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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It depends on a bunch of other conditions, like starting weight, their metabolism etc.
But broadly, assuming everything is equal, 2000kcal is below the maintenance level for the participants and caloric intake was equal, you would expect the person on the ketogenic diet to lose slightly more fat due to protein requiring slightly more energy to process in the body and that diet having a significantly higher protein diet than most balanced diets, which offsets the increase in fat (which requires less energy).
The person on the keto diet would also be expected to lose more weight on top of that due to a lower amount of water being bound to stored glycogen in the body.
Note that this doesn’t necessarily mean the person on the keto diet would be healthier, just because they would have more weight loss.
Also note it depends a lot on the details of both the people involved and the exact diets involved.
It depends on a bunch of other conditions, like starting weight, their metabolism etc.
But broadly, assuming everything is equal, 2000kcal is below the maintenance level for the participants and caloric intake was equal, you would expect the person on the ketogenic diet to lose slightly more fat due to protein requiring slightly more energy to process in the body and that diet having a significantly higher protein diet than most balanced diets, which offsets the increase in fat (which requires less energy).
The person on the keto diet would also be expected to lose more weight on top of that due to a lower amount of water being bound to stored glycogen in the body.
Note that this doesn’t necessarily mean the person on the keto diet would be healthier, just because they would have more weight loss.
Also note it depends a lot on the details of both the people involved and the exact diets involved.
I would say the one who did keto would weigh less, mostly because they would have less water retention.
I would say the one who did keto would weigh less, mostly because they would have less water retention.
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