There is no doubt in my mind that Carnivore, Atkins and whatever other diet that eliminates carbs and the sugars that bond to carbs - that people will lose weight. I just dont get why you would choose that specific diet when you can eat really good foods and just limit your calories. Those high protein diets, as he points out, have barely any fiber - so you're just sitting there with mountains of protein in your gut and intestines making you feel like complete shit because well.. you dont have enough fiber to take a proper shit. That of course makes you eat less food, but fucking hell.. what a way to diet.
Im a full proponent of eating rice, and clean beef, chicken, turkey etc. (low fat), with apples, bananas, etc. that all adds up to less than what my body needs throughout the day as a diet. I think the biggest hurdle for people is one, no one tells them what to eat exactly, and in how much of a portion, and how many times a day they should eat. The other part is the liquids they drink. For fucks sake, water is the best.. but some people, myself included, only like to drink water once in a while. So they need to be steered into the direction of things that are obviously not as healthy as water, but will still satiate their desire for something that tastes good. A powerade zero for example. Shits what the plants crave. Or, when food is bland and they want to adjust it.. What specific butter should they use? What seasonsings in general, should they use? You can be ultra hard up and say these seasonings are calories, but I want to enjoy life at the same time. That 15 calories from taco seasoning is worth it, man. Trust me.
Last I needed to do a strict diet like that, .. granted I still roughly follow it now cause I dont want to blow up like Biggie - but my diet cost about 80 bucks every week and a half - or lets just say 200 for the month. With the majority of that being the fucking Powerades. Rice, 93% Beef, Oatmeal, Eggs, Bananas and Apples are fucking extremely cheap foods with a lot of mass. Supplement with a 6 pound bag of Protein Powder thats 85 bucks spread over 2 month. Supplement with Vitamin packs that spread over 2 months (40 bucks). Plus, I can prepare at least a dozen different tastes to the Beef with the proper seasonings. Eating 4 times a day, 7 days a week. Proper workout and exercise at least 3 times a week. Works great, you feel great, you lose weight. Fuck a fad diet. Cheap.
If you're a big guy and you're really putting in the effort and doing the work - your biggest battle will be against body dysmorphia in my opinion. I know skinny guys that still have a bit of a gut around them, not because theyre fat.. but because its extra skin. Yea, really gross. But that shit'll go away if you keep at it.
