Is a “low carbohydrate” diet the best way to get leaner?
Let us first define this concept. To mean, the phrase “to get leaner” means that you are already lean, you are noticeably muscular, and what you want at this point is to enhance the way those muscles look. If this is the situation, a short-term low carbohydrate diet can help you to achieve this objective. On the other hand, if you want “to get lean”, which I interpret as meaning that you want to improve your muscle mass. To achieve this objective, you have to rely on carbohydrates to create the stimulus that forces your muscles to grow. You also have to rely on protein because this is the material that makes those muscles grow. In summary, without carbohydrates there can be no stimulus for muscle growth and without protein there can be no actual muscle growth.
