protein metabolism is not at all energy efficient compared to carbs or fats. So if caloric intake is kept constant at say 1500 but protein makes up a large proportion, "usable" calories is actually much smaller.
- leshow 11y agoI don't think the TEF has a very large effect honestly. I think the other things that come with a high protein diet such an increased lean mass probably have a larger effect. Still in most low carb studies the low carb group is really just the high protein group. It's pretty obvious that you can't draw any kind of reliable conclusion if you change more than one variable