Second, the author states that “Any diet that applies the restriction of calories less than the body’s daily requirements over long periods of time will result in the loss of lean muscle tissue and a decrease in the metabolism.” There is no other way to lose weight than to have lower caloric intake that caloric expenditure. If your goal is to lose weight you must either reduce intake or enhance energy expenditure. Reducing intake is also called “dieting.” Enhancing expenditure is also called “exercising.” What is amazing is that scholarly research has consistently found that 95% of those initiating “diet and exercise” programs have regained any weight loss within 3 years. For most these programs simply do not produce long-term benefits.

Unfortunately, this article simply reiterates dogma that criticizes low-carb diets — dogma that has never been adequately empirically tested. What HAS been demonstrated is that profound weight-loss is possible through a low-carb diet. It remains the burden of the critics to demonstrate, empirically, that cholesterol actually is enhanced, that kidney problems are more than theoretical problems, that the incidence of gout is exacerbated, that the frequency of either heart disease or osteoporosis are elevated in patients on low-carb diets when compared to equally-obese controls. These studies have simply never been done.

You will find this advertisement rife with the extreme presented as the typical, and the occasional falsehood presented as gospel (“all low carbohydrate diets are focused solely on weightloss”) as well as falsehoods presented by implication. For example, that one can lose weight without restricting calorie uptake. Short of amputation, calorie restriction is essential to weightloss. One can increase activity enough to induce calorie deficit, but without calorie restriction, that deficit will end soon after one’s activity level is reduced. Another,implication necessary to this advertisement’s intention is that high protein diets completely exclude carbohydrate and fat, nonsense on its face. By the way, the 30 grams of fiber the ad touts is only fractionally more than one ounce. An amount easily obtained whatever your diet is.

Finally, this piece cites “studies”, “most studies” etc, without a single source being identified. This is a cautionary sign. Heed it. Beware.

I had to respond to these 7 points!

1) Gout – Uric acid Levels Increase – This is Dependent on an increase in protein intake – which you wouldn’t have with the Phase 2 supplements.

2) Kidney Stone Formation – Uric Acid Levels Increase/ calcium malabsorbtion – This is Dependent on an increase in protein intake – which you wouldn’t have with the Phase 2 supplements. With proper intake of magnesium kidney stones rarely form.

3) Constipation and Poor Intestinal Health – Not with a high plant food intake. Animal food taken about 3 days to go through, plant food about 3 – 8 hours.

4) Rise in Cholesterol Levels increase Risk Heart Disease -” These diets promote excessive amounts of animal protein, cholesterol and saturated fat.” This is Dependent on an increase in protein intake – which you wouldn’t have with the Phase 2 supplements.

5) Osteoporosis “When dietary protein reaches excessive levels, so does the loss of calcium in the urine.” This is Dependent on an increase in protein intake – which you wouldn’t have with the Phase 2 supplements.

6) Loss of Muscle and Reduction of Metabolism – “Any diet that applies the restriction of calories less than the body’s daily requirements over long periods of time will result in the loss of lean muscle tissue and a decrease in the metabolism. All low carbohydrate diets are focused solely on weight loss. The loss of fat comes at a high cost, which is the loss of lean muscle. “. There’s no acknowledgment of calories from the burning of fat in fat cells in this explanation. A calorie is a measurement of an amount of energy – in biochemistry the energy comes from the chemical reaction that extracts energy from the bonds of any molecule, including fat molecules.

7) Poor Exercise Performance and Recovery – According to Science Daily “A digestive enzyme in the body normally acts like scissors, literally cutting starches into little sugars. Phase 2 stops the enzyme from cutting, so the starches stay in the body as long fibers and are burned off quicker.” “Burned” means that cellular chemistry extracts the energy of the bonds of the “little sugars”, so whether the body is getting from big or little sugars, energy is energy. Even so, people complain of fatigue taking Phase 2, so their explanation for this claim (poor performance and recovery) is insufficient in explaining the reason for poor performance. Recovery of muscle: When you use muscle it breaks down and sufficient potassium intake is necessary for rebuilding muscle. Fruits and vegetable provide a ton of potassium.

Thanks,

Roger