Is the ketogenic diet really superior to any other diet?

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by | Jul 23, 2019 | Ketogenic Diet | 0 comments

As my previous post showed the popularity of the ketogenic diet within the celebrity community, due to its effect on weight loss

The question is the ketogenic dieting method really superior for weight loss? Compared to any other method of dietingt? Many famous diets focus on restricting the amount of fats or carbohydrates that you consume – and sometimes both!

  1. Kennedy et al. (2001) looked at a range of individuals diets (high carb-low fat / mod carb-mod fat / low carb-high fat etc.) utilising a food questionnaire and concluded

“Weight loss is not dependent on the composition of the diet.’’

‘’Energy restriction is the key variable related to weight loss in the short term.”

This basically is telling us that no matter which method you use to diet (high fat-low carb, high carb-low fat etc.), you must obey the energy balance equation. 

So if you’re taking in more energy (from food and drink) than you use = you’re going to put on weight!

ENERGY IN > ENERGY OUT = WEIGHT GAIN 

Therefore, if you take in less energy than your body requires you’re going to lose weight!
ENERGY IN < ENERGY OUT = WEIGHT LOSS

Taking in a similar amount of energy to what your body uses results in weight maintenance.

ENERGY IN = ENERGY OUT = WEIGHT MAINTENANCE

Further evidence, from a meta-analysis (an examination of a large amount of data) compared named weight loss diets within a population of obese adults. Utilising 6 – large electronic database to collect all the data, they focused on the body mass index (BMI) at 6 & 12 months of the individuals utilising the named weight loss diets.

Johnston et al. 2014 found that a significant weight loss was incurred with any of the diets, whether it be low-carb or low-fat.

‘’ This supports the practice of recommending any diet that a patient will adhere to in order to lose weight.’’

So really what I’m trying to say … find a weight loss method that works for you. Contact me for more information today.

We will find:

  • One you can stick to
  • One that you enjoy
  • One that works with your lifestyle

Don’t think one method is more superior than the other.

Johnston, B., Kanters, S., Bandayrel, K., Wu, P., Naji, F., Siemieniuk, R., Ball, G., Busse, J., Thorlund, K., Guyatt, G., Jansen, J. and Mills, E. (2014). Comparison of Weight Loss Among Named Diet Programs in Overweight and Obese Adults. JAMA, 312(9), p.923.

Kennedy, E., Bowman, S., Spence, J., Freedman, K. and King, J. (2001). Popular diets: correlation to health, nutrition, and obesity. J Am Diet Assoc., [online] 101(4), pp.411-20. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11320946 [Accessed 16 Jul. 2019].

 

 

 

 

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