Weight Loss, Diet News 2017: New Study Finds Protein-Rich Diet Promotes Weight Loss Faster

By Vianne Ilagan, Christian Post Contributor Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Scientists have found in a recent study that a protein-rich diet plan can actually help an individual lose weight faster. According to scientists, one person can lose up to 12 lbs. in just 16 weeks if his diet contains more protein.

The study, conducted by scientists at the University of Washington's School of Medicine in Seattle and the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, yielded interesting and quite surprising results. It involved putting 19 test subjects on various diets and recording how much weight they have lost throughout a given period of time.

The diet was done in 16 weeks, broken down into two shorter stings and one long stint. For the first stint, the diet lasted for two weeks, and the test subjects were fed with a weight-maintaining diet of 15 percent protein, 20 percent fat, and 50 percent carbohydrate. For the next two weeks, they ate a calorie-restricted diet, with the same percentage of fat and carbohydrate but with 30 percent of protein.

The final stint involved a diet plan for 12 weeks and had the test subjects eat an ad-libitum or free-feeding diet, where they ate 30 percent protein, 20 percent fat, and 50 percent carbohydrate.

The results of the study showed that as the amount of protein intake increased, weight loss became easier for the test subjects. According to the scientists, this is because increasing the amount of protein in the diet helps keep the intake of carbohydrates controlled and constant. "This effect of protein may contribute to the weight loss produced by low carbohydrate diets," said the study.

In other weight loss news, "Survivor" winner Jericho Malabonga recently showed off his dramatic body transformation after completing tough physical challenges on a Samoan beach for 55 days. He posted a photo of himself on Instagram earlier this week and captioned it, "Before and after survivor #nofilter. Fitness peeps help get me back into shape!" He won $500,000 of cash prize during the "Survivor" finale last week.