Suppose we bring an identical twin with same bmi the first one started keto diet with 2000 kcal/day
The other one started balanced healthy diet also with 2000 kcal/day both of them wants to lose weight with sedentary life style.what will happen after three months to their weight on the scale and will they lose the same amount of fat?
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Well there are several factors to this.
Firstly, How well will participants adhere to their diets?
If a Keto person badly wants pizza, their adherence will be bad. If a conventional dieter has mad blood sugar cravings, their adherence will be bad. This one I think goings slightly in favour of Keto as having better adherence since blood sugar cravings are no joke but your gut biome stabilises after about 30 days.
Secondly, water retention. I think it’s clear water retention will be better on Keto, although this is essentially meaningless in terms of health, it’s just a lower number on the scale. It’s also very short term (visible in the first few days of the diet).
Finally, I think Keto’s higher protein consumption will be more protective of losing muscle mass, meaning that the weight lost will be fat. Whereas with a conventional diet you will lost both fat and muscle.
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