It would seem that there are two camps that believe fat loss can only be achieved via counting calories while another camp believes that doing so is unnecessary as long as the foods are pro-metabolic and nutrient dense.
A few forum members here have lost a great deal of weight doing low-fat/VLF diet and some of those members counted calories while others did not.
I am curious if counting calories is really that necessary while doing a nutrient dense VLF diet. It would seem that the body converts it's own stores of fat when dietary fat intake is considerably low, within the 10-20% range of total calories.
If we also take a look at long-term fruitarians or raw vegans such as Freelee or Durian Rider who consume an excess of calories (3,000+), and most of their calories are coming from carbs/fruits, then it would seem that if one is implementing a VLF diet and keeping protein moderate (say 100-130g), then most of the calories need to come from carbs and the need for carbs to be converted to glycogen by the liver would increase the total caloric need overall.
So I guess I'm wondering what others' opinions are on this matter as it would seem that if one is going LFHC, then an excess of calories would be beneficial to aid in fat loss and giving the liver adequate fuel to born as opposed to counting calories and eating in a caloric deficit to lose fat...those are my thoughts anyways.
Would love to hear other thoughts on this though or any studies that might back up your opinions?
A few forum members here have lost a great deal of weight doing low-fat/VLF diet and some of those members counted calories while others did not.
I am curious if counting calories is really that necessary while doing a nutrient dense VLF diet. It would seem that the body converts it's own stores of fat when dietary fat intake is considerably low, within the 10-20% range of total calories.
If we also take a look at long-term fruitarians or raw vegans such as Freelee or Durian Rider who consume an excess of calories (3,000+), and most of their calories are coming from carbs/fruits, then it would seem that if one is implementing a VLF diet and keeping protein moderate (say 100-130g), then most of the calories need to come from carbs and the need for carbs to be converted to glycogen by the liver would increase the total caloric need overall.
So I guess I'm wondering what others' opinions are on this matter as it would seem that if one is going LFHC, then an excess of calories would be beneficial to aid in fat loss and giving the liver adequate fuel to born as opposed to counting calories and eating in a caloric deficit to lose fat...those are my thoughts anyways.
Would love to hear other thoughts on this though or any studies that might back up your opinions?