lance konami
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In my own experience, cutting carbs, caveman diets - whatever you want to call it - are effective if you have a lot of body fat to get rid of. The high protein/fat and low carbs reduce appetite which makes cutting calories easier, and also gets rid of a lot of water weight in the first week which encourages dieters to stick with it long term. The main advantage, I think, is the appetite suppressant effect; otherwise you are just cutting calories like any other diet.
The Pleistocene diet is great if you can hack it. I sure as hell couldn't. One of the reasons why we are a nation of gigantic fat asses is because of the sheer volume of processed foods we eat. Obesity was very rare in pre-agrarian times.
There is one thing that is pretty close to a magic bullet, it's called "zig-zagging." It's what bodybuilders use to get down to competition levels. Maintaining a low carb diet long term is actually detrimental. You need carbs.Once you get down to the last few vanity pounds though, low carbing isn't that effective. At that point if you really care to look good with a shirt off you need to hit the weights, hit the cardio, and eat a balanced diet while exercising portion control and counting calories if need be. There is no magic bullet.