How Protein Aids Weight Loss

Most diets that advocate higher levels of protein make the claim that protein "fills you up". Scientists have finally come up with a reason why:

The INSERM team found that feeding rats a high protein diet significantly increased the activity of genes involved in glucose production in the animal's small intestine.
This led to increased glucose production, which was sensed by the liver, and relayed to the brain, causing the animals to cut their food intake.

The researchers claim the weight loss from low-carb diets (such as Atkins) has "nothing to do with the metabolic processing of protein, but because people following these diets simply eat less."

Note that like most studies - this was tested on rats... Hardly conclusive evidence of what happens in humans.

The media may have decided that Atkins is finished - but studies like this will continue to come out, showing that higher protein, lower carbohydrate diets have their place in the pursuit of fat loss.