Slow-carb diet
Protein, legumes and vegetables six days a week, one cheat day
Deliberately rigid as a fat-loss template: the same handful of meals built from protein, legumes and non-starchy vegetables, no white carbohydrates or fruit, and one unrestricted day a week. The rigidity is the feature, because fewer decisions means better adherence, and the cheat day defuses the sense of deprivation. Popularized in The 4-Hour Body.
Who backs it
Sorted by strength of stance
- Tim FerrissDoes it
Author · The Tim Ferriss Show
Designed the slow-carb template and has followed it himself, arguing that its rigidity plus one unrestricted day is what makes it stick.
Source: tim.blog: how to lose 20 lbs of fat in 30 days
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