The
Protein Power Diets
Protein
Power Plan Information
Michael and Mary Eades published the Protein Power Diet in 1995.
It is a high protein low carbohydrate diet similar to the Atkins
Diet but with more scientific data and better researched. The
Protein Power Diet comes with literature that includes calculations
for discovering your ideal diet plan and how many carbohydrates
and proteins you may consume based upon your height, weight,
activity level and body fat percentage. High protein foods such
as meats, poultry and fish are encouraged as is milk, cream
and cheese. While following the Protein Power Diet you should
stay away from high carbohydrate foods such as pasta and bread.
It is similar to the Atkins diet and a list can be found here.
The diet
is followed in three stages. Stage one is 'Intervention', which
has very low carbohydrate intake that is followed until you
near your ideal weight. Stage two is 'Transition' where some
carbohydrates are slowly reintroduced into your diet until your
ideal weight is met. 'Maintenance' is the last stage when your
carbohydrate intake is increased to keep you at your ideal weight.
This diet has the same problems with ketosis that are found
in the Atkins Diet.
The Protein
Power Diet also recommends set exercises which amount to weight
lifting to keep up muscle mass and short, vigorous aerobic activity
to simulate our caveman ancestors.
Protein
Power Plan : Reasons for
- Weight
loss guarenteed if the plan is followed
Initial weight loss is fast
Does have some scientific basis
Protein
Power Plan : Reasons not to
- The initial
loss is mainly water and returns very quickly
- Carbohydrates
are excluded.
- Ketosis
strains the liver
- The amount
of protein relating to activity is lacking in scientific evidence
- Not a
good plan as it cuts out many healthy foods and can be detrimental
long term
Protein
Power Plan : Verdict
The Protein Power Diet is very similar to the Atkins diet as
both are very restrictive about carbohydrates. The Protein Power
Diet is the harder of the two to follow, as you can not eat
all you want and some people find that hunger is a problem on
this diet. On the plus side fibre is not counted in the Protein
Power Diet so the amount of carbohydrates you can eat each day
is higher. Both the Protein Power Diet and the Atkins Diet share
the same health concerns and neither should be followed but
I am sure both will as they are easy to follow and weight loss
is quick and easy
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