Some lines of thinking touted that eating a lot of carbohydrates in your fat weight loss diet will help one lose weight.

This was a popular line of thinking during the 1990s. Unfortunately, many people had bought into it. The truth is over the years a lot more research (not to mention experience) has shown it to be untrue.

A new study created by The Journal Of Nutrition and Metabolism, 50 overweight adults were collected into one of two groups. The first group of adults were given a moderate-carbohydrate, moderate protein diet, and the second group of adults were given a high-carbohydrate diet. Both groups in the study consumed 500 calories less than was actually required to maintain their weight.

The group of moderate-carbohydrate, moderate-protein adults consumed a total of 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight (this is approximately 112 grams of protein for a 154-pound person) with less than 170 grams of carbohydrates for each day. Adults in the high-carbohydrate group consumed exactly 0.8 grams of protein per kilogram of bodyweight (this is 56 grams of protein for a 154-pound person) and under 220 grams of carbohydrate per day.

When the study concluded after four months, the adults in the higher-protein diet group showed losses of more body fat burned(an average of 8.7 percent), more fat burned than adults in the high carbohydrate group (an average of 5.7 percent). The higher-protein group showed a greater reduction in triglycerides (an average of 34 percent as compared to 14 percent) and much larger improvements in HDL (good) cholesterol (an average of 5 percent as apposed to 3 percent).

Making radical changes in your protein intake is not necessary to get more fat loss and better blood lipid levels as shown by this valuable study. For fat weight loss just simply cut two high carb items from your diet each day and substitute that with something like two 20-gram protein shakes. Over time this will make a big difference in you overall health.