An experiment that can change your life: the rejection of carbohydrate and fat

Very often, people justify their size genetics. What can I do, because everything in the nature of my mums / dads / second cousin was so? And most of these people have no one to compare himself, except with the already rastolstevshie aunt. However, when you have a twin brother, and unlike you, he does not have a couple of extra kilograms, blame everything on genetics has not come out.

Twin brothers - Alexander and Chris Van Tullekeny - we decided to experiment and find out what is worse for the body - an addiction to sugar or love of fatty foods? They agreed that they could eat as much as you want and at the same time exercise also as much as they want, but Alexander will not be eating carbohydrates, and Chris will be allowed at all little fat.

It so happened that until such time as Alexander had to leave in the United States, he and Chris weighed about the same, but after Alexander moved, it significantly gained weight.

Alexander knocked weight gain to stress, which has been associated with the birth of his son. He could not cry on heredity, as in front of him was his twin brother - a more sophisticated version of himself.

Despite the fact that both brothers have a medical degree, and Alexander - and even a degree in public health, none of them knew nothing about weight loss and healthy eating.

Yes, they are well versed in biochemistry, is working as a metabolism and the more fraught with obesity, but they did not understand what namely diets work, and why it is so hard to lose weight, since the problem does not study the details of any one medical specialty.

Usually we think that get fat because we eat a lot and not enough to play sports. As it has always been assumed that fat is our sworn enemy and food with low fat content once belonged to the category of healthy. Carbohydrates, including sugar, supplemented with a "black list" of banned products, if we want to be healthy and slim.

But what is actually worse - fat or sugar? Chris and Alexander agreed to a small experiment for BBC Horizont: for a month they will sit on different diets, and then compare the results.

In life, I have only one brother - the number of consumed fats and carbohydrates, so changes occurring in the body during this time, it will be attributed to the results as a result of failure of these components.

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This experiment was conceived not so much to solve the obesity problem Alexander, but for To find out what is harmful - carbohydrates or fat, and thus help other people suffering from the Problems.

So, it turned out that a complete rejection of carbohydrates (including, from fruits and vegetables) was not such a pleasant idea, far from carnivore dreams. Due to the absence in the diet of fruits and vegetables, Alexander began frequent constipation. And, although it is almost never been hungry, Alexander felt terribly slow and tired. This also added breathing problems.

Chris and it was far from rosy. He could not get enough, and in order to drown out the hunger, Chris had always something to chew. Food ceased to be fun: what joy in the paste, if there is no olive oil?

In this diet there was only one advantage - it was very easy to follow. In addition, Alexander hoped that by eliminating carbs, in a month it will be slim and fit. After carbohydrates all seems very simple - they raise blood sugar, which in turn causes the body to produce insulin, which is to reduce the sugar levels, but it also has another purpose: it makes your body convert sugar in a type of fat, which is very difficult to process in energy. That is, the weight loss becomes much more complicated.

This can lead to metabolic syndrome: obesity, high blood pressure and elevated levels of cholesterol in the blood. Next - worse, since all of these problems significantly increase your risk of getting heart problems, heart attack, diabetes Type II diabetes, cancer, and other troubles.

This insulin hypothesis is the main reason why people become fat. Hence the misconception that if you consume more calories than you spend, you get better. And this universal hatred for carbohydrates that make us fatter and increase the risk of heart disease, converts fat (even saturated fats) in a super-food.

Many respected scientists will tell you that if you take away carbohydrates from your diet, overweight becomes almost impossible. They believe that the rejection of carbohydrates - the only solution that will save us from the obesity epidemic. But, as shown by the results after the end of the experiment, in fact it is not so easy as it seems.

If you sit on nizkouglevodonoy diet, you will probably be familiar with this concept as "ketosis." When you do not eat carbohydrates, the body begins to produce special substances - ketones that the brain is used as a fuel as fat he can not use. But they are not such a high-quality fuel, as Alexander complained inhibited reaction and constant drowsiness.

The same goes for physical activity. One day the brothers met with Nigel Mitchell, Head of the Department of Nutrition Team Sky Cycling. He spent his brothers a number of tests, and the results again beat Chris Alexander, even despite the fact that Alexander lost more weight than his brother.

Final tests for levels of fat and sugar in the blood also showed some interesting results that were completely not the same as expected Alexander, who completely abandoned the carbohydrates, which can lead to diabetes of the second type, or other problems listed higher.

With regard to energy for the body, in the case of a diet Alexander, part of it was taken from proteins, and some - from muscles that were subjected to partial destruction.

Based on the data, as a result of the experiment, the low-carb diet will certainly help you lose weight, but it still does not mean benefits for your body.

You can also lose weight, sitting on a diet low in fat, as did Chris, but long-term perspective of uncontrolled consumption of sugar can have negative consequences for your health.

And most interesting is that after the experiment the brothers realized that initially put the wrong question. We had to ask not what is worse - the sugar or fat, and which products are doing so, we gain weight and why it happens?

Insulin hypothesis sounds very scientific, but it does not explain why extensive research of people who sit on the low-carb diet, has shown that it works is not for everyone.

The truth is that in order to diet really worked, you will need to stick to it throughout his life.

Alexander thought about how to stay on a low-carb diet a little longer, but then I remembered how he had been inhibited and lethargic, and decided to abandon the idea.

After the experiment, the two brothers have lost weight. Chris, who adhered to a diet low in fat, thin a little less than his brother Alexander, who was sitting on a low-carb diet. During the diet, Alexander felt fatigue and drowsiness, but also showed the worst results in the sport, and worse to cope with decision logic and arithmetic tasks. Both brothers have ceased to experience the joy of eating.

Most diets are based on the contrast of carbohydrates to fats and are designed to ensure that the authors of these diets could earn as much money, and not the fact that you lose weight in the long run.

The conclusion after a month of testing: the brothers realized that the real cause of weight gain is not in carbohydrates or fats. And by itself sugar or fat are also not particularly attractive food (it is unlikely you are addicted to sugar lumps or furtive burst of olive oil). Modern food industry understands this and therefore produces a combination of the two evils - chocolate milk, ice cream and etc. Moreover, such fatty and sugary foods at the same time as milk chocolate or ice cream, acts on the brain in the same way as cocaine.

Completely exclude from your diet carbohydrates or fat, and stick to this diet throughout life, you will be very difficult, and, most likely, like abstinence can affect your health. So the first thing we need to do - is to minimize (and then completely eliminate) processed foods that fill our body fat and at the same time sweet food and causes a it addictive.