Quote: (02-27-2012 12:19 PM)MiXX Wrote:
Anybody here try this, and care to post their reviews/results/comments?
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/200...-exercise/
Mixx
Here is the low-down on the diet:
The foods are healthy and it is much better than the average Western diet. However, it is a crash diet and should be viewed as such. If you calculate what Ferris eats (he goes into greater detail within his diet book) total calories are around 1200 per day. [Protein intake is generally around 70-100g which is not optimal for muscle gain.] With that sort of calorie defecit one will lose weight fast. However, it should be noted that it is verging on a starvation diet for most men who have a 2000 to 3000 calorie per day need to maintain energy levels and hormone function. This diet will get the job done if viewed as a temporary solution, but expect to feel lethargic, sex drive to drop and - as Aliblahba shows - when coming off you will regain weight very fast. Keep in mind the lack of variety in food choice may be a trigger for breaking it. Also, for someone who may have a lot of weight to drop a weekly cheat day may not be best. If you're fit and focus on nutrition it has an obvious place, if you're overweight and prone to binging it will reinforce old habits. It should also be noted that his 'slow-carb' therory is nonsense and he did not gain muscle on this. Instead he got very lean. A 140lbs, but lean man will look more impressive in pictures than an 180lbs fleshy man even though their lean body mass is identical. This is why Brad Pitt in Fight Club is reguarly called big and muscular. Pitt was 150lbs at 6' in the film.
If you're keen on doing this, it will work. But make sure you view it as a temporary solution (no longer than a month) and have another diet to transition to after. To minimise regain of fat slowly reintroduce calories. If you aren't keen on trying it look at Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale's The Metabolic Diet for a much improved cyclical keto diet.
Keep in mind that Ferris is a snake-oil salesman. While his diet book is filled with some great info, the best of it has been appropriated from other sources. He gives credit of course, but it is a compendium of others work with some wild claims and clever marketing by him. Remember the old adage; if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.