Howard Lawrence, Medical Writer W hat's old has become new again as another generation seeks a quick, easy, and pleasant way to shed excess pounds. High protein, low carbohydrate diets are now all the rage. Michael R. Eades and Mary Dan Eades in Protein Power . Almost nightly, we see reports of grinning dieters chowing down on plates of bacon and eggs and bunless bacon cheeseburgers.
People lose weight, at least in the short term.
I am not arguing with that. But this is absolutely the worst diet you could imagine for long-term obesity, heart disease, and some forms of cancer. When you burn the glycogen, the water is excreted. Most of the weight you lose at first is that water. While they are on this diet, people will bypass the doughnuts and eat less food, even though the food they eat is fattier.