The nature of weight loss during short term dieting

Abstract

Weight loss on an 800 k/cl ketogenic diet is faster than that on a mixed diet due to extra water loss. In each regimen fat loss is equal and similar to that during total starvation in which much greater protein losses occur.

Citation

(1979), "The nature of weight loss during short term dieting", Nutrition & Food Science, Vol. 79 No. 4, pp. 14-15. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb058763