There used to be a period in time when all we ate was what could be gathered or hunted. Arm flab, a common female nightmare, was most likely not a problem in those times.
Enter mass food production and the promotion of fad diets.
Once there was money to be made selling food, all hell broke loose. From this point on, the media waves would be flooded with massive amounts of confusing and contradictory information.
Perhaps one of the most influential fad diets of all time has been the high protein diet. Why? Because it produces the fastest short-term weight loss of any other type of diet.
However, there are 5 things you should consider before going on a high protein diet to get rid of arm flab:
1. Massive drops in energy: You can expect a significant decrease in mental output, and once in ketosis, the need to frequently sleep. Why does this happen? Because your body can produce energy 300% faster when being fed carbohydrates.
2. Diminished exercise capacity: Your muscles can produce a lot more ATP (energy currency) with carbohydrates. In their absence, exercise will become very painful and recovery will be virtually impossible.
3. Insulin issues: Very high protein intakes can mess up a normal insulin balance. Carbohydrates aren’t the only insulin-changing macronutrients.
4. An instantaneous loss in muscle tone: Water within your muscles makes them look tight and compact. Once you stop eating carbs, all the water will flush out.
5. The largest arm flab rebound: Of all the fad diets, high protein diets produce the fastest weight loss. But they also produce the largest weight regain. This was proven by a multi-million dollar Stanford University study.
I understand that high protein diets are very attractive because they produce almost instant losses in weight. But please consider all the negatives that come with such drastic changes. And don’t forget that you could potentially gain back all the arm flab you lost in a very short amount of time. Thus, I do NOT recommend high protein diets for women wishing to get sexy and lean arms once and for all.
