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What worries me about this diet is that with such low carbs, at a glance, I would think this would cause you to be weaker in the gym and also potentially lose muscle. For a strength or powerlifting athlete that would like to lose a few % of his body fat for better aesthetics.... would this actually be a bad option to try?
 
If you do some searching, you'll find a mix of results in studies. I've never seen anything contridict a low carb diet being the best for cutting fat. The affects on lean mass have been noted as reducing, hindering, and even aiding. Most folks still eat chicken, broccoli, brown rice and aspargus 5 times a day. Low carb & Keto diet is a dream after spending a few years on classic clean eating. If you want to try something different, consider cutting body fat while eating things like Cheese burger, susage, cheese, whole eggs, low carb cheese cake, fat bombs and so forth.
Personally, I've made good strength gains while dropping body fat on a keto diet but I was more sore and lethargic. I had a hard time convincing myself to eat enough fat. If you want to try it, I'd suggest doing a low fat & carb day w/ some sprints to suck out the glucose and then jump right into a low carb higher fat diet on day 2 and give it a couple weeks. I was drinking broth every other day to curb the lathargy. IMO, this is a great way to shock the system every once in awhile and take a break form the regular clean bland diet.

And as always, thats all my experience and Bro science because I'm to lazy to cite anything
 
JesseSands said:
What worries me about this diet is that with such low carbs, at a glance, I would think this would cause you to be weaker in the gym and also potentially lose muscle. For a strength or powerlifting athlete that would like to lose a few % of his body fat for better aesthetics.... would this actually be a bad option to try?
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It's the best option for any fitness enthusiast who is looking to have a low body fat percentage long term. 50 carbs or less on non workout days. I prefer the staff of life for my carbs so I don't fall into ketosis. Full on Ketogenic diet is a great option for dropping it fast and then incorporating a little bit more carbs from there to maintain the cravings. Strength is not lost whatsoever but gained when fat and protein intake are high enough. For me personally, I hit around 150-200 carbs every workout day.
 
I did the carb back loading for a couple months and your gym sessions will def be shorter since your running on glycogen storage is running on E. Personally I can't go that low of carbs and function well. I felt in a daze if I had no carbs for a day or so.
 
JesseSands said:
What worries me about this diet is that with such low carbs, at a glance, I would think this would cause you to be weaker in the gym and also potentially lose muscle. For a strength or powerlifting athlete that would like to lose a few % of his body fat for better aesthetics.... would this actually be a bad option to try?
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It does make you somewhat weaker so try carb cycling instead. Remember low carbs also decreases glycogen stores and pushes out more water weight
 
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