Originally published July 30 2005
Protein and weight loss work together
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Protein has recently been found to help people lose weight, as it is more filling.
The ever-popular low-carbohydrate diets appear to work because they force people to eat more protein, which consequently suppresses the appetite, not because of a lower carbohydrate intake, according to new study findings published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
These results suggest that it's not necessary for people to cut back carbohydrates to lose weight, according to Dr. Arne Astrup of the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, who wrote an accompanying editorial.
Protein appears to encourage people to eat fewer calories overall, Astrup noted, so if people simply increase their intake of protein, that should help them lose weight.
"You can just eat a little more lean meat and low-fat dairy products," Astrup recommended.
The Historical Low Calorie Diets Rarely Work Although mathematically, the energy balance approach to dieting makes sense in theory, in practicality with human cravings, it rarely works.
This has encouraged researchers to consider that changing the ingredients of the diet, but not its calories, makes a difference in people's waistlines.
Previous research shows that low-carbohydrate diets, typically high in fat and protein - are effective, the authors report, but so are low-fat diets.
Weigle and his team speculated that low-carb diets may work because they encourage people to eat more protein, which decreases people's appetites and causes them to consume fewer calories.
Protein Makes People Feel Less Hungry Participants of the study reported feeling less hungry on the high-protein diet.
Soybeans are high in protein as is marbled red meat.
But, the red meat is generally high in saturated fat which is unhealthy.
Even Dr Arthur Agatston, the author of The South Beach Diee added approximately 4,000 vegetarians to his diet website with meatless meal plans and recipes.
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