Exactly, 1000 calories a day and they were not losing weight. Restricted calorie does not work in the long run. The weight you do lose is largely muscle mass, and then it stops.

LC is not high protein, it is adequate protein. On average, followers of low fat / low calorie diets have lost lean muscle and have not been consuming anywhere near enough protein. In their book, Protein Power, the Eades provide calculations to determin your minimum daily protein requirements in an effort to repair this. Studies pointing to the ill effect of protein in a diet are studies done based on the assumption that carbs are also being eaten.

The goal is not weight loss; it is fat loss and a normalization in insulin sensitivity. More frequent meals stabilize blood sugar levels and insulin output. You cannot store fat in the abscence of insulin. Starvation diets will result in weight loss; lean muscle will be wasted, very little body fat is lost.

And while you do not advocate low carb for diabetics, Dr. Bernstein (a Type 1 diabetic) does. http://www.diabetes-normalsugars.com

Nat