>>76548552
>1) "Both diets were calorie restricted" doesnt mean that both diets consumed the same number of calories.
good job not being able to read, tardo. the low carb group consumed MORE calories, lost more weight and lost 3x as much abdominal fat.
>2) even if both diets wer equalised ...
yes, there are hormonal differences. low carb lowers insulin secretion which enables lypolysis. notice which is why even though the low carb group consumed more calories they did lose more body fat.
>3. Calories in doesn't mean "calories shoveled into pie hole,"...
that's great to know. how do you think would you actually measure "calories in, calories out"? if you wanted to actually do that you would AT THE VERY LEAST burn your own shit to measure what is left over(which is done in laboratory conditions by actual scientists). none of you CICO tards ever mention that. on top of that the body is not a closed system. if you actually wanted to create something like an energy balance you'd have to draw a virtual boundary around the body and measure everything that goes in AND out. CICO is an entirely pointless concept as it fully ignores the effect of hormones (which the study in OP shows, that's the effect of insulin, leptin and other hormones which are heavily influenced by the type of nutrient you consume) and on top of that fails to properly create a trackable energy balance (again, open system, measure everything going in AND out).