Pros And Cons Of The Banting Diet

INTRODUCTION
Research question: Does the Banting diet really work? If so, does it truly work better on an insulin-resistant person, or a regular person?
Aim: The aim of my project is to determine whether the Banting diet works better on an insulin-resistant person, or a regular person. I will be looking at and comparing factors such as how the diet effects their energy levels, mental focus, hunger levels, heart rate, the rate of weight-loss and tiredness.
Hypothesis: According to research done by Prof Tim Noakes (2013), the Banting diet should be most effective on people who are insulin-resistant, because their bodies do not respond to the effects of insulin, which causes the storage of excess fat in their bodies after eating foods high in
He therefore cut out all sugar from his diet, and replaced it with healthy fats and proteins. As a result, Banting lost a significant amount of weight, and this gave birth to the Banting diet phenomenon.
The Banting diet has recently been made popular again by Professor Tim Noakes. In his book, The Real Meal Revolution, he discusses the science as to why replacing carbohydrates with fats as a source of energy is better.
For many years, glucose has been the main source of energy in the majority of our diets. For the purpose of cellular respiration, glucose, as well as other carbohydrates, have the ability to enter into the oxidation process much more quickly and provide energy more rapidly than other energy sources.
Fats on the other hand fats provide more energy than carbohydrates. The reason for this is because of the amount of oxidation that takes place. Fats require more oxidation to become CO2 and H2O than carbohydrates do. Therefore, because of this, the oxidation of fats takes longer, but it also gives off more energy. This means that eating fats should result in a person being fuller for longer, and having more energy for that same amount of time. (Bender.H,
According to an article on Food24, the only and most effective way in which a non insulin-resistant person can lose weight, is by cutting processed foods out of their diet, or by using up their energy to the maximum level through physical daily exercise.
Although in some cases the diet has been said to result in significant weight loss and an increased feeling of wellbeing, its effects on blood cholesterol could be harmful, due to the high amounts of fats being eaten. However, according to Professor Noakes, only consuming bad fats can cause an increase in the bad cholesterol, known as LDL, whereas consuming good fats contribute to an increase in HDL or good cholesterol.
Further research could be done to investigate whether or not this increase in blood cholesterol levels is high enough to be deadly to those on the Banting