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in looking for the link to the low carb episode, found this
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4127938.htm

Catalyst online reporter Roslyn Lawrence takes on the challenge of a ketogenic diet for six weeks.

thoughts?

in looking for the link to the low carb episode, found this
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4127938.htm

According to the reporter:

So, what happens when you overeat on at ketogenic diet? Well, as my results will show, not very much. Overall I gained a mere 500gms but when you break it down I lost 3.5 kg of fat because I gained 4kg of muscle

Oh really? I could stand knowing why she thinks that and what the evaluation method was for this stunning muscle gain. To put this in context, for those of you familiar with her advocacy of strength training:

Krista Scott-Dixon, who runs stumptuous.com, a weightlifting website, explains that many women have been taught to fear "bulking up" when training with weights. "In our culture, women aren't supposed to be physically strong or powerful, and this idea is still around in 2011. Women are terrified that if they touch a weight, they're going to suddenly turn enormous. People don't understand that you can't develop a bodybuilder's body without years of focused, intense training and huge amounts of drugs."

Scott-Dixon has been training for 15 years and has gained only about 5lb of muscle. [My emphasis]

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... -your-life

I admit to being a bit sensitive on this issue because I'm repeatedly asked if I've ever thought about strength training to prevent/reverse my sarcopenia. (To head this off, yes, I do strength train and have done for >15years.) For this reporter to claim that she's gained 4kg of muscle in 6 weeks through a change in diet is beyond absurd at best - at worst, it propagates mis-information.