Fat Fast Diet

quigley

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For anyone who is up to date with the latest Muscle Mags, this radical diet first pushed by atkins is being pushed now as the latest and most efficent way to slice the fat and maintain the muscle.

What do you think of it?
 
just a quick explanation of the diet...yes it will make ur mouth drop but give it a chance...

Basically its a 4 day diet where u consume 1000 calories a day.

Now, most of u r thinking WOAH WILL SLOW METABOLISM, WILL DESTROY UR LEAN MASS

Here is the catch- 90% of those 1000 calories are to come from fat. Yes fat. The other 10% protein mainly.

Here is the key- your body will immediatley tap into that 900 calories of fat in a state of lipyolsis or something which is spelt similar lol...but of course the body needs more than 1000 calories, but instead of then tapping into lean mass to gain the extra calories, it is already in a state of lipyolsis and immediatley starts continuing to break down the bodies fat supplies leaving lean muscle mass relativley untouched.

At the end of the 4 days u are to go on a modified atkins diet, meaning no starchy carbs like pasta rice etc. however greens r allowed, and u have to stuff urself with protein on these 3 days.

The negative feedback (or homeostatic) reaction to the catabolism of the body's fat is anabolism when provided with nutrients. So on these days when the body is stuffed with protein, muscles can actually harden and enlarge as they suck up all the protein at a super rate.

Of course, THIS DIET IS MAJORLY INSUFFICIENT IN VITAMINS, MINERALS AND MACRONUTRIENTS and should be cycled for no more than a week or two at a time.

But apparently it burns fat and maintains muscle at a PHENOMENAL rate.

You are meant to consume 5 meals of 200 calories to keep metabolism up.

That is a really really crude explanation of it..but u get the idea
 
So, what is your personal experience with this diet?

What fats should be consumed?

Can you cite a specific article online for us to read more about it?
 
rpen22 said:
Is this not the same thing as a CKD?
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That is exactly what it seems like, but it is an intense way to start ketosis. I dont think I would feel very good eating 90% fats and 10% protein for just 1000 cals. It looks like it would be a rough ride with a huge hypo feeling as you need to leech all of the glycogen out of your liver and muscles.

I would like to see a log completed in this fashion before I even consider it.

I plan a CKD very shortly, but not to this intensity.

HL
 
Good Luck... I read this way back in Atkin's book circa 2000 and fell for it once but never again. Any one with half a bb'ing brain knows you'll be catabolic as hell. It was never meant for our crowd.
 
TheUnlikelyToad said:
Good Luck... I read this way back in Atkin's book circa 2000 and fell for it once but never again. Any one with half a bb'ing brain knows you'll be catabolic as hell. It was never meant for our crowd.
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Then it's settled: I'll just stick to my guns with a standard CKD. Thanks for the input, TUT.

HL
 
you could be right, other than that its a bodybuilding pro who uses this diet and insists lean mass is relativley untouched.
I reserve judgement, of course, until ive tried it myself.
 
quigley said:
you could be right, other than that its a bodybuilding pro who uses this diet and insists lean mass is relativley untouched.
I reserve judgement, of course, until ive tried it myself.
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A Pro with enough orange JUICE could probably acheive this... catabolism would slow down by day three regardless but it's still I foolish idea IMO.
 
catabolism of fat it not such a bad thing, no?
And like the article states its meant to be used in a one or two week cycle only, not as a cutting cylce or as a long term diet. 4 days on, 3 days modified atkins.
The science behind it pushes that the catabolism is restricted to fat because of the huge percentage of fat consumed in the diet, leavin lean mass untouched or close to it. But as i said, let me write up the full article with all the reasoning, and i will personally try it and give you feedback on what results i get.
 
quigley said:
catabolism of fat it not such a bad thing, no?
And like the article states its meant to be used in a one or two week cycle only, not as a cutting cylce or as a long term diet. 4 days on, 3 days modified atkins.
The science behind it pushes that the catabolism is restricted to fat because of the huge percentage of fat consumed in the diet, leavin lean mass untouched or close to it. But as i said, let me write up the full article with all the reasoning, and i will personally try it and give you feedback on what results i get.
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It sounded better when it was just 4 days, lol.

I've seen things where protein cycling may hold some merit, but not like this.

I'll respectfully follow your lead.
 
quigley said:
catabolism of fat it not such a bad thing, no?
And like the article states its meant to be used in a one or two week cycle only, not as a cutting cylce or as a long term diet. 4 days on, 3 days modified atkins.
The science behind it pushes that the catabolism is restricted to fat because of the huge percentage of fat consumed in the diet, leavin lean mass untouched or close to it. But as i said, let me write up the full article with all the reasoning, and i will personally try it and give you feedback on what results i get.
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I'll be watching! Good luck getting that 90% of fats... I guess you'll be swallowing a lot of EVOO! Blah.

HL
 
Sounds like more BS for the multitudes of sheople.

Without chemical assistance I find it hard to believe that anabolism is possible while in such an extreme calorie deficit. Besides, any LBM sparing/preservation during starvation typically starts >3 days. This just sounds like an unhealthy way to maintain an over ambitious calorie deficit. Workouts during this period will be less than enthusiastic to say the least.
 
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