I've dieted off of a typical "clean" low carb diet and I've followed a simple "Adonis Principles/Weight Watchers" type diet and let me tell you this, reducing calories to a rediculously low level to get shredded is MUCH harder to do on the latter. I lost 40 pounds on a low carb diet in just shy of 4 months following a VERY low calorie method five out of seven days. I'm talking 1500-1800 calories maximum for those 5 days, increasing to 2500 or so on weekends. The main thing is that my body copes very well off of very little carbs, no craving, no hunger, no muscle loss. As soon as I went back to a more rounded diet, including so-called "junk food", which would be available to you on a "True Adonis" type diet, my hunger and cravings shot up. I stuggled to maintain at 2500-3000 calories with this method, due to the newly found sugar-cravings due to insulin release etc. Yes, a calorie is a calorie, you will end up looking pretty similar regardless of diet as long as nutritional bases are covered BUT how those macronutrients effect an INDIVIDUAL is entirely dependant on GENETICS. Adonis argues that people cannot be "carb sensitive" and such, but explain how people manage to eat themselves into diabetes; even in a calorie defecit? Seems to me like you can't ignore an individuals needs and predispostions.
