The first thing I hear when I explain to someone how the Velocity Diet or Radical Diet works (which seem to be more restrictive forms of lower calorie ketogenic diets in general) is "starvation diet!" Of course starvation diet ellicits the 'no-no' response to those savvy enough to know anything about nutrition. The slowdown in metabolism from the starvation response defeats the purpose of lowering calories because you burn LBM and not fat, the exact opposite of what you want. However, these diets employ alot of meassures to prevent this metabolic slow down, namely, supplements to stimulate thyroid (stims!), nutrition that leaves you as sated as possible with the least calories (micellar casien, fiber, fish oil), high protein (1 gram per LB of LBM), short diet period (3-4 weeks), workouts tailored to work with your lowered calorie state (less volume, heavier loads), and not against it, and finally dosing BCAA's between meals (3 grams+), and before and after workouts, or strictly leucine.
With that being said, I have not tried the V-diet or Radical Diet, but I know they are hard.
I would like to dedicate this thread to the discussion of the effectiveness of these diets and their ability to reduce as much adipose tissue as possible in the least amount of time while reducing catabolism.
For anyone familar with t-nation, you may have noticed their new physique clinic section and their clients progress. This one guy is on the last day of his V-diet today as a matter of fact. He's lost around 20 LB's, and appears to have lost virtually zero LBM:
TESTOSTERONE NATION
It should be noted that these diet are not a "magical fix." They will kick your ass, and if you don't do them right you're going to fall off of the diet, or go into starvation mode (*gasp!*)
Discuss.
With that being said, I have not tried the V-diet or Radical Diet, but I know they are hard.
I would like to dedicate this thread to the discussion of the effectiveness of these diets and their ability to reduce as much adipose tissue as possible in the least amount of time while reducing catabolism.
For anyone familar with t-nation, you may have noticed their new physique clinic section and their clients progress. This one guy is on the last day of his V-diet today as a matter of fact. He's lost around 20 LB's, and appears to have lost virtually zero LBM:
TESTOSTERONE NATION
It should be noted that these diet are not a "magical fix." They will kick your ass, and if you don't do them right you're going to fall off of the diet, or go into starvation mode (*gasp!*)
Discuss.