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Mainly for MonStar and others who have been asking about this diet. From the book:
"It is a misconception that you need carbs to function. When carbs make up the bulk of your diet, you basically burn the glucose from the carbs as energy. Glucose enters the body, and insulin is secreted by the pancreas to utilize it for immediate energy, or store it as glycogen in the liver and muscles. The glucose not stored as glycogen is made into triglycerides(bodyfat). When carbs are the main form of energy to the body, the body produces insulin to process it and store it. The problem with insulin is that it activates the lipogenic(fat producing) enzymes in the body and decreases the activity of the lipolytic (fat burning) enzymes. What this leads to is an increased storing of body fat and a decrease in the amount of stored fat that will be burned. When needed for energy, the stored glycogen is converted back to glucose and used up directly by a cell or transported through the bloodstream to other cells for conversion and use as energy.
When fat makes up the bulk of your diet, you don't have those large amounts of glycogen or glucose available for energy anymore. Most of your energy will come from the breakdown of free fatty acids from your diet or from the fat stored on your body. Instead of burning the stored glycogen or glucose for energy, the body burns free fatty acids or triglycerides (the storage form of the free fatty acids). Basically, a diet high in fat activates the lipolytic(fat burning) enzymes in your body and decreases the body's main energy source. The triglycerides are broken down to free fatty acids and then ketones, a source that can be used for energy by body cells. The free fatty acids take the place o fglucose, and the triglycerides act liek glycogen.
The high-fat diet will send your body through a "metabolic shift" from being a carb-burning machine to a fat burner. You're burning fat as your primary fuel, and instead of using glycogen or breaking down precious protein, you'll burn off the fat on your body for evergy as needed. This can have a significant effect on overall bodyfat, and our experience at OTS(plus other reputable studies) has documented this effect in the last 10 years. Once you've adapted to a high-fat diet, fat does not beget fat. Despite what you have been told, a high fat diet does not put fat on-it take it off!
One important by-product of the metabolic shift that takes place when you move from highcarb to high fat is that fat becomes a protector of protein in the body. When utilizing carbs as you main source of energy, the body will take muscle protein, break it down and form glucose from it to burn for energy, once immediate energy stores are exhausted. This is where catabolic activity (muscle breakdown) takes place. You'll be at the bench, happily doing inclince presses, and you've actually making your muscle shrink away as you do it. You're basically burning your hard-won muscle to fuel your workout! You will get a fraction of the muscle breakdown on the high-fat diet.
The first thing that bodybuilders love about this diet is that you can eat your favorite foods, as long as you have them on the proper days of the week. During the week(days 1-5) you can eat lots of fat and protein and limit your carbs to 30 grams, but on the weekend(or days 6 and 7), you can eat whatever you desire. That means pizza, pasta, the super-size combo at McDonalds, Mexican food, BBQ with full sides or anything else. Because you switch back to the high-fat diet in just 2 days, the fat that would have started laying down is now being used for energy. This is a committed, long-term diet that demands a change in lifestyle and eating habits, but the rewards are more muscle mass and a lean, cut body that you won't have to starve yourself into when competition time rolls around."
"It is a misconception that you need carbs to function. When carbs make up the bulk of your diet, you basically burn the glucose from the carbs as energy. Glucose enters the body, and insulin is secreted by the pancreas to utilize it for immediate energy, or store it as glycogen in the liver and muscles. The glucose not stored as glycogen is made into triglycerides(bodyfat). When carbs are the main form of energy to the body, the body produces insulin to process it and store it. The problem with insulin is that it activates the lipogenic(fat producing) enzymes in the body and decreases the activity of the lipolytic (fat burning) enzymes. What this leads to is an increased storing of body fat and a decrease in the amount of stored fat that will be burned. When needed for energy, the stored glycogen is converted back to glucose and used up directly by a cell or transported through the bloodstream to other cells for conversion and use as energy.
When fat makes up the bulk of your diet, you don't have those large amounts of glycogen or glucose available for energy anymore. Most of your energy will come from the breakdown of free fatty acids from your diet or from the fat stored on your body. Instead of burning the stored glycogen or glucose for energy, the body burns free fatty acids or triglycerides (the storage form of the free fatty acids). Basically, a diet high in fat activates the lipolytic(fat burning) enzymes in your body and decreases the body's main energy source. The triglycerides are broken down to free fatty acids and then ketones, a source that can be used for energy by body cells. The free fatty acids take the place o fglucose, and the triglycerides act liek glycogen.
The high-fat diet will send your body through a "metabolic shift" from being a carb-burning machine to a fat burner. You're burning fat as your primary fuel, and instead of using glycogen or breaking down precious protein, you'll burn off the fat on your body for evergy as needed. This can have a significant effect on overall bodyfat, and our experience at OTS(plus other reputable studies) has documented this effect in the last 10 years. Once you've adapted to a high-fat diet, fat does not beget fat. Despite what you have been told, a high fat diet does not put fat on-it take it off!
One important by-product of the metabolic shift that takes place when you move from highcarb to high fat is that fat becomes a protector of protein in the body. When utilizing carbs as you main source of energy, the body will take muscle protein, break it down and form glucose from it to burn for energy, once immediate energy stores are exhausted. This is where catabolic activity (muscle breakdown) takes place. You'll be at the bench, happily doing inclince presses, and you've actually making your muscle shrink away as you do it. You're basically burning your hard-won muscle to fuel your workout! You will get a fraction of the muscle breakdown on the high-fat diet.
The first thing that bodybuilders love about this diet is that you can eat your favorite foods, as long as you have them on the proper days of the week. During the week(days 1-5) you can eat lots of fat and protein and limit your carbs to 30 grams, but on the weekend(or days 6 and 7), you can eat whatever you desire. That means pizza, pasta, the super-size combo at McDonalds, Mexican food, BBQ with full sides or anything else. Because you switch back to the high-fat diet in just 2 days, the fat that would have started laying down is now being used for energy. This is a committed, long-term diet that demands a change in lifestyle and eating habits, but the rewards are more muscle mass and a lean, cut body that you won't have to starve yourself into when competition time rolls around."
